Herbert Evans 87 dies at Main Street hardware store
Herbert Evans a long time Taylor county hardware merchant and former sheriff died suddenly Saturday at 3 p m at his Main Street hardware store from a heart condition He owned Evans Hardware Company and served four terms as sheriff His family and many local officials and organizations mourn his loss with services planned at Harmony Grove church other funeral rites to be held under Bartlett Funeral Home direction
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Herbert Evans
Watlington Street
Die
Evans Hardware Company
Taylor County
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Pruntytown
Hugh
Catherine
Jones Evans
Ethel B. ‘Morrow
John
Hugh Evans
Floyd Evans
Romney
Frank Evans
Kingwood
Harmony Grove
John Wolfe
Parkersburg
G. G. Wadsworth
W. T. Gifford
Bartlett Funeral Home
Dinsmore dies in Veterans Hospital at Aspinall
Frederick F. Dinsmore, 48, of Parkview, an employee of Carr China, died at Aspinall Veterans Hospital after a three week illness. A Grafton resident for 18 years and East Liverpool native born October 9, 1896, he was a World War II veteran in the 332nd infantry. Surviving are his wife Mary Ottis Duckworth and three children, Joseph, 18, in the Navy, Richard and Bernard at home, plus three sisters in East Liverpool. Funeral services will be in East Liverpool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick F. Dinsmore
Parkview
Carr China Company
Veterans Hospital
Aspinall
Grafton
East Liverpool
Ohio
Ruben J
Mary Jennings Dinsmore
332Nd Infantry
Mary Ottis Duckworth
Joseph Dinsmore
United States Navy
Richard
Bernard Dinsmore
Anna L. Dinsmore
Irene Dinsmore
Ruth
Body Of Kinter Lad Found Sunday Afternoon
Funeral services for Kirk Lee Buster Kinter Jr a Graf ton high school senior will be held at 4 p m today at the family home. His body was recovered after a dynamite blast at the Old Sandbar 400 yards from the Fetterman bridge following three days of search by volunteers and rescuers. He is survived by his parents two sisters and a large community crowd watched the riverbank vigil in Barbour county. Interment will be in Mt Taber cemetery under Bartlett funeral home direction.
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Puneral
Kirk Lee
Buster” Kinter, Jr
Kirk L. Kinter
Pittsburgh
Blue Smith Kinter
Pike Street
Grafton High School
Glen McDaniel
Ed Powell
Lonnie Moran
Fetterman Bridge
Lewis Reed
Eugene Ringler
Jack Shaw
Joe Staley
Young Kinter
Hazel Atlas
Grafton
Helen
Kathleen Kinter
J. B. Staley
Mt.Taber
Barbour County
Bartlett Funeral Home
Military family notes promote and graduate service members
Military life updates trace promotions and graduations among service members. George R Hendrickson earns silver wings as a bomber crewman in the Navy. His brother John Hendrickson serves with the Seabees at Camp Perry. William Kuhn returns from a 71 hour leave to Portsmouth. Kenneth M Newton graduates from flexible gunnery school at Laredo. James L Bolyard joins an amphibious LST crew after Camp Bradward prep. Leon ard S Bott on furlough in Grafton after South Pacific service. his mother Lily Bott listed as resident.
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John
AAF Training Command
A. Hedrickson
George R. Hendrickson
South Pat
Vico
William Kuhn
USN
Portsmouth
Lloyd A. Kuhn
St. John Street
James L Bolyard
Route 1
Amphibious Forces
United States Navy
Camp Bradword
Norfolk
Seaman Bolyard
Pfc
Leonard S. Bott
Grafton
Lily Bott
States
U. S. Army
South Pacific
British and American Forces Break Through Near Cherbourg
Allied forces push across a seven mile front from the Vire river bridgehead with Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley leading American units. Saintely and Periers captured as British flanking attack advances toward Caen, with heavy artillery and retreating German troops. Caen reports note 12th SS Panzer and field divisions badly mauled.
