Water safety program planned for Taylor County
A Taylor County Red Cross led by Ronald Knotts Ruby Bonefield and Merle Haddix organizes a summer water safety program at Tygart Lake State Park. Robert Spangler says aims include trained instructors next year with 14 signed up so far. Senior Life Saving and Junior Life Saving courses offer Red Cross certifications valid three years.
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Taylor County
Ronald Knotts
Ruby Bonefield
Red Cross
Merle Haddix
Tygart Lake
Robert Spangler
Elkins
Spangler
Yom L Booth
Booth
Fiaspond Catholic Church Confirmation Service
A fragment from Fiaspond describes a Catholic Church confirmation service with references to the church, location, and attendees. The readable text mentions a summer event at a parish possibly linked to Kingston or nearby, with unclear names and details due to damaged OCR.
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Fiaspond Catholic Church
Man reports theft of large white framed car garage
Louie Chaeft, 31, reported someone stole a large white framed 142 car garage from the back of a vacant home he owns. Police were notified and are investigating the incident.
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Detroit
Louie Chaeft
Piggyback car rates eyed by six eastern railroads
Railroads including Pennsylvania Baltimore and Ohio Lackawanna Nickel Plate and Wabash proposed a July 27 heav en rate for piggyback trailer transport on flatcars The ICC suspended these rates for seven months pending an investigation. Police robbery and a medical case are also mentioned with names and places.
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East Pay
ICC
Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio Brio
Lackawanna, Nickel Plate
Wabash
Man Finds Fatal Coral Snake He Befriended in Yard
Pampa resident Herbert Hyatt weighed mourning the loss of a friendly snake he fed daily with milk after discovering the creature was a deadly coral snake and has died. The incident underscores how easily a benign encounter can turn dangerous.
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Pampa
Tex
Herbert Hyatt
Hyatt
Grafton Woman Attends Quota Club Convention
Rose Fisher of 101 Base Washington Street returned from the Quota Club International convention in Chicago as the sole Grafton delegate among 500 plus attendees from the United States Canada and Mexico. The group endorsed democratic institutions to curb communism and support United Nations principles, urged continued surplus food distribution to the needy, and backed service work aiding the hard of hearing and the deaf. The Quota Club is a 35 year old businesswomen's service organization.
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Dds
Rose Fisher
Base
Washington Street
Quota Club International
Chicago
June High Graduates Set New Travel Mark
Cleveland report says the 1954 graduating class was the travelingest in history as the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway announced 20,000 graduates traveled in five months on escorted tours, a 24 percent rise from 1953. The longest trip sends 48 students and 2 teachers from Thomas Jefferson High School Richmond to Mexico City.
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Cleveland
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
C&o
Thomas Jefferson High School
Richmond
Mexico City
Two Kingwood Girls Injured In Car Wreck
Miss Marian Elaine Prinker aged 18 of Clifton Mills and Miss Ida Irene Prinkve aged 23 were injured Saturday night when their stalled car on the highway was hit broadside by a vehicle driven by Robert Lewis age 21 of Brandonville. Police said Marian Prinkey pulled out of a driveway causing the stall and the Prinker car was a total loss. About $400 damage resulted to the Lewis car. No charges were filed.
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Marian Elaine Prinker
Clifton Mills
Ida Irene Prinkve
Robert Lewis
Brandonville
Marian Prinkey
Lewis
$1 000 000 Plan to Replace Ohio River Locks
Congress nears final action on a 1 million dollar rivers and harbors bill to fund new locks at New Cumberland West Virginia Georgetown Pennsylvania and near New Albany West Virginia The Army Engineers warned completion will take several years for the New Cumberland lock and the text notes the project will replace three aging locks along the Ohio River.
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New Cumberland
Ohio River
Congress
Army
W. Va
Georgetown
Newal
GHS Plans Camp At Practice Set For Wednesday
Grafton High School band plans its August band camp at Camp Ceasar Webster County from August 8 to 14. Principal Ear l. Culp states the district will share with six schools and each student pays 15 dollars for meals. Director Paul W. Shahan says practice tomorrow sets final arrangements.
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Grafton
Paul W. Shahan
Camp Ceasar
Webster County
Earl. Culp
Philipps
Kingwood
Barracksville
Belington
Wahama
Wester Springs
Lawrence Intravaso
West Virginia University Band
Walter Coplin
University
Wilbert Nicodemus
Paul Klepfel
Chester Shaffer
Shahan
David Gerkin
Ray Shaw
Charlene Evans
Police officials teach school patrols at Grafton High
City Police Chief Frank Crislip told 75 patrol members at Grafton High school field house how to coordinate with city officers at school crossings. State Police advised outdoor duties stressing identifying speeding cars and recording them. A film for the final four week course is planned for Monday.
