County Fair Crochet Contest Offers Grand Prizes Nationwide
The Taylor County Fair hosts a nationwide crochet contest from August 27 to 31 with 16 classifications and blue ribbons, awarding trips to New York City and Bermuda plus cash prizes up to 1000 dollars for the grand national champion. Entries must be mercerized cotton crochet in any size up to 100 threads and completed since January 1, 1957.
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Stote
New York City
Waldorf- Astoria
Bermuda
Queen of Bermuda
Bermudiana
Taylor County Fair
Falre
Salvation Is Sermon Theme and Message of Peace
The sermon extols salvation through Jesus Christ, emphasizing peace beyond understanding, the fruit of the Spirit, and healing. It invites listeners to bring failings and sickness to Christ, affirming God’s care, forgiveness, and durable know so salvation. Scriptural references include Ps 103 and Isa 59.
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Lord Jesus Christ
Christ Jesus
Jesus
Satan
Jno
Death of H D Godwin 49 in Webster home
H D Godwin aged 49 of Grafton Route 2 Webster died suddenly at 2 30 am at his residence. Born May 27 1908 in Barbour County to James Godwin and the late Anne Shaffer Godwin he leaves widow Estel Knight Godwin and children Ronald James Dale Knight Godwin Norma Jean Delberta Lou and Diana Godwin all at home with seven sisters and one brother. A World War II veteran and member of Flemington Methodist Church Memorial City Post 4081 VFW and American Legion Bartlett Funeral Home in charge with arrangements incomplete. Friends may call after noon Tuesday at the Webster home.
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Howard Delbert Godwin
Grafton
Webster
Barbour County
James Godwin
Anne Shaffer Godwin
Estel Knight Godwin
Ronald James
Dale Knight Godwin
Painesville
Norma Jean
Delberta Lou
Diana Godwin
FloreCord
Hazel Jackson
Baltimore
Nora Renemen
Rosa Shingleton
New Waterford
Mirs
Wanedith
RicCauley
Lena Mossberg
Frederick
Viola Peters
Hayward Godwin
Youngstown
Ohio
Howard D. Godwin,Jr
Godwin
Flemington
Flemington Methodist Church
Memorial City Post
VFW
American Legion
Bartlett Funeral Home
Webser
Business Girls Meet Wednesday
The Grafton Business Girls Club will meet Wednesday at 6 15 p m at the post office building and then go to Cozy Rest for their regular dinner meeting. For cancellations the president Mrs William DeLaney asks persons to phone 1340 before noon tomorrow. Miss Nellie Cook is the hostess.
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Grafton Business Girls Club
William DeLaney
Nellie Cook
Angelo Sotorion Grows Onions On West Washington Street
Angelo Sotorion displays his onions grown on his west Washington Street acreage. Onions reach 32 inches tip to tip as he notes his farming progress while admitting he is not a skilled farmer. His plum trees, three in number, showed promising blossoming earlier but now underwhelmed.
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Angelo Sotorion
Washington Street
Angelo
Town and County Election Drive Invites Voters Tomorrow
The piece urges Grafton’s 4490 registered voters to participate in a non partisan election to pick two city councilmen. It stresses choosing representatives who take their duties seriously and notes favorable weather for voting. It also highlights Tygart Lake State Park and the lifeguard Bill Murray along with WVU and local students staffing the bath house.
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Grafton
Ue Polis
Tygart Lake
Bill Murray
WVU
Bob Walter
Nathan Evans
Alderson Broaddus College
Tom Miller
Jim Ringler
G.H.S
GHS
Roy W. Walter
Bill
First Baptist Church Starts Vacation Bible School
The First Baptist Church began its summer vacation Bible School with Mrs. D W Elta Sayres in charge. Sayres praised early enrollment and hoped numbers would rise as the program continues while other city churches also start sessions inviting families to attend.
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First Baptist Church
D. W. Elta Sayres
Sayres
Frost Destroys Angelo’s Plums For Plum Butter Trade
A weather setback ruined the harvest leaving Angelo unable to supply his plum butter and preserves. Local fruit crops were damaged, forcing him to rely on purchases for future production.
Death of JL Young 64 West Boyd Street Gassaway
Jacob Lemaster Young 64 of West Boyd Street died suddenly at his home. Born May 31 1893 in Clay West Virginia he was a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad conductor for about 40 years and a member of First Baptist Church Gassaway Lodge 133 AF AM and Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Surviving are his mother Synthia Elizabeth Calion Young two sons Chalmer Lee and William Clayton one daughter Mrs J E Lyons six brothers and three sisters. Funeral 2 pm Wednesday Bartlett Funeral Home burial Woodsdale Memorial Park Cemetery callers after 10 am Tuesday
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Jacob Lemaster Young
West Boyd Street
Esterday
Clay
W. Va
B. L. Young
Synthia Elizabeth Callion Young
Grace Elizabeth Young
Chalmer Lee
St. Albans
William Clayton
J. E. Lyons
James Howard
Alloy
Lohn G
Ollie O
Hugeie
Oveton
A. H. Young
Gassaway
Mark C
Hattie Summers
Memie Young
Jene King
Cleveland
Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Young
Firs Baptist Church
Gassaway Lodge No. 133
Brotherhood of Railways
Grafton
Sway
Bartlett Funeral Home
Woodsdale Memorial Park
Inventions of spectacles and Franklin’s bifocals
The text notes that spectacles appeared before 1300 enabling sight for many, and records that the inventor of spectacles is unknown. It adds that Ben Franklin invented bifocal spectacles, though the exact origin remains uncertain.
