Pupil Attendance List Highlights Grafton Schools
Reports from county assistant superintendent R Virgil Rohrbough reveal a partial list of students with perfect attendance for the 1938 39 year in Grafton city schools Central School names include Sharon Carley Gary Doyle Daniel Moore and many more. East Grafton lists students such as Kenneth Wyner Ira Sama John Sergent Madeline Williams Eleanor Grimes and others.
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R. Virgil Rohrbough
Grafton
Central
Sharon Carley
Gary Doyle
Daniel Moore
Theodore Corcovilos
Fred Roach
Mary Raymond
Dolores Rosier
Dreppard Roach
Lawrence Shaffer
Charles Rogers
Robert Settler
Hugh Fordyce
Olga Corcovilos
Everett Moore
Maxine Roger
Lila McVicker
Virginia Rosie Audrey Jones
Charles Lake
Mary Ruth Rosier
Clifford Boylen
Betty Jean McVicker
Betty Gail Newbrough
Mary Lou Hufford
Genevieve Harper
Mary Jane Davies
Rozella Clark
Joseph McVicker
Kenneth Wwyer
Ira Saima
John Sergent
Madeline Williams
Alice Brown
Eleanor Grimes
Doris
Jéan Tighé
Wallace Messenger
John Locke
Clarence Locker
Dorsey Bolyard
Howard Dale
Herbert McCue
Richard Taylor
Dot
Local School Roll Call Names List From Grafton Area
A roster of students and families across First Ward Garrison and West Grafton schools includes Dorothy Jean Jackson Francis Linn Juanita Pratt Clarice Shorden Herbert Bell Norma Lee Faul ey Harvey Hawkins Richard Jackson Clara Jean Kines Russell Linn Kenneth Evans Harley Hebb Kuhn Ray Robert Lockard Bernice McDaniel Barbara Powell Alta Mae Rogers Theodore Russell Jack Shaw Cathryn Slaton Catherine Trader George Ashby Glenn Harmon Bartlett Paul Hill Paul Pierson Lewis Reed James Shorden Doris Jean Thorne Betty Carrol Betty Kines Beatrice Linn Ruby Peters Frances Slaton Alice Trader Joan Paugh Virgil Kines Lois Kathryn Robinson Sylvia Puller Dorothy Hall Ruth Boston Calvin Kidd Lester Moorehead William Griffin Richard Boston Grady Griffin Eula Moreland Rhodia Kidd Robert Cook Mary Moorehead Mary Emma Warden Rosemary Cutright Daniel Foley William Plymale Thelma McKinney Earl Smith Jr Thelma Pitter Marjorie Hebb Kathryn Smith Annabel Currey Thelma Louise Cutright Ernest Austin Charles Hilkey Charles Menear Helen Satterfield Betty White Zelda Poling Flore Lee Canfield Joe Gennette Isabelle McKinney James Bolyard Robert Borneman Dorothy Burnside Jo Anne Eisner Leverine Thompson James Crouser Hilda Fike Betty Robinet Lois Sapp Robert Knight Margaret Barton Eleanor Borneman Ellen Burnside Mary Alice Burnside Thelma Eilers Betty Fisher Yui Gennette Eleanor Greene Mary Jane Hancock Catherine Harter Dorothy Kisner
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Tie Williams
Virginia Wolfe
John White
Arthur Poling
Hugh Wagner
Edward McCracken
Dorothy Hoban
Marie Stolzenfels
First Ward
Dorothy Jean Jackson
Francis Linn
Juanita Pratt
Clarice Shorden
Herbert Bell
Norma Lee Fauley
Harvey Hawkins
Richard Jackson
Clara Jean Kines
Russell Linn
Kenneth Evans
Harley Hebb
Kuhn Ray
Robert Lockard
Bernice McDaniel
Barbara Powell
Alta Mae Rogers
Theodore Russell
Jack Shaw
Cathryn Slaton
Catherine Trader
George Ashby
Glenn Harmon Bartlett
Paul Hill
Paul Pierson
Lewis Reed
James Shorden
Doris Jean Thorne
Betty Carrol
Betty Kines
Beatrice Linn
Ruby Peters
Frances Slaton
Alice Trader
Joan ‘Paugh
Virgil Kines
Lois
Kathryn Robinson
Garrison School
Sylvia Puller
Dorothy Hall
Ruth Boston
Calvin Kidd
Lester Moorehead
William Griffin
Richard Boston
Grady Griffin
Train Robber Is Sentenced In Pittsburgh Case
Federal Judge R M Gibson denied motions for a new trial and sentenced James Murray of Chicago to 25 years for the $111000 holdup of a Clintonville Pa bank on October 14. Witnesses said Murray drove the car for two gunmen who escaped, with about $100000 in securities recovered. George Slade, jailed in Atlanta, pleads guilty and gets five more years. John Dorsch, Joliet prisoner, to be tried in September. Here Comes Charlie 8 00 June 14.
