Grafton Bent 8 Taylor County Rally Seeks Democratic Candidates
A Taylor County Young Democrats meeting at Moose Home with Helen Miller presiding featured Wally Barron as principal speaker. Barron urged Flag Day allegiance and criticized the Eisenhower administration while praising Senator Neely. Demurrer filed in hospital revenue bonds suit. hearing date not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Barron
M. M. Neely
West Virginia
Alog
Jesse Riley
West Virginia Industrial School For Boys
Pruntytown
Polly Edmondson
Industrial School
Paul Bartlett
Young Democrats
William J.’ Hussion
Taylor County Circuit Clerk's
John Burde
Grafton
W. T. Lockard
Lockard
Francis Warder
Burdett
Mountaineer Grads Receive Golden Bars
Morgantown 42 West Virginia University graduates of the class of 1954 have been commissioned as second lieutenants in the Army and assigned to active duty at various stations nationwide. The group is led by ten honored as distinguished military graduates. Names include George A. Daugherty Elkview Aubrey T. Richey Morgantown William M. Dietz Summersville Gregory A. Bradley Princeton John S. Welton Fairmont James M. Reukel Davis John J. Urey Elkins David A. Roth Morgantown and Elwood Sigeker Wheeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
West Virginia University
George A. Daugherty
Elkview
Frank
J.+ Federation
Allison, Pa
Aubrey T. Richey
William M. Dietz
Summersville
Gregory A. Bradley
Princeton
John S. Welton
Fairmont
James M. Reukel
Davis
John J. Urey
Elkins
David
A. Roth
Elwood
Sige Ker
Wheeling
Funerals at St Augustine Catholic Church and local services
Funeral services are listed for multiple individuals with rites at St Augustine Catholic Church Bartlett Funeral Home and Woodsdale Memorial Park interments. Honorary pallbearers include John Forcells Pred Forcela and others. active pallbearers named. viewing times offered at the funeral home. Interments at Mt Zion Marton County and Mt Calvary cemetery. Holy Name Society service at 8 p.m. Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Augustine Catholic Church
M. J. Hannon
Christina H. Osborne
Bartlett Funeral Home
J.boshell
Woodsdale Memorial Park
Robert Emmett Barrett
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Holy Name Society
City begins grading and ditching dirt streets
City workmen grade and re ditch several dirt streets including Wil ford Francis Bluemont Gay and Ong in Grafton. Leslie J. Loar Sr says some work has started but is not yet completed.
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Grafton
Leslie J. Loar
Wilford
Francis
Bluemont
Gay
Ong
Loar
Young Democrats Rally with State Officer Highlight
A quirky court custody case ends as a parrot released after 19 days refuses as a stool pigeon then speaks during a Tuesday night hearing. The bird had been claimed by two families claiming Guarani and Castilian language abilities. The judge kept it in custody until it spoke.
Flemington Principal Goes West For Summer
John Pollard principal of the Flemington grades has gone to San Diego California for the summer. He traveled by plane stopping in Pittsburgh and Los Angeles before reaching his destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pollard
Flemington
San Diego
Calif
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
Baltimore Police Leader Harold Lawr Denton Dies at 65
Harold Law rence Denton, general superintendent of police for Baltimore and Ohio Railroad since 1908, died Tuesday at Union Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. A 40 year veteran, he was admitted Sunday and operated on for appendicitis. He previously served as a captain at Wheeling West Virginia.
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Baltimore
Harold Lawrence Denton
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Union Memorial Hospital
Wheeling
W. Va
Statutory Charge Filed Against Warren Biggs Remanded
Warren George Biggs of Flemington was jailed in Taylor County on a $500 appearance bond for a statutory charge. He was remanded for the September term of circuit court by Justice Dan C. Jefferys after arrest on a Beaumont woman’s complaint seeking support for a child born May 26, 1954.
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Warren George Biggs
Flemington
Taylor County
Circuit
Dan C. Jefferys
Biggs
Beaumont Addition
Thieves Loot Under-Construction Duluth House
In Duluth Minnesota thieves robbed a house under construction pulling five panel doors a disposal unit carpenter’s tools and a sink along with other items from the site. Police reported the raid this week with no arrests yet.
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Duluth
Minn
Toliie
Cornerstone Disappears at Millikin University Science Building
In Decatur Illinois the 400 pound cornerstone from Millikin University’s new science building vanished soon after its dedication on Monday. Hours later four young boys discovered the missing stone 400 yards away at the base of the football scoreboard.
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Decatur. Ill
Milliitin’ University
Lightning Strike Stuns Grafton Worker and Fatal Bolt Nearby
A severe storm caused widespread electrical damage in the Simpson and Grafton area. Norman Wolfe, 18, Tunnelton, was killed by a lightning strike near a corn field while Bina Tee Shahan, 16, was stunned for about 10 minutes at Simpson School. Mrs. Dortha Bartlett, nearby, was stunned for 10 minutes after seeing a transformer hit. West Penn Electric reported burned fuses in a transformer and several homes, plus a burned insulator on a secondary line. A Tom Bail farm light bulb burst from the charge.
