Grafton High Honors 138 Students With High Averages
Grafton High Principal Kenneth Haun announced that 138 students earned averages of B or better and 11 achieved A or higher. Perfect averages were recorded by seniors Betty Hoffman and Martha Rector, juniors Martha Fox, Anna Vance and Robert Borneman, sophomores Velarious Clarkson and William Myers, and freshmen Irene Andrews and Vera Alice Klepfel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Haun
Grafton Senior High School
Betty Hoffman
Janice Myers
Betty Gail Newbrough
Martha Rector
Martha Fox
Anna Vance
Robert Borneman
Velarious Clarkson
William Myers
Irene Andrews
Vera Alice Klepfel
Police Road Check Sees 213 Cars Stopped Saturday Night
State Police and county officers led by Trooper G F Randal and Ray Mathews along with Lloyd Shriver conducted road tests Saturday night on Pruntytown road. A total of 213 cars were checked with six warnings and one arrest. Police urged drivers to verify licenses and have cars checked to prevent possible arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gard
G. F. Randal
Ray Mathews
Lloyd Shriver
Pruntytown Road
Revival Services Start Here Tonight
Revival services open this evening at 7 45 with Rev Edward Bowman of Buena Vista Va as speaker. Rev K B Richardson of First Brethren Church announced the series runs through June 19 with special music each night and features the W M M N spiritual singers on Wednesday and Salvation Army on Friday. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. B. Richardson
First Brethren Church
Edward Bowman
Brethren Church
Buena Vista
Salvation Army
War Food Admin plan limits 1944 food per person
Nation to page one continues with details from the War Food Administration signaling a plan for 1944 allowing under 80 pounds per person. The piece notes about 17 million American women employed and mentions sea water can be made drinkable using silver oxide and acids, and a Kaware floating bridge applied on cloth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Food Administration
United States
Important Notice to Farmers About Farm Work Bays
An urgent county notice states several good farm workers are available for farm work this season. Bays must be placed within 48 hours or they will be released to other communities. Contact A. Hensley, County Agent, to secure a bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eminties
Blelay
Wy Offie
Funeral Plans for 4 Year Old Proudfoot Nephew
Mr and Mrs James Proudfoot and Mrs R L Proudfoot of its city travel to Toledo today for the funeral of 4 year old John Clyde Proudfoot nephew and former Grafton resident son of the late Clyde C Proudfoot Sr and Beulah Fisher Proudfoot survivor mother Beulah and a half sister Doris Jeary Proudfoot
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Proudfoot
R. L. Proudfoot
Toledo
Grafton
John Clyde Proudfoot
Clyde. C. Proudfoot
Beulah Fisher Proudfoot
Doris Jeary
Proudfoot
Former Local Resident Mary Ellen Jennings Dies in Parkersburg
Miss Mary Ellen Jennings of Parkersburg and former Grafton resident died Thursday in St Josephs Hospital from complications after a severe bout of pneumonia. She was the daughter of the late James and Ellen Jennings born in Grafton, moved to Parkersburg, survived by two brothers and two sisters, with burial Saturday at Mt Carmen Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Jennings
Parkersburg
Grafton
St. Joseph's Hospital
James Jennings
Ellen Jennings
John T. Jennings
Albert’ M. Stiles
Genevieve Crites
James J. Jennings
Gardenia
California
Mt. Carmen Cemetery
Escapes Nazi Coup In Bosnian Headquarters Raid
Major Randolph Churchill son of the British Prime Minister and Marshal Josip Tito escaped as German paratroopers and glider infantry swarmed the Bosnian headquarters of the Yugoslav leader. The delayed report says the attack occurred May 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph Churchill
Josip Tito
Regional Pact Notes Across Western Hemisphere
Ration discussions list Haiti Nicaragua Peru El Salvador Costa Rica among signatories. The article notes that Ninether signatories would account for all western hemisphere republics. The text emphasizes regional cooperation and economic considerations in the agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mala
Haiti
Nicaragua
Peru
el Salvador
Costa Rica
Ninether
Western Hemisphere
Army show opens in Charleston displays captured equipment
The Charleston exhibit opens with the Women’s Army Corps band from Fort Ogletthorpe. Visitors will see enemy battle gear used by American troops as part of a six day show. Congressional Medal of Honor recipients Charles E Kelly and Lt Ernest Childers will appear among featured figures.
Republican Delegates To National Convention To Meet In Huntington
West Virginia 19 member delegation to the Republican national convention forms in Huntington. National committeewoman Cara Ebert of Parkersburg and committeeman Hallanan lead efforts to organize and appoint a convention resolutions committee in Chicago June 19. Delegation includes Hatfield Shott Lilly Townsend and others from Charleston Huntington Parkersburg Wheeling and Morgantown.