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Pittsburgh
R. M. Gibson
James Murray
Chicago
Clintonville
Murray
Peoples National Bank
Lawrence County
George Slade
Atlanta Federal Prison
Slade
John Dorsch
Joliet
Ill
Decorate for King's Visit in Washington D C
London and Washington prepare a two day royal visit with flags along Pennsylvania Avenue and shields bearing George Rex Elizabeth. Secretary Hull and Sir Ronald Lindsay head to Niagara Falls to greet the royal party. Tens of thousands of sightseers arrive as crowd estimates rise, while security tightens with policemen firemen and closures around Mount Vernon and the White House.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue i
England
United States
George Rex Elizabeth
Hull
Sir Ronald Lindsay
Niagara Falls
Canada
White House
Mount Vernon
Roosevelt
Two Fairmont Men Held For Chicken Stealing
Two Fairmont men, John Shuck and Leonard Menefee, were arrested for stealing 15 chickens from W. A. Holt of Booths Creek district. Shuck is in Fairmont jail while Menefee is in Marion county jail awaiting a hearing before Justice A. B. Knabenshue.
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Fairmont
W. A. Holt
Booths Creek
Corp
Fred Strader
State Police
Taylor County
Marion County
John Shuck
Leonard Menefee
Menefee
Justice of the Peace
A. B. Knabenshue
Blueville Playground Opens With Planned Activities
The Blueville WPA Recreation sponsored playground at Blueville School opened with daily supervision from 4 to 8 p m on weekdays excluding weekends. Activities include softball volleyball horseshoe pitching croquet arts and crafts and a rhythm band is planned.
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Blueville
WPA
Rhythm Band Planned for Latrobe Play Center
Plans for a children under 10 rhythm band at Latrobe Street play center 106 Latrobe, meeting Thursdays at 10 a.m. from June 8 through summer vacation. Directed by Ralph Shahan with Elizabeth Gill, tied to the summer playground program. Parents can obtain enrollment information from the playground office.
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Latrobe Street
Ralph Shahan
Elizabeth Gill
Halted Wedding of Young Girl in Uniontown Case
A 14-year-old girl and 30-year-old man were stopped in Uniontown Pa after authorities held the man on enticing a minor charge. The girl was sent back to her mother after fleeing to Cumberland Md where they were found in a parked car. The girl cried for imminent marriage and warned of death from loneliness if separated. Her mother called the affair an outrage.
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Uniontown
Cumberland
William F. Whitby
Martha Fulton
Pred Williams
WPA
Whitby’s Court
Fred
Nora Fulton
Dunbar Township
Labor Plan Debate Echoes Across State Lines
Governor James defends Pennsylvania labor amendments arguing they mirror the federal Wagner act and aim to rescue the state from four years of Great Society excess. He rejects claims of misrepresentation and says the bills are necessary for proper labor relations amid national pressure on Congress.