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Frank Crislip
Grafton High School
Exmoor Doone Country Declared A National Park
Exmoor in England has been designated a national park by the British Travel Association. The 285 square mile wild moorland and wooded coast region is famed for the Doone family legend and the Lorna Doone story with sites linked to Robin Hood era lore.
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Lorna Doone
Exmoor
England
Doone
Robin Hood
Big Merry Men
Britain
Lynmouth
Lorna
Carver Doone
Blackmore
Exmoor Vilages
John Rida
Ttes
Cloven Rocks
Simonsbath
Doone Valley
Navy ends need for red flags on surplus mags
The Navy Supply Center in Norfolk says 135 offers were received to buy surplus Russian mags. It explains ships rarely visit Soviet ports, so the flags are no longer required.
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Norfolk
Navy Supply Center
Navy
Taylor jobless claims rise slightly in 1954 quarter
Taylor County unemployment payouts reached 68,820 in the first quarter of 1954, up 2.1 percent from 67,385 in early 1953. State totals for the first four months of 1954 totaled 292,485 claims, with overall 1953 annual claims at 236,963.
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Taylor County
John J. Booth
B&o
Railroad Retirement Board
Huntington
Cabell S. Davis
State Department of Employment Security
Charleston
Preston
Barbour
RAF Transport Plane Crash Near Nairobi Kills Seven
A Royal Air Force transport plane crashed about twelve miles from Nairobi Monday night killing all seven aboard. The aircraft was en route from Durban, South Africa to Malta, carrying three crew members and four passengers.
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Natrobi
Kenya
Royal Air Force
Nairobi
Durban
South Africa
Malta
Vets Paid Benefits Totaled 262297 in May
West Virginia veterans or dependents received a total of 262297 in benefits during May through aid from the State Department of Veterans Affairs. Director T H McGovern reported the figure.
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West Virginia
State Department of Veterans Affairs
T. H. McGovern
Police Warn Homeowners On Vacation Security
City police offer tips to guard homes during vacations. They urge cancelling deliveries, notifying the postman, sharing travel plans with a trusted neighbor, keeping valuables in a safe, and using burglary resistant devices or a bank safe. Officers note recovered stolen goods and warn against leaving mail and newspapers exposed.
WVU Names Six New Faculty Members
West Virginia University announces six new faculty appointments in the president's office. Carroll A. Curtis of Moscow Idaho joins as associate professor of engineering while Chandler Shaw of Bethany and George Moore of Waynesburg Pa. become visiting professors in political science. Dorothy M. Wendt Berwyn IL instructors in physical education. Maryelsle Hawkins Oxford Miss instructor in mathematics. Jacqueline Summer Mason County 4 H club agent.
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Morgantown
Carroll A. Curtis
Moscow
Idaho
West Virginia University
Chandler Shaw
Bethany
George Moore
Waynesburg
Dorothy M. Wendt
Berwyn
Maryelsle Hawkins
Oxford
Miss
Jacqueline Summer
Mason County
Scarecrow Weathered by Mechanical Debate in Miami Beach
Flash-agri culturist Willard M Fifield explained why scarecrows cannot yet be mechanized in Miami Beach. He stated that the key is to determine the difference between a bird's warning call and its mating call before any mechanical warnings can replace scarecrows.
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Miami Beach
Willard M. Fifield
Fifield
iFive GHS Grads Sign With Navy
Five Grafton High School graduates join 15 area men heading to Ashland Kentucky to be sworn into the U S Navy. The group includes Donald J Tansill Billy Ellis Maloney James Walter Reed James Marshall Robinson and James Franklin Roomsburg all aged 17 or 18 and sons of local residents.
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Grafton
Ashland
U. S. Navy
Francis Wines
Fairmont
Gas Oven Explosion Burns June 1
Isabelle Brown of the Po ling apartments suffered facial and arm burns when a gas range exploded in her kitchen weekend. Family says she was washing clothes when she opened the oven door and ignition occurred after gas accumulated and the top burner lit, throwing her to the floor.
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Isabelle Brown
Poling
Miss Brown
Iuic Olast
Firemen Seek Nurses to Learn Resuscitator Use
Taylor County nurses are invited to contact the fire department to arrange training on the resuscitator. Fire department president Don Carrico said several nurses have inquired and that classes will be held if enough interest is shown.
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Taylor County
Fire Department
Don Carrico
UN Pilgrims Stop Here Hosts Lodges Luncheon
Grafton Odd Fellows and Rebekah Lodges host about 40 junior Odd Fellows and junior Rebekahs from Kansas as part of the United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth en route to New York City. The event supports study of UN workings and emphasizes its importance. Morgantown WV student makes straight A averages in second semester 1953-54.
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Grafton
Odd Fellows
Rebekah Lodges
United Nations
New York City
Kansas
Rebekah Lodge
Morgantown
West Virginia University
J Everett Long
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