Former Sister Mary Dominic Dies at 88 in Parkersburg
Mary Dominic also known as Ellen O Keefe longtime head of St Augustine Parochial School and superintendent of St Joseph Hospital Wheeling Parkersburg died aged 88 after eye infection and cardiac issues. Funeral services held Monday. Born in 1851 at Guelph Ontario she joined St Josephs convent in 1870 and taught here before serving as hospital superintendent and later as general superior of the Sisters of St Joseph.
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Mother Mary Dominic
St. Augustine
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Dominic
Ellen O'Keefe
Guelph
Ontario
United States
St. Joseph's School
Wheeling
Mother Dominic
St. Joseph's Convent
Grafton
St. Augustine's
Wheeling General Hospital
The
Sisters of St. Joseph
Funeral rites at St. Joseph's convent chapel in Wheeling
The article notes that a superintendent of St. Joseph's in Wheeling traveled to Parkersburg on November 11, 1926. Funeral services were held at St. Joseph's convent chapel in Wheeling Monday morning with Rev. Father M. J. Hannon among the clergy in attendance.
Union Calls Continued Shutdown Threat Looms Over Coal
Secretary Perkins arrives in Washington to confer with mediator Dr. John Steelman as fuel shortages concern grows. Lewis orders a full shutdown in the soft coal industry risking 100,000 more idled miners beyond the 338,000 already idle in eight Appalachian states as the two year contract nears expiration. James Walker Carter resigns from the operators committee, saying he no longer represents his associates' desires and viewpoints.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
John Steelman
Lewis
Appalachian
James Walker Carter
New York
Operators Committee of 16
W. L. Robinson
Aged farmer Samuel P Walter dead at 82
Samuel P Walter a longtime Thornton resident died yesterday afternoon at his farm home from pneumonia He would have turned 83 on February 4 son of the late William and Amelia Walter He survived by wife Martha Judkins two children William Walter and Mrs Alva Boyard nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 pm at the Maple Run United Brethren Church with Rev A Flint and Rev Lois Luzader officiating Interment in Evansville cemetery under the direction of Gor Bartlett
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Samuel P. Walter
Thornton
Penumonia
Preston County
William and
Amelia Armstrong Walter
Martha V. Judkins
William Walter
Alva Bolyard
Walter
United Brethren Church of
Maple Run
United Brethren
Chixtch
A. Flint
Lois Luzader
Grafton A. B. Church
Evansville J Cemetery
lGor. Bartlett
Power Expansion to Help Defenses Urged by Norris
Washington May 3 Senator Norris Indiana Neb urged a 50 million dollar expansion of the nation's power facilities to meet any defense emergency. He said the expansion should not interrupt private enterprise and that the project is a government job, noting it would take at least a half billion dollars to construct such reserve power facilities.
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Washington
Norris
Ind
Neb
Masquers Plan Rehearsals For Summer Play At Little Theater
Local Masquers hold weekly workshop at the newly constructed Little Theater on Latrobe street. They will set rehearsal schedules for a romantic comedy secret from the cast, direct by J B Dryfield with Miss Vivian Peters. A June 14 opening is tentatively planned with six weeks of detailed work.
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Little Theater Workshop
Latrobe Street
J. B. Dryfield
Vivian Peters
John Roe
Little Theatre
Central Drug Store
Masquez
Patrol Plans Capital Trip to Washington by Schoolboy Patrol
Twenty one members of the schoolboy patrol in Taylor county will fund and make a trip to Washington on Friday May 12 aboard the Schoolboy Patrol Special. Mason Tucker principal East Grafton school and Ronald Knotts principal Pruntytown school will accompany the group. They depart at 11 45 PM Friday travel by B and O line, march in the patrol parade Saturday morning, sightsee in the afternoon, and return that night arriving Grafton at 6 30 AM Sunday.
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Taylor County
Washington
The
Banc
Mason Tucker
East Grafton
Tucker
Ronald Knotts
Pruntytown
B. and O
Grafton
Prisoner assaulted woman in local town visits
Deputies report a woman at home of Henrietta Worthy was beaten and that Allen Reed, aided by Annias Greason, attempted to defend her from attack with a pick handle. Suspects Maynard Hall area lists include Burkett Heinzman Poling McIntosh Reed and others in East Grafton Pruntytown Astor districts.
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Maynard Hall
Russell Burkett
Joe Heinzman
Billy Poling
Robert McIntosh
Allen Reed
East Grafton
Richard Brown
Edward McCracken
Donald Poling
Pruntytwon
Nathan Drainer
Robert Tapp
Claude Dunham
Lilly Byers
Astor
Eugene Fornash
Ruth Shreve
Charles Poole
Henrietta Worthy
Felix
Reed
Annias Greason
Inquest Planned Into Sylvester Reed Death in Fairmont
Coroner Guy W. Utterback announced an inquest would be held tonight into the death of Sylvester Reed a Black man who was shot to death while at the scene in Fairmont.
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Fairmont
Guy W. Utterback
Sylvester _Reed
Card of Thanks for support after funeral
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to those who offered help, floral gifts, courtesies, and sympathy during the illness and funeral of a husband and father. Signed by Mrs. Gladys Hays and Sailin.
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Gladys Hays
Sailin
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Ingrid
Denmark
Roosevelt
Marion County Bar Association
Harry Shaw
Dixie
Bera
Negro
Ann Sutter
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