West Main Street Project Still No State Action
The State Road Commission has taken no action on a city and county request to rebuild and maintain West Main Street from the post office to Route 50 in Fetterman. The request was filed Oct 19, 1953, and no answer was received. District official Harley Haller says the project awaits a survey and formal approval, with further steps routed through Charleston.
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State Road Commission
West Main Street
Fetterman
Taylor County
Rt. 119
U.S. 50
Harley Haller
Commission
Charleston
Haller
Jetter
The
Sentinel
Keith Griffith
Aeea
Rt. Mary's Fridge
West Main Project
Griffith
West Virginia
Wild Cats win fourth straight in tight Mt Liberty game
Montaville Wildcats beat Mt Liberty 7 to 6 in a ninth inning rally. The win extends the Cats streak to four as they prepare to face Berryburg Sunday June 20. Also notes a local baby shower and social visits from area residents and families.
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Jackie ‘Reed
Freeman
Montaville “Wild Cats
Mt. Liberty
Cats
Wild Cats
Berryburg
Donald Setmelman
Glen England
Pleasant Valley
Buckhannon
Dennis Shaw
Leo Shaw
Elkins
Ivan Wilson
Etheleen
Bob Stanton
D. D. Kines
Pruntytown
Kines
Rinehart
Beington
Sportsman Club Hearing Set To Open In Taylor County
A injunction hearing in Taylor County Court House tomorrow at 10 a.m. targets the Sportsman Club. County Prosecutor Richard Bord seeks to restrain defendants from selling or possessing alcohol. Operators and agents include Lawrence Boyce known as Humpy Elbert Boyce and Dennis Wyckoff. Owners Elmer R Williams and Joseph Savina are named for the building. The club has been involved in liquor and gambling raids for months.
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Taylor County Sportsman Club
Latrobe Street
Taylor County Court House
Richard B. Bord
Lawrence Boyce
Humpy
Elbert Boyce
Dennis Wyckoff
Elmer R .Williams
Joseph Savina
A Bomb Drill Shows Civil Defense Mobilization
After Wheeling was bombed in a mock alert, medical teams, nurses, fire crews and volunteers moved into the area. Ald reportedly circulated from West Virginia to Covington and Cincinnati as 41 cities were part of the exercise. Messages flowed from state HQ, and an emergency radio network linked amateur operators, police and volunteers to manage evacuations and mock riots in Fairmont Morgantown and Martinsburg. Grafton was organizing a Civil Defense Council but not listed in the Wheeling evacuation.
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Wheeling
West Virginia
Covington
Cincinnati
State Road Commission
Pennsylvania
Fairmont
Morgantown
Martinsboro
Grafton
Civil Defense Council
Accused Check Artist Tripped By Bystander Rescue
City patrolman Lawrence Messenger and bystander Earl Plymale Jr stopped Frank Kline a state parolee from escaping at the county jail door after Messenger arrested him on a warrant from Justice of the Peace C P Lucas for four bad checks on the O J Morrison store in Clarksburg. Plymale tackled the man and held him until the officer arrived. Lucas notified Clarksburg authorities and they would call for Kline. Authorities also notified Kline's parole officer in Kingwood.
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Lawrence Messenger
Earl Plymule, Jr
Frank Kline
Grafton
Kline
Messenger
Justice of the Peace
C. P. Lucas
Clarksburg
O. J. Morrison
Plymale
Lucas
Kingwood
Police Court Fines Add Up After Busy Weekend
City Police Court processed fines totaling 213 dollars after a busy weekend. D O Nester pleaded guilty to reckless driving and improper permit violations, with fines of 51 and 3 dollars. Other defendants forfeited bonds for no license, speeding, and wrong way violations while several anticipated bond forfeiture. A man linked to Barbour County offenses was remanded to jail, and Raymond Fox faced postponement for counsel.
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D. O. Nester
Pearl Street
Carl Collins
Parkersburg
Richard Tucker
Independence
Lincoln Street
Carl Leslie Mcffaniel
Philppi
B&o
Beech Street
Richard David Walls
High Street
James Broomfield
Lewis Core
Carl Tacy
Barbour County
Grafton- Philippi
Taylor County
Raymond E. Fox
Justice of the Peace
C. P. Lucas
Tongue-Tied Visitor Spends Night In Jail In Grafton
An elderly man found sitting on a Grafton sidewalk noon yesterday was identified this morning as Albert Pitzer of Parsons. He was taken to the police station where he could not speak coherently and was jailed overnight as authorities investigated.
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Grafton
Albert Pitzer
Parsons
Pitzer
Noted Editor Dies in Southampton at 74
Lord Camrose editor in chief of the Conservative Daily Telegraph died suddenly in Southampton England at 74 after a day of visiting his mother in law Virginia Hershman at Grafton. Paul G. Hinkston has been reassigned to Bolling Air Force Base in Washington following the editor’s death.
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Southampton
England
Lord Camrose
Paul G. Hinkston
Britain
Bolling Air Force Base
Ing
Washington
Georgia Hinkston
Carl Hershman
Karen
Virginia Hershman
Grafton
Industrial School Trio Held To Grand Jury
James Bragg Joe Johnson and Denford Lindville three escapees from West Virginia Industrial School for Boys at Pruntytown were held for Grand Jury by Justice of the Peace Ona C. Jefferys. They were each bound at 1000 dollars after arrest by State Police for allegedly stealing a 3000 dollar dump truck near the Taylor Harrison county line.
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James Bragg
Joe Johnson
Denford Lindville
West Virginia
Pruntytown
Justice of the Peace
Ona \C. Jefferys
State Palice
Taylor-Harrison County
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Fle Man
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Max Ran
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Audra Park
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C. B. Murphy
Rice's Landing
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Terry
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Nestorville
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J. H. Semmelman
Gordon Prey
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Thornton
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Ft. Lewis
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Aberdeen Proving Ground
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Tygart
Robert Anderson
Tygart Lake Park
Anderson
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Phoenix
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Herbert Smith
International Sound
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Isco
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International Soundphoto
Sportsman Club
Ferry
Beastyrest
Simmons
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Hilda DeWitt
Industrial School
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Carl B, White
Mar
Latroby and
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Auto—Life Insurance
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W. Main
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Avox HI
C. ‘Conn and Holton Band Instruments
B. Fawley Music CO
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