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Ben Franklin
Death Reported of C. E. Marquess in Brookville
Word reached relatives of Charles E. Bud Marquess son of Lena Headlonger Marquess Hinkston and the late Ira Marquess. He died suddenly at his Brookville home Sunday after three weeks illness. Husband of Eloise Duckworth Marquess. Body will be returned to Grafton for burial with funeral plans incomplete.
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Charles E
Bud) Marquess
Lena Head
Marquess Hinkston
Ira Marquess
Eloise Duckworth
Marquess
Brookville
Grafton
Mishap Causes $500 Damages at Blueville Intersection
At 7 00 a m a collision at the Blueville intersection of U S Routes 50 and 119 caused about 500 in damages to two cars. James Bayo Hinke 46 of Grafton Rt 3 drove south and cut in front of Thomas Emerson Virgin 38 of Hundred W Va. No arrests and no injuries reported per State Trooper C W White.
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Blueville
U. S
Fortney Rites Conducted Today
Funeral services for Marion A. Fortney, 52, of Zion, Til., were held today at 4pm at the Bartlett Funeral Home. The Rev. Chester G. Stever officiated. Burial followed at Bluemont Cemetery. Grafton Lodge No. 15 AF and AM oversaw Masonic services. Honorary pallbearers included Joseph Bordas Sr., Beverly B. Stamford, Carlos Smalling, Carl Sharp, Leroy Hun, John Benda, Nie, and Harl Bennett.
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Marion A.fortney
Zion
Til
Bartlett Funeral Home
Chester G. Stever
Bluemont Cemetery
Grafton Lodge No. 15
Joseph Bordas, Sr
Beverly B. Stamford
Carlos Smalling
Carl Sharp
Leroy Hun
John Benda
Nie
Harl Bennett
Rosemont Church Vacation Bible School Plans
A daily vacation Bible school will run at Bailey Memorial Methodist Church Rosemont from June 3 to June 1 0 for children aged three through 14. Surrounding community families are invited. Several local residents and relatives are listed as visiting or staying in Rosemont, including Duvall, Crouse, Carder, Kirby, Brown, Bensky, Domino, Sandy, Angan, and Shaffer families. The Bailey Memorial Young Adult Class elected officers Brannon Biffle president Wallace Sterling vice president Cora Ellen Harris secretary Veram Goodwin treasurer and voted to buy a new church kitchen sink. The next class meeting is Friday June 7 at 7 30 pm with a May roast in the church grove. Roger Marks Charles Brown and Brannon Biffle attended the Sam Snead golf tournament at White Sulphur Springs.
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Bailey Memorial Methodist Church
Rosemont
Homer L. Duvall
Cleveland
Mack Duvall
Herbert Crouse
William Crouse
Washington, Pa
Marle Crouse
Lawrence Carder
Kathryn
Elizabeth Carder
Clarksburg
Robert Brown
Bridgeport
Lonnie Brown
Danna George
Thelma Bailey
Philip Sandy
Robert Sandy
Warren
Riley Shaffer
Thomas Anagan
Flemington
Howard Caldwell
Bailey Memorial Church
Brannon T. Biffle
Wallace Sterling
Cora Ellen Harris
Veram Goodwin
Robert Marks
Weiner
Church Grove
Charles_Brown
Brannon Biffle
Sam Snead
White Sulphur Springs
Minnie Fawley
Washington, D.C
Melana Goodwin
Death of B F Williams of Tunnelton at 81
Benjamin F Williams of Route 1 Tunnelton died Sunday at Grafton City Hospital aged 81 born February 3 1876 in Harrison County after six weeks illness He was son of George Williams and Rebekah Shay Williams His two marriages produced children and he is survived by three brothers and one sister Funeral set for Wednesday at 2 pm at West End E U B Church Rev Oscar Hull to officiate Burial in Shay Chapel Cemetery Knotts Funeral Home in charge Friends may call at the state home in Tunnelton
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Benjamin F. Williams
Rt. 1
Tunnelton
Grafton City Hospital
Harrison County
George Williams
Rebekah Shay Williams
Clarah Howard Williams
Esther Moore
Paul Williams
Phoenix
Ariz
Leonard
Mel
Vin Williams
Detroit
Mich
Laura Agnes Williiams
Marie ‘Wiles
Ruth ‘Bol
West End
E.U.B
Oscar Hull
Shay Chapel
Tate
Knotts
Picnic at Grafton Park Draws Local Families
Howard Caldwell of Rose attended a Sunday outing at Grafton Park with Mr. and Mrs. Homer Brown. Others present included Mrs. Robert Goodwin and Keith Goodwin, the Shingletons, the Hathways from Annmore, the Founders from Detroit visiting Earl Watkins’s home, and the Goodwins and Humphrey from the University of North Dakota, which marks its 75th birthday this year after being established by the Dakota Territory legislature.
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Howard Caldwell
Rose
Grafton Park
Homer Brown
Robert Goodwin
Keith Goodwin
Lance Shingleton
Durwood Hathway
Annmore
Walton
Detroit
Mich
Earl Watkins
John Stonka
Famly
Minnie Goodwin
Donald Goodwin
Dwight Humphrey
Rosemont
University of North Dakota
Dakota Territory
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Oklahoma City
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Washington
Defner
N.Y
Linda Moore
Sentinel
Angelou
Malone’s Drug Store
JL. Young
B. Ard D. Worker
C. E. Marquess
Fortney
Boston
Susan Johnson
International
National Auto
Grafton, W. VA
E. Main ST
B. F. Williams
Arnold H. Knotts
Lincoln Bt
Earle G
Murphy
Clabber
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Healy
Exeteriary
Barking
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