Taylor County Playgrounds To Host Friday Events
Youth Planning Council and playground supervisors announced Friday night activities at Taylor County playgrounds. Maple Avenue hosts a doll and pet show judged by civic volunteers, East End plans a hobos lunch party, and others stage birthday and costume events. Final roundup and pageant set for July 28. Mrs. Merow directs rehearsals. A Flemington softball team is forming to play a championship game this week.
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Youth Planning Council
Charles Haislip
Maple Avenue
Ray Shaw
Beaumont
Lowell Mason
Fetterman
Linda Woodyard
Plang
East End
Eugene Weege
South Graffary
John Isabella
Flemington Playground
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Figures Give Lie To Yarn Divorces Always The Vogue In U S
Census findings from 1950 show 80 percent of married women aged 15 to 59 remain with their first husbands and an average marriage over 13 years. About 1.2 million women are divorced and 4.3 million have been married twice or more, while 5.8 million have 25 years or more with their first spouse.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Lsted
Barbour County Native Vietta Utterback Dies at 86
Vietta Utterback, 86, of Flemington died after a five year illness at her daughter Mrs. Stanley Fleming’s home. Born January 7, 1883 in Barbour County, she was one of eleven Evans Chapel Methodist Church charter members. Surviving are daughter Mrs. Fleming, sister Mrs. Esker Cole of Philipp, two grandchildren Mrs. Frank Hawkins and Mrs. Leon Findley, with seven children and one grandchild deceased. Services at Evans Chapel Methodist Church in Simpson with Rev. Yoak and Rev. J. H. Carson. burial in Simpson Cemetery under Graham Funeral Home. The body to be moved to Fleming residence tonight and church tomorrow.
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Utterback
Barbour County
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Philipp
Frank Hawkins
Bridgeport
Leon Findley
Parkersburg
Yoak
J. H. Carson
Binal
Graham Funeral Home
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Harvest yields 61 bushels wheat per acre at Sweet Springs
Cyrus Crowder of Sweet Springs Missouri reports a harvest of over 61 bushels per acre from a 40 acre field. The field had grown corn last year and suffered drought. Nitrogen from ammonia and 12-12-12 fertilizer contributed to the yield, with 643 bushels and 40 pounds listed for the total.
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Sweet Springs
International
Board Of Trade To Meet Tonight
The Taylor County Board of Trade will meet tonight at 8 for a regular monthly gathering. Secretary C S Ebert said no special items are on the agenda but a monthly Trade Board bulletin will discuss several items of interest. Tonight’s meeting is the first since May and was called off due to insufficient attendance.
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Taylor County Board of Trade
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Trade Board
Clarksburg Wanderer Sent Home To Mother
A 12 year old Clarksburg traveler was halted in Grafton by a Greyhound bus driver and returned to his Harrison County home after a city police check. The youth, unsure of his destination, claimed to visit an aunt in Grafton and an aunt's mother in Georgia. Officers found the mother who asked that the boy be placed on the next bus home.
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Athletes Foot Germ How To Kill It In One Hour
An old advertisement touts a fungicide promising to kill athlete's foot on contact within an hour. It claims to slough off outer skin to expose buried fungi and offers a 40 cent money back guarantee if not pleased. Sold as Greaseless instant-drying T-4-L at Malones drug store.
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Crash Damages Slight In Rosemont Mishap
A minor crash on State Rt. 13 near Rosemont at 4 30 p m involved a 1949 model car driven by Draxi Jenkins Flemington and a 1951 vehicle driven by Okey Shaw Canton Ohio. No charges were filed. The report notes little damage.
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Okey Shaw
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Ohio
Grafton Postmaster Promotes Patron Concept Card
Loren A Hoffman acting postmaster in Grafton circulated a card among staff to define what a patron is. It declares patrons are the Post Office's purpose, not interruptions, and deserve courteous, attentive service. The reverse side bears an inspirational message “I Know Something Good About You.”
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Loren A. Hoffman
Grafton
Equitable Gas Names Official Skidmore Manager KY WV Operations
J F Skidmore appointed manager of Planning and Development for Kentucky West Virginia Gas Company, subsidiary of Equitable Gas. Effective July 1. Based in Ackland Kentucky, he oversees engineering gas measurement geological and related work. West Virginia native joined Equitable in 1936 rising to assistant operating manager.
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Equitable Gas Company
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Kentucky West Virginia Gas Company
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Kentucky
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Newsman Gets His Exclusive Story
Gordon Sanders, news director of KGKO radio in Dallas, was at work Tuesday night when his wife called to say she could arrange an exclusive story. She told him the house was on fire, providing the dramatic lead for his report.
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KGKO
Stolen Car Recovered in Blueville. Owner Unidentified
Taylor County deputies recovered a car yesterday suspected of theft from the Galloway area. An unidentified man reported the vehicle abandoned on a road near U.S. 119 and Brownlow Park in Blueville. Deputy Ralph Gibson said Shinston State Police confirmed the theft but did not identify an owner. The car was towed to a garage and found to have a hole in the motor block.
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Blueville
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Shinston
Pipeline in the Sky Spans Mississippi On Gas Pipeline
The $3.8 million pipeline bridge at Grand Tower crosses the Mississippi as the first suspended river crossing for a natural gas line from Corpus Christi to Chicago. Twin 80 inch pipes weigh 860 tons, suspended by 266 foot towers and a spiderweb cradle, with 500 million cubic feet of gas daily planned.
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Woman Hater Gets Sentence For Drunken Bicycle Incident
Lawrence Brook, 32, and Newman, 43, faced brief hearings after Newman, drunk and weaving, assaulted a housewife in a downtown tavern restroom. Brook allegedly shouted hatred toward women as they crashed a bike on the street. Brook had prior license suspension.
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