Miss Ella Louise Bartlett Weds Don Lee Rowe in Oakland Maryland
Miss Ella Louise Bartlett the daughter of Cooper Bartlett and the late Mrs Bartlett married Don Lee Rowe son of Mr and Mrs A P Rowe in a quiet double ring ceremony at St Pauls Methodist Church Oakland Maryland on June 11. The bride wore a white street length dress with white accessories and carried red roses. Maid of honor Corrine Gull wore blue with white flowers. Attendants included Norma Lee and Fred Gerkin. The couple, both Grafton High School graduates, plan studies at Fairmont State College and will reside at 15 East Wilford Street after a short honeymoon trip to Cheat River.
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Ella Louise Bartlett
Cooper MR Bartlett
Bartlett
Route 1
Don Lee Rowe
A. P. Rown
West Franch
Denyer 2
Picken
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Oakland
Maryland
Corrine Gull
Chiarhs Phillips
Ding
Norma Lee
Fred Gerkin
Rowe
Grafton
Camera Club
J. Lee Evans Furniture Store
Grafton Senor High School
Lettermen's Club
Hazel Atlas Box Factory
Pairment State College
Cheat River
Wilford Street
Youtes
Immerdicte
Church Ice Cream Social Brings Members Together
The Crusaders of the First Church of Christ on Bech and McGraw streets hosted an ice cream social. Attendees enjoyed group singing and games before gathering for ice cream cake coffee and lemonade. An elderly attendee with heart trouble faced a possible attack triggered by a large meal.
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Crusaders Close of
First Church of Christ Bech
McGraw Streets
Coming Events List From Blueville Methodist Church Notes
A June schedule lists meetings and social events including W S C at Mrs Walter Whos home at 8 p m co hosted by Mrs Raphael Turnley. Grafton Business Gils picnic at Miss Ellen Jane Wiseman Pruntytown with post office meeting for transport at 6 p m reservations or cancellations to Mrs Mildred Campbel. White Fawn Council June birthday attendees urged. Lindy Club at Mrs J C Sturm June 17. Alpha Mu Beta Sigma Phi hay ride and weiner roast Camp Towle meeting post office 6 30 p m. Mountaineer Council Junior Order United American Mechanics June 19 in V F W hall East Main Street. Children Day program Harmond Methodist church.
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W.S.C
Blueville
Mountaineer Council No. 44
Junior Order United American Mechanies
V. FP. W. Hall
East Main Street
Harmond Methodist Chal & Om
Aluminum wage walkout poses risk at nine plants nationwide
A potential walkout by Aluminum workers could affect 18 500 employees across nine plants in nine states led by ACLoA in Tennessee with 8 090 workers at the largest site in that state. Other plants include New Kensington Pennsylvania Mobile Alabama Baden North Carolina Edgewater New Jersey Bauxite Arkansas Detroit Indiana Richmond Bridgeport Connecticut and the shift traces to CIO USW actions dating to January 1946.
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Acloa
Tenn
Tareest
New Kensington
Cio-Usw
CIO
Mobile
Ala
Baden
N.C
Edgewater
N. J
Bauxie
Ark
Detroit
Richmond
Ind
Bridgeport
White Rose Grove Holds Monthly Meet in K of P Hall
The White Rose Grove No. 2 of the Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle met at the K of P Friendship Lodge Hall for its regular monthly business meeting. President Miriam Nester presided over ritual work with Mildred Cole assisting. The team included Irma Jean Stutler Love Edith Jo Foley Power Betty Gene McWilliams Remembrance Jean Rigeleman Wisdom and others. The grove voted to donate five dollars to the cancer drive and announced a district convention in Graf ton on June 28 1948 in honor of Henrietta Snider. Committees were named and Tau Phi Lambda Sorority will attend a convention June 27 1948 at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel Clark sburg. A talk on team value for Lodge work was given by Faye Kay Littman. The next meeting is set for Monday July 12 at 8 00 p m at the K of P Lodge Hall.