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Vire
St. Jean de Daye
Omar N. Bradley
Saintely
Carentan
Periers
Lessay
la Haye du Putts
Cherbourg Penninsula
la Haye
Montgomery
British de Vaucalles
Odon River
Key Hill 112
Esquay
Caen
Eterville
Paris
Fayurab
Ss.panzer
Millie C Nestor of Kasson Dies After Illness
Mrs Millie C Nestor 51 of Kasson died Saturday night at Hopemont after a three year illness. Wife of James, she was born December 30 1892 in Barbour County to William and Millie Haller Shanabarger. Survived by husband and children Lotus Nestor Morgantown Odie Chapman Baltimore Eleanor Elizabeth Waldo Orvin Andrew Lee Jane Jr at home brothers and sisters Andy Shanabarger Philippi Mrs J H Marsh Tracy Mrs Walter Hedrick Elkins Mrs Roe Stemple Philippi. Services Wednesday 11 am at Tracy with Bartlett funeral home in charge. Interment Tracy cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millie C. Nestor
Kasson
Hopemont
James
Barbour County
William
Millie Haller Shanabarger
United Brethren Church
Lotus Nestor
Morgantown
Odie Chapman
Baltimore
Mary Eleanor
Elizabeth Ann
Waldo Orvin
Andrew Lee
Janes, Jr
Andy Shanabarger
Philippi
J. H. Marsh
Tracy
Walter Hedrick
Elkins
Roe Stemple
Bartlett Funeral Home
Summers
Tracy Cemetery
NEW AIR SEA (Continued from page 1) Saipan airstrip advantage cited
John H. Hoover, commander of the Central Pacific forward area, notes Saipan’s airstrip offers the best available base for Superfortresses to strike Tokyo, 1450 miles north, while the island’s size aids wide dispersal. He highlights Saipan as a potential naval supply point and submarine staging base, located under 150 miles north of Guam.
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John H. Hoover
Central Pacific
Saipan
Tokyo
Philippines
Guam
U. S
War advances and casualties in Pacific theater
Reports describe rapid Japanese captures of Noemfoor and nearby Schouten islands within five days, while American actions at Saipan faced counterattacks. Admiral Nimitz announced prolonged struggles with substantial enemy losses and civilian imprisonments, and US casualties totaled thousands by late June.
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Japan
Noemfoor
Mindanao
Schouten Islands
Biak
Qwi
New Guinea
Geelvink Bay
Saipan
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Social Security aid urged for tornado victims kin
The Clarksburg West Virginia Social Security Office reports difficulty establishing wage records for survivors of the June 23 1944 tornado. Only two wage earning victims have confirmed account numbers and officials say 20 to 25 claimants may be eligible. If you employed any victim or have info to aid wage records contact the Social Security Board in Clarksburg. Army commanders in ancient Rome used homing pigeons to carry messages.
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Clarksburg
West Virginia
Vernon D. Herbert
Social Security Board
Hebert
Red Cross
W. Va
Rome
Three Cases Before Jeffreys In City Court
Mag Ona C. Jefferys said Densil Henderson was arrested for taking a wrist watch from Mrs. Morgan at a Main street boarding house. Charles Kisor, held on $500 bond, allegedly stole 6% feet of lead cable from B and O premises to sell to a junk dealer. cable valued at $91.50. L. L. Sanders of Fairmont was fined $20 after being cited by J. W. Powell for catching undersized bluegill and not releasing them.
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Mag. Ona C. Jefferys
Densil Henderson
City
Joe Mask
Josephine Morgan
Charles Kisor
Knottsville
I Jones
Kisor
Mag. Jefferys
L. L. Sanders
Fairmont
Gathe
J. W. Powell
Jefferys
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MES
Dinsmore
VETS
Willhide
Latrobe ST
C. Willhide
Mgr
John Hendrickson
The
Seabees
Camp Perry, Va
Kenneth M. Newton
Roy M. Newton
Maple Avenue
Army Air Forces Flexible Gunnery School
Laredo Army Airfield
Laredo
Texas
Falice
la Haye du Puits
John F. Noxon, JR
Pittsfield
Mass
Noxon
Massachusetts
International Soundphoto
Hess Our
G.l.joe
Esso
Pearl Harbor
Wes
Jofter Ars
War Peer
Ves
Jeffreys
Risor of
Weyman
Ford, N. H
Malone’s Drug & Chemical CO
Stan
Malone’s Drug Antih Chemical Co
Fort Pitt Shoe Stores, Inc
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