Gerald N. Smith Dies in South Carolina
Gerald Nelae Smith 87 former Grafton resident died Thursday night in Charleston South Carolina. Born in Pittsburgh he lived in Bridgeport eight years and owned G N Smith Company Inc. He worked as a Steude baker automobile salesman tool seller and fire truck driver in his career. He is survived by wife two sons Edward Arthur and Gerald II daughter Miriam Ridenour and five grandchildren. Burial plans list his body to arrive in Bridgeport early Sunday.
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Gerald Nelae Smith
Charleston
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Bridgeport
G. N. Smith Company Inc
Steudebaker
Pittsburgh
Edward Arthur
Henrietta Catherwood Smith
Helen Arnheim
St Matthias Church
Gerald II
8. C
Miriam Ridenour
Chaleston
Wallace Plans New Party Platform Amid Inflation and War Peace Talk
Wallace rallies supporters as he attacks Truman Dewey and Taft Hartley, promises to curb inflation and cut prices to pocketbook levels, while opposing the Old Parties. Keynote speaker Howard denounces Jim Crow and foreign policy, urging defection to Wallace of war with plans to unite with Idaho Senator Taylor.
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Truman
Fitzgerald
Wallace
Thomas E. Dewey
Charles P. Howard
Congress
Five Graftonians to Attend FHA State Conference
Five Grafton High School students will represent the Grafton chapter of the Future Homemakers of America at the annual state conference at Jackson's Mill from July 27 to 31. Delegates include Bobbie Lee Sloan Alfredia Gull Priscila Hines and Corrinne Grulli with Miss Nelle Cook as sponsor and adviser. Sloan has led local points for three years totaling 7520 this year. The Grafton chapter will handle on site registration for the five day event which offers leathercraft parliamentary procedure music swimming shellcraft textile painting and weaving.
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Future
Homemakers of America
Jackson's Mill
Bobbie ‘Lee Sloan
Alfredia Gull
Priscila Hines
Corrinne Grulli
Hach
Sloan
Hearings Set For Randolph County Soil District Expansion
Charleston July 24 Hearings to add most Randolph county to the Ty fart state soil conservation district were announced today by the state soil conservation committee. Hearings will be held at Wymer August 31 Maybe September 1 and Helvertin September 2. The expansion would bring eight magisterial districts into the district, which now includes a small part of the county and all of Barbour Upshur Taylor and Tucker counties.
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Randolph County
Tyfart
Killed in Crash Near Home Sets Filling Station Ablaze
Ray Kincaid, 45, father of seven, was killed when struck by a skidding car near his home. The impact burned his body and ignited a nearby filling station. The incident followed a brief mention of a photographical moss light mechanism and two men accepting the progressive vice presidential nomination.
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Victor
Ray Kincaid
Hell
Kenneth Haun To Attend Conference
Kenneth C. Haun principal of Grafton High School will attend the State Education Association conference at Camp Cesear, August 3 through 12, representing Taylor County schools. Superintendent E. Guy Kuhn confirmed the attendance and noted the focus on improving resource use in education.
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State Education Association
Camp Cesear
Kenneth C. Haun
Grafton Senior High
E. Guy Kuhn
Femeryrmenyative Bbvask Ghosts School
Atomic energy to reshape world power supply
A government commission reports that nuclear fuel may replace much of the world’s power supply within 20 years. Pacific tests aim to increase explosive force while ground facilities prepare for further use. Peacetime uses include radio isotopes for welfare, medical research, and industrial applications across many fields.
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Truman
Pacific
Mob clears after threat as arrests made near Hazlehurst
Following a confrontation that spread threats across Dentville and surrounding woods, a dozen Black residents were jailed in Hazlehurst for questioning and safekeeping to keep them away from a mob. By 8 a.m. order returned with 10 highway patrolmen and five deputies remaining while others went home.
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Dentville
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
A village on Anglesey in north Wales bears a famously long 58 letter name. The settlement is commonly shortened to Llanfair PG for convenience.
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Lions Club Dance Set for August 5 at Don's Pavilion
The Grafton Lions Club will sponsor a community dance on August 5 at Don's open air dancing pavilion on Morgantown road six miles north of Grafton. Assorted entertainment is planned with a popular regional band. The pavilion offers space for at least 100 couples and tickets will go on sale soon after final planning at a recent club dinner meeting.
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Clarksburg Man Faces Fine After Reckless Driving Charge
Earl McKinney Barnes, 38, of Clarksburg, paid a $35 fine and costs after appearing in local court this morning for reckless driving on U S Route 50 at Pruntytown. He had previously failed to appear and a warrant was issued. Barnes was held in Harrison County Jail until transport for trial. hys teria.
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Clarksburg
E. L. Duckworth
U.S. 50
Pruntytown
Ona C. Jefferys
Barnes
Justice Court
Duckworth
Harrison County
Doubling War Tactics Amid Berlin Corridor Tensions
Western Allies study Russian ordinance and pledge appropriate measures as Soviet air harassment continues along the Berlin to Hamburg corridor. Moscow radios accuse Western powers of stirring up war in the Berlin situation.
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Moose Lodge to Buy McDough home as lodge hall
Lodge officials disclosed the 25 year old 18 room McDougli home in central Lodain will be purchased for 76000 dollars for use as a lodge hall. United Nations delegates in Paris expect the Palestine problem to return before the assembly and discuss disposition of former Italian colonies.
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Lodain
Loyal” Order of Moose
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Paris
Van Wert Holds Daniels In Slayings Case
In Van Wert Ohio on July 24 Robert Daniels aged 22 was jailed in Celina after formal charges in a justice court to hold him pending trial for the six killings attributed to him and John C West. West was killed when Daniels was captured near Van Wert as police Sgt Leonard Conn suffered a gunshot wound. Sheriff Shaffer will keep Daniels in custody as prosecutors prepare further charges and seek resolution of the case.
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Ohio
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Here
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van Wert
Leonard D. Conn
Conn
Alter T. Stroup
Niebel family murder case stalls over warrants
Sheriff Shaffer stated custody of the prisoner remains with the county as authorities prepare to issue fresh murder warrants. The case involves the Niebel family and the jailhouse status is unclear while investigators seek diligence from Daniels.
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Daniels
Shaffer
Cel
Tunnel Workman Injured While Assisting Concrete Pipe
A tunnel worker in the Union district of Bar county gained injuries this week while assisting a concrete machine. Milton Marks of Bosworth Street Philipps and Mr. Mrs Arrietts Marks were among those involved. hospital treatment was provided after a pipe fragment struck him across the back. Officials from the Bales Rogers company in charge of the project reported the incident and that he received care at Piehpr Hospital.
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Bar County
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Marks
Piehppr Hospital
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