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White Rose Grove No. 2
Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle
K. of P. Friendship Lodge Hall
Miriam Nester
Mildred Cole
Irma Jean Stutler
Love
Edith Jo Foley
Power
Betty Gene Mewil- Nams
Jean Rigeleman
Wisdom
Nancy Kemple
Ellen Tingler
Claribel Upton
Virginia Peters
Grafton
Fairmont
Philippi
Elkins
Clarksburg
K. of P. Lodge Hall
Henrietta Snider
Daisy Paxton
Mary Philipps
Faye Kay Tituman
Maxine Harvey
Mary Wiseman
Jean Rizgleman
Kathaleen Bolyard
Grace Marie Bartlett
Betty Gene McWilliams
Leona Zumbro
K. of P. Friendship Lodge
Birthday Party Honors Eva Brown
Mrs. Roy W. Brown hosted a birthday party for her daughter Eva Ann Brown. James provided entertainment as guests gathered around a cake and sang. Refreshments were served by several locally named attendees to a list of guests including Rutherford and Duckworth families and Eva Ann Brown.
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Roy W. Brown
Eva Ann
James
Tate
Martha Brown
Richard Duckworth
Charles Smith
Joseph Compton
Vivian Wickham
Edna Wickham
Eileen Brown
Jacqueline Robinson
Katherine Rutherford
Betty Rutherford
Joan Rutherford
Ada Rutherford
Harold Paul Rutherford
Carl Rutherford
Jeannie Rutherford
Mary Jane Rutherford
Dolly Fast
Mack Martin
Glady Lambert
Ina Lenora Lambert
Sarah Ethel Smith
Mary Duckworth
Johnny Lovejoy
Ronnie Sansoury
Charles Howard St. Clair
Harold Paul Rowe
Francis Plymale
Briefly Told Visits and Corrections Highlight Local News
Local notes record Mrs. A B Thomas and her children Byron Paul and David Lynn returning home to Grampian after two weeks visiting Mrs. Thomas's parents Mr. and Mrs. J F Hicks. corrections note Betty Travis and Mildred Taylor as attendees at a Guild of Evangelical United Brethren church birthday meeting. Visiting relatives and friends are listed from Mt. Vernon Ohio Morgantown WV and Akron Sandys Ohio, with references to a funeral in Fairmont and family ties to Rev. George E Manson and Elmer Behen.
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Vsiting
A. B. Thomas
Byron Paul
David Lynn
Grampian, Pa
Tey
Thomas
J. F. Hicks
Thoms
Jo Clair Hicks
Betty Pifer
Guild of the Evangelical United Brethren Churea
Ruth Travis
Betty Taylor
Betty Travis
Mildred Taylor
Mere
Scott Behen
Akron
Ohio
James Behen
Sandys
Elmer Behen
Ter
Walter Meben
Fairmont
Yeager and the supersonic saga across high altitude tests
The report details Chuck Yeager’s early lessons in speed and altitude as the Air Force expands its X-1 program. It notes his fear and thrill while flying through space in a tiny cockpit, his long experience with the X-1, and unofficial word of occasional brief crashes beyond the sonic barrier. It also lists new projects: Bell X-2, Douglas X-3, and Northrop X-4 with aims around 2000 mph and altitudes up to 60 miles.
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Contec
Pit
Yeager
Air Force
Northrop
Evans Furniture Co. Expansion Mentioned in State Report
A state report notes Evans Furniture Co. in Buffalo has grown from 500 to 6,000 personnel since 1905 within a restricted interior zone and Second Army area. The statement hints at possible station assignments but offers no guarantees.
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Interior
Second Army
Dingley
Buffalo
United States
Evans Furniture Co
Homecoming Brief on 1947 Draft Plan and Policy Shift
Lewis convened a 200 member policy committee in Washington on Thursday June 24 two days before an industry wide miners vacation running to July 5. He aims to seek committee guidance on future plans while the draft bill faces delays from legislative bottlenecks, and talks of a possible late night session to push the manpower measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Washington
Joint
Congressional Committee
House
Halleck 'R.ind
Coal talks stall as union and operators clash
Southern coal operators and the United Mine Workers face an impasse over the 1947 welfare fund. J D Francis and O L Alexander are cited as industry leaders. Charles ONeill says further meetings risk misleading the public and government about reaching an agreement. Lewis vows workers will not abandon their families and will persist in negotiations.
