Third Registration Men to Be Called for Induction Next Week
Grafton area selective service officials announced that Taylor county men from the January 16 third registration may be inducted next week. A total of 90 men are slated for the Clarksburg draft, with 30 called for June 8 and 9 and 30 more on June 13. A second list is to be announced, and about 60 third group registrants have already been screened. Navy seeks to recruit Negroes for class V-6, with apprenticeships and Sea Bees possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Selective Service
Clarksburg
U.S. Army
Selective Service Board
Navy
United States Naval Reserve
Small Girl Hurt In Traffic Accident Near Post Office
Four year old Mary Bea trice Dehlinger of Philadelphia, former local resident, ran into an automobile driven by Dr Alden Beagle on West Main street just after Memorial Day parade. She suffered a cut face, was treated at Grafton City Hospital and discharged.
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West Main Street
Mary Beatrice Dehlinger
Alfred Dehlinger
Philadelphia
Alden Beagle
Grafton City Hospital
Dorothy White Plante Files Divorce Action
Dorothy White Plante filed for divorce in Tay lor county circuit court alleging adultery and cruelty by her husband John William Plante attorney in a pending action.
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Dorothy White Plante
Taylor County
John William Plante
Memorial Day Observance Beats Record Crowd at National Cemetery
A perfect Memorial Day drew a record crowd for the Grafton observance led by Congressman Andrew Edmiston. He urged employed married men to keep working, buy bonds, and support victory as production of weapons and supply lines improve. The parade, war memorial dedication, and riverfront festivities drew hundreds from rural areas, with bands missing due to transport issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cemetery
West Virginia
Andrew Edmiston
House Military Affairs Committee
Army
Edmiston
WMMN
United Nations
Grafton
Legion's War Memorial
Blueville
West Grafton
J. A. Glaze
Keyser
Mr. Glaze
Grafton Aerie
Fraternal
Order of Eagles
A. and P. Super~ Market
Johnnie Born
Orchestra of
Clarksburg
Plante Lives in Baltimore With Unidentified Woman as Couple
Gene W Ford files the bill of particulars alleging that Plante left her in January this year, traveled to Baltimore with an unnamed Clarksburg woman, and has lived there as a married couple. They reportedly have a son aged three.
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Gene W. Ford
Plante
Baltimore
Clarksburg
Navy stickers distributed in Grafton homes for serving kin
Navy recruit commander George Dent urged Grafton residents to request stickers by dropping name and address and the name of their son or husband. The article lists numerous local families and their sailors awaiting the mail back of the Navy sticker.
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Navy
Grafton
George Dent
Dent
Yestemant
Hugh Warder
Maple Avenue
Fred Warder
BE. B. Denton
West Main Street
Robert Denton
W. E. Lewis
Walnut Street
James C. Lewis
Harley Boggs
Boothsville
Joseph Lalley
Boyd Street
James M. Lalley
C. E. Hyatt
Francis Street
Thomas Hyat
Cora Wolfe
Soon
Orville W. Canfield
Parker P. Cutright
Davis W. Cutright
James T. Carney
Wilford Street
John Hulley
West St. Charles Street
Stroke death claims Alonzo Stansberry at 41
Alonzo Stansberry 41 disappeared days earlier and died at his home on Country Club road at 3 am after a four week illness from a cerebral hemorrhage. He leaves wife Minnie, three children Betty Ann Louise and Robert, parents Jonah and Mary Lou, brothers James Henry Augustus Isaac, and sister Mrs C R James. A WPA employee and Methodist, funeral 2:30 pm Wednesday at the residence with Rev S C Zinn officiating. burial Car ter cemetery under G T Bartlett.
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Alonzo Stansberry
Country Club Road
Barbour
Stansberry
Barbour County
Jonah, Stansberry
Mary Lou Stansberry
Grafton
Minnie McMasters Stansberry
Betty Ann
Louise
Robert Stansberry
James Henry Stansberry
Augustus
Isaac Stansberry
Zanesville
Ohio
C. R. James
Chicago
WPA
5. C. Zinn
West Main Street
Seventeen Arrests In City Over Weekend
A record number of arrests was made by Grafton city police over the weekend. Seventeen defendants appeared in municipal court led by Mayor Charies O. King. Fourteen cited for drunkenness, two for fighting, one for disorderly conduct. Fines paid or arranged. several posted bond to avoid further court appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Charies O. King
Alumni Meet Winds Up Week At St Augustine School
The class of 1942 graduates will be honored at the St Augustine Alumni association banquet tonight as senior activities wind down the week. Dr. Robert Gerkin leads the alumni event while Reverend Father M J Hannon directs the seniors on a picnic to Black Water Falls and May 31 commencement featured Holy Communion and diplomas. Father Charles Carroll delivered an inspiring sermon urging graduates to be leaders of men and follow the right road marked by faith hope charity justice and purity.
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St. Augustine
St. Augustine Church
Sisters of Divine Providence
Father Hannon
Charles Carroll
Bridgeport
Father Carroll
Jesus Christ
God
Notice on unclaimed high school annuals storage
All copies of high school annuals not called for by Wednesday night will be stored at the high school until next fall when they may be procured.
