Good Supply Of Better Liquors To Be Available
Grafton residents may buy bonded bourbons straight whiskies blends from a large stock when the local store reopens June 17 after quor holidays. Clyde Hickman reports 70 on hand at closing May 27 and 348 received last week with more expected. Registration runs through June 15 with 10 am to 8 pm hours. must show operator license or voter card. Liquor purchases will be at the store where registered.
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Clyde Hickman
Hickman
West Virginia University Commencement Sees Grafton Graduates
Morgantown June 1 Dr E R Weidlein Mellon Institute will deliver the commencement address at WVU s seventy ninth commencement June 3 10 am in University Field House The program closes Commencement Week with baccalaureate by Joseph C Gluck USNR Alumni Day June 2 and other events Read as candidates for decrees include Dorsey C Gamsjager Margaret Collins Willa Copenhaver Cecelia Debendarfer Mary Virginia Dent Natalie Pembroke Joseph Snider Grafton families plan to attend led by Mr and Mrs Thomas Beall from West Washington Street uncle and aunt of Dorsey Gamsjagi
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Morgantown
E. R. Weidlein
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
Pittsburgh
West Virginia University
University
Joseph C. Gluck
U. S. Naval Reserve
Grafton
Dorsey C. GamsJager
Margaret Alice Collins
Willa Copenhaver
Cecelia Debendarfer
Mary Virginia Dent
Natalie Pembroke
Joseph Franklin Snider
Thomas R. Beall
West Washington Street
Dorsey Gamsjagi
Union Heads Hot About President
CIO maritime leaders and ship operators clash over a planned June 15 strike as President Truman vows to use Army Navy and Coast Guard if needed. Union co chairmen Bridges Curran hail mediation efforts while criticizing the president for his stance. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach urged peaceful talks and non public statements to aid negotiations.
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Max Hall
Washington
CIO
Truman
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Mari
Harry Bridges
Joseph Curran
Committee For Maritime Unity
Schwellenbach
Funeral Held Today For Sister of Grafton Man
Funeral services for Mrs. Frances Reese Hall, 72, who died after a heart attack at the National cemetery during Memorial Day observances, will be at the Methodist church in Elkins at 2 30 tomorrow. The Rev H W Ware will officiate, burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Mrs Hall, born in Valley Falls Taylor county, died in Elkins while attending Memorial Day events with her husband Dr C H Hall and others. The body lay at Bartlett Funeral Home here Thursday, then moved to an Elkins firm Friday morning.
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Frances Reese Hall
National Cemetery
Elkins
H. W. Ware
Maplewood
Hall
Valley Falls
Taylor County
C. H. Hall
Ready for season opening Charleston fishing 1946
Bass fingerlings stocked two years ago will be of legal size at the opening of the 1946 fishing season June 29 and add to the possibilities of good catches this year. The conservation commission report states the season opens at 12 01 a m June 29 and continues through November 30.
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Charleston
the Conservation Commission
Grafton High School awards honors and pins in commercial dept
S H Haselden and two instructors presented commendations for superior averages in the Commercial department at Grafton Senior High. Certificates of proficiency in first year bookkeeping went to Billie Boyard and many classmates, with typing pins awarded for various averages.
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Grafton Senior High School
S. H. Haselden
Gladys Hickman
Helen Xenakis
Billie, Boyard
Wilma Clarkson
Doris Ann Harrison
Janice Jefferies
Josephine Bryan
Mary Jo Francis
Wilda McCartney
Norma Lee Murphy
Baragra Musgrove
Zelda Poling
Charles D. Reed
Marjorie Robinson
Julia Scarelli
Tommy Setler
Claudia Williams
Mildred Yates
Joseph Gennette
Marie McDaniel
Virginia McDaniel
Frances Linn
Betty Deets
Mary Jane Wagner
Ruby Rutherford
Anna Johnson
Laura Love Stead
Betty Jean Weaver
Evelyn Golden
Frances Newton
Pauline Poling
Mildred Poling
Dorothy
Norma Murphy
Irene Andrews
Clyde Brown
Regina Donnelson
Geraldine Dowell
Eloise Gillispie
Virginia Haller
Ruth Hulley
Billie Bolyard
Jo Ann Duckworth
Wanda Exline
Vanda Eline
Vera Klepfel
Wilma
Poo
Harrison Wolfe
Virginia Carpenter
Infant dies in Webster City hospital after birth
Marcus and Juanita Mayle mourn the death of their day-old daughter born Thursday at 8 20 pm in City hospital. The infant died at 11 30 last night. Survivors include two sisters Janet and Wilma Lee and three brothers Floyd Lewis and Roger at Webster. Funeral services were held at 3 pm today at West Hill church with Rev Pred DeCost officiating. Burial followed in West Hill cemetery. The article notes Jeanette Rankin as the first woman U S representative from Montana.
