Elk Day parade to honor Flag Day in Grafton
Hundreds of Graftonians are expected to attend a Flag Day event tonight featuring a parade at 7 30 p m and a station square service. Local veterans, World War II servicemen, and Elks will march with three bands, gathering at Latrobe street at 6 45 p m under Marshal Moran and aides.
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Philippi High
Latrobe Street
Post Office
First National Bank
T. J. Moran
A. A. Miller
Leland Price
James ©. Parkhill
Mason Tucker
Station Square
The
Elk's
J M Zegarra To Appear Here Fairmont Thursday
An article in the Clarksburg Exponent stated Jorge M. Zegarra of Lima Peru will speak in Pairmont next Thursday, but he is set to appear Thursday night at 6 15 p m before the Rotary club. Francis Chambers Rotary president said Zegarra will speak at the noon meeting and arrive Thursday evening with Dean Oliver Shurtleff Fairmont governor of Rotary district 185.
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Clarksburg
Jorge M. Zegarra
Lima
Peru
Pairmont
Zegarra
Rotary Club
Francis Chambers
Fairmont
Reorganization Plans Emerge for Charleston Guard Unit
Acting adjutant general Carleton C. Pierce asks former National Guard officers for plans to rejoin after Lt. Col. George M. Wertz Jr. becomes instructor for a proposed field artillery battalion. State quota for postwar guard reorganization set at 5,700 officers and men, with no other moves yet.
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Charleston
Carleton C. Pierce
National Guard
George M. Wertz, Jr
Reliable Broom Factory Opens This Week Here
Paul R Messenger opens the Reliable Broom factory at 637 Maple Avenue in a 21 by 36 foot frame building. The plant will start operations on June 24 and currently employs Messenger and John Shelton, a local handicapped youth and former West Virginia School for the Blind student. Messenger, partly blind, credits West Virginia Vocational Rehabilitation and local friends for support. He aims to hire only blind or partially blind workers and will supply local merchants with the new brooms.
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Reliable
Paul R. Messenger
Maple Avenue
Mr. Messenger
John Shelton
West Virginia School For Blind
Messenger
West Virginia Vocational Rehabilitation Service
West Virginia
Wool To Be Assembled Here Tuesday June 25
County Agent Lloyd Reid announced that wool from Taylor County will be assembled on Tuesday June 25. The Taylor County Wool Marketing association runs the pool, with Barbour and Preston counties cooperating in shipping. Approximately 21,000 pounds will be shipped from the three counties.
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Lloyd Reid
Taylor County Wool Pool
Taylor County Wool Marketing Association
Reid
Barbour
Preston
More Applications For Taylor County Board Of Trade
Six additional applicants for executive secretary of the Taylor County Board of Trade were announced. The committee plans immediate investigations and aims to appoint within a few weeks. Directors say they took ample time seeking suitable leadership to manage board activities.
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Taylor County Board of Trade
Focal Board
Board of Trade
Taylor County roads bid call for resurfacing work
The State Road Commission invites bids to resurface 42 miles of Hepzibah road and 2.6 miles of Valley Falls road in Taylor County. Bids will be opened at 10 a.m. on June 25 at the Commission offices in Charleston. The Hepzibah road links Booths Creek district with U S Route 50, and the Valley Falls section runs from Pruntytown to Lost Run road.
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Hepzibah
Valley Falls
Charleston
State Road Commission
Taylor County
Booths Creek
Pruntytown
Lost Run Road
Hodges and Brown Buy Spotswood Hotel in Glasgow Ky
L T Hodges and Paul Brown of this city purchased the Spotswood hotel in Glasgow Kentucky and have assumed proprietorship. Hodges formerly managed the Hotel Grafton for about twenty years and left when J R Murphy company took over. Mrs Rae Standish of Hamilton Montana manages the hotel for the firm. Brown is a World War II veteran and son of Mrs Aleathea Brown.
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L.T. Hodges
Paul Brown
Spotswood
Glasgow
Hodges
Grafton
J. R. Murphy Company
Rae Standish
Hamilton
Montana
Brown
Aleathea Brown
Coal mines idle as hopper shortage halts work
Fairmont report notes 81 northern West Virginia coal mines served by the Baltimore and Ohio Monongah division idle due to a continued railroad car shortage. An estimated 6 000 workers are idle today after 65 operations were idle yesterday with little sign of improvement.
