W Shahan Resigns as Grafton Band Director
W Shahan, band director at Grafton High, resigns from the Taylor County school system effective June 1 to pursue doctoral studies at Eastman School of Music Rochester NY. He has led the Grafton band nine years and taught Freshman theory while composing pieces performed by the Rochester Philharmonic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul W. Shahan
Grafton High School
Eastman School of Music
Rorhester
Taylor County
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Shahan
Board of Education
Grafton
Eastman
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Leipzig Towers
Andrews Methodist Church
Grafton Kiwanis
Grafton Lodge No
AF and
West Virginia Band Masters Associaton
Copestone Chapter
RAM
de- Molay Commandery No
Knghts Templar
Carmen Shahan
East Main Street
Jean Welsh
Rochester
Camp
Ceasur
Rebekahs Memorial Service Set For Tuesday
Grafton Lodge No 331 LOOF and Grafton Rebekah Lodge No 22 hold a joint memorial and dedicatory program at 7 30 pm Tuesday in the Odd Fellows Hall. The ceremony honors deceased members and includes mortgage clearance on the 1947 building. Grand Lodge officers and members from nearby lodges are expected, with families and friends invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Lodge
Loof
Grafton
Circle 3 Elects Officers of St Pauls WSCS
Circle No. 3 of St. Pauls Methodist church elected officers led by Mrs Rex Nuzum as chairman with Mrs C B Mason as vice chair and Mrs A M Campbell secretary and Mrs Joseph Riley treasurer presiding. Devotions and lesson by Mrs Roy Harger preceded a Bible questionnaire followed by a desert course for listed attendees. Next meeting planned at Mrs W J Bailey on Beech Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle No. 3
Woman's Society of Christian Service
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Noah Shaffer
Wal‘nut Street
Rex Nuzum
C. B. Mason
A.M. Campbell
Joseph Riley
Shaffer
Roy Harger
Louise Boylen
Mary Ewers
Lawrence Hupp
W. C. Manley
Hargett
Nuzum
Campbell
Riley
Mason
W. J. Bailey
Beech Street
Flespant Creek Bus Farewell Fete Honors Rev Bunner
Members of Pleasant Creek church and community honored the Rev and Mrs Bunner with a farewell wiener roast on church grounds. Social conversation and roasting wieners filled the evening. Several local families visited relatives and hosted guests across the area, highlighting community ties and shared memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Creek
Bunner
Earl Neal
Herold Nes
Daugher
J. B. Kerns
James ‘Kerns
Omy
Orval McCauley
Personal greetings circulate as families visit in multiple towns
Mrs. C. T. Bolyard hosts guests from Hyattsville and Charleston while relatives from Hampton, New Martinsville, and Washington stop by West Main Street. Others attend farewells in Philippi, visit parents in Alexandria, and join commencement at Grafton High School with Carl Smith and neighbors. Additional gatherings include Kerns, Mitchell, Per ks, Poling, and Neal households hosting relatives from Pitt sburgh, Pittsburgh, and Milan Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Bolyard
Dana Bolyard
Hyattsville
Roy Bolyard
Charleston
J. F. Luzadder
Hampton, Va
Charles Duckworth
West Main Street
Lee Yeager
New Martinsville
Thomas Titus
Pine Grove
Hosey Bolyard
Gloverville, N. Y
George F. Poling
Pittsburgh, Pa
Pearl, Polify
Webster
Darl Smith
Samantha Robinson
Hugh Mouser
Philippi
Ruth
Sarah Smith
Alexandria
Carl Smith
Louise Mitchell
Clarksburg
Grafton High School
Helen
Mabel Mitchell
Orval McCauley
Norman McCauley
Carl Junior Smith
J. B. Kerns
Dorsey | Kerns
Wilbern Mitchell
Eldon Perks
Daugh ‘Ter
Russell Poling
Earl Neal
Harold Neal
Suddarth Bartlett
Milan, O
John Shingleton
Grafton
Notes of Interest Guests come visiting from several states
Harry Bloom and daughters hosted a long list of visitors including Mrs Margaret Hedrick from Germantown Maryland and many relatives from Annapolis Glen Burnie Weirton Parkersburg Cincinnati and more The gatherings covered visits with parents Daisy Leggett Hallie Butcher Ralph Malone Pearl Poe and others while some attendees attended cemetery services and a Methodist conference in Buckhannon Numerous Castos Kite and Delaney family members were noted among the guests and travelers from Ohio Maryland Texas and Virginia all mentioned in the notes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Bloom
Margaret Hedrick
Germantown
Glenn Decker
Annapolis
Homer Carder
Cleveland, O
Daisy Leggett
Hallie Butcher
Clayton Butcher
