Funeral rites set for Edward H Hostler Monday at 9
Edward H Hostler 64 a veteran plumbing and heating contractor died after a cerebral hemorrhage at the U S Veterans hospital Aspinwall Pa He was born in Fairmont Nov 23 1877 lived in Grafton since youth His wife Ante Gerkin died January 3 He left no immediate survivors and was active in the Spanish American War Veterans He will lie in state at 338 Walnut St and funeral services are at St Augustine Catholic church at 9 Monday with burial in Mt Calvary cemetery
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Edward H. Hostler
U.S. Veterans Hospital
Aspinwall
Hostler
Fairmont
Frank
Fannie Hokner Hostler
Grafton
Ante Gerkin
St. Augustine Catholic Church
Holy Name Society
William R. Gerkin
Walnut Street
Lynch Funeral Home
Father M. J. Harmon
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
A. Carl Lynch
Rationing Board Sees Record Requests For Sugar Permits
The Taylor County Rationing Board fixed June 8 as the final day to apply for sugar for canning and preserving. The board continues a record smashing pace at the courthouse with the county building used for days to handle the surge of daily applicants, aided by volunteers.
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Taylor County Rationing Board
Eagles Arrange Party For Ross and Tally
Graf ton aerle of the Fraternal Order of Eagles plans an open house and dance Saturday night from 8 30 to 12 30 in clubrooms to honor two officers leaving for military service. Ross Gerard enters the U S Navy Sunday and Floyd R Lisk will join the U S Army at Fort Thomas Ky after enlisting this week. Members families and friends and all prospective inductees are urged to attend.
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Grafton Aerle
Order of Eagles
Ross Gerard
U. S. Navy
Floyd R. ‘Tally” Lisk
U.S. Army
Fort Thomas
First Aid Course Ends For Local Civic Defense Group
An American Red Cross First Aid class finished under Mrs. James Parkhill with Ray E. Parkhill assisting. Held at the Housekeeping center, the course included women from the motor corps and housekeeping aides, who praised the instruction and received gifts such as an umbrella from the class.
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American Red Cross
Monta L. Morris
L. L. Painter
W. C. Pembroke
Florence Poling
Muriel Posten
Rose Price
Gertrude Shaw
Mary Smith
Thelma Marie Welch
Fern M. Westfall
Mamie Maude White
Hazel Whitehall
Audrey Fern Wolverton
Parkhill
Cla
Five More Auto Grants Issued By Ration Board
Taylor county rationing board released five additional automobile certificates allowing new car purchases. Recipients include George Hamilton, John Sterling, Carr China Company, Charles T. Putnam, and William F. King.
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Ration Board
Taylor County Rationing Board
George 8. Hamilton
John E. Sterling
Carr China Company
Charles T. Putnam
William F. King
High Church Official Calls Moratorium on Talks at Synod
At the Reformed Church in America 136th annual session in Albany new talks are criticized as endless and pointless. Rev Simon Blocker of Holland Michigan proposes a moratorium on preaching and excessive speaking to avoid overwhelming congregants. He notes ministers juggle pulpit teaching Sunday school youth groups and catechism while remaining unable to keep listeners engaged.
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Albany
General Synod of the Reformed Church of America
Simon~ Blocker
Holland
Mich
Farmers Market Opening Here
The Farmers Cooperative Market will open at 9 a.m. tomorrow in the old Boyles building opposite the Dixie theatre on West Main street and stay open until 3 p.m. It will operate Tuesdays and Saturdays with honey eggs poultry vegetables butter cottage cheese and other farm goods on display. This week the special is strawberries. County Agent Lloyd Reid says former home sellers are asked to come to the market for supplies. Farmers selling from house to house are barred from tire retreads but may deliver to a central point. They will have individual stands to sell their own produce.
