Janice Myers Receives Successful Second Cornea Transplant
Miss Janice Myers of Gratton underwent a second cornea transplant at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Dr Will C Owens led the operation using a cornea from a donor eye, with physicians reporting 100 percent success and rapid recovery, surpassing her prior surgery. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Myers of Blueville and is a 1944 Graton High School graduate.
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Janice Myers
Johns Hopkins’ Hospital
Baltimore
Will C. Owens
Johns Hopkins Hospital
New York
Maryland
Virginia
Te Hospita
Odd Looking Automobile Creates Interest Here
Spectators in the city have shown keen curiosity as an unusual automobile appeared at multiple street locations. Melvin Clemens of Clarkshoro says he bought the Mercedes Benz from the late Emil Winters estate in Pittsburgh about three years ago. He notes the chassis were built in Germany and the body in France for Winters, with import duties bringing the price to about $25,000. The car features a six cylinder engine with 200 horsepower and root supercharge.
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Melvin Clemens
Clarkshoro
Grafton
Emil Winters
Pittsburgh
Germany
France
Winters
Clemens
Mercedes Benz
Extension Landscape Architect To Be Here
T. D. Gray, extension landscape architect, will visit Taylor county on July 16 to plan home grounds for county families. Activities are set for the Knottsville area at Mrs. Hugh McDaniel’s home at 10 a.m., with stops in Simpson at Mrs. Everett Moan’s home at 3 p.m. and Mrs. C. R. Kinsey’s home at 1:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. D. Gray
Taylor County
Taylor Countiaes
Laila Lingamfelter
Knottsville
Hugh McDaniel
McDaniel
Simpson
Mr. Gray
Everett Moan
C. R. Kinsey
Carloadings Continue Down For Baltimore and Ohio Week
Carloads handled by the Baltimore and Ohio during the week ending July 6 1946 totaled 58760 with 33909 loaded on line and 24851 received from connections. The prior year week total was 64014 and the preceding week 65887 with 40368 loaded on line and 25519 from connections.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Nominate Officers for Legion Post No 12
Attorney Richard Bord and Joe Gamslager were nominated for Post commander of Taylor County Post No 12 American Legion. Ballots go to about 1,100 members and results will be announced at the July 24 meeting. Other nominations include Randolph and Whitescarver as first vice commanders, Weaver and Reid as second vice commanders, Matthew as adjutant, Ebert and Yates as finance officers, Miller as service officer, Wolfe as Americanism officer, Redinger as historian, Pembroke as chaplain, Barkins and Hedrick as sergeant at arms. Installations follow on August 14.
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Richard Bord
Joe Gamslager
Taylor County
American Legion
Blair Mugler
Pranklin
M. Randolph
Ed. Whitescarver
Ralph L. Weaver
Lloyd M. Reid
W. R. Matthew
Boy Scout Troop No 3 to Camp Near Boulder
Scout Troop No 3 sponsored by Grafton Rotary Club departs Sunday for a week long camping trip on the Buchannon river near Boulder. Seventeen scouts join Scoutmaster Loren Hoffman with assistants John McCafferty and Kyle Young as leaders. Activities include camping, hiking, swimming and fishing with a court of honor planned Friday night for visitors. Senior scouts include Norman Bragg James Poling Bob Collis Bob Day Paul Willis and Bill Young. Other participants include Earnest Sayres Harold Bennett Rand McKinney Tom McCup Bill Knotts Dick Adlington Tom Sturm Jimmy Hughes Tom Dye Theodore Corcovis and Raymond Hawkins. Frank Collins Jr of Pittsburgh son of one of the original sponsors will accompany.