Weirton
Ray Moore
Denzil Graham
Frederick Barthelmy
Evansville
Harold Davis
Fellowsville
Grealey Graham
Texas
Oscar Casto
Akron
John P. Casto, Jr
Johnstown
Douglan Hebb
Monterey
J. N. Nestor
Parkersburg
Ralph Malone
Larry Brown
Roy Brown
William Tucker
John ‘Wood and
Elizabeth Pratt
Washington, D. C
Melvin Travis
Lester McIntosh
Elsie Sheets
Clarence McIntosh
Carl Devers
Richmond
Bobby Bailey
Cleveland
Clark Bailey
Robert Delaney
Hyattsville
Ann Liston
Rowlesburg
Donald Pratt
Charleston
S. C
Arlie Pratt
William Poe
Painesville
Pearl Poe
Harry Smith
Gladys Rutherford
Virgil Cochran
Webster County
Buckhannon
Paul Kite
Ernest Kite
Cincinnati
Jack Donahue
George Mann
O. Terry Kite
Birth of Bryan Rutherford II at Route 4 family home
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Byran Rutherford announce the birth of a son named Bryan II. He was a guest of Mr and Mrs J B Kerns and Mr and Mrs James Kerns during the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Byran Rutherford
Route 4
Bryan, II
J. B. Kerns
Mrs
James Kerns
Church and Club Calendar of Social Meetups
June calendar lists church social events at various venues including First Church of Christ Gween, Simpson Wies hot dog social, Esther Peters Young Adult Class dinner, plus Eagles Auxiliary Taylor County Young Democrats and Grafton club meetings. Also notes memorials, WSCS, Pythian Sisters, Circle No 4, Friendship Class, Gold Star Mothers, Willing Workers, Lois Luzadder Class, White Pawn Council, WCTU, Stitch and Chatter Club with date note changes.
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Vulve
Gween First Church of Christ
Tygart Park
Simpson Wies
Esther Peters
Eagles Auxiliary
Taylor County Young Democrats
Court House
Grafton Quota Club
Cozy Rest
Grafton Lodge
IOOF
Rebekahi Lodge
Odd Fellows Lodge
WSCS
West Main Street
Ayabame
VFW
A John's Methodist Church
Victoria Nicola
Lillian Davis
Lois Luzadder
Grafton Dam
White Pawn Council
Pocahontas
WCTU
First Baptist Church
Stitch and Chatter Club
Maxine Cooper
Hospital Admissions Notice From June Third
Elizabeth Leonard aged 70 of West Bt Charles Richard McCoy Route 3 City Arthur Shahan Route 2 Tunnelton Minnie Murphy Route 2 Newburg Ava Wolverton Route 4 City Randall Zinn Tunnelton Madeline Law rence Fairmont Maryland Day Route 4 Morgantown Mona May Hayes Tunnelton Nila Jackson Blueville mother is Betty Freeze former of Grafton paternal grandparents Bryant C Rutherford born May 24 at Grafton hospital.
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Elizabeth Leonard
W. Bt. Charles
Richard McCoy
City
Arthur Shahan
Tunnelton
Minie Murphy
Newburg
Ava Wolverton
Randall Zinn
Madeline Lawrence
Fairmont
Maryland Day
Morgantown
Mona May Hayes
Nila Jackson
Blueville
Betty Freeze
Phyliss Freeze
Grafton
Bryant C. Rutherford
Grafton Hospital
The Ahern House Plan A One Story by Home of the Week
Attractive modern one story residence named The Ahern offers five rooms. It spans 39 by 24 feet with a cubage of 18 600 feet and a garage cubage of 8600 feet on an 85 foot lot. The layout emphasizes easy housekeeping with eight large closets and kitchen at the front leading to a rear breakfast nook, plus a living room dining space dual use.
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Ahern
Deeda deeds filed in Taylor county amid land transfers
Legal notices show Deeda filing at the Taylor county Clerk's office since Saturday May 28. The records involve Monongahela Power Company right of way across Booths Creek district and Knottsville, Town of Simpson, South Grafton, and Sunnyside Flemington. parcels assigned to various buyers. Included is a burial lot at Woodsdale Memorial Park and a real estate parcel near U S 250 with a $3,500 price from W A Lawler Realtor Fairmont.
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Taylor County Clerk’s Office
Offie Daud
Mary Williams
Monongahela Power Company
Boths Creek
Earl Watkins
Booths Creek
Samuel C. Lundy
Mary P. Lundy
Cecil O. Wolfe
Iris M. Wolfe
Knottsville
C. F. Moore
Wallie Moore
James W. Kerns
Elizabeth B. Kerns
Roy Bonner
Woodsdale Memorial Park
Floyd A
A. Gaye Duckworth
Winifred Heironimus
Robert F. Moran
Betty Jo Moran
South Grafton
Eugene Weese
Betty Weese
June Wesley Lee
W. Washington
Paul Ridenour
Washington
D.C
Eva Ruby
E. Washington
Ruby Gall
Arden
Kathryn Spotlee
Rt. 1
City
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Grafton City
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W. W. Gatrell
A. T. Moscar
R. D. Stout
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