Red Cross swimming class enrolls 54 youngsters in Taylor Co
Fifty four children aged eight to twelve enrolled yesterday in the Taylor County Chapter Red Cross beginners swimming class at Tygart Lake. Instruction under Mrs. Robert Taylor and John I Booth, with assistants, followed safety rules as a roped off area protected younger swimmers. Mothers attended and the course runs through Friday with high interest and cooperation noted by Ronald L Knotts and park superintendent Merle Haddix.
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Taylor County
American Red Cross
Tygart Lake
Robert Taylor
Grafton High School
John I. Booth
Taylor
Jean Hinkins
James Williamson
Barbara Towles
Richard Isner
Annette Kunst
Billie Hanleiter
Robert Tucker
National Red Cross
Ronald L. Knotts
Knotts
Merle Haddix
Virginia Mays
Robert Lee Smith
Obo Nelson
Rinker
Judith Freedman
Carolyn Reneau
Diana Shanes
Michael
Magnifico
Victor
Willhide, Jr
Harry Kuhn
Shepherd College Holds 117 Graduation At Commencement
A total of 117 students received degrees today at the Shepherdstown college's annual commencement exercises.
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Shepardstown I
Shepherd College
Miss Bertha Knotts Taken By Death
Miss Bertha M Knotts of Route 3 Grafton died at 5 a m yesterday in Akron Ohio where she had lived for several years She was born in Marion county a daughter of the late William L and Cyrene Bainbridge Knotts Survivors include three brothers M K Knotts and N D Knotts both of Washington DC W L Knotts of home and two sisters Wilhelmina Knotts and Iris Knotts both of Washington DC Services will be held at 1 p m Thursday from Bartlett Funeral Home with the Rev Harry T Rowe officiating burial will be in Mt Nebro cemetery Marion county Friends may call after 11 a m Wednesday
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Bertha M. Knotts
Grafton
Akron
Marion County
William L. and
Cyrene Bainbridge Knotts
M. K. Knotts
Washington D.C
Bartlett Funeral Home
Harry T. Rowe
Mt. Nebro
Bartlett
First Baptist Church
Mt. Nebo
Murton County
Eisenhower Nominates New Chiefs for Armed Forces
President Eisenhower names Radford for a second term and Burke for high speed destroyer movement in World War II, with Burke and Twining to reshuffle senior officers. Taylor will replace Gen Edgway, and Twining seeks reappointment as senior command roles.
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Eisenhower
Radford Ia
Sil Knot Burke
Navy
Adm Ruvert & Carney
Taylor
Matthew Edgway
Twining
Burke
Calle
Flag cleaning shops join national flag flying drive
Four Grafton cleaning establishments in Grafton have offered free flag cleaning services to encourage residents to display the colors on Flag Day June 14 and Independence Day July 4. The program, backed by Taylor County American Legion Post No 12, aims to spur a major local flag flying effort led by Post Commander Dr. C M Wells.
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Toayy
Grafton
American Legion
Taylor County American Legion Post No. 12
National Department
C.M. Wells
Grafton Toy
Driver Allegedly Drunk Jailed After Grantsville Arrest
Judson Harmon Beall 47 of Grantsville was charged with drunken driving after a Main Street arrest at 11 15 last night by Deputy Sheriff Carl Knotts and Officer Purman Funkhauser. He was jailed awaiting a hearing before Justice C P Lucas with no date set. The notice also includes family memorials for John L Withers and Henry Anderson with noted condolences and funeral acknowledgments.
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Judson Harman Beall
Grantsville
Main Street
Carl Knotts
Purman Funkhauser
Berl
Justice of the Peace
C. P. Lucas
Watson Elected Fire Department President Here
Four new officers were named last night to posts in the Graf ton Volunteer Fire Department following the annual election conducted during a regular department meeting. Elected officers were identified by Fire Chief John Proctor as President, Lt. Gilbert Watson, vice president, Jimmy Peters, secretary and treasurer, Pauly Stemple, assistant second treas Donald Carrico and chaplain, Earl Bennett.
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Grafton
Charles Prim Ex-Resident Dies at 65 in Hollywood
Charles Prim 65 formerly of Webster died yesterday in a Hollywood hospital. Survived by his sister Mrs Homer A Gatrell of Grafton and brother Merie Prim of Gallion. A California resident for 40 years he worked for 20th Century Fox. Services set for Thursday in Hollywood.
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Charles Prim
Hollywood
Calif
Webster
Gladys
Billie
India
Jack
U. & Air Force
Merie Prim
Gallion
Homer A. Gatrell
Grafton
California
20Th -Century Fox Film Corporation
Police Shooting Jails Local Pair Third Man Hunted
Two Grafton men Neil Freeze and Ralph Stuart Fast were captured in Virginia after an attempted burglary and a shooting that wounded Abingdon officer Patrolman Slemp. Fellow Thomas Freeze fled after a car theft and led a long chase before vanishing. authorities seek him while vigil kept for the trio in the Grafton area. Federal tax on transportation tickets in the United States is set at 10 percent.
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Grafton
Virginia
Abingdon
Neil Freeze
Ralph Stuart Fast
Neil
Thomas Freeze
Washington Motor Company
Lebanon
Bluefield
Wiliam T. Slemp
Con Wood Slemp
Wood
Slemp Town Hospital
Avea Searen
Nell _Freege
Fast
Thomas
West Virginia
Moundsville
Webster Springs
Huttonsville
United States
Backstairs At White House A UNITED PRESS EXTRA
White House life includes duck residents at the south grounds fountain. A mallard female was captured by President Eisenhower’s valet and returned to the fountain. The piece notes naming the new jitney Air Force plane AF2 and mentions the Columbine AF1.
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United Press
Merriman Smith
White House
West Point
Eisenhower
Hubert R. Harmon
New Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Pennsylvania Avenue
John Meoney
Air Force
Mos
Colorado
Camp David
Barbara
Susan
Susan Elaine
Stranger Offers Secret Pentagon Photos Near Mayflower Hotel
A woman reporting to the White House recalls an encounter on Connecticut Avenue when a stranger offered to show her photos claimed to depict the underground Pentagon. The alarming claim frightened the witness, who asked for the woman's name but the stranger fled in a cab.
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White House
Mayflower
Connecticut Avenue
Pentagon
Gentle bull turns deadly in Shelbyville incident
Mr and Mrs Ralph Roby were found dead by their barn after the neighbor heard a bull bellowing while they were to deliver the animal to a neighbor. Investigators say the three year old bull caused chest and head injuries. Authorities continue to investigate the unusual tragedy at the Roby farm.
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Shelbyville, Sr
Ralph Roby
Roby
Mrs. Roby
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