Editorial on Grafton finances and Willhide candidacy
An editorial questions city finances, water revenue growth, and the platform of mayoral candidate Mr. Willhide. It argues the city is liquid with a strong general fund, reviews department strengths, and urges clear proposals for water street fire and police improvements while urging fair civil service processes. The piece champions Republican values and urges informed voter choice.
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Grafton
West Virginia
Willhide
Department
Armed Services
Defense
Knotts Avenue
St. Charles Street
Rock Street
Dobbs Street
Ross Street
Dhe
E. C. DeMoss
Police Civil Service Commission
A. E. Lockard
Civil Service Commission
DeMoss
Taylor County Board of Trade
Police Department
Civil Service Board
City of
Wilshide
Police
Grafton Citizens Go To Polls Here Tuesday Morning
The city will vote starting at 7:30 AM to narrow candidates for mayor and city commissioners. Polls close at 7:30 PM. Current mayor shown a strong chance to seek re election amid favorable talk on his business and financial record. Sample ballot included.
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Grafton
Official Primary Ballot Sample for Grafton Mayor and Commissioners
Candidate list for nomination includes John A. Newcome City Clerk on the mayoral and commissioners ballot for the March 7, 1944 primary in Grafton. The fragment mentions Mussau south Pacific under German control in 1884, indicating historical context on the page.
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Mussau
South” Pacific Island
City OF
Grafton
Local Service News Highlights Military Returns and Visits
Five uniformed service members are noted in brief notices. Pfc Clyde Bolyard returned to his Washington Street home after reporting safe arrival at Camp Shelby Mississippi. Ensign Vera S McDaniel of Norfolk Naval Hospital visited her Beech Street parents before heading to San Diego Naval Hospital. Pvt Herbert C Isner was flown from Myrtle Beach to Virginia to be with his ill father at Parkview. Harry Murray resumed Navy V-12 studies at Emory University. Pvt Herbert Isner and Lt Mayme Emory hosted Pvt Isner’s visiting father’s family during the stay.
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Camp
Clyde Sisler
West Wash
Rence Bolyard
Ington Street
Camp Shelby
Miss
Clarence
Dorsey Sisler
Bolyard
Route 1
India
Vera S. McDaniel
Navy Nurses Corps
Norfolk Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Earnest L. McDaniel
Beech Street
Ensign McDaniel
John Hopkin’s Hospital
Baltimore
U. S. Navy
San Diego Naval Hospital
California
Virginia
Harry Murray
Emory University
Charlottesville
Navy
Herbert C. Isner
Myrtle Beach
South Carolina
Mayme Emory. Smith
Herbert Isner
Parkview
Smith
Pvt Isner
Pvt. Isner
Lima officer promotes used fat salvage at Wave training center
Lt. (ig) Gr. Blosser of Lima Ohio, Commissary Officer at the U S Naval Training School Wave, The Bronx, has set up a complete used fat salvage program. He stresses the need for used fat and urges households to join and extend the program on the home front.
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GR. Blosser
Lima
Ohio
U. S. Naval Training School
W. A
Bronx
New York
Death notice for Melvin C. Meredith in Aspinall area
Word received here this weekend of the death of Melvin C. Meredith, 80, of Waldheim Road, Aspinall, Pa. He was an uncle to Mrs. J. Lee Evans and a brother of the Rev. T. G. Meredith, a Fairmont minister. Death caused by a severe cold and complications. Several children and grandchildren survive.
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Melvin C. Meredith
Waldheim Road
Aspinall
J. Lee Evans
T. G. Meredith
Fairmont
Live Wire Hotel Operator Opportunity Near Pittsburgh
A large well furnished mountain hotel east of Pittsburgh offers 45 guest rooms, a large dining room, bar, and laundry. Current owner lacks experience and seeks buyers with drive to double volume. Atlas Realty Co invites you to view this profitable business at their expense.
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Pittsburgh
Aunt of Jed Robinson Dies in Canada
Jed W. Robinson of the meet venue reports the death in Canada of his wife Mrs. Mary Matilda Hamilton Towanda Kansas born June 11 1858 daughter of the late Band Elvira Jones Hull. She rested in Kansas for the last 58 years. The note also mentions the Truly group’s largest islands Moen Dublon Fenfan Uman Udot and Tol.
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Jed W. Robinson
Meet Venue
Mary Matilda
Hamilton
Towanda
Kansas
Prbrugly
Mrs. Hamilton
Rafton
Elvira Jones Hull
Moen
Dublon
Fenfan
Uman
Udot
Tol
King Date Sought for Grafton Mayoral Succession
The current mayor announces a date for his successor in Grafton and reflects on his administration’s record, expressing hope that his tenure has been satisfactory and that residents know his accomplishments from the past term.
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Grafton
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Grafton Granite and
Democratic County Executive Committee
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Victor C. Willhide
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John A. Newcome
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Mary McNamara
Atlas Realty Company
Fourth Ave
Pittsburgh, Pa
D. Clarence Hinkle
Sandy
Waeman
Partners Protection
Central
Malone’s Drug & Chemical CO
E.N. Lock
St. Peter's
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Fort Pitt Shoe Stores, Inc
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Burus
Jed Robinson
Canada
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Carole Landis
Careole
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Martha Raye
Mayfair
Lockard
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