Flash Flood Strikes Bridgewater Area in Virginia
Harrisonburg Virginia reports flash floods sweeping through Bridgewater, threatening a woman and three children whose home was washed from its foundation. Two people remained listed as missing as rescue efforts were hindered by swift waters on Lee Highway. Authorities identified missing residents Leonard Kiracofe, 65, and Mrs Dick Bowman.
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Harrisonburg
Bridgewater
Shenandoah Valley
Bridgewater College
Lee ‘Highway
Washington
Here
Leonard Kiracofe
Dick Bowman
Grafton Lions Club expands Camp Towles facilities
The Grafton Lions Club is adding an 18 by 36 cabin bringing total cabins to six and 115 camper capacity at Camp Towles. A dining hall with kitchen serves 135, with new playground additions and an assembly hall funded by the Grafton Business Girls Club. A swimming pool, costing about 3000 dollars, is planned pending funds.
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Grafton Lions Club
Grafton Business Girls Club
Camp Towles
Ruth Steinhagen Bond Case and War Casualty Note
Ruth Steinhagen held under fifty thousand dollar bond in Akron Ohio case. A cousin Jim Robinson of Caldwell Ohio survives along with son Dr Clay Robinson, a U S Navy lieutenant killed February 19 1945 at Iwo Jima. Educational background noted and family expressions of sympathy. Context shifts to India population data and land plow activity.
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Akron
Ohio
John ‘Nesselroade
Parkersburg
Jim Robinson
Caldwell
Clay Robinson
U. S. Navy
Iwo Jima
Robinson
Jackson County
Ruth Steinhagen
Chicago
Eddie Waitkus
Miss Steinhagen
Jenny DuBray
Ruth
George Bieber
John Boyle
Miss Dubray
Bieber
International Soundphoto
Stephen Waitkus
Melrose
Mass
Illinois Masonic Hospital
Philly
Camp Towles Drive Aims To Build Recreation Hub
The Camp Towles Advisory Committee urges Taylor county organizations businesses and individuals to contribute to a drive to create a premier recreation site. If the pool is built at age 80 the committee plans public access on select days while youth groups use the camp. A separate obituary notes Fred Robinson longtime St Pauls Methodist member and Masonic lodge attendee born April 7 1887 in Jackson county. He leaves wife Mary Archer Robinson daughter Mary Margaret Wilson and son in law R Edwin Wilson of Pittsburgh plus four nieces and nephews.
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Camp Towles
Fred
Rage One
Bership
St. Paul's
Mystic Lodge No. 15
A. F
A. M
E. J
Squire) Robinson
Nancy Duvall Robinson
Jackson County
Noble County
Ohio
Mary Archer Robinson
Mary Margaret Wilson
R. Edwin Wilson
McCurdy Place
Pittsburgh
Barbara Wyke
Dale Nesselroade
Elizabeth
Wadleigh Testifies At Hiss Perjury Trial In New York
Henry Julian Wad leigh a 44 year old State Department employee from 1936 to 1946 testifies in Alger Hiss perjury trial in New York. He admits handing some official documents to Whitetaker Chambers but defense cannot prove he took documents from offices other than his own.
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U. S
Henry Julian Wadleigh
State Department
Alger Hiss
New York
Wadleigh
Whitetaker Chambers
International
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Ftory
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Hard Road
East Wilford
Fairmont State
West Virginia University
India
Berlin
Quai D’orsay
Paris
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
United States
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France
Robert Schuman
Taylor County
Reds
Loyal Order OF Moose Dance
Ralph Shahan
Louise Springer
Los Angeles
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Malones Drug& Chemical CO
Ords
Lea
Father
Dad
Tod
Sovestad
Monongahela Power Company
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