Local Firm Completing Six Street Paving Jobs
A city street paving project totaling 6897 dollars began Monday and is to be completed today. Six resurfacing jobs across Maple avenue, west Blue Mont street, Wilford street, and Yates avenue are financed by city funds shifted from garbage and general budgets. Local asphalt firm conducts the work under City Manager Leslie J. Loar Sr. and with school board prep at Grafton High.
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Maple Avenue
Walnut
Pearl
Leslie J. Loar
Sata
West Bluemont
Pakistan invites Chou En-lai for visit
Premier Mohammed Ali disclosed that Chou En-lai has accepted an invitation to visit Pakistan after inviting him during the Afro-Asian Conference at Bandung Indonesia. No date was set.
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Xaracht
Pakistan
Red
China
Chou En-lai
Mohammed Ali
Ali
Chou
Bandung
Indonesia
Baseball Association Meeting in Latrobe Street Ross Gerard Music Shop
Members of the Taylor County Baseball Association will meet Thursday evening at 8:30 for discussions on several important matters. All managers are urged to attend.
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Taylor County Baseball Association
Ross Gerard Music Shop
Latrobe Street
Motor Vehicle Inspection Delayed By Equipment Shortage
Grafton State Police announced the motor vehicle inspection program will be delayed a few days due to late equipment delivery. Windshield sticker requisitions will be filled after the new equipment arrives in Charleston. The program, slated to start Friday, allows 90 days for vehicle inspections after onset.
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Grafton State Polce
Charleston
Mayor Gatrell Service Lauded by Hospital Board
Grafton City Hospital Board passed a resolution thanking Mayor Homer A. Gatrell for his service over the past two years. Gatrell, a former board member, presided at meetings in his current role. Administrator A Williamson noted no further action was taken.
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Grafton City Hospital
Homer A. Gatrell
Gatrell
Williamson
West Virginia Education Study Leader Approved
Charleston reports formal approval by the state Commission on Education of Dr. EB Lindman of Peabody College to conduct a study of public education in West Virginia. The decision was announced today after a majority vote.
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Charleston
EB. L. Lindman
Peabody College
West Virginia
State Commission On Education
Red Dean Faces Backlash Over Communist Sermon at Canterbury
London The Red Dean Dr Hewlett Johnson, aged 81, sparked outrage by declaring Christianity and Communism share points of contact and will unite humanity. Critics, including Daily Sketch columnist Candidus, call for action while the Archbishop notes no legal ground to remove him.
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London
Canterbury
Church of England
Hewlett Johnson
Shrine of
Moscow
Red Dean
China
Korea
House of Commons
Candidus
The
Daily Sketch
In Memoriam Edward F. Kir One Year Later
In memory of our loving husband and father Edward F Kir who passed away one year ago today June 29 1954 Sadly missed by wife and children.
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Edward F. Kirby
Don Maupin Named VFW Commander in West Virginia
BLUEFIELD Don Maupin of Moundsville was elected commander of the West Virginia Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the encampment closing session. Also chosen were Gene Walker senior vice commander Richard Holman junior vice commander Aubrey Heflin quartermaster J L Green adjutant Norman Hood surgeon L J Howard inspector and Mrs Thelma Smith president of the Ladies Auxiliary with Mrs Madeline Pietranton named senior vice president.
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Bluefield
Don
Maupin
Moundsville
West Virginia
Gacksburg
Surteon
Ralph Stum
Weirton
Thelma H. Smith
Grantsville
Ladies Auxiliary
Madeline Pietranton
Firemen Host Dance for Citizens in Grafton
The Grafton Fire Department hosted a free dance with donated music and refreshments. Organizers said admission could not be charged, funds for the equipment fund were not materially helped, but crowd numbers were strong and the event succeeded. Also, B and O engineer Hall collapsed in the city yards behind Grafton depot, likely a heart attack, and was taken to hospital.
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Grafton
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Hall
Grafton City Hospital
H.R. Hall of
Independence
Firemen Of NC Region Meet At Flemington
Firemen of the North Carolina region travel to Flemington for a 7 30 p m meeting at the Flemington Fire Department. It marks the first gathering for the newly organized department.
