Taylor County buses travel world’s distance five times in year
Taylor County Board of Education operates sixteen school buses that covered the equivalent of five and three fourths times around the world during the past school year. Buses carried 1,832 students daily, averaging 175 trips per pupil yearly, totaling 138,695 miles and 21,845 gallons of gasoline. Transport costs reached about $33,000 for the year.
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Taylor County Board of Education
Ronald L. Knotts
New York
San Francisco
Knotts
Officers comb mountain area for two fugitives
Police scoured rugged terrain in Huttonsville area for two prisoners who escaped Tuesday morning from Huttonsville Medium Security Prison. Identified as Billy Joe Burns, 21, sentenced in Cabell County for grand larceny, and Earl Franklin Busby, 18, sentenced from Kanawha and Fayette Counties for forgery and breaking and entering.
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Huttonsville
Billy Joe Burns
Police Court Fines Total $387 With Additional Promises
Police court records show fines totaling 387 dollars collected yesterday, with 15 dollars from prior penalties and 152 dollars promised. The case of Tony Olio regarding possession and resale of alcoholic beverages remains pending after postponement. Harry Devers forfeited a 101 dollar appearance bond for operating a tip board at Strand Pool Room.
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Tony Olio
Olivia
Harry Devers
Grafton
Strand
Devers
Carl Wolfe
Ralph Casteel
Bridgeport
Casteel
Robert Smith
Card of Thanks for Ira L. Morris
Thank you to friends neighbors and relatives for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of beloved husband and father Ira L. Morris. Gratitude to Rev Stoneking Groves Bartlett Funeral Home for kindness and to all who sent flowers or assisted. Mrs Lettie Morris and daughters.
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Ira L. Morris
Stoneking Groves
Bartlett Funeral Home
Lettie Morris
Foster DeWitt 61 Dies Store Owner in Rowlesburg
Foster DeWitt a 61 year old Rowlesburg store owner died yesterday morning of a heart ailment. He had been ill since Monday and was found dead in his room about 10 am by a nephew. Born June 15 1893 near Bowelsburg he was a son of the late Richard and Mary N Price DeWitt. Survived by two daughters Modena Jones Bowlesbury and Burdena Martin Lime Ohio two brothers Sears DeWitt Howesville Boardman DeWitt Fairmont two sisters Mrs Bridgett Glover Keyser Mrs Amy Lantz Rowlesburg one half brother Robert DeWitt Manheim one half sister Mrs Addie Funk Bedrock and nine grandchildren. He formerly lived in Grafton and was an automobile salesman in the Grafton Clarksburg area. The body is at Pike Watson Funeral Home. Further arrangements are incomplete.
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Rowlesburg
DeWitt
Geneva
Bowlesbure
Richard
Mary N. Price DeWitt
Modena Jones
Bowlesbury
Burdena Martin
jLime
Sear
Howesville
Boardman DeWitt
Fairmont
Bridgett Glover
Keyser
Amy Lantz
Robert DeWitt
Manhelm
Addie Funk
Bedrock
Grafton
Grafton- Clarksburg
Pike-Watson Funeral Home
Ladies Night Planned by Grafton Kiwanis Club
Members of the Grafton Kiwanis Club organized a quarterly Ladies Night for June 29 at 6 pm with a Kiwanis Queen to be crowned and presented an orchid by the current Queen Mrs James Skaggs. The program includes a technicolor film of the Tournament of Roses Parade while a $35 donation from the refreshment stand proceeds goes to the Little League.
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Grafton Kiwanis Club
James Skaggs
Little League
Fairmont
Guatemala
American Legion Denies It Is Bunch Of Rowdies
The American Legion says it is not a rowdy group and questions why Congress should grant $103 725 to maintain public order during its convention in Washington from August 30 to September 2. Legion president Herbert J. Jacobi announced the protest after a White House request for the funds. The item cites six known Shakespeare signatures and notes two more words as certain to be in his handwriting with 250 more possibly in the bard's hand.
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American Legion
Eisenhower
Congress
Legion
Herbert J. Jacobi
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White House
Shakespeare
No New Polio Report In West Virginia
West Virginia Health Department said no fresh polio cases were found last week. Health Director N H Dyer reported no new infections, while the year to date count stands at 30 cases. Court records show a $76 balance due and $33 collected from forfeiture of three appearance bonds at $112 each on intoxication charges.
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Charleston
State Health Department
West Virginia
N. H. Dyer
Hospital Plans Audit Of Books Bond Fund Due
Grafton City Hospital Board met last night to discuss internal problems and approved an annual audit of the hospital books starting in August. Administrator A J Williamson said $3,000 of the four percent hospital revenue bonds were due June 1, with no payment status from the Sinking Fund Commission in Charleston. The $3,000 is the first principal payment on the $175,000 bonds refinanced in 1951, with a two year grace on interest. Principal now stands at about $172,000 while interest is paid from the monthly $1,000 sent to the sinking fund.
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Clarksburg
Grafton City Hospital
A. J. Williamson
William Son
Williamson
Sinking Fund Commission
Charleston
WVU To Screen Taylor County Mentally Retarded Children
Two additional Taylor county children will be tested at West Virginia University Tuesday by a university psychologist to determine mental ability and appropriate teaching. Mrs. William Marsh, head of the parents group for aid to mentally retarded children, says plans are in place to screen all the county’s retarded children and asks interested parents to contact her.
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Taylor County
West Virginia University
William Marsh
University
Geport Girl Honored With Benedum Scholarship
Mary Tolley of Bridgeport received the $250 Sophia and Clara Benedum Scholarship for next year, announced today by West Virginia University.
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Morgantown
Mary Tolley
Bridgeport
Sophia and
Clara Benedum
West Virginia University
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