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Farmers Cooperative Market
Boyles
Dixie Theatre
West Main Street
Lloyd Reid
Newspaperman Dowling Dies at 53 in New York Hospital
Thomas J. Dowling former circulation chief for Hearst and Scripps-Howard newspapers died at Mount Vernon Hospital New York after a heart attack he had suffered since 1938 the Elmira New York native survived by his widow and two daughters Mary Elizabeth 19 and Madelaine 1 cer tain directors listed and principal address given during the annual war effort banquet praised cooperation among railroad workers to prevent accidents and keep trains running.
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Hearst and
Scripps-Howard
Thomas J. Dowling
Mount Vernon Hospital
N. Y
Dowling
New York
Santa Claus
Park Row
Elmira
Mary Elizabeth
Madelaine
Complete Arrangements For GHS Band Concert
Plans for the Grafton Senior High school spring concert are near complete for Tuesday night at 8 15 in Riverside drive school auditorium. Lucas E Finney Jr director will oversee a program featuring Betty Newham Joan Welsh and Bette Taylor in a girls trio and band performances including Southern Cross On the Square Stars and Stripes Forever Paramount Overture Pa vanne Americana Patrol Suite in E Flat for Military Band and Were All American.
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Grafton
Riverside Drive
Lucas E. Finney, Jr
Betty Newham
Joan Welsh
Bette Taylor
Southern Cross
On the Square
Stars and Stripes Forever
Paramount Overture
Pavanne
Woman Shocked by Last Night Storm Near Grafton
Mrs. Jessie Reed of route 5 received electric shock while on the telephone during an intense electrical storm. She was treated at Grafton City hospital and discharged to recover at home. The storm caused citywide outages as trees toppled lines on Yates and Maple avenues and other streets.
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B. and O
Jessie Reed
Route 5
Grafton City Hospital
West Grafton
Yates and
Maple Avenues
St. Charles
Lincoln
High Streets
Vets Elect New Group President At B and O Convention
At Wheeling on June 5 H W Fawyer of Baltimore was chosen president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Veteran Employee association at the 18th annual convention. Philadelphia was named as the site for the 1933 meeting. Other officers elected include J K Jolly of Youngstown C vice president R L Hause of Baltimore secretary treasurer and A P Gallagher of Philadelphia chaplain.
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Wheeling
H. W. Fawyer
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Veteran Employee Association
Philadelphia
J. K. Jolly
Youngstown
R. L. Hause
A. P. Gallagher
Grafton High Plans No Summer Session This Year
There will be no summer session at Grafton Senior High School this year, as Superintendent E. G. Kuhn announced, due to only about 50 students showing interest, making it unlikely to organize classes.
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Grafton
E. G. Kuhn
Only Established Firms May Get Extra Rations
Churches, lodges, clubs and other private organizations that do not maintain establishments for the regular preparation and serving of meals are barred from being registered as institutional users of sugar, even if they sc old dinners, give ban.
What's Good For A Cold Malone's Drug and Chemical Co
Malone's Drug and Chemical Co promotes a remedy with claimed cold relief. The ad emphasizes common ingredients and fast action, urging readers to purchase the preparation at local drugstores.
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Malone's Drug and Chemical Co
Taylor County Rationing Board Reverses Eligibility Rules
The Taylor County Rationing board, advised by the state administrator, overturns an earlier decision and now denies eligibility to certain groups for rationing benefits. The bulletin issued this week directs the reversal of the board’s previous stance.
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Uets
Taylor County Rationing Board
Council Plans Final Zones Blackout Test
The Taylor County Defense Council announced a final blackout test set for June 12, a week before the countywide blackout on June 19. Zones three four and six will participate, per chairman Major Charles £. Burke. Zone three includes the areas.
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Taylor County Defense Council
Charles £. Burke
Death Reported At 64 In Grafton Area
An individual died at age 64 in the region spanning Bridge street in Grafton and Thornton zone four, extending across the Tygart river from the dam to Knottsville, including South Grafton and zone six in the Flemington section.
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Bridge Street
Grafton
Thornton
Tygart
Knottsville
South Grafton
Flemington
Senate Okes Provisions On Dependents Allowances
Senate approval outlines that dependents may apply via a department, with family allowances for class B dependents subject to cessation by the enlisted, and a government contribution cap of $50 per month.
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