Paris Reunion At Grafton Over Fourth Of July Weekend
Two French women who grew up together in Paris and married American soldiers reconnected in Grafton for a week long visit over the Fourth. Michele Renault Jones and Suzan Etoile Kailides, now in New Haven, stayed with the Jones family and were feted with dinners, bowling and theatre outings. Both women formerly worked in Paris under German occupation during World War II and later chose American homes.
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Paris
Grafton
Junior Paul Jones
Warder Avenue
Michele Renault
Angelo Michailia~es
Suzan Etoile
New Haven
Conn
Michele
Junior
Cliff) Jones
Taylor County Board of Education
Bernard
Gerald
Suzan
G. I
Kailides
A Haven
Conenee
New York, Newten and Hartford Railroad
Rattan
Jones
Khalfides
Edgar‘ McKee
Michailides
Tygart Lake
West Virginia
Deputies Promoted in Taylor County Sheriff Office
Mrs Newton and Mrs Mahaffey, clerks in Sheriff Melvin Newtons office, promoted to deputies with a 50 dollar monthly raise per the fiscal year budget filed June 30. Both have served since January 1, 1945. Outside deputy W H Canfield left duties after budget cuts, and W R Thomas was dismissed. Budget includes 600 for 1948 tax tickets and 630 for other emergencies.
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Roy Newton
Elizabeth Mahaffey
Melvin Newton
Taylor County
Newton
Mahaffey
W. H. Canfield
W. R. Thomas
Miners End Strike After Push for New Contract
About 400 000 coal workers won a new contract from operators granting a $1 per day pay increase and a welfare fund royalty raised to 20 cents a ton. The walkout extended the 10 day miner vacation, with captive mines like Robena and National Nos. 1 and 3 freezing work under UMW tradition. A National No. 1 miner watched from a road near Bridgeville, saying he was not picketing though workers would not report to work.
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Proviston
United Mine Workers
Robena
National
Lemons Fined For Drunken Driving In Taylor County
Alfred Lemons of 17 East Wilford Street was arrested on drunken driving charges on U S Route 50 at Pruntytown Sunday at 7 p m. He was jailed in Taylor County and ordered to appear before Maj. Jefferys this morning. At hearing he was fined 25 and costs and his license suspended six months. If unable to pay, he was returned to jail. The car was a Chevrolet Jet coupe owned by William Jacobs.
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Alfred Lemons
East Wilford Street
Brete
W.D. Sergent
Pruntytown
Taylor County
CI Jefferys
Lemons
William Jacobs
Holiday Drowning Incidents Amid Independence Day Festivities
State police report two drownings near Charleston and Kanawha River areas after holiday weekend. Crist drowned in Elk River near Charleston. Walker died in a small lake in lower Donally Hollow. One man who could not swim survived after clinging to a boat. Thousands gathered for Independence Day celebrations statewide with speeches by Adm. William F. Halsey and Sen. Revercomb. Seasonal reports note fuel waste by farm tractors and salt deposits worldwide.
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Charleston
Emmett Walker
Canton
O. Crist
Elk River
Walker
Donally Hollow
Kanawhal
Maryland
Potomac Wtinsburg
Red” Murphy
West Virginia
West
Chapman Revercomb
R.w.va
Grafton
Weston
County Records Accidentless Fourth
A Fourth of July weekend in Taylor County had no automobile accidents investigated by city, county, or state police with no deaths or serious injuries reported. The extended holiday period was accidentless across the county.
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Taylor County
Eisenhower nomination stance muddied by party leaders
Mayor William O Dwyer of New York and Jake Arvey of Chicago did not comment as they joined party leaders in a caucus about Eisenhower. Frank Hague’s aide suggested the matter may not be closed, while Leon Henderson and Cy Bevan called it a rejection. Georgia’s James B Peters said Georgia delegates would back Russell. The article also notes club resignations and new members, and closes with the Great Bustard, a 30 pound bird, mentioned among unrelated items.
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William O'Dwyer
New York
Chicago
Jake Arvey
Frank Hague
New Jersey
Eisenhower
Leon Henderson
Americans For Democratic Action
Cy Bevan
Michigan
James 8. Peters
Georgia
Seri Russell
Actress Carole Landis Death Ruled Self Inflicted
Los Angeles reports confirm actress Carole Landis died by her own hand in the Pacific Palisades. Police found four sleeping pill bottles and a note to her mother, with Rex Harrison discovering the body. Det Emmett Jones cites a confirmed self destruction, while a maid overlooked the body in the bathroom. Landis, 29, had been ill a week and had filed for divorce this March.
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Los Angeles
Carole Landis
Miss Landis
Jones
Rex Harrison
Harrison
South Pacific
England
Horace Schmidlapp
Schmidlapp
Cincinnati
California
Gunfight near Paintsville leaves two dead
In Kentucky near Paintsville a gunfight on Route 23 west of Prestonburg killed Harry Conley 48 and Sue Conley 52 of Hager Hill. Corporal Homer Howard 44 and Forest Conley about 50 were wounded. George, husband of a truck driver, and a patrolman Benjamin Music 20 aided. Howard and Forest Conley were hospitalized. investigation ongoing.
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Paintsville
Prestonburg
Harry Conley
Sue Conley
Hager Hill
Stone
Homer Howard
Forest Conley
Music
Howard
Festival Choir to Join Regional Massed Chorus
Almost two hundred voices from Preston County Clarksburg Fairmont and Grafton will perform under Rev Felix G Kinson at Arthur date Community Church as part of the festival program. Numbers include Evening How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place Lord Make My Heart a Place Where Angels Sing Say Ye to the Righteous Turn Back O Man Christ of the Fields and Flowers and Alleluia. Local chorus honored by the invitation and a large turnout is hoped for with no admission charged.
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Preston County
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Grafton
Fire Department Adopts White Satin Uniforms in Parade
Firemen wearing new all white satin uniforms with fur pill box hats and red tassels marched in yesterday's events. Eight members of the department appeared in the display, showcasing the fresh attire for the department’s formal presentation.
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Fire Dept
Fire Department
Editorial note on club drill sponsors and a moss plant remark
The passage lists sponsors Eileen Smith Carolyn Ash Tippy Fitswater Jean Cochran Reed Jean Sapp Agnes Simon Lucille Williams and Virginia Smith with Betty Reed and Emma Jean Simon as substitutes. It mentions Louise Woodyard’s vacation leaving a vacancy. It also notes Spanish Moss as a true flowering plant now a moss.
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Eileen Smith
Carolyn Ash
Tippy Fitswater
Jean Cochran
Reed
Jean Sapp
Agnes Simon
Lucille Williams
Virginia Smith
Betty Reed
Louise Woodyard
Emma Jean Simon
Wie Sroup
In Memoriam Arthur E Shingleton Remembered
In loving memory of our beloved husband and father Arthur E Shingleton who passed away two years ago yesterday on July 5 1946 Wife and children express enduring sorrow and tribute
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Arthur E. Shingleton
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