Judge Haymond Delivers Flag Day Address in Grafton
Judge Frank Haymond of Fairmont gave a stirring Flag Day address at the B & O plaza in Grafton. The program featured a parade from the Post Office, the Grafton High School Band, VFW, American Legion, Boy Scouts, Elks, and a service flag dedication for 780 employes in the armed services. He urged total national commitment to victory, pledged readiness for sacrifice, and urged support through war bonds as Congress bounds toward complete and lasting victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank. Haymond
Fairmont
William J. Husston
Grafton High School
Betty Miller
VFW
American Legion
Boy Scouts of America
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
John Bradford
Monongah Division
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
CTP
Armed Services
Elks Club
E. F. K. Roof
Haymond
Breakfast magic with new Post Raisin Bran cereal
Magicians perform a breakfast trick promoting a new Post cereal blend of Raisin Bran Golden Wheat and bran flakes with seedless raisins. The ad pitches novelty and taste, aiming to entice shoppers to try the updated cereal.
County GOP Delegates to State Convention Set
County Republicans meet in the Court House at 2 p.m. to elect 12 delegates to the July 22 Parkersburg state convention. Kanawha leads with 104 delegates. Hampshire and Hardy have 4 each. Legal voters only, for platform talks and electors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor” Courity
Court House
Parkersoore
GOP
Tom Beall
Beall
Kanawha
Hampshire
Hardy
Marion
Harrison
Randolph
Monongalia
West Virginia
Republican
Juveniles Warned After Avis Case In City Morning
Local juvenile delinquency report shows Bernard Lee Davis 15 Barrett street fined 10 dollars and costs for destroying property after allegedly breaking a large plate glass in front of the Opera House. Davis received a court warning. others, Donald Moran Hall and Tom Sloan, were jailed for drunkenness and resisting arrest after failing to pay fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. King
Bernard Lee Davis
Barrett Street
Young Davis
Troy Nicola
R. W. White
Opera House
Donald Moran
Hall
H. L. Woodford
Tom Sloan
Paratrooper Prepares for Invasion Flight Photo
A U S Signal Corps image shows a paratrooper boarding a British air base transport before an airborne operation. He wears a knife at his boot and carries a tommy gun, illustrating the gear paratroopers must bear when dropping into enemy territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yanik
U. S. Signal Corps
Conservation farming district meeting explains soil practices
Farmers on Wickwire road gathered at W. M. Browns home to hear District Technician Fuller outline the Tygarts Valley Soil Conservation District program and how to obtain help planning soil and water conservation on farms. County Agent Hensley addressed the group with brief remarks on soil use and stewardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wickwire Road
W. M. Brown
Fuller
Tygarts Vally Soil
Taylor and
Barbour
Induction Group Leaves Here For Huntington At 8 This Morning
Taylor County Selective Service Board listed 39 men who left here at 8 p m for the Huntington pre induction center following the first induction call in some time due to a May cancellation by Carlton C Pierce Seven were transferred to other regions The list includes Charles Thomas Davis Owen Earl Cooper James Edward Shuttlesworth Wilbert Cook Lawler John Richard Carr James Leslie White Paul Leo Moran Chester Gay Rogers Robert Charles Loar Thomas Bonnar Paul Franklin Dwyer etc transferred to Dundalk Md Louis Junior Riftee Victor Dale Thomas Quentin Esby Mayle Homer Mace Parsons Jr or Robert Caplinger Dorsey Dale Robinson Arthur James Stevens Robert Lee Dalton Horsel Edmond McCartney Fred Gilbert Boyles Joseph Lyman Bryan Stewart A Cathell Forrest Edward Williams Carl Brooks Sinsel John Wesley Thorn transferred in Paul Clenton Kite Cincinnati Jonio Alex Thomas Petrovica Pittsburgh Pa Ralph Brooks Jones Alexandria Va Clyde Earl McIntyre Tiffin Oh Earl Raymond Hawkins Elyria Oh John E Bartlett Baltimore Md and Woodrow Wilson Orth Burbank Calif
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County Selective Service Board
Huntington
Selective Service
Carlton C. Pierce
Charles Thomas Davis
Owen Earl Cooper
James Edward Shuttlesworth
Wilbert Cook Lawler
John Richard Carr
James Leslie
White
Paul Leo Moran
Chester
Gay Rogers
Robert Charles Loar
Thomas Bonnar
Paul #ranklin
Dwyer
Brady Lee Carroll
Ray Vernon McVicker
Edwin Lee Morris
Roland Fred Purkey
Kenneth Edward Getz
Charles Frederick Kelley, Jr
Dundalk
Louis Junior Riftee
Victor Dale Thomas
Quentin Esby Mayle
Homer Mace Parsons, Jr
Robert Caplinger
Dorsey Dale Robinson
Arthur James Stevens
Robert Lee Dalton
Horsel Edmond McCartney
Fred Gilbert Boyles
Joseph Lyman Bryan
Stewart A. Cathell
Forrest Edward Williams
Carl Brooks Sinsel
John Wesley Thorn
Paul Clenton Kite
Cincinnati
Jonio
Alex Thomas Petrovica
Pittsburgh
Ralph Brooks Jones
Alexandria
Clyde Earl
Hazel Cole Supervises West Virginia Farm Help Camps
Thirty five West Virginia girls plus Mrs Jessie F Lemley will join eight peers in Ohio farms under the Extension Service plan. The program aims to recruit fifty women and girls aged 16 to 25, with health exams provided. Housing will be in camps or shared quarters, lodging partially paid by workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Va
West Virginia
Jessie F. Lemley
Women's Land Army
Parkersburg
Ohio
Ne Extension Service
West Virginia Girls Camp Work Plan Details
The article outlines a cooperative food based camp system paying 4 cents an hour, potentially rising to 50 cents, with daily 7 to 8 hour shifts and possible longer hours. Earnings after food and lodging range from 10 to 17 dollars weekly. Hazel Cole will supervise at Fremont camp near Toledo for West Virginia girls, with expansion if more recruits arrive. An Ohio camp exists for college students and teachers, eleven West Virginia counties are represented among the girls in Ohio Kanawha, Cabell, Taylor, Ohio, Pendleton, Monongalia, Marion, Wirt, Wood, Barbour, and Nicholas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Cole
Grafton High School
Fremont
Toledo
West Virginia
Ohio
WLA
Kanawha
Cabell
Taylor
Pendleton
Monongalia
Marion, Wirt
Wood
Barbour and Nicholas
Closed Grafton banks to pay final dividends in Charleston
Banking Commissioner Acey announced final settlements for two closed Grafton banks. County Bank pays 75 percent, totaling $181,960.46 since its 1933 closure. Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank pays 23 percent, adding $9,106.26. Total returned now stands at 49.8 percent, $196,052.46.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Acey
Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank
Ees Ee
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Frank Haymond
County
Ife
Farm Bureau
Pearl Gawthrop
Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Co
Home Office
Columbus
China
India
Ceylon
Netherlands East Indies
Geau
Les
Alltel
BPS
Pai
L. D. Delaney
Lincoln
Tygart’s Valley Soil Conservation
District News Conservation Farming
Fatso
Malone's Drug and Chemical Co
Draft Board
Andy Taylor
Grafton
Pitts
Greyhound Terminal
Union Drug Company
West Main Street
West Virginia Public Service Commission
O.D.T
Greyhound
Greyhound 'S
Fort Pitt Shoe Stores, Inc
Dixie
Lydon
Ar Henry Alddek
Halos
Seth
John the Olive Blakeney
Joon vi
Ughen Glaser
Diva Ae
We Art
Russell Hayden
Rob Wills
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