Body still unrecovered from Tygart dam lake drowning
Kenneth McDowell 30 of Fairmont remains missing after his motor boat capsized near the Tygart dam lake on Memorial Day. Officials consider dynamite or divers to dislodge the body from about 140 feet deep as cold water and little prior food may delay surfacing.
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Kenneth McDowell
Fairmont
Tygart Dam
McDowell
Sentinel
Lee Bennett
Fairmont ‘Aluminum Company
Grafton
Friendly City Boat Club
Good Records Shown By 245 Pupils In Saylor County
Elementary and junior high pupils across Saylor County posted perfect attendance for the 1940 41 term ending May 29 Supt E Guy Kuhn announced. Grafton Junior High topped with 34 blemish free records while Blueville and Wendel tied for second with 25 each. lists name students with flawless attendance and schools across the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saylor County
Guy Kuhn
Grafton
Blueville
Wendel
Bable Cox
Willadene Sapp
Jackie Anvil
Robbie Baylor
Paul Robinson
Gladys Baylor
Luther Cox
Nancy Anne Chrislip
Jackie Headley
Ruth Poling
Ruby Jean Weaver
Delores Lucas
Freddie Lucas
Joan Pierce
Betty Lou Brown
Charles Summers
Alice Joan Bolyard
Ruth Claire Morris
Ernetta Skinner
Mildred Poling
Nellie Poling
Rosalie Kenna
Eugene Sapp
Alford Poling
Robert Robinson
East Grafton
Marie Locke
Patty Gallaher
Doris Jeanne Wolfe
Georgia Gallaher
Harry Locke
Wayne Shaffer
Ray Lake
Clarence Locke
Newton Camden
Charles Kirkpatrick
Harold Isner
Billy Car
John Locke
Roy Shaffer
Kathleen Moore
First Ward
Hazel Kines
Robert Day
Dolores McCue
Anna Vasicek
Charles Ashby
Charles Ashby. ‘ Flemington School Charles Robert Gibson, George Robert Davis
Violet Gibson
Charles Ray Davis
Glenna Ball
Virginia Gibson
Donald Smith
Evelyn Ball
Thomas Purkey
Warren Fulton
Billie Rise
James Frey
Peter Blake
Howard Godwin
Ralph Griffeth
Wanda Campbell
Rolena Gibson
Alberta Kelly
Betty Wilson
Ruby Knight
Bernadine Plake
Larry Simonette
Garrison
Eloise Jackson
Martha Ellington
Sylvia Fuller
Ruth Boston
Dorothy Smith
Lillian Jackson
Katherine Lewis
Anne McDonald
Mack Fuller
Harry Fuller
Betty Hall
Grafton Junior
Donald Shroyer
James Newprough
Betty Jean Costolo
Barbara Lobis
Janet Turvander
Geotge Gatsus
Richard Newbrough
Jean Blackman
Dorsey Robert Leonard
George Rogers
Charles Rogers
Dorsey Peck Bolyard
Howard Dale
Robert Borneman
Aldene Beagle
Mary K. Boice
John Ellers
Annetta Frey
Rose Lee
Jones
Charles Warden
George Ashby
Andrew Duckworth
Betty Duffy
Margaret Knight
Dolores Lake
Louise Lanta
Evert Moore
George McCauley
Marguerite McDaniel
Donald Poling
Betty Robinette
William Sevier
Shirley Trisler
Richard Watkins
Baptist Sunday School Sets Victory Day Attendance Goal
The Northern Baptist convention encouraged a Church School Advance with Victory Day on June 8. Local First Baptist church cooperates with others in the crusade and has aimed for 360 in attendance for Victory Day, also designated as Children's Day, with encouraging weekly results.
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Northern Baptist Convention
Church School Advance
First Baptist Church
Hope to Finish Court Asset Transfer Case
A court ruling addressed whether transferred valuables were held in trust for Simon, noting that the government would need to prove such a trust for completion. The decision clarifies obligations and potential actions regarding the continued proceedings from page one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceal
Simon
West Funeral Services Set for Sunday in Deer Park
Zalmon Z. West 69 retired car man, died yesterday at daughter Mrs J B Vandergrift’s home at 109 High Street. Funeral at 2 30 PM Sunday at Deer Park Methodist Church with interment in Deer Park Cemetery under G T Bartlett direction. Body lies in state at Bartlett Funeral Home on McGraw Avenue until late Sunday morning.
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Zalmon Z. West
Vandergrift
High Street
Methodist Church
Deer Park
G. T. Bartlett
Bartlett Funeral Home
McGraw Avenue
Drivers Pass State Tests In Grafton Detachment
Twenty seven drivers succeeded in state police drivers examinations at the Grafton detachment. Two failed, one on oral and one on practical portions. Trooper C W Dye announced. A list of those passing includes Philip Goodnow, Hazel Goodwin, and many others with street routes and towns such as Troy, Bridgeport, Fairmont, Grafton, Thornton, Morgantown, Flemington, and Moatsville.