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Flemington
Flemington Fire Department
Perry, Jr. Finds Home on Fifth Hole at Cascades
Her man Perry Jr., the Cascades Golf Course new pro in Hot Springs Virginia, says the fifth hole feels like home where he was born. The nearby house once stood on that very spot, marking a personal tie to the course.
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Hot Springs
Herman Perry, Jr
Cascades
Benjamin J Marks Retired Engineer Taken By Death
Benjamin J Marks 17 of Simpson a retired B O engineer died at 3 30 pm yesterday at his daughter Mrs Max Phillips home He was born January 22 1878 in Barbour county son of the late Nathan and Sarah Catherine Stone Marks His wife Stella Virginia Robinson Marks died in 1949 Survivors include two children Mrs Wilda Phillips and Mrs Charles Ovelle Shroyer Baltimore Vict two brothers Denzil Marks Reynoldsville one sister Mrs Octavia Goodwin Clarksburg and five grandchildren Two children Alva Miles Marks and Mrs Catherine Mays are deceased He had been employed by the B O 48 years before retiring 12 years ago He was a member of Grafton Evangelical United Brethren church B of L E and B of L F and E of the Cumberland Division and had lived in Simpson eight years Services will be at 2 pm Friday at Bartlett Funeral Home The Rev Ralph Baker and Rev C V Tate will officiate Burial will be Woodsdale Memorial Park Friends may call at the funeral home after 8 pm today
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Benjamin J. Marks
Simpson
B&o
Max Phillips
Barbour County
Nathan
Sarah Catherine Stone
Marks
Stella Virginia Robinson Marks
Wilda Phillips
Charles (Ovelle) Shroyer
Baltimore
Vict
Wothers
Denzil Marks
Reynoldsville
Octavia Goodwin
Clarksburg
Alva Miles Marks
Catherine Mays
Grafton
Cumberland Division
Bartlett Funeral Home
Ralph Baker
Simpson Methodist Church
C. V. Tate
Grafton Eub Church
Woodsdale Memorial Park
Effi
Bus Crash in Sweden Narrowly Feeds 119 Escape
A Swedish highway collision left a bus smashed but all 119 aboard, including 19 American tourists, uninjured or only lightly hurt. The driver swerved to avoid a workman, preserving most lives in the mass of steel.
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Gothenburg
Sweden
Widow sues over patient death in Lawrence County jail
Irene Justice of Coal Grove files a 50009 dollar damage suit against Sheriff Carl E Rose over the death of her husband Clair Justice, 49, alleging he was violently beaten while in custody at the Lawrence County jail in Ironton Ohio.
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Ironton
Ohio
Lawrence County
Carl E. Rose
Irene Justice
Coal Grove
Clair Justice
Elkins Forest Festival reelects Whitman as chief
Grady Whitman was reelected president of the Mountain State Forest Festival Assn with all other officers. Philip K. Harness, director general, said plans for the 19th annual festival on October 6-8 are well advanced, continuing one of West Virginia's leading outdoor attractions.
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Elkins
Grady Whitman
Mountain State Forest Festival Assn
Philip K. Harness
West Virginia
Fire Proves Fatal At Elk Oil Refinery
Jefferson R. Kiser aged 42 of Clendenin died Monday from burns received in an explosion and fire at Elk Oil and Refining Co. refinery near Clendenin a week earlier. The incident occurred at the Elk Oil refinery complex and the victim had been hospitalized since the blast.
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Charleston
Jefferson R. Kiser
Clendenin
Elk Oil & Refining Co
Western Mayan Os VP and GM Haworth to retire in Baltimore
George R. Haworth, vice president and general manager of Western Maryland Railway Co., will retire effective Friday after 12 years in the dual posts. He is succeeded by George M. Leilich, the company’s operations vice president, in a move announced by President Arthur Grotz.
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Western Mayan Os
Baltimore
Ia Ot
George R. Haworth
Western Maryland Railway Co
Arthur Grotz
Haworth
George M. Leilich
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