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Huntington
Charleston
West Virginia
Debe
National Committee
Cara Ebert
Parkers
Huntingburg
Jannce Jamatenl
Mite Ion
Ruie
Cineany
Waller & Hallanan
Convention Resolutions Committee
Resolutions
Chicago
Hallinan
Chapman Revercome
Henry P. Hatfield
A. A. Lilly
Hugh Ike Shott, Sr
Bineveld
T. C Townsend
Hallanan
Summers H. Sharp C. Marlinton
Austin V. Wool
Carl G. Bachmann
Wheeling
Richard Earle Davis
Morgantown
L. F. Everhart
Terrs Alta
Hardin Harmer
Shinnston
J. A. Rusmissel
Buckiinnon
Robert B. McDougle
Harvey F. Marsh
Parkershire
McGinnis Hatfield
Winch
Ernest Lilly
Princeton
Robert F. C. Kay
Sigel Workman
Instructors Begin Five Day Auto Driving Course WV Tech
Instructors start a five day study at West Virginia Institute of Technology to qualify them to teach rudiments of automobile driving to high school students next fall. State High School Supervisor A J Gibson says courses will be added statewide with seniors prioritized and juniors admitted if class sizes permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nstructors
West Virginia Institute of Technology
A. J. Gibson
Train Hits Auto At Crossing In Simpson On Sat
Westbound train 4535 crashed into a stalled 1934 Ford coupe at the Simpson crossing Saturday at 10 10 causing the auto’s demolition and damage to the signal system. No injuries were reported as state police noted driver Wayman Short failed to flag the oncoming train. Baltimore and Ohio officials announced damage estimates of $123 to the signal system and ongoing investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson Crossing
Baltimore and Ohio
Wayman Short
C L Ford
Local Army Navy Notices Highlight Service News
ES Arrives In England Pvt Robert Richman former Maple Avenue resident has arrived safely in England after twenty two months in service having been stationed at Fort Knox Kentucky. Returns To California Pvt Charles L Hoffman left for Camp Cooke California after a four day furlough with his parents in Watkins Street. A graduate of Grafton senior high class of 1943 Hoffman entered the service Now A Sergeant Charles B Shaw Route 1 son of Mr and Mrs Howard Shaw promoted to sergeant at Bea Liberator base in Italy. Set Shaw entered service December 29 1941 and is a fueler. Receives Promotion Mr and Mrs John Hulley West St Charles Street report their son James promoted to corporal at Camp Swift Texas Here On Leave John Hulley torpedoman first class USN is here from the Pacific War on twenty one day leave with his parents and will return June 17 to San Diego to enter torpedo school. Promoted Mr and Mrs George Zorik Route 2 report their son Mike promoted from fireman first class to electrician s mate third class in the U S Navy somewhere in the South Pacific.
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England
C. C. Richman
Maple Avenue
Pvt
Robert Richman
Pvt. Richman
Fort Knox
California
Charles L. Hoffman
Camp Cooke
Calif
Loria Hoffman
Watkins Street
Grafton Senior High School
Hoffman
Charles B Shaw
Howard Shaw
Route 1
Italy
Set. Shaw
John Hulley
West St. Charles Street
James
Ly Station
Camp Swift, Texas
Torpedoman
USN
Pacific War Theatre
Ie Tohn Hulley
San Diego
Torpedo School
George Zorik
Route 2
Mike
U. S. Navy
South Pacific
Rationing Roundup Meats Fats and Stamps Updates
The notice lists ongoing rationing measures with Meats Fats and sugar stamps updated to valid indefinitely. It notes first sugar book four stamps for home canning and various airplane and fuel oil coupons with expiry dates and regional applicability. California is reported as occupying more than half of the Pacific coastline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Orlando
Fla
Elizabeth Hoffman
Jando
Broother
Loren Hoffman
Watkins Street
Bennett
Carrie Pack
California
Pacific
United States
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Shirley Francis
Ruby Haddix
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June Jeffries
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Margaret Kostlac
Beatrice Linn
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Florence Morgan
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Charles Evans Everett
Moore
Harold Shriver
Paul Talégo
Richard Watkins
Betty Duffy
Frances Fauley
Marian Friedman
Eva Brown
Harriet Dempsey
Doris Dunham
Kathleen Kinter
Eleanor Henderson
Helen Hollis
Hazel Kiroy
Josephine McCoy
Elva Nestor
Mable Lee Patton
Virginia Rosier
Bertha Saffel
Laura Steadman
Betty Stevens
Irma Jean Tingle
Mary Kathryn Withers
Aldene Beague
Mary Katherine Hoice
Bernice Carder
Betty Craft
Etta Francis
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Marie Man~gat
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Mary Ben Peters
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Kathryn Slaton
Mary Louise Watkins
Mary Louise Weaver
Charles Corbin
Frazer Cameron
Leonard Collins
Charles Denton Wayne Ebfaw
Donald Ekis
John Ellers
Hugh Fordyce
Harley Hebb
Wayne Knotts
Amond Matthew
Mary Kathryn Boylen
Hein Bragg
Dorothy Britton
Colleen Courtney
Betty Deets
Luis Anna Fauley
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Katherine Gainer
Mabel Gaugh
Evelyn Golden
Eleanor Grimes
Marian Hollis
Betty Kennedy
Arvie Lockard
Mary Lundy
Mary Moats
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Mary Katherine Patterson
Pauline Young
Janice Tucker
Dorothy Rusgleman
Frances Newton
Virginia Ann Painter
Ann Robinson
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Mary Jane Wagner
Crystal Wooddell
Eugene Ayer
Charles Bartlett
Robert Beavers
Billy Curry
Terry Heironimus
Howard Wnt
Glenn Kirby
Ralph Manno
Willie McDaniel
Eugene Sapp
Allan Yoho
Swan
A. Hensley
Nadel Steakley
Army Air Base
Abilene
Tex
Fighter
Proudfoot Lad
Pace
Montgomery
Pope Pius XII
Rome
Pontiff
Vatican
Central Press
William Penn
Britain
All Trades
The
Railroad Retirement Board
A. S, Employment Service
Fort Pitt Shoe Stores, Inc
Vitamin Headquarters
Malonf's, Drug , & Chemical Co
Lavest
Parth Ft
Jodie Lab
Simpson
Sat
Man
Dewey Avenue
Soviet Union
John R. Deane
U.S. Maary
Maine Diysia
A International
Bishop Dairy Farm
Madison
Wise
Ford
Medical School
Galen
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