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Ching
Southern Group
J. D. Francis
Island Creek Coal Co
O. L. Alexander
Pocahontas Fuelco
Charles O'Neill
Lewis
Clean up campaign funds aid youth camp upgrades
Taylor County Leaders association reports civic fraternal and patriotic groups donated 1159 dollars in equipment and projects for a summer youth camp. Larger clean up efforts invite additional volunteers offering cash, in kind services, or other contributions for the refurbished camp. Arabs continue negotiations for permanent Palestine peace as Jerusalem’s old city remains contested. Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha asserts Arab states reject plans based on a Jewish state or partition. Bernadotte meets with Azzam Pasha and leaders of Lebanon and Trans-Jordan.
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Taylor County-H Leaders Association
Palestine
Jerusalem
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Arab League
Bernadotte
U. N
Azzam Pasha
Lebanon
Trans-Jordan
Stassen Hints at Nomination as Delegates Stream to Philadelphia
Delegates from across the nation press toward Philadelphia as Stassen remains a top interest among noncandidacy supporters. Senator Gurney of South Dakota predicts Michigan's Stassen would accept a nomination if offered. With 363 of 1,094 convention votes pledged on the first count, major candidates face difficulty surpassing 300 votes amid a fragmented field.
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Philadelphia
Gurney
R-Sd
Michigan
Dewey Leads With 148 Delegates In Nomination Ballot
Dewey tops pledged and undisputed delegates with 148 votes while Stassen holds 99 and Taft 81. Vandenberg carries Michigan's 41 favorite son votes as the first ballot unfolds.
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Dewey
Stassen
Taft
Vandenberg
Michigan
Mrs Blaney Funeral Arrangements Released
Funeral home invites friends to pay last respects after seven tonight. Solemn rites set for Friday at 10 30 am at Bartlett Funeral Home with Reverend Arta F Shomo officiating. Burial in Bluemont Cemetery to follow.
City council to revamp nuisance taxes and fill clerk post
City council instructed City Attorney McPhail to draft an ordinance revamping nuisance taxes including pinball machines music boxes peanut machines cigarettes and soft drinks. Oral Jones resigned as city clerk and deputy finance director effective yesterday. Dorothy Beavers appointed deputy finance director. City Manager Decker to analyze garbage service bids from Charles O Connor Fred Williams and L P Morgan with findings due next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh R. McPhail
Oral Jones
Dorothy Beavers
Decker
Charles O'Connor
Fred Williams
L. P. Morgan
Senate Appropriations Committee Boosts Foreign and Navy Spending
The Senate approved a $3.686 billion Navy appropriation by voice vote and proposed a foreign spending increase exceeding $1.1 billion, with Rep. Taber vowing strong opposition. The chamber also cleared a government corporations bill allocating $43.4 million to TVA and sent both actions back to the House for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Rep
Taber
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
Digestive Traci Stop Dosing Stomach With Soda Alkalizers
Fragments describe stomach distress and headaches linked to soda use and “alkalizers.” Readers advised to avoid excess soda, seek safer remedies, and consult professionals for persistent digestive issues.
Southern States Cooperative Plans Conference in Grafton Area
The advisory board plans a 1pm Friday June 25 conference at the Baptist Church Pruntytown to outline the program name committees and nominate two qualified cooperative members for each vacancy on the local board and farm home committee Elections will be held at the membership meeting District Manager Chris W Thorniley will report on cooperative activities and local service William Brown will preside with board members C P Shar Lloyd F Sayers John W McCartney C C Batson and A N Alters Ward The farm home committee includes Mrs D P Logan Mrs A N Wilson Mrs William Brown Mrs S C Lundy Mrs Phoebe Sajrée Mrs Bafton and Mrs C R Kinsoy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern States Cooperative
Grafton
Ray Keener
Cooperative Agency
Southern States Farm Home Advisory ‘Committee
Baptist Church
Pruntytown
Tocal ‘Board
Farm Home Committee
Chris W. Thorniley
Pt. Pleasant
Southern State
William Brown
C. P. Shar Lloyd F. Sayers
John W. McCartney
C.C. Batson
A. N. Altender
Farm Home
Increases Target TVA Plant Funding Disputed
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a debate over funding a TVA steam electric plant with an item cited at about 4 million dollars. The passage mentions rising figures and a push to begin financing the project for electricity generation.
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TVA
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