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James
Perkins
Legisature
Pennsylvania
Belf
Nice
Washington
Congress
Heart attack fatal in Pittsburgh area camping death
Raymond C. Lee of Springfield died of a heart attack early today at a tourist camp near Imperial Pennsylvania. Authorities reported the death as sudden with no immediate details provided.
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Pittsburgh
Raymond C. Lee Springfield
Imperial
SQUIRE CLARK DEATH VICTIM
G F Clark 84 former Justice of the Peace and retired harness maker died at his Flemington village home after a period of illness. Born December 3 1854 in Lewis county he was the last of twelve Clark siblings. Survived only by his widow Sarah A Tyson with funeral plans pending under G T Bartlett of Grafton.
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G. F. Clark
Flemington
Squire Clark
Lewis County
Robert Clark
Sarah A. Tyson
Clark
Odd Fellows Lodge
Methodist Protestant Church of
G. T. Bartlett
Grafton
Protests, clashes mark Soviet Japan border fight near Chankufeng
Tokyo reports a three hour artillery duel at Chankufeng as Soviet and Japanese forces clash after a month of border hostilities. Manchoukuo protests demand immediate halt while Russians build concrete fortifications. One Japanese officer killed and bodies recovered. Mongolian troops said to be led by Soviet soldiers.
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Tokyo
Russia
Manchoukuo
Chankufeng
Hunchun
Asahi
Changku- Feng
Korea
Siberia
Shiro Osawa
Japan
Shimonoseki
Ja Domei
Wallace boom and Iowa figures in 1940 politicking
Paul H. Appleby reports Wallace’s Iowa connections and Democratic leaders approached for Wallace presidential delegations. Former Gov Kraschel notes Iowans admire Henry Wallace after a White House visit. Washington chatter ties Vandengerg and Garner to party debates as harmony luncheons unfold among Democratic senators and officials.
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Iowa
Paul H. Appleby
Wallace
Appleby
Nelson G. Kraschel
White House
Washington
Vandengerg
R.mich
Garner
Wheeler
D.mont
Gar
Trial of Dr Brannon Is Postponed For Week
Dr E H Brannon Bridgeport physician charged with driving while intoxicated had a court date before Justice Hoye G White Sr continued for one week due to absence of his counsel James C Holt who is in Detroit on business.
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E. H. Brannon
Bridgeport
Justice of the Peace
Hoye G. White
James C. Holt
Brannon
Detroit
Mich
Appeal Denied in Etta White Estate Case
The Supreme Court refused to grant an appeal by the estate of Etta White in a $10,000 damages suit against Wal Inch Bakery after Miss White was killed in a bakery truck accident. Randolph county circuit court jurors returned a defense verdict.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Etta White
Wal- Inch
Miss White
Randolph County
Kiwanis Club To Hear Speaker From Clarksburg
M I Stutler of Clarksburg will be principal speaker at Grafton Kiwanis weekly dinner meeting at Debendorfer's Cozy Rest Inn. Percy Robinson of C and P Telephone company will be Kiwanian in charge of the program.
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M. I. Stutler
Clarksburg
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Debendorfer
Cozy Rest Inn
Percy Robinson
The
C. and P. Telephone Company
Boys to Pick Heads Tonight in Mountaineer State Race
Nearly 400 West Virginia high school boys attend Mountaineer Boys State as candidates bid for every elective state office. Nationalist and Federalist factions promote civil service reform and tax changes, with key nominees named for secretary of state, superintendent, auditor, attorney general, and other posts. Governor Holt to attend oath ceremony as Judge Fréd L. Fox administers.
