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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1948
Page
8
Carloads on the Baltimore and Ohio railway for the week ended June 19, 1948 totaled 7,492 with 42,847 loaded on line and 24,645 received from connections. The prior year week showed 68,112 total with 44,019 loaded and 24,093 received. For the week ended June 12 total loads were 67,152 with 43,190 on line and 28,962 from connections.
Police arrested several speeders including Richard Stitler and Frank Reed for racing motorcycles on U S Route 5 west of Grafton at 80 mph with passengers. They paid fines of 25 dollars and costs after appearing in May o1 C Jefferys court. Luther Johnson faced charges of reckless driving and speeding with a 100 dollar fine after pursuit across Grafton streets and Beech street crossing.
Funeral services for Solomon Skidmore 91 who died suddenly at his foster daughter’s home will be at 2 p.m. Saturday from Bartlett Funeral Home with Captain Wiseman of the Salvation Army officiating. Burial follows in Pritipni. He was a Barbour County native and former janitor at the M and M Bank building, living here since 1911. Survived by his foster daughter and brother George Skidmore of Belington. wife Donna Thompson preceded him in death.
Charleston report states Mollohan Inc., Logan based, received a charter for a new automobile agency with $20,000 capital. Other incorporators include Wayne Mathis of Logan and Hamilton of Clarksburg. Mollohan left his Pruntytown post to manage the campaign HQ for governor candidate Okey L. Patteson.
Last rites for James Calvin Gragg 63 of Thornton Route 1 will be Saturday at 3 30 pm at Bartlett Funeral Home with Mrs Ruby Foley officiating Burial follows in Woodsdale cemetery under Bartlett Funeral Home direction Friends may call at the late home He died after a year and a half illness at 750 pm Wednesday He was a machinist for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and had lived in Taylor county 40 years Born in Barbour County on June 13 1885 he was a son of William B Gragg and Nancy Bail Gragg His wife Mary E B Cozan Gragg survives as do two children William W Gragg of Thornton and Mrs Dorsey Poling of Grafton He leaves two brothers John Gragg of Watson Route 1 and George Gragg of Watson Route 1 and one sister Mrs Cora Ellen Bucklew of Metz There are two grandchildren Some prospectors have sunk prospecting oil wells more than 20 miles off land in the Gulf of Mexico.
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