Suth Side Bridge Repairs Talked By County Court
County Court met with Prank D. McEnteer to review Grafton’s South Side bridge condition and possible repairs. The Equalization Board will meet mid June to review tax cases as the county prepares its budget. further action awaits specifics on needed work and costs. Robert Emmett Barrett, 87, retired B&O pollermaker, died after long illness in Clarksburg hospital. He was born in Taylor County April 20, 1867, survived by four sisters and two brothers, and was buried at Mt. Calvary cemetery after services at St. Augustine church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
D. McEnteer
Clarksburg
Taylor County Court
Roxie Fowler
Equalization Board
H. Lee Carder
Archie ‘Bartlett
Richard Leonard
William T. Flanagan
Robert Emmett Barrett
Warder Avenue
B&o
Clarksburg Hospital
Taylor County
James and
Mary Reiley Barrett
Rose Conley
Emma Barrett
Ella Barrett
Bessie G. Welsh
Patrick
Richard
St. Augustine Catholic Church
Holy Name Society
Knights of Columbus
St. Augustine Church
Michael Hannon
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Bartlett Funeral Home
Taylor Strawberry Exhibitors Win at Taylor Festival
Charles Kinsey and Flemington lacedmith along with Charles Lu She Hasina earned blue ribbons for their strawberry displays at the Taylor County Pocorn Strawberry Festival in Woodbridge. About 35 to 40 exhibitors participated with Taylor County soups also placing. Alice Austin Knottsville and Frances Satterfield finished 18th or higher in the small growers exhibit. A Corps of Engineers note mentions aid related to river dam systems along the Mississippi Missouri Ohio lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kinsey
Flemington
Lacedmith
Charles Lushe Hasina
Pocorn
Woddbridge
Taylor County
Sesarad
Haymond
Stout
Alice, Austin, Knottsville
Frances Satterfield
Funerals for Flota May Ford Christina Osborne and Others
Funeral services for Flota May Ford are set for Thursday at 9 a.m. at St Augustine Catholic Church with burial in Mt Zion cemetery Marion county. Christina Osborne dies with services Thursday at 2 p.m. at Bartlett Funeral Home and burial in Woodsdale Memorial Park. George Stanley Preston to have services Thursday at 3 43 p m at Bartlett Funeral Home with burial in Bridgeport cemetery. Robert Emmett Barrett services Friday at 9 a.m. at St Augustine Catholic Church burial in Mt Calvary cemetery. Holy Name Society plans services Thursday at 1 p.m. Friends may call at the funeral homes at listed hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flota May Ford
Augustine Catholic Church
M. J. Hanron
Mt. Zion Cemetery
Marion County
The
Sodality
Robert Emmett Barrett
St. Augustine Catholic Church
M. J. Hannon
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Holy Name Society
Holy Name Society of
Crippled Child Meet Calls Aide
Mrs G H A Kunst chairman of the Taylor County Crippled Children's Society a Grafton Woman's Club committee will attend the third annual state wide speech and hearing conference at West Virginia University Mineral Industries building tomorrow The conference is sponsored by the West Virginia Society for Crippled Children and Adults and the University The program runs from 10 a m to 3 30 p m Dr Mildred Templin of the University of Minnesota will be morning speaker In the afternoon Dr E K Jerome University speech clinic director will chair the panel One participant will be Eugene Gray Marietta College speech and heating instructor who started the first speech therapy school in Grafton in 1950 The program is open to interested persons and it is hoped all Taylor county society members will attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. A. Kunst
Taylor County Crippled Children's Society
Grafton Woman's Club
Mineral Industries
West Virginia University
West Virginia Society For Crippled Children and Adults
University
Mildred Templin
Institute of Child Welfare University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
E. K. Jerome
Eugene Gray
Marietta College
Grafton
Kunst
Taylor County Society
Robbers Lift Safe With Hydraulic Jack In Car Heist
In San Francisco a motor car firm was robbed of 106 dollars plus one car on Monday. Thieves used a hydraulic jack to lift the safe into a firm's car and drive off with it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Taylor-Born Man Dies In Disaster Aboard Carrier
Lt. Robert R. Wright, formerly of Taylor County and born in Flemington, became the 100th victim of the Bennington disaster aboard the aircraft carrier. He attended local schools before his family moved to Ohio and later lived in Marlboro, Massachusetts. He spent time visiting Flemington and Grafton relatives and had many friends in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert R. Wright
Taylor County
U.S.5
Bennington
Flemington
Ohio
B. C. Ross
Harry Batson
Grafton
Marlboro
Mass
Mystery marks local gamblers in Parkersburg case
Grafton officers report the names of two principals and four agents who received federal gambling tax stamps remain unknown as the Bureau of Internal Revenue refuses to mail the list. Wheeling records show 122 residents bought stamps, with Clarksburg 41, Huntington and Bluefield 14 each, Charleston 11, and Moundsville 6.