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Jackson's Mill
Mountaineer Boys’ State, Inc
West Virginia
American Legion
Rodney Wolfard
Huntington
James Bernard Bissett
Piedmont
Board of Public Work
Department of Public Assistance
State Department
Beals
Public
Roth
Robert Dodd
Hinton
Wiliam Gillispie
Dunbar
Donald O'Connor
Martinsburg
Robert Perry
Clarksburg
John Theis
Whee’ing
Harry Singer
William D. Davis
Harold C. Hamilton
Grensville
Audhor
Clifford Amos
Robert L. Smith
Charleston
Reese Bone
Sotesbury
Treasur
Wiliam C. Heald
Fréd L. Fox
State Supreme Court
Holt
Two Trainriders Given Ten Days In Jail
William Harris and Ernest Palmer from Wellsburg pled guilty before Justice of the Peace Hove G. White Sr. and were each sentenced to ten days in Taylor county jail after being caught by B and O police on train No. 24.
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B. and
Taylor County
Justice of the Peace
Hove G. White, Sr
William Harris
Ernest Palmer
Wellsburg
Union backs planned law for federal mine safety
Washington June 6 The United Mine Workers union pledges a determined campaign for a federal mine inspection law claiming operator interests influence the Bureau of Mines and hide unsafe conditions from the public Senator Neely’s mining subcommittee heard testimony that the mine accident rate has risen since the Bureau’s creation and that the bureau has deteriorated The union asserts the bureau lacks authority to investigate accidents without operator requests and that operators oppose public disclosure He notes 58 600 deaths in the industry over 30 years and that opposition will regret such statements but truth remains.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Union
Bureau of Mines
A.D Lewis
John L. Lewis
Mine Workers
Senate
Neely
Lewis
Mines and Mining
Senator Neely
D .W. Va
Bureau
Davis
Richard Leonard at Mountaineer Boys State in Jacksons Mill
Richard Leonard of Grafton serves as the Grafton Kiwanis club representative at the Mountaineer Boys State underway at Jacksons Mill. He reports he was enrolled, passed the physical, and is now a full time citizen of the camp as Secretary William Manley receives a thank you letter from R Worth Shumaker, chief counselor of the camp.
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Richard Leonard
Grafton
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Mountaineer Boys’ State
Jackson's Mill
William Manley
Kiwanis Club
R. Worth Shumaker
MOVIE BOSSES Look for Voluntary Arbitration Fix
Officials from the film industry and Justice Department express doubt a long anti-trust suit will result, while commerce hints suggest the meeting may stem from charges. They cite concerns over theater preferences, downtown versus neighborhood showings, studio output commitments, and high first-run prices. A proposed plan would create voluntary arbitration boards to settle these issues.
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Justice Department
Commerce Department
Neighborood Theatres
Requirir Theatres
Jbee
Film Group
Eight Sheep Claims Are Allowed By County Court
Taylor county court allowed eight sheep claims during a full day session. Additional claims were expected at a commissioner meeting tomorrow. The court’s regular session also addressed miscellaneous matters.
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Cor
Taylor County Court
Sesson
Ickes Urging F D R Third Term In Magazine
Secretary of the Interior Ickes is quoted in a magazine article as urging a third term for President Roosevelt. He criticizes rival candidates as weak or disloyal and cites economic royalists backing for a Coolidge third term while arguing the public can decide term length.
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New York
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
Lo Magazine
Roosevelt
Secreta
JA Ickes
Calvin Coolidge
Flower Show Committee Thanks Those Who Aided
The Flower show committee led by Mrs. C. P. Shafer extends thanks for help with the recent show sponsored by Grafton Woman's Club. Special mention to West Penn for electricity, First Baptist Church for tables, City of Grafton for water, W. A. Beavers for the room, and the Grafton Sentinel for publicity. Those with containers in the rooms are asked to call for them this afternoon.
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Stike
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St. Louis
Havana
Cuba
Charlie
Latrobe Play Center
Wallace Boom
Dr. Brannon
Jas
United Mine Workers
Jackson’s Mill
Greyhound Terminal
Love Drug CO
West Main St
Greyhound
F.D.R. Torun
Magazine
Flower Show Committee
Purina
Musgrove
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