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Grafton
C. W. Dye
Dye
G. F. Randall
Allist
Philip Goodnow
Pearl Street
Troy Hazen Stevens
Bridgeport
Eugene Robert Smallwood
Nuzum_ street
George Vasicek
John Hamilton
East Knotts Avenue
Ralph Mundall
Fairmont
Leo V. Tucker
Beryl Bolyard
Thornton
Carl Wilbert Boyles
Kasson
Lawrence Curry
Calvin Howard Fike
Watkins Street
Truman M. Kinsley
West
Absence of Trust Agreement Ties Transfer to Circumstantial Evidence
The report notes that lacking a legal trust agreement in Simon's asset transfer, circumstantial evidence was admissible to support claims. It highlights the reliance on indirect facts rather than a formal document to establish ownership and transfer legality.
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Simon
Knotsville and Lincoln Area School Rosters Revealed
School rosters list students and staff across HEPZIBAH KNOTTSVILLE LINCOLN and other campuses. Names include Katharine Stevens Jen nie Stevens Annabelle Boylen Mason Roach Rose Mitchell Jack Taylor Lowell Gower and many others across Park View Prunytown Rosemont and Webster schools.
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George Poe
Joseph Knotts
Prank
Lonnie Phillips
Hepzibah
Katharine Maxine Stevens
Jennie Lee Stevens
J. Blondel Wood
W. H. Donald Wood
Bernard W Wood
Mary Louise Ellison
Knottsville
Annabelle Boylen
Mason Roach
Velma Jean McCartney
Ruby Nestor
Vonda Exline
Vanda Exline
Lincoln
Sarah Johnson
Anna Marie Cook
Emmagene Davis
Nathaniel Hudson
Elisha Owens
Robert Owens
Minnie Woods
Lucretia
Gladys Lou Shahan
MT. Pleasant
Velarious Clarkson
Darwin Edwards
Robert Moore
William Moore
Eva Jean Bolyard
Wilma Clarkson
Frances Fawley
Delores Moore
Betty Lou Moore
Park View
John Floyd Hall
Glenn Kirby
Charles Martin
Donna Jean Glover
Pruntytown
Opal Bush
Helen Jean Currey
Mel
Bobby Turpczy
Julia Morgan
Winnie “Mayles
Vina Mayles
Irene Marteney
Mary Scalise
Ellen Reger
Alice June Martin
Marie Hurl
Calla Dell Gregory
Mariana Workman
Joe Fenzo
Dorothy Morgan
Billy
Turnezy
Charles Whitehair
Charles Chocky
Nan
Tiroezy
Dolores Spuirchair
Artehur Morgan
Billy Tu
Gas Station Looted Again in Thornton Break-In
State Trooper G F Randall reports a burglary at DeMoss Filling Station between midnight and 7 am. Thieves entered via a side window, left no fingerprints, and stole cigarettes flashlights pipes and a jar of fig cookies. no cash was found in the register. Past incidents used front-door access and change was previously taken.
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DeMoss
Thornton
G. F. Randall
Randall
Goldie DeMoss
Aia
Wen
Revival Plan at Parkview Church of the Nazarene
This Sabbath the mid-summer revival begins at Parkview Church of the Nazarene. The Garvin Evangelistic party of Kankakee Illinois leads the campaign with Rev H B Garvin his wife Florence Garvin their daughter Wilma Ruth and Paul Joseph Poe. Garvin is a noted evangelist with years in the field and Wilma Ruth anchors the music as pianist. Poe teaches music at Kankakee Nazarene College.
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Parkview
Wilma Ruth
Poe
Kankakee
Nazazene College
Wayne
Draft system debate echoes urgent call for unity
The article reports wartime appeals for efficient production and a centralized authority to coordinate resources. It notes statements criticizing Lindbergh and urging rapid, unified action. Details mention ongoing services at 7:45 p.m. and continued rounds of mobilization, with reservists and Coast Guard members reassigned to active duty for the duration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindbergh
Willie
Britain
Willkie
Charles A. Lindbergh
Coast
Malone's Deep Cut Rate
May be old fashioned in integrity and quality yet push new fashioned ideas in stocks and service at this prescription pharmacy. Every prescription filled with fresh potent drugs from Grafton Drug and Chemical Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Drug and Chemical Co
Malone
Volunteers Boost Marine Enlistment Amid War Strain
Emergency efforts intensify as volunteers enlist at 1000 to 1500 weekly while civilian defense jobs lure others. Reenlistment falls in some branches with 75 percent renewing Navy contracts, down from 81 percent last year. drafted manpower lightly discussed but abundant volunteers cited for Marines.
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Marine Corps
Knoxgate
Navy
Congress
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Baptist Sunday School
Crescent Club
Opera House
Deanna Durbin
Franchot
Merle
DeMoss Filling Station
Garvin Evangelistic Party of
Louie the Tailor
West Main Street
W. Va
Pure ‘Oil
Gee
Gladiron
Geo
Ima
Loar Jewelry Store
Cas
Strand Theatre
Radai Wa
Warring Fredric Margaret March
Suilavan
Dee Si
Glénn Ford
Anna Sten
Erich von
Strobel
John Cromwell
Telbot Jennings
Bech Maris Remargoe
United Artists
Dixie Theatre
Clarksburg
Americas
Phe
Mente Holden
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