St Augustine School Graduates Hold Class Day Exercises
May 20 marked a red letter day for St Augustine school graduates with benediction by Fathers Hannon Brady and Carroll. Commander Torlock Rasmussen visited to award citizenship medals to outstanding senior boy Martin Foley and senior girl Jo Clare Lalley. The afternoon featured class day exercises enjoyed by all students.
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Ion
God
Father Hannon
Father P. Brady
Mannington
Father Carroll
St. Augustine School
Torlock Rasmussen
Pike Street Resident Dies After Four Month Illness
Mrs. Eleanor Miller Willis aged 50 died at 1 20 Sunday afternoon at 55 Pike street after a four month illness. Born June 5 1891 in Taylor county she was the daughter of the late David and Eva Poe Miller. Surviving are husband John Burton Willis a B and D electrician two sisters and nine children including Mrs Rosemary Shaffer Paul Willis Mrs Clarence Baker Albert Willis Mrs Charles Adlington Jacob Willis Miss Margaret Willis and John Willis plus seven grandchildren. Last rites 2 30 Tuesday at Bartlett Funeral Home with Rev E Zinn officiating. Interment Webster cemetery under Bartlett directions. Body remains at the funeral home. Hayden Planetarium contains about 9000 stars the sun the moon and planets in New York mechanism.
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Eleanor Miller Willis
Pike Street
Taylor County
Willis
David
Eva Poe Miller
John Burton Willis
Ward Miller
Coalton
Chester Delaney
Gafton
Rosemary Shaffer
Grafton
Paul Willis
Clarence Baker
McRoberts
Albert Willis
Charleston
Charles Adlington
Jacob Willis
Jefferson Barracks
Margaret Willis
John Willis
Fetterman Methodist Church
Bartlett Fugral
McGraw Avenue
E. ©. Zinn
Fetterman Church
Webster Cemetery
G. T. Bartlett
Funeral
Body of Opal Meyer recovered after drowning at Valley Falls
A week after Opal Meyer and her sister drowned in the Tygarts Valley river, Opal Meyer’s body was found about 3 pm three quarters of a mile above Hammond. The 19-year-old was identified by officials from Grafton and Clarksburg. her body was taken to Morgantown for burial.
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Tygarts Valley
Valley Falls
Opal Meyer
Hammond
John W. Abel
Grafton
John
Harry Whittmore
Clarksburg
Marion County
Morgantown
Vivian van Horn
Alice van Horn Tichinell
Florence Meyers
Valey Falls
Norma Jean
Meyers
Tis
Fisherman Rescues Drowning Daughters After Boat Capsize
Floyd E Meyer father of two drowned girls braved the river in a search boat that overturned. He was swept downstream to Hammond and rescued with a sprained ankle and other injuries. All four survivors have recovered from their rowing ordeal.
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Floyd E. Meyer
Hammond
Meyer
Florence Meyer
Clarksburg
van Horn
Cars Collide At Bad Corner In Blueville
One woman injured and two cars damaged in a collision at the intersection of routes 50 and 119 in Blueville yesterday morning at 11. The crash at the notorious corner prompted calls for a stop and go light as the State Road Commission investigates. Mrs Gordon Blane Ramsey, 314 Cuff Avenue, Clarksburg, suffered a slight knee injury when her car collided with Alonzo D. Evans of Monongahela, Pa, and her husband’s vehicle. Damage to the Ramsey car estimated at $125.
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Bluevillet
State Road Commission
Gordon Blane Ramsey
Cuff Avenue
Clarksburg
Evans machine wreck injures three in Monongahela crash
Evans machine sustained $75 damage after a collision. Mrs Fred Valenson and her daughter Irene, both of Monongahela, were riding with Evans and escaped with only a shaking up. City and state police investigated the wreck.
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Evans
Fred Valenson
Irene
Mononga+ hela
Diplomas Awarded to 218 at Two County Schools
Diplomas were conferred Friday night to 179 graduates at Graton Senior High School and 39 at Flemington High, concluding the 1941-42 term. Dr. Richard Aspinall addressed Graton graduates. E G Kuhn and R V Rohrbough distributed diplomas at their respective schools.
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Graton
Flemington High
Richard Aspinall
West Virginia, University
Gra
Riverside Drive
E. G. Kuhn
Flemington
R. V. Rohrbough
Jack Moran Assigned To School For Bakers
Private Jack H. Moran of Grafton will depart Camp Stew al a for the Quartermaster School for Bakers and Cooks at Fort Benning Georgia. He will undertake a two month baking course in the Army program after leaving the building supplies business and Grafton High School.
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Jack H. Moran
John A. Moran
Grafton
Stewalla
Fort Benning
Mars
Armed Forces
Moran
Grafton High School
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W. VA
Sentinel
Opera House
Judy Canova
Dick Tracy
Cimarron
Fred Scott
Law of the Jungle
House Military Committee
Lon Stansberry
John Denzil Hulley
George H. Griffith
Eivan Franklin Griffith
Skaggs & Company Jewelers
Beech St
Hayden Planetarium
New York
Mafone’s Drug and Chemical Co
Richard W. Knotts
Lincoln Street
Jack Moran
Bakers
Fort. Pitt
The
Grafton Volunteer Fire Department
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