Bartlett brites To Be Wednesday At Funeral Home
Funeral for Mrs. Jean Love Bartlett 67 former Grafton resident who died at her daughter’s Altoona home will be held Wednesday at Bartlett Funeral Home. The services will be conducted by Geene Carl Davis. Mrs. Bartlett native of Rosemont widow of Ernest Bartlett a Baltimore and Ohio railroad train master. Surviving children include Mrs. Stewart Richard Bartlett and Hubert Bartlett. Also brothers Robert Love Richie Love and sister Mrs. Minnie Cobb. Several grandchildren.
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Jean Love Bartlett
Grafton
Grover Stewart
Altoona
Bartlett
Geene
Carl Davis
Simpson
Rosemont
Earnest Bartlett
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mrs. Stewart
Richard Bartlett
Cumberland, Md
Hubert Bartlett
Fairmont
Robert Love
Wellsville
Ohio
Richie Love
East St. Louis
Minnie Cobb
Sign Advertising Dam Lake To Be Posted Soon
Officials announced a large rustic sign advertising Grafton Dam and Ruggy Lake will be erected on Latin Street near Southwest Ridge within days. The sign, funded by the States Conservation Cohort, features arrows guiding motorists to two areas. A separate note mentions a monocle designed for one eyed vision. Historical reference notes popcorn cultivation around 400 AD.
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Grafton Dam
Ruggy
States ‘Conservation
Latin Street
Miller Is Fined $10 For Hazardous Driving
Ralph E. Miller of Route 2 Shininston was fined $10 and costs after appearing in Mag. C. P. Lucas court for hazardous driving on U S Route 119 last Saturday at 7:50 pm. He drove a 1948 Ford truck when arrested by State Trooper H. Parks.
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Ralph E. Miller
Shinnston
Mag. C. P. Lucas
Miller
H. Parks
Poling Charged With Obstructing Traffic In Local Court
Gerald Poling twenty two of Route 1 appeared in a local justice of the peace court yesterday on charges of obstructing traffic. State Trooper H Parks arrested him after he was driving a 1941 Oldsmobile sedan. A fine of fifteen dollars plus costs was imposed.
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Gerald Poling
Route 1
Justice of the Peace Court
Poling
H. Parks
Tito Denounced by Cominform Amid Uncertain Fate
Reports from Belgrade and Rome indicate Tito may still hold power while Cominform accuses him of aligned with the West and straying from party line. U.S. and U.N. officials discuss possible danger to Tito and his associates, with speculation about removal or immobilization. The note adds unrelated facts about postwar shipping and a curious line about an African porcupine.
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Belgrade
Tito
Bled
United Nations
Rome
Russia
Red Army
Titoe
Communist International Information Bureau
Prague
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Lake Success
Jan’ Papanek
U.N
U.S
Washington
Toledo opens mammoth coal and ore dock facility
The $18.5 million joint Toledo dock by Baltimore and Ohio and New York Central Railroads is now operating and aims to complete by season end. It handles up to twenty million tons of coal and 4.5 million tons of iron ore annually with three cargo docks, 56 miles of track, and a basin 2,200 by 600 feet.
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Toledo
Baltimore and Ohio
New York Central
Great Lakes
Dutheiggte
Maumee Bay
Ohio
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
United States
Canada
Minnesota
City of
The
Lakefront Dock ‘and Railroad ‘Terminal Company
New York Central Railroads
Elks Lodge to Initiate Class Wednesday Night
Grafton Lodge No. 308 will initiate a class of new members at a special meeting tomorrow night at 8 p m. After the initiation a feed for members will follow, steward Bert Miller announced. A large turnout is expected.
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Grafton Lodge No
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Bert Miller
Fire department to stage giant fireworks display
Darkness falls as the Grafton Volunteer Fire Department plans a large fireworks show. Over 100 worth of fireworks have been purchased for the display, with the event set to illuminate the area.
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Grafton Volunteer Fire Department
West Virginia Weather Forecast Extended
Forecast calls for cooler and drier conditions Thursday then warmth and humidity returning toward the weekend. Rain chances include showers and scattered thundershowers Wednesday and again Sunday or Monday. Total rainfall estimated around half an inch.
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West Virginia
Bill Watkins Graduates From Carnegie Tech
William M. Bill Watkins son of Judge and Mrs W Merle Watkins earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering at the Carnegie Institute of Technology Pittsburgh during a Sunday commencement 741 graduates set a school record Bill's family attended and he will join Dupont Chemical Company Newark N J August 30 He is at U B Reserve Officers Training Camp Ft Belvoir Virginia Meanwhile Richard J Watkins younger son attends ROTC at Fort Meade Maryland
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William M
Bill) Watkins
W. Merle Watkins
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Pittsburgh
Bill
G. Minette
Mabelle R. Watkins
Newark
Dupont Chemical Company
U.B. Reserve Officers Training
Ft. Belvoir
Virginia
Richard J. Watkins
Services Today For Mrs Ida E Yates At Pruntytown Church
Solemn rites were held at 2 p.m. today at Pruntytown Baptist church for Mrs Ida E Yates 80 a former Pruntytown resident who died Saturday in Detroit Michigan. The Rev W L Whitner and Rev Henry Loving officiated with interment in Woodsdale cemetery under Bartlett Funeral home direction.
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Pruntytown Baptist Church
Ida’. E
Morrow Family Thankful for Kindness After Loss
R A Morrow and Family express gratitude for kindness condolences sympathy and gifts received after the death of their wife and mother Eliza Jane Morrow May God bless you all.
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Lay
McGhimphrey Undertakers
Eliza Jane Morrow
R. A. Morrow
West Virginia boy with leukemia flown to Boston hospital
A nine year old boy from West Virginia, Carlos Utah Jackson, traveled by plane to Boston for leukemia treatment. Readers of the Charleston Gazette donated $1,140 to cover the journey and care, aided by his coal miner father and neighbors.
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Boston
West Virginia
Childrens’ Hospital
South
Carlos Utah Jackson
Wallace Jackson
Charleston
W.va
Retail Merchants Urged To Attend Meeting Tonight
About 60 Taylor County merchants received notices from the Board of Trade for a special 7:45 pm meeting at the trade board rooms. The retail trade and service committee will discuss organizing a trade division and plan city-wide sales and promo programs with Claude Ebert and Charles N. Prickett leading efforts.
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Taylor County Board of Trade
Trade Board Rooms
Retail Trade and Service Committee
Claude Ebert
Charles N. Prickett
First successful dirigible built in 1852 driven by steam
The first successful dirigible was built in 1852 powered by a three horse power steam engine moving at six miles per hour. Lions no longer exist in South Africa.
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South Africa
Tobacco and patents in early American lore and policy
A historical note describes tobacco as sacred to American Indians and their devotionals to the Great Spirit, alongside a statistic that about 2,009,000 patents had been issued by the U.S. Patent Office, and mentions the approximate life span of an American patent as 17 years.
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U. S. Patent Office
Expressions of thanks for Robbin's loss from Rusty and Bobbie
The family of Robbin thanksIgur and many friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during their sorrow. They describe the loss as heartfelt and sincere and sign their thanks with Rusty and Bobbie.
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Igur
Robbin
Rusty
Bobbie
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