Elks Flag Day Service Planned At Rail Station
Elks Lodge No 308 will host Flag Day services at the Baltimore and Ohio station square Friday at 7 20 p m after a parade of Philippi High School and Grafton Senior and Junior High bands. Parade details await a Tuesday meeting, with Thomas Moran parade marshal promising complete arrangements by Wednesday. C E Wyckoff will give the flag history, assisted by local Boy Scouts. Kenneth C Daughterty to serve as master of ceremonies and introduce lodge officials. O L
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks No. 308
Baltimore and Ohio
Philippi Hight School
Grafton
Depot Square
Thomas J. Moran
C. E. Wyckoff
Station Square
Kenneth C. Daughterty
O. L
Flag Day Service Named In Grafton Details
Cook will offer prayer and Rev Earl W Slayton will give the benediction for the Flag Day service Judge Francis L Warder chairs the committee with Max B Rau Joseph L Evans Jr Kenneth D Haun and Kenneth C Daugherty Assisting Moran are Clyde N Mays Paul B Ware John W Sayre Jr and Curtis T Lambert Elk officials attending include James V Flannagan Hugh R McPhail Sherman L Reed Mason E Tucker Dan Coole A R Williams W Richard Robey George C Jolliffe and W P Clark The ceremony features Mickey McCue playing the lowering of the flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul B. Ware
John W. Sayre, Jr
Curtis T. Lambert
Elk
James V. Flannagan
Hugh R. McPhail
Sherman L. Reed
Mason E. Tucker
Dan Coole
Esquire
A. R. Williams
W. Richard Robey
Lake Infant Dies After Six Day Illness
Mary Ann Lake seven months old died Saturday at home after a six day illness. She was born November 7, 1945 in Grafton. Surviving are her parents Walter W. Lake Jr and Dorothy May Jenkins Lake and brother James Jackson Lake. Funeral at Mt Zion Methodist Church Preston County at 2:00 tomorrow with Capt Van Syckle officiating. interment Mt Zion Cemetery Bartlett Funeral Home. Maternal grandparents A J Jenkins Thornton paternal grandmother Mrs Jennie Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Lake
Walter W. Lake
Dorothy May Jenkins Lake
East Main Street
Grafton
James Jackson Lake
Lake
Recreation
Mt. Zion Methodist Church
Preston County
Lock
Capt
van Syckle
Salvation Army
Mt. Zion
Tion
Bartlett Funeral Home
A. J. Jenkins
Thornton
Jennie Lake
Baby Deern Taken To French Creek Farm
County Game Protector Joseph W. Powell last week took a 10 day old baby buck deer to French Creek game farm to make its future home. The young deer was orphaned after its mother died when crippled by dogs in the Laurel Run Fet terman district. Found by Joe Swann, the youth from Laurel Run, Powell brought the fawn to town enroute to the farm and allowed locals to view it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Powell
French Creek
Laurel Run
Fetterman
Joe Swann
Powell
Petrified Forest Fire Reveals Massive Ancient Logs
A hotel fire report notes thousands of acres of petrified prehistoric trees strewn over the ground in the famous Petrified Forest in northeastern Arizona. Some logs are described as marble-hard and up to 250 feet long, highlighting the extraordinary scope of the fossilized forest. The article also cites global petroleum reserves totaling about 60 billion barrels, with more than 20 billion barrels in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrified Forest
Arizona
United States
Peru Rotary speaker to visit Grafton May 20 1920s
Jorge M Zegarta of Lima Peru traveling lecturer for Rotary International will speak at Grafton on June 20 during Ladies Night at the Belvedere club at 6 15 p m He was named a director of Rotary International at the Atlantic City convention and will discuss the international aspect of Rotary The Peruvian official has held multiple government and professional posts and has led Rotary clubs in Trujillo and Lima Dean Oliver Shurtleff of Fairfield will attend as guest of the club at the June 20 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jorge M. Zegarta
Lima
Peru
Rotary International
Grafton
Belvedere Club
Atlantic City
N. J
Rotary
Zegarra
Huaraz
Institute of Lima
College of Engineers and Economic Sciences
San Marcos University
Government of
Province of
la Libertada
Dean Oliver Shurtleff
Fairmont
Union Rejects Shore Leave Plan Amid Maritime Strike Threat
Congress reports ongoing union preparations for a potential maritime strike as CIO National Maritime union rejects a shore leave with pay plan. Operators had offered one day off for every 14 at sea while maintaining a 56 hour week. the union demands a 44 hour week and dismissed the proposal as impractical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One Association
CIO National Maritime Union
MAKE IT A MILLION a bold Army recruiting plea
A recruitment message urges men to join the Regular Army with the slogan Make It a Million and promises a generous family allowance for dependents during service. It notes over three quarters of a million have enlisted and directs applicants to contact the nearest Army Camp or Post or Army Recruiting Station V8 for full details.