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Norman Wolfe
Tunnelton
Bina Tee Shahan
Dortha Bartlett
Simpson
Simpson School
Bartlett
Grafton
Burdett
West Penn Electric
Henry Grinnan
The
Electric Company
Grinnan
Tom Bail
Philipp Road
Ohio Seeks 1937 DeSoto In Burglary Case
County officials issued a lookout for a 1937 DeSoto sedan with Ohio license 34TG linked to a breaking and entering investigation. Police notified authorities to watch for the car and its occupant(s) across the area.
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Ohio
Manheim Mary Pyles Rowlesburg Notes Of Interest
Guess of Mr and Mrs Victor Pyles included Gerald Shaffer Glen Burnie Md Mr and Mrs Francis Shaer Rowlesburg Mr and Mrs Holden Shay Frederick Francis Lantz Ridge and Carolyn Frazier Newburg Mrs Guy Shaffer ill at home Desigher Mrs William Bolyard caring for her Guests at a hamburger fry at home of Mr and Mrs Homer Knotts
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Victor Pyles
Gerald Shaffer
Glen Burnie
Francis Sha
Rowlesburg
Holden Shay Frederick
Francis
Lantz Ridge
Carolyn Frazier
Newburg
Guy Shaffer
Desigher
William Bolyard
Homer Knotts
Clarence Knotts
Robert Wiles
Dwid
James Knotts
Aurora
Victor White
Danny
Detroit
Midh
I. R. Shaver
Neva Jean Evelyn
Velma Shaver
Ada Shaver
Junior [Shaver
Baltimore
Lions Send Two Youths To Camp
Lions Club week at Camp Horseshoe near Parsons features two Taylor County youths, William M. Shaw and James Morgan, among about 200 boys and girls chosen for merit in school activities and leadership. Shaw, 14, will be a Grafton High freshman this fall, with a background in student council and coronation events.
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Lions
Lions Club
Camp Horseshoe
Parsons
Taylor County
Grafton Lions Club
Young Shaw
Grafton High School
Police make almost one arrest per day in May
City police arrests for May totaled 29, with 16 in a single category for intoxication in a public place. Other arrests included speeding one, intoxication three, theft two, no city operator's license one, reckless driving one, and gambling with cards five.
Thanks for kindness after Lawson D. DeLaney's death
The DeLaney family expresses sincere thanks to friends neighbors and relatives for kindness during Lawson D. DeLaney illness and death. They acknowledge Rev C V Tate and Rev See Crist for words support the quartet Richard Leonard Naomi Lawson Robert Leonard and Virginia Paugh and Mrs Calvin Morrison pianist. They thank Bartlett Funeral Home Grafton Elk Lodge Kiwanis Club Grat ton City hospital nurses and all who assisted. Signed by Mrs Marjorie DeLaney Harry D DeLaney and William DeLaney.
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Lawson D. DeLaney
C. V. Tate
Crist
Richard Leonard
Naomi Lawson
Robert Leonard
Virginia Paugh
Calvin Morrison
Bartlett Funeral Home
Grafton Elk Lodge
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Gratton City Hospital
Scout James Joins Troop 3 as He Heads to Eighth Grade
James, a former member of Boy Scout Troop 6, plans to start eighth grade at Junior High this fall. His hobbies include manual arts and building model phones and autos, with fishing his favored sport.
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James
Boy Scout Troop 6
Unclear OCR Noise Spurs Bargaining Election Discussion
Fragmentary text mentions coal and steel industry figures in Ohio and West Virginia, references to bargaining and commissions, and names such as Fleming Kenna and Abe, with widespread garbled terms. No clear event or outcome can be determined from the readable fragments.
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Bent
George Stanley Preston
Sn Bartlett Funeral Home
Philip W. Horn
William Woodruff
Bridgeport
Bartlett Service
Willeide
Ben
W.va
Graf. Ton
Cornerstone
Grafton Baking CO
the Baking CO. OF
William M. Shaw
A. Ray Shaw
Yates Avenue
James Morgan
McGraw Avenue
Baldwin
Magnavox
C. G. Conn and
Holton Band Instruments
C. B. Fawley Music CO
High Street
Tappan Gas Range
Siehler Furniture CO
Ton
Laman BT
HONE
BUICK
Ake
America
Beater & Ely
Jaco Joras
Salare
Metter
UILT
Hamric Motor Company
Syffélephane
Cal
Thanes
Mrs
Marjorie DeLaney
Harry D. DeLaney ,and
William
DeLaney
Plato
Hare
Accura
Malone’'S Drug Store
W. Underwood
Shirley, Tyler Co
Clarksburg
Utherwood
CO. Breelwort
No Ton Steel Co
Plan Breubenville
Toledo
Obie
CIO
United Plan
Kaiser
Will
Charleston Fleming
Yeste Lee M. Kenna
Dunbar
Waynesbur
Liberty
Tury
Ann
William H
Nate
Grams Busi
Bogota
Gue
Theal
Twakuni
Uber
Abe
Elf
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