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Grafton Rotary Club
Buchannon River
Boulder
Loren Hoffman
John” McCafferty
Kyle Young
Paul
Hoffman
Norman Bragg
James Poling
Bob Collis
Bob Day
Paul Willis
Bill Young
Earnest Sayres
Harold Bennett
Rand McKinney
Tom M.cup
Bill Knotts
Dick Adlington
Tom Sturm
Jimmy Hughes
Tom Dye
Theodore Corcovis
Raymond Hawkins
Frank Collins
Mines Idle On Monongah Division Amid Car Shortage
Sixty mines on the Monongah division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad were idle today as a critical car shortage persisted. The B&O reported 1,470 loaded cars yesterday but could only supply 1,325 of the 3,204 empties ordered for today, with 76 mines idle in Northern West Virginia. The Monongahela railroad logged 1,014 loadings yesterday and 347 empties today, with fifteen mines idle on its sidings.
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Monongah
Balti Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Rail
West Virginia
Monongahela Railroad
Farm Women To Choose Representation Soon
Farm women across the state will meet annually at Jackson's Mill to plan the program for the ensuing year. The event is hosted by the Diesel 7 Home Demonstration and Laila Lingamfeleem spoke on behalf of Neder.
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Aghout
Jackson's Mill
Parm
Diesel 7
Laila Lingamfeleem
Neder
Eleven VFW members voted into Memorial City post
Eleven new members were elected to Memorial City Post No. 3081, Veterans of Foreign Wars, at a meeting last night. John M. Ford was named athletic officer for the Third district and the post, Patrick Howard was named assistant service officer, and Clingan became assistant service officer to Ford. Ford, authorized to form a VFW basketball team, announced plans for a squad drawn from Grafton High School stars including Scotty Hamilton, Cecil Nicola, James Skaggs, Don Rowe, and Bill Russell, among others. Master Billy Marwood attended as guest.
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Memorial City Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
John M. Ford
Patrick Howard
Clingan
Ford
VFW
Grafton High School
Scotty Hamilton
Cecil Nicola
James Skaggs
Don Rowe
Bill Russell
Grafton
Charter Board Meets Tonight to Organize
The Taylor County Board of Trade will meet at the Penrey building to organize the charter board, elect a chairman and clerk, and decide meeting rules. The board has 120 days to frame the charter for a public hearing and state approval, with members including Dr. Robert F. Gerkin and Florence H. Wilkinson.
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Taylor County Board of Trade
Penrey
Y Remievél
Helt
Robert F. Gerkin
Paul E. Malone
Rosalyn Fleming Helionimus
J. Paul Murphy
John K. Burdett
Jed W. Robinson
Florence H. Wilkinson
South Side Grocery Under New Management
Anthony T. Mescar of Clarksburn becomes new manager of South Side Grocery. Mescar, with over sixteen years of association with Grennan the South, assumes leadership duties effective immediately.
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South Side Grocery
Anthony T. Mescar
Clarksburg
The
Grennan
Penguins Found at the South Pole Not North
A brief note asserts penguins reside at the South Pole, not in the northern regions, clarifying a common geographic misconception.
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South Pole
North
M & D South Side Market at 120 Grand Street
J A Cunning notes the side grocery now renamed M and D South Side Market located at 120 Grand Street. It offers a full line of groceries and fresh meats with free delivery service. Mr Mescar invites his old city friends to visit Grafton.
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J. A. Cunning
South Side
Grand Street
Mescar
Grafton
Card of Thanks for Arthur Shingleton
Our heartfelt thanks and sincere appreciation are extended to the many friends relatives and neighbors for their sympathy and floral offerings to the Bartlett Funeral Home for its kindness during the recent death of our husband and father Arthur Shingleton Mrs Arthur Shingleton and family.
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Bartlett Funeral’ Home
Arthur Shingleton
Opens House feature spans five papers Across regions
The Sentinel feature on Charles Brinkman wonders if he is the eldest person tied to the Opens House stage. It likely appeared in the Wheeling Intelligencer the Post Gazette Cleveland Fairmont Times and Mrs Housewifeton Industry.
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Charles ‘Brinkman
the Sentinel
The
Ing Intelligencer
the Post Gazette
Cl and
Fairmont Times
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