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Grafton
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Federal Bureau of Internal Revenue
Clarksburg
Huntington
Bluefield
Charleston
Moundsville
George Preston Dies Suddenly at 54 in Bridgeport
George Stanley Preston 54 of 269 Market Street died suddenly at his home at 8 p.m. He was born November 28, 1899 in Barbour county, son of the late James Creed and Cora Sayres Preston. Survived by widow Ethel Russell Preston, three children, four brothers, three sisters, and three grandchildren. An engineer for the B&O with 35 years service, he attended First Baptist Church and was a member of several unions and the Moose. Last rites set for 3:45 p.m. Thursday at Bartlett Funeral Home with Rev. Philip W. Horn and Elder William Woodruff officiating. burial in Bridgeport Cemetery. Friends may call after 8 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stanley Preston
Market Street
Barbour County
James Creed
Cora Sayres Preston
Ethel Russell Preston
Billie Lymer
Marion
Hallie Jennings
Grafton
Donna Kay
Guy Preston
Basil Preston
Bridgeport
Millard Preston
Kentucky
John Preston
Clarksburg
William Campbell
Fred Kunst
James Thompson
Flemington
B&o
First Baptist Church
B. of L. F
B. of L. E
Loyal Order of Moose
Bartlett Funeral Home
Philip W. Horn
William Woodruff
Bridgeport Cemetery
Wolfe Services Set Thursday At Mt. Israel Church
Norman Grahl Wolfe 18 of Route 2 Newburg was struck and killed by lightning while working in a cornfield yesterday morning. Services will be Thursday at Mt Israel Methodist Church at 2 pm with burial by Knotts Funeral Home in the Mt Israel family home. He was born May 1 1936 in Newburg son of Aubrey and Madeline Wolfe and survived by two sisters, two half siblings, and was a Fellow High School graduate class of 1954. He belonged to Mt Israel Methodist Church and lived in the community all his life.
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Mt. Isreal Methodist Church
Norman Grahl Wolfe
Route 2
Newburg
Knotts Funeral Home
Mt. Isreal
Aubrey
Madeline Harvey Wolfe
Valeria Jean Wolfe
Patricia Kay Wolfe
William Swann
Rose Swann
Fellow
Mt. Isreal Metjodist
Lfe
Mrs. Christina Harshberger Osborne Dies at 82
Christina Harshberger Osborne, 82, of 309 Thayer Avenue, died after a five day illness at Grafton City Hospital. Born November 5, 1872, she was the daughter of Jonas and Rebecca Harshberger. Survived by two sisters and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday at Bartlett Funeral Home, Rev. T. J. Boshell officiating. burial in Woodsdale Memorial Park. Friends may call after 7 p.m. today.
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Christina Osborne —Bervices
Bartlett Punttal
T. J. Boshell
Woodsdale Memorial Park
Christina Harshberger Osborne
Thayer Avenue
Grafton City Hospital
Jonas
Rebecca Roger Harshberger
James Thomas Osborne
Sarah Ellen Duret
Harrisville
Bessie Moats
Parkview
Birghie Gerkin
Roxie Moats
Thelma Apperson
Forrest B. Moats
East McKeesport
Mildred Jenkins
Grafton
Dorman Moats
Lancaster
Euna Robinson
Chillicothe
Clarence Durst
Roy Durst
Hazel Beatty
Terra Alta
Dessie Bev
Cumberland
Chester Breadwater
Brownsville
Eile Richardson
Hollywood
Calif
Hubert Martin
Marion
N. C
Lawrence Harshberger
Marion, Inc
Kathleen Schafmaster
Philadelphia
Delbert Harshbarger
Cleveland
Methodist Church
Thursasy
Bartlett Funeral Home
Woodsdele Memoria Park
Grafton Man Faces Jury In Preston Court
Grafton man Jesse M. Westfall faces an involuntary manslaughter charge in Preston County Circuit Court. The case stems from a Feb 23 auto crash near the junction of U S Route 50 and State Route 92 that killed Archie Ray Jennins of Evansville. Westfall and occupants were hospitalized. Other cases include four grand larceny, two escapes, a hospital work-detail escape, and a retrial for Reed Sigley of Kingwood.
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Jesse M. Westfall
Grafton
Westfall
State Road
Hopement Sanitarium
Reed Sigley
Kingwood
Sigley
Kingwood man fined for tipsy driving
Albert George of Route 1 Kingwood pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating beverages. Justice Caa C. Jefferys fined him $50 and 20 days in jail with costs, after Deputy Sheriff Carl Knotts arrested him yesterday afternoon. He was remanded to the county jail pending payment.
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Kingwood
Albert George
Route 1
Justice of the Peace
Caa
C. Jefferys
George
Carl Knotts
Myrtle Auvil Receives 4H Leadership Pin
Myrtle Auvil of Blueville is honored with a 4 H leadership pin after ten years of service. Presented at the 4 H Leaders Conference at Jacksons Mill last week, she leads the Blueville school 4 H club and participates in many activities. Anvil has served in leadership for 18 years and is active in related club work. Members of the U S Army First Corps contributed over $385 009 to Korean charities in the past year. Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for kindness after illness and death of Mrs Margeret A Mays with thanks to Reynolds Funeral Home and friends.
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Myrtle Auvil
Blueville
Jackson's Mill
Miss Anvil
U.S. Army First Corps
Margeret A. Mays
Bartlett Funeral Home
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U.S. Army Corps Engineers
Mississippi-Missouri-Onlo River
Bartlett
Service Adv
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al Bartlett Funeral Home
Petty Tate
Beastyrest
Simmons
Main Grafton
W. Va
George Preston
C. H. Osborne
John A. Holt
First Hat Church
Holt
Southern Baptist Convention
St. Louis
Tomorrw
Washington,d. C
Rice Memorial Church
Nebrepka
C. C. Richman & Son
Baldwin
C. G. Conn and
Holton Band Instruments
C. B. Fawley Music CO
High Street
Morgantown
the Armed Services of the United States
Roxie C. Fowler
West Virginia
Preston
Willhide
Malone's Drug Store
Portland Cement Association
Columbus
Portland
Barbour and
the Sentinel
Home Delivery
Latrobe Street
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Texas
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