Taylor County mines idle amid coal car shortage
Among 38 mines in the Monongah division, several Taylor county pits were idle due to a nationwide coal car shortage. Wendel Coal company reported no coal cars at any mine, while Reppert and Rosemont fared slightly better. The Gypsy mine was the only working pit on Saturday. officials noted heavy coal loadings on the preceding day and a total of 1,265 loads on Saturday with 1,931 cars placed today from 3,203 ordered. The Northern Coal Association questioned why B and O railroad faced shortages while other lines operated normally, as the Office of Defense Transportation coordinates relief measures and high priority orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Monongah
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Wendel Coal Company
G. 5
Hamilton
Reppert
Rosemont
Roses ‘Mont
Northern 1 Coal Association
Association
George Brackett
T. E. Johnson
Roy B. White
White
Office of Defense Transportation
Bu‘uminous
B. and O
Coal Association
Navy Cuts Two Year Enlistment Periods
The Clarksburg Naval Recruiting Office announced today that no two year enlistments will remain, except for those previously in the U S Navy or those who pass them on the day before turning 21. Men aged 18 to 30 may enlist for four or six year terms. a recruiter appeared in Graf ton and will return every other Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
U. S. Navy
Navy
Grafton
Widow Nellie Ringler Dies After Illness at 29
Nellie Violet Ringler aged 29 wife of William D Ringler popular local plumber died at 11 30 yesterday morning at her parents home on Country Club road after months of illness born April 17 1917 in Taylor county she leaves husband a five year old son Ivan Dale and five brothers plus one sister funeral Wednesday at 2 pm at her parents home with Rev J B Staley and burial in Bluemont cemetery Barrett Funeral home directing also Governor Meadows and Sen Reverendcomb to speak at the 27th West Virginia Farm Bureau convention at Jacksons Mill August 12 14 per Morgantown dispatch
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Violet Ringler
William D. Ringler
Joseph Jenkins
Taylor County
Mayde Keener Jenkins
Methodist Church
Ivan Dale
Raymond Jenkins
Merle Jenkins
Hammond
Bernardd Jenkins
Flemington
Earnest Jenkins
Fairmont
Francis Dale Jenkins
Mary Jo Vincent
J. B. Staley
Bluemont Cemetery
Barrett Funeral Home
Morgantown
Governor Meadows
Sen
Revercomb
R. W. Va
West Virginia Farm Bureau
Jackson's Mill
Leland Booth
Bridgeport Drug Firm Sees Management Change
Bridgeport man joins Riffee in managing the store as age prompts sale of an interest in the business. Sadie will relocate to take over management while Riffee remains involved. Charles Harrison of Clarksburg to replace Kepko as pharmacist. Kepko resigns today after aiding Riffee for over a year. Shields, with 14 years at Riffee, continues as pharmacist. Riffee owns the former Union Drug site on Main Street, merged with Love Drug after Potts’ death two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie
Riffee
Charles Harrison
Clarksburg
John Kepko
Kepko
Buckhamnon
Harrison
John Shields
Old Union Drug
Main Street
Love Drug Company
H. L. Potts
Love Drug
Local Woman Arrested On Disturbant Charge
Mabel Workman was arrested at 5 50 PM Saturday at her Bar rett Street home on a warrant charging cursing her mother Mrs Sarah Fletcher and causing a disturbance. She posted 11 dollar bond which she forfeited by failing to appear in police court. City women Woodford and Moran arrested on complaint of Gertrude Sauser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Workman
Barrett Street
Sarah Fletcher
Woodford and
Moran
Gertrude Sauser
Notice of employment termination at Cos tolo Electric
A notice states the author is no longer employed by Cos tolo Electric company. For electrical work call 920-W-3, Gerald Stemple Route 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Costolo Electric Company
Gerald Stemple
Local ES office reports 2,086 job seekers registered
About 2,086 applicants registered for work with the United States Employment Service in Taylor and Barbour counties. Cecil Durrett notes 296 women and 1,139 veterans among registrants, with 22,227 reception contacts from January 1 to June 30 across Grafton and Philippi offices. Job openings were few, though 234 job referrals were made. Unemployment is seen as peaking and then declining in the postwar period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Employment Service
Taylor
Barbour
Cecil Durrett
Durrett
Grafton
Philippi
Joga
Peatle
Joe Tett
Vta
Hing i
Tett
Grafton Makes Brooms Attract Attention With Craft
A historic note shows Grafton residents crafting brooms to a high standard. The village market highlights old techniques and local pride in broom making as a traditional skill.
Orbit Bartlett Dies at 49 in St Albans Home
Orbit J. Bartlett a funeral director in St. Albans for 25 years died at 8 this morning at his home after a 17 month illness. A Taylor County native born March 22 1897 he moved to St. Albans at 21 and lived there since. Survived by wife Dulcie Lawson Bartlett and two children Laura Mae Coyher and Joseph. He was active in AF and AM Charleston Scottish Rite Bernikedem Temple Rotary First Baptist. Local obituary notes his service in West Virginia and ties to Taylor County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orbit J. Bartlett
Taylor Countian
St. Albans
49Ers
West Virginia
Charleston
Scottish Rites of
Bernikedem Temple
Rotary Club of
First Baptist Church
Taylor County
Joseph Bartlett
Laura J. Smith Bartlett
Dulcie Lawson Bartlett
Bridgeport
Laura Mae Coyher
Joseph
Norma Louise Smallwood Dies in Auto Crash Bride of Four Days
Norma Louise Smallwood, 19, bride of four days, died in an automobile crash Friday while returning from her wedding trip. Funeral services were held at St. Albans with Rev J E Myers officiating. Interment at Cunningham Memorial in St Albans, then Bolivar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Albans
J. E. ‘Myers
Cunningham
Bolivar
Norma Louise
Smallwood
GRAFTON WOMAN DISCOVERS AN EGG INSIDE EGG
Mrs. T. J. Past of 113 West Boyd street reports a 77 year life without an egg within an egg until a breakfast mishap. She cracked an egg into the pan and found a second shelled egg inside, now on display at Loar Jewelry store. Mrs. Fast keeps about 25 hens and 30 young chickens.
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T. J
West Boyd Street
Fast
Loar Jewelry
Egg Yields and Hens Inspire Family Farm Tales
A fragmented report notes a family farm where an older hen laid eggs that are described as unusual or “queer.” The piece mentions several eggs broken during collection and hints at multiple distinctive eggs found by the narrator, indicating ongoing curiosity about the birds and their产产产.
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Wendel
Ig Peg Phecor
Godwin
Shaffer Kernsth
Mgr
MR. W. Angler
Malone’s Drug & Chemical CO
John Wayne Claire Trevor
Andy Devine
Tim Holt
Fredy Stewart
Frank Carro
Grafton Theatre
Malone
Drug & Chemical
Nancy Bougts
Dolly
Igves
Giger Barker
IVER
S.F.S
Is Grafton
Continents
Beautiful Girls
Performannce
Chattanooga
Orbit Bartlett
Latrobe St
HANES
Royal Truck
U. S. Royal
Coole's Novelty Store
Latrobe Street
Godwin & Shaffer
Kenneth Godwin
Jaycee
Field House
Ile le Fou
Adville
Keener Bros
Gratton, West Virginia
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