Large Delegation From Grafton Attends Meeting
Ninteen delegates from Taylor County Post No. 12 American Legion and two from Tygart Valley Post No. 124 attended the ninth district convention of the West Virginia Department at Elkins yesterday. George D. Vogel was chosen to the state convention Americanism committee, with arrangements for the convention set by the represented departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
American Legion
Tygart Valley
Department of West Virginia
Elkins
George D. Vogel
State Department
Wheeling
Edgar T. McKee
Sons of the American Legon
Milcreek
Picken
Durbin
Parsons
Belington
Philippi
Davis
Grafton
H. W. Daniels
Featherstone
Blair Mugler
Continued treason case links Yugoslav factions under Nazis
The prosecution aims to prove ties between Mihailovic's forces and Peter II’s exile government and Milan Nedic's Yugoslav regime during the Nazi occupation. Nedic died by suicide in prison last January. British officers’ testimony was submitted. two U.S. State Department requests for defense witnesses remain unanswered. Foreign Minister Semic warned that further correspondence would interfere with internal affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mihailovic
Peter II
Peter
Milan Nedic
Nedic
U. S. State Department
Stanoji Semic
Soldiers testimony and claims in Ennis trial scene
Theodore Taylor of New York and Pvt Louis L Kardon of Philadelphia testified a club beating occurred near Cubage as a witness Aubrey L Richey Birmingham showed head scars from a prior beating at Lich field. Richey recalled Ennis asking how the witness fell while knowing he was beaten and Ennis allegedly grabbed his collar and confined him for 11 days without medical care. Seventeen Indian reservations and fourteen tribes are noted across Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Taylor
New York
Louis L. Kardon
Philadelphia
Cubage
Aubrey L. Richey
Birmingham
Ala
Lichfield
Ennis
Richey
Rabies scare leads to dog quarantine and shootings
A Grafton dog attack prompted a rabies scare. A policeman reported a dog caused bites and frothing, another dog was killed at a creamatory, and Sheriff Melvin Newton enacted a strict rabies quarantine. All dogs must be confined or face being shot. questions arose over vaccination tags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger
J. H. Rietz
West Virginia University
Creamatory
Melvin Newton
Grafton
Court House
Stassen speaks at Nebraska contest amid party split
Stassen argues six Nebraska speeches on pane one while Griswold lobbies. Butler leads convention vote 228 to 163, opposing the 3.75 billion British loan, signaling differing international stances. If Griswold wins, Stassen could gain prestige and Nebraska’s 15 votes at the 1948 Republican convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Griswold
Butler
Stassen
Buckhannon Man Loses License Car For Six Months
Early 67 year old Clinton Miller of Buckhannon paid a 25 dollar fine, had his license revoked and his Oldsmobile impounded for six months after a drunken driving charge. His companion Alfreda Howard of Philippi was fined five dollars and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication. The couple were arrested on U S Route 50 near Grafton Saturday afternoon by State Trooper J R Wayt. Miller's sedan is stored at Lambert's garage in Blueville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Miller
Buckhannon
Ona C. Jefferys
Alfreda Howard
Route 1
Philippi
Grafton
J. R. Wayt
Lambert
Blueville
Short course opens at WVU in coal mining program
Morgantown June 10. The 34th annual short course in coal mining opened today at West Virginia University Welch and Mount Hope. The six week course covers technical phases of modern coal mining under the direction of Union Mining Extension department members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Welch
Mount Hope
Union Mining Extension Department
Slate fall kills miner in Greensburg area
In Greensburg Pennsylvania a slate fall at the Tomas ko mine killed John Bachy Jr., 33, of Jeannette RD 1. The coroner's office reported the accident occurred this weekend. The same dispatch notes Arizona features over 100 cactus species across its deserts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Tomasko
John Bachy, Jr
Jeannette
R.D
Arizona
Change for Precinct 18 Flemington Announced
County Clerk Ed St Clair announced a precinct 18 sitting location shift to Virginia Jones residence near Bailey church. The area had been listed for Flemington High School. Martinsburg on June 10 reports hundreds of delegates prepared to attend the West Virginia Christian Endeavor convention opening tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed St
Martinsburg
West Virginia Christian Endeavor ‘Society
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ELKS
Ford
World Unions
Washington
Paris
World Federation of Trade Unions
Maritime Executive Board
Joseph Curran
Nationa Maritime Union
Harry Bridges
Longshoremen’s Union
N. J. Malone
Maritime Firemen’s Union
Louis Goldblatt
Maritime Unity Committee
Joseph P. Selly
American Communications Association
W. H. Buttram
Maritime Prouicers (International
Lake Infant
Roy Rogers
King of the Cowboys
Trigger
Song OF
Fred Mac Murray
Barbara Stanwyck
Edward G. Robinson
Porter Hall
Grafton Theatre
Friede Marimanos
la Salle Hotel
Chicago
Thalan i
Lmermanond Svundphovot
Congress
American Red Cross
Federal Post Office
W. VA
Myers Jeweler
Tokyo
Terund Arai
Douglas MacArthur
Arai
U. S
Communist Party
Signal
Corps Radiophoto
International
POL
Ceman
Malone
Drug & Chemical
APE Avenu Produce Market
Maple Avenue
Webster
Pruntytown
Simpson
Rosemont
Wendel
Flemington
First Ward
East End
West Side
Grafton Senior High School
Paul W. Shahan
Desoto
Plymouth
Brewer Motor Sales
Rt.119
Christian Endeavor
Malone’s Drug & Chemical CO
Ted
ESSO
Standard Oil Company OF
New Jersey
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