Memorable Memorial Day Rosters in Grafton
Local society notices list numerous visitors and residents in Grafton during Memorial Day weekend. Among guests are Mrs Lovie Poe Agnes Evans and numerous relatives from Clarksburg Philadelphia Wheeling Pittsburgh Fairmont Philippi Cumberland and Ak ron with addresses on Beech Street Walnut Street Pearl Street and Dewey Avenue. The item chronicles arrivals departures and social visits including visits by former mayors and physicians with multiple families, trips to Fairfield and West Main Street, and attendance at Memorial Day events.
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Lovie Poe
Agnes Evans
Clarksburg
Blaine McCatney
Beechstreet
Robert Poe
Phil Bleese
Philadelphia
H. @. MacKay
Walnut Street
Bleese
Grafton
John 8
J. W. Travis
Illinois Post Graduate Medical School
Chicago
Hugh McConkey
Wheeling
Frank A. Ross
West Main Street
Karl Redinger
Washington, D. C
Redinger
E. F Redlinger
Beaumont
Florence Wagner
Charles Gardner
B. W. Anvil
McGraw Artenue
Allegheny
Greenbrier County
Earl Scott
Fairjmont
Jasper Rose
Indianapolis
Ind
J. Rose
Mattie Rose
Pearl Steec
Edmond A. Lilly
Lily
I. M. Davis
Pearl Street
Lilly
Uth Davis
Ella Gattona
Akron
Ohio
Guy Williams
Flemington
J. W. Love
Pittsburgh
Francis Love
Love
Jimmy Love
Nek Fennycook
Pennsboro
H. M. Baker
Utica
Harold James
Ed Glover
West Grafton
T. J. Harrison
Fairmont
B. L. Bolyard and Sons
Ona and
Hubert
Grand Jefferys
Tunnelton
J. P. Jefferys
Frank Holl’s
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Carry Kate
Roselean Fleming
C. Jay Fleming
Eugene Kersting
L. B. Crane
Mountain Lake Park
Everette McWilliams
Kathryn Tucker
South Grafton
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
James W. Love
Henry J. Pracht
Agnes Gocke
Beech Street
Anna Hefling
Fairmon
Ruth and
Helen Jackson
Oscar Poe
Poe
Onda Shaffer
Ruth Hurst
Bruce Hankey
Porter Gore
Philippi
Edward Hannon
A. J. Matlick
Weston
Bertha Hodges
Elkins
Alonzo Bartlett
J. A. Wagner
Baltimore
J. A. Morris
Belington
Misa Lena Woodyard
Route No. 5
Industrial
Miss Woodyard
Sentinel
Daily Sentinel
James Murphy
Oran Shaffer
Harry Fisher
Wendel
Ernest Clark
Buckhannon
E. F. Clark
A. E. Milton
Morgantown
C. C. Shaffer
Holmes Wyckoff
C. H. Powell
Norma
Ruth
C. R. Hedrick
C. E. Hedrick
Malligam Avenue
Dr. Hedrick
J. B. Cooper
Axton
E. F. Redinger
William Stewart
Mdi
W. P. Stewart
Nellie
Mary Frumfart
Newbury
Ruth Haddox
Nell Burnside
H. B. Shaver
Memorial Day Observance in Grafton Honors Veterans
Memorial Day activities in Grafton drew crowds as parades passed to the National Cemetery where graves were decorated. Congressman Rosenbloom and Col. Hartney spoke of sacrifice across wars, praising veterans and urging citizens to uphold democracy and liberty. The event featured schoolchildren, the American Legion, Salvation Army floats, and solemn tributes to Civil War and World War II heroes.
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National Cemetery
Congressman. Rosenbloom
Colonel Hartney
America
Taylor County
American Legion
Taylor
Surrinding
Benjamin L. Rosenbloom
Harold B. Hartney
United States Air Service
Howard H. Holt
Grafton Sentinel
Iton
Woman's Music Club
Miller
The
Christian
G Boeman
Aranine
Grafton
West Virginia
Col
John G. Lewellen
Reno
G. A. KR
George Clark
Legion Veterans
School of Grafton
Thomas M. Zumbrunnen
P. Theodore Crickenberger
Salvation Army
Clarksburg
John Wheatley
Grand Army of the Republic
Wright
Sentinel
Benjamin L. Roxenbloom
France
H. EB. Hartney
Hartney
Grand Army
Pump Station Stays Open Despite Flood Stage
City Commissioners highlight that the Tygart Valley river flood stage did not force closure of the park pumping station. They warn residents to boil drinking water Sunday night and note a concrete riverfront wall proved effective against floods. Plans for a filter bed system await financing.