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Fairmont
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
VEW VOTES ON 13 NEW MEMBERSHIPS
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial City Post 3081 announced 13 new members at its last night meeting. New members include Arthur Rosier Freeman Zolyard William Allender Donald Knotts and others as listed. Commander pro tempore T J Moran led the session in the absence of James Proudfoot, with plans made to join tonight's Flag Day parade.
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Memorial City
Veterans of Foreign Wars
John M. Ford
Arthur Rosier
Freeman Zolyard
William Allender
Donald Knotts
Edwin Vogel
Ray Dearing
Henry Hewitt
Jay McIntosh
Millard Morris
Edward Ewers
Lawrence Cornwell
James Taylor
Walter Bradley
James Proudfoot
T. J. Moran
West Virginia Christian Endeavor leaders elected
Martinsburg reports Mrs Belman Booth of Parkersburg elected president of the West Virginia Christian Endeavor society. Miss Helen Crowe of Moundsville named junior department superintendent.
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Christian Endeaver
Martinsburg
Belman/Booth
Parkersburg
West Virginia Christian Endeavor Society
Helen Crowe
Moundsville
Obituary for Cora Lee Smith Burdette
Cora Lee Smith Burdette, wife of William Noah Burdette and daughter of Col. James K. and Achsah Ann Smith, entered into life eternal Friday morning June 14 at 6 20 a m. Last rites by Father George E Manson of St Matthias Episcopal church at 4 p m Monday June 17. Interment in Bluemont cemetery. Please omit flowers.
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Cora Lee Smith Burdette
William Noah Burdette
Col
James K. and
Achsah Ann Smith
George E. Manson
St. Matthias Episcopal Church
Bluemont Cemetery
Steelman Appointed New Head Of Reconversion
President Truman announced John R. Steelman would become director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, succeeding John F. Snyder who is nominated for Secretary of the Treasury. The move follows cabinet and advisory committee recommendations to continue the OWMR.
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Washington
Truman
John R. Steelman
Steelman
John F. Snyder
Secretary of the Treasury
OWMR
Holsberry Elected WV District Postmasters President
J Leo Holsberry of Rainelle was elected president of the West Virginia branch of the National League of District Postmasters. Charleston was selected as the 1947 convention city at the closing sessions of the 1946 meeting held yesterday in Morgantown.
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Morgantown
West Viginia
National League of District Postmasters
J. Leo Holsberry
Rainelle
Charleston
Funeral for Mr. Cooper To Be Held Tomorrow
The body of George F Cooper aged 66 a Taylor county native who died in Salem Ohio yesterday morning will arrive this afternoon and go to Bartlett Funeral home. Funeral services will be at 2 o clock tomorrow at the funeral home conducted by Rev D L Whitener. Burial will be Woodsdale cemetery. He was a prominent farmer who lived on Trapp Springs road near Punt town until moving to a farm in Salem Ohio about a week ago. His death followed a heart attack.
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George F Cooper
Taylor Countian
Salem
Ohio
Bartlett Funeral Home
Tomorow
D. L. Whitener
Woodsdale
Cooper
Trapp Springs
Punt ¥Town
West Virginians Buy $4.44 Million in Savings Bonds
West Virginia residents purchased 4.44 million dollars in U S savings bonds in May, despite higher unemployment, according to state savings bond director Bernard S Payne.
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Charleston
West
Three Local Men Take Physical For Army
The Taylor county area reports three men have enlisted in the regular Army and departed for Fort Hayes in Columbus Ohio to undergo physical examinations. Charles E Virmillion John W McCue and Neil Compton from local routes are named in the Army enlistment notice from the Grafton recruiting office.
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Army
Taylor County
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Ohio
Charles E. Virmillion
John W. McCue
Neil Compton
Grafton
Arrested For Causing Disturbance On Latrobe
R. C. Royce of Grafton forfeited an $11 bond after missing a police court date on charges of causing a disturbance at the Peerless Was rack on Latrobe Street at 5 30 p m. The incident occurred near the Latrobe post office building which operates daily from 9 a m to 4 p m.
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R. C. Royce
Grafton
Peerless
Latrobe Street
Arrest of Suspect After Wednesday Evening Incident
A suspect was arrested after an incident on Wednesday evening by Patrolmen Moran and Messenger. The brief notice notes the police action and the officers involved.
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Moran
Messenger
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