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Marcus Mayle
City Hospital
Mayles
Webster
Mayle
Juanita Kennedy
Janet
Wilma Lee
Floyd
Lewis
Roger
West Hill Church
Pred DeCost
West Hill Cemetery
U. S
Jeanette Rankin
Montana
Weekend Rain Delay Dampens County Plans
The weatherman forecasts rain and cooler temperatures for the weekend as June begins, disappointing residents eager to enjoy country outings, rivers, and lakes. Decoration Day brought relief from chill, gardeners seek sun for spring planting, and gardens remain late due to heavy rains. Engineers report 96 degree peak sun temp at Tygarts Dam yesterday, 67 degrees at 7 am, no last night precipitation, and reservoir level at 1099.94 feet and falling.
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Tygarts Dam
B&O Names White Chicago Terminal President and Campbell Vice President
Roy B. White, president of the B and O, elected president of the B and O Chicago Terminal. G. Murray Campbell, general freight traffic manager, elected vice president and executive representative of the B and O in Chicago. H. B. Vorhees to retire May 31. Negro section reports Dr. Aoetheker discussing 13,000,000 African Americans facing second-class citizenship and oppression. calls for full freedom and equality for all.
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Roy B. White
Chicago
G. Murray Campbell
H. B. Vorhees
Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad Company
Aoetheker
United States
America
Mining Revival Teases Growth in Pennsylvania and Utah
Ambiguous OCR fragment notes a small output in Utah and a trickle of miners returning in Pennsylvania, the second largest national producer, hinting at a tentative mining revival.
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Utah
Pennsylvania
Funeral for Mrs Hall Tomorrow in Philippi
Mrs Ida May Moss 68 sister of Okey Hoffman of Grafton died Wednesday in a Clarksburg hospital after a six week illness. Last rites were at 2 30 p m with Rev Metcalfe officiating. Interment Mt Vernon Memorial cemetery Philippi. Born May 2 1878 in Barbour county daughter of John and Elizabeth Trimble Hoffman. Survived by husband Floyd Moss of Philippi a son Henry Moss of Flemington a daughter Mildred Elizabeth two sisters Nettie Yokum Barbara Moats two brothers Okey Hoffman of Grafton Cliff Hoffman of Baltimore and four grandchildren.
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Philippi
Ida May Moss
Okey Hoffman
Grafton
Clarksburg
Metcalfe
Mt. Vernon Memorial Cemetery
Barbour County
Ijohn
Elizabeth Trimble Hoffman
Floyd Moss
Henry Moss
Flemington
Mildred Elizabeth
Nettie Yokum
Barbara Moats
Elkins
Cliff Hoffman
Baltimore
MD. J
Taylor County Oil Men Will Meet In Fairmont
Oil men from all Taylor County sections are invited to a meeting at the Fairmont Hotel in Fairmont on Thursday June 6 at 7:30 PM. Francis Skeet Parley executive secretary of the West Virginia Petroleum Association announced the county organization will be extended into this region with a permanent group representing the petroleum industry.
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Taylor County
Fairmont
Francis “Skeet” Parley
West Virginia Petroleum Association
Dealers invited to county meeting elect officers next year
Retail and wholesale dealers along with auto dealers and oil men in the county are invited to the upcoming meeting where officers for the coming year will be elected.
Boys State Opens Tomorrow Morning
About 300 youths from across West Virginia will report to Jackson’s Mill tomorrow for the annual Boys State citizenship training school, sponsored by the American Legion. Ray Burg of Piedmont will participate. Tractions in fixed arms and pistol fire will be demonstrated by State Police members.
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Jackson's Mill
W. Va
West Virginia
Jackson's
American Legion
Ray Burg
Piedmont
State Police Department
Singleton Dies in Clarksburg
Mrs L Shingleton a native of Taylor county died at 1 45 pm yesterday at the home of his son W F Singleton in Clarksburg after more than six months illness. A farmer from Pleasant Creek area he moved to Clarksburg five years ago to live with his son. He belonged to the United Brethren church born November 26 1856 son of John Singleton his wife the former Rebecca Moss preceded him.
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L. Shingleton
Taylor County
W. F. Singleton
Clarksburg
Pleasant Creek
United Brethren Church
John Singleton
Rebecca Moss
Death Notice for Local Resident with Family Survivors
A local man who died five years ago is survived by two sons O. J Singles ton of Kirkwood Ill and W. P. Singleton at whose home he died. He leaves three grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral services are Sunday at 2 p.m. from Bartlett Funeral Home with Rev Crites of Clarksburg officiating. Interment in Bluemont Cemetery. Friends may call the funeral home this evening.
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O. J Singleston
Kirkwood
Ill
W. P. Singleton
Bartlett Funeral Home
Crites
Clarksburg
Bluemont
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