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Grafton
Tygart’s Valley
Park
Love
Figure out in Railmen's Pay at 10 Percent
The U S Railway Labor Board plans a 10 percent wage cut for 104 railroads, with the new rates possibly spreading to all roads. The cut could reduce the nation’s rail wage bill by about 300 million dollars in shop and track costs, taking effect July 1 after last year’s 600 million dollar increase.
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Chicago
Associated Press
U. S. Railway Labor Board
Tomorow
Jail Breaker Thompson Captured After Breakout
George Dewey Thompson, a member of the trio that escaped from Taylor County jail on Sunday March 6, was returned from Clarksburg after serving 10 days for railroad trespassing. He will face charges for the Jimmy Vincenzo fruit store robbery in West Grafton, identified as the man who held Mrs Vincenzo during the incident.
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George Dewey Thompson
Taylor
Clarksburg
Thompson
Jimmy” Vincenzo
West Grafton
Vincenzo
Jail Intake Report Mentions Thompson Transfer
Deputy Sheriff Paul Mays brought Thompson back to jail this morning with Charles P. Dell listed as a related official. The fragment notes an escort and custody action but lacks full details.
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Charles P. Dell. Anderson
Paul Mays
Thompson
Bomb explosion injures three air service officers
Washington May 31. Three officers and eight enlisted men were hurt when a bomb exploded while being placed aboard a vessel at an army proving grounds in Aberiven. Officers Joseph Hall and First Lt. L Reese were seriously injured. Carl G. Ellison also badly hurt. Lt. Besse sustained lesser injuries as Captain Robert of the ordinance department flew to gather details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Air Service
Beire
Army Proving Grounds
Aberiven Md
Joseph Hall
L. Reese
Sams
Proving Grounds
Carl G. Ellison
Hall
Besse
Robert
Ordinance Department
Lutz to be brought back for resentence Monday
On motion by Prosecuting Attorney Merle Watkins Judge Warren B. Kittle ordered that Jacob Lutz, who killed Police Chief Phillips, be brought here next Monday for resentence. Lutz will likely be in the custody of Moundsville penitentiary officials for the trip here and back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Watkins
Warren B. Kittle
Jacob Lutz
Phillips
Lutz
Moundsville Penitentiary
Doctor Warder Injured In Church Street Crash
Prominent physician Dr A. L. Warder sustained two broken ribs and a deep cut to his left leg when a taxi driven by Sylvester McDaniel lost control near the Presbyterian church on Washington street. The car left the pavement, struck the church wall, and demolished the front end of the vehicle as Warder rode in the back seat. He was being taken home from Knotts avenue when the accident occurred. he remained resting at his residence that afternoon.
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A. 8. Warder
Washington Street
Presbyterian Church
Warder
Beech Street
Knotts Avenue
Sylvester McDan
Bakers Strike Amid Bread Supply Steady
Five union bakers were arrested after striking workers threatened nonunion substitutes at a large Chicago bakery. More than 1,000 union bakers walked out as their contracts expired, yet Chicago’s bread production stayed at about 85 percent of normal with vacancies quickly filled by nonunion workers. The strike followed a 26 percent wage cut proposal by the master bakers association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Associated Press
Auto Thieves Captured After Virginia Escape
Virginia authorities capture three men, John Baker, R. Bell, and Joe Ryden, after a car theft from in front of the post office. The suspects were traced across Elkins and the Parkersburg Staunton turnpike, arrested at Montery and await extradition. Police note the driver’s local road knowledge suggests regional origins.
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Old Virginia
John Baker
R. Bell
Joe Ryden
Montery
John Waters
West Washington Street
Virginia
Elkins
Parkersburg-Staunton
C. T. Shumate
Virgina
Grafton Oficers
Bhumate
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