City Plans Selling Bonds for New Grafton Hospital
The mayor announced plans to issue 129000 in first mortgage revenue bonds to complete furnish and equip the new Grafton City hospital. sale to Stifel Nicolaus Chicago nearly finished. work halted awaiting bond sale. repairs include plumbing electrical fixtures two elevators at least 10000. donations expected reduce costs and loans bond terms 15 years 0 percent? 40 50 year refinancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Grafton City Hospital
Stifel, Nicolaus and Company of
Chicago
H. Robert Warder
Grafton
Don Byrim
Wheeling
City Hospital
Hotel Man Dies After Long Illness at Central Hotel
Charles L Etuin aged 71 longtime manager of the Central hotel on Latrobe street died in his apartment after a long illness. A Swiss native who came to Grafton in 1917 with his wife Mina Schroder Etuin he led the hotel business since then. Funeral plans delayed awaiting Mrs Etuin’s sister. burial at Bartlett Funeral Home.
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Charles ‘L. Etuin
Central
Latrobe Street
Grafton City Hospital
Switzerland
Walter Currey Loses His Automobile and Cash
State police opened a search for a young man befriended by Walter Currey from route 250 who fled during the night from Suprey's home near Mountain View Camp with a 1940 Chrysler sedan. The thief took Currey's pocketbook containing nine one dollar bills and a government check for $20 after lifting the car keys. An alarm was sent and neighboring state police were asked to watch for the suspect.
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Walter Currey
Florida
Suprey
Mountain View
Currey
C. W. Doe
Neely and Kilgore Open Headquarters in Gaines Building
Taylor county gains a new operation center as Neely and Kilgore open campaign headquarters in the Gaines building on West Main to support Sen. M. M. Neely for governor and Judge Harley Kilgore for U S senator in the May 14 Democratic primary. Herbert Withers, former WPA worker, leads the CIO aligned effort.
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Neely-Kilgore
Gaines Building
West Main Street
Taylor County
M. M. Neely
Harley Kilgore
U. S
Herbert Withers
WPA
Death of Cephas A. Squires in Newburg at 72
Cephas A. Squires aged 72 of Newburg died at his home after a three year illness. Born in 1868 he was a son of the late John A. and Sarah Pell Squires and survived by his widow Kate Emerson Squires and two daughters Cora Stephen son and Georgia Shaffer. He was a farmer, active in local lodges, and funeral arrangements are by Aurora lodge No. 43 with services at Newburg Methodist church and burial at Concord cemetery.
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Cephas A. Squires
Richwood
S. M Squires
Grafton
Sherman Squires
Ohio
Nora Helms
Cumberland
Squires
Ben
Knights of Pythias
Newbury
Masonic Lodge
Aurora Lodge
A. F
A. Masons
Newburg
Ex Sheriff H B Newlon Dies After Illness
Howard B Newton 61 a former sheriff and farmer from Simpson near Grafton died at Myers Clinic Philippi after an operation failed to relieve a serious illness. Born April 25 1879 he leaves a widow three sisters and several children. funeral set for Simpson Baptist Church with Masonic rites at the graveside in Simpson Cemetery.
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Howard B. Newton
Simpson
Myers Clinic
Philippi
Mr. Newton
Charles.p
Elizabeth Cleavenger Newton
Esa Withers Newton
George W. Gawthrop
Near Fruntytown
Effie Watkins. Simpson
J. J. Cook
Dunn, N. C
Hayward W. Newton
Walter L. Moore
Burnsville
Brazman Brown
Grafton
J. Edward Moore
Charles Newton
Wanda Merl. Newton
Newton
Sheriff
Ian
Baptist Church of
Grafton Loge No
Scottish Rite of
Wheeling
Grafton Lodge No
O. Ellis
Simpson Baptist Church
Millard Stump
Gordon Withers
T Simnsm
G. T. Barnlett
Masonic Fraternity
Sraveside
Balkans Front Tensions Rise With Axis Troop Movements
Reported Italian forces mass near the Greek border and along the Balkan frontier while German concentrations were noted near Yugoslavia, signaling escalating military posturing amid the Balkan crisis and impending front lines.
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Balkans
Sige Cme
Card of Thanks for Mary Rector Scranage
The Scranage family expresses deep appreciation to friends and neighbors for kindness after the loss of their daughter Mary Rector Scranage. Gratitude is extended to Rev. H. J. Mitchell for comforting words and to those who sent flowers and lent their cars. Mr. and Mrs. John Scranage.
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Mary Rector Scranage
H. J. Mitchell
John Scranage
Frontiers, Tanks and Troops Stir Eastern Europe
Reports describe Nazi tank shipments into eastern Slovakia a Reich protectorate Italian military actions near the Yugoslav frontier and Dodecanese islands Russian reinforcements near Ruthenia Hungary’s former Czechoslovakia borders Allied landings in Salonika anticipated in German reports Allied fleet in the Aegean based at Alexandria and a Hungary spy scare with 200 arrests causing regional panic Belgrade briefly nears panic after a radio broadcast misrepresenting an air raid precaution lecture
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Slovakia
Dodecanese Islands
Poland
Ruthenia
Hungary
Czecho-Slovakia
Salonika
Greece
Aegean
Alexandria
France
Russia
Belgrade
Two Die As Car Plunges Down 400 Foot Embankment
In West Virginia on May 6 Curtis Blevins, 19, a Filbert miner, and Ed Helman Dollar, 25, a Welch car storage company employee, were killed when their car careened off a curve and tumbled 400 feet. The crash occurred on a rural stretch, leaving few witnesses and authorities investigating the cause.
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W. Va
Curtis Blevins
Filbert
Ed Helman Dollar
Welch Car Storage Company
Railroad Man Mason Dies at 68 in Rochester Pa
Will iam N Mason a Baltimore and Ohio yardmaster aged 68 native of Preston county died at his Rochester Pennsylvania home at 12 50 Saturday afternoon He will be brought here for funeral services and interment tomorrow Survived by widow former Josephine Ridgeley a sister Mrs Margaret Baker of Texas and his late parents He was a Mason and Shrine member Funeral by Grafton blue lodges at Mt Zion church Preston county with Rev James Marquess officiating Interment in Mt Zion cemetery
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Preston County
William N. Mason
Rochester
Mr. Mason
Baltimore and Ohio
T. H. Mason
Catherine
Hardin Mason
Josephine Ridgeley
Margaret Baker
Texas
Mason
Grafton Blue Lodges
Bartlett Funeral
Mt. Zion Church
James Marquess
Mt. Zion
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Finnegan’s Rock
Chicago Bonding Company
Charles L. Etuin
Neely and
Kilgore
C. A. Squires
Roosevelt
W.va
Zane
Grafton Drug and Chemical Company
Opera House Seely
Joan Bennett
Douglas Fairbanks, JR
Jack Randall
Louise Platt
Donald Woods
James Dunn
Bela Lugosi
John L. Lewis
West Virginia
Huey Longs
Carl Andrews
H. B. Newlon
Taylor Co
Singer Sales and Service
Willhide
Grafton Granite & Marble Works
County Court
Court House
the County Court of
Harvey Poe
Ted Ee
Union
Comboriana
Srewing Co
Qede A. F. Wagner, Inc
Clarksburg
Fhone
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