Stolen taxi still at large after dramatic highway ride
State Trooper reports a 1941 Chevrolet cab stolen Tuesday night from cab driver Stewart Pritchard remains missing. Pritchard, knocked unconscious during the abduction, described two young men with one tall dark complexion and one short heavy set with sandy hair. He was dumped near Frametown after gas runs and escaped with a head wound before dawn as fog hindered pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Pritchard
W. D. Sergent
Pritchard
Buckhannon
Grafton
Seabo
Frametown
Ivydale
Pevices
Committee to Meet on Camp Towles Plans Near Grafton
Members of the Camp Towles committee will meet tonight at 8 o'clock at the county agent's office to discuss further plans for the improvement of the county youth camp located on the Tygart river several miles below Grafton.
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Towles
Tygart River
Grafton
Road Meetings Planned Across Five Districts
County announces district meetings to discuss road projects over two weeks. Six representatives per district will form a district road committee to prioritize urgent needs. May 15 Webster Court House district. May 17 Booths Creek Hepzibah. May 20 Haymond Fetterman. May 21 Flemington. Knottsville meeting opened the series. William Henderson and John Stout named temporary chairs.
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Lloyd Reid
Knottsville
Harley Haller
Taylor County
Fetterman
Flemington
Haymond School
William Henderson
John Stout
Court House
Webster School
Booths Creek
Hepzibah
Reid
State Road Commission
Official list of Graf ton Youths to attend Boys State
A released list names six Graf ton high school youths chosen to attend the West Virginia Boys State at Jackson's Mill June 2 to 8. Sponsors include the American Legion Taylor County Post 12 Kiwanis Rotary Loyal Order of Moose B P O Elks.
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Grafton “High School
Jthele
W. C. Borneman
Yates Avenue
American Legion
Hugh Raymond Fordyce
James F. Fordyce
Webster— American Legion
Harvey Kenneth Hawkins
Elva Hawkins
Kiwanis Club
Charles Irving Denton
E. B. Denton
West Washington Street
Lodge No
West Main Street
Loyal Order of Moose
Thomas Limbers
St. Augustine
Nora Limbers
Gordon Street
Reppert Farm Buys Champion Hereford Bull
Reppert Farm near Flemington purchased the grand champion Hereford bull from the Spencer show and sale held last week. The Morlunda Farms bull, born January 1945, is out of the Wyoming Hereford Ranch dam and sired by Royal Rupert 97th of the Turner ranch in Texas, bought for 850 dollars to boost Taylor County cattle quality.
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Spencer
Reppert Farm
Flemington
Morlunda Farms
Lewisburg
Wyoming Hereford Ranch
Royal Rupert
Turner Ranch
Texas
Taylor County
Rotary Attends Convention Report at Belvedere
Attorney Hugh R. McPhail newly elected Rotary president gave a detailed report on the recent Huntington Rotary convention at the Belvedere during last night’s dinner meeting. Youth member Heh Fordyce of Grafton High attended as May’s youth representative alongside guests Frank Aucre manne of Clarksburg Dr Harry Fleming and Elmer Freedman of the W Va Sport Center Inc.
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Hugh R. McPhail
Rotary Club
Rotary
Huntington
Belvedere
Heh Fordyce
Grafton High School
Frank Aucremanne
Clarksburg
Egle Convex Glass Company
Harry Fleming
Elmer Freedman
W. Va
Former Tunnelton Resident Passes Away
Percy Lantz Miller aged 54, a former Tunnelton resident, died Wednesday morning in a Morgantown hospital after three weeks illness following an operation. He was employed by the Purselove Mine near Morgantown. He was a World War II veteran.
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Percy Lantz Miller
Tunnelton
Morgantown
Purselove
Seven Applicants For Police Civil Service Named
Seven Grafton men filed for the Police Civil Service exam to be held at City Hall on Monday May 13 at 9 am. The Civil Service board will review applications today and notify those accepted over the weekend. Named applicants include Charles E. Dwyer, Alex Thomas Petrovich, William F. Warder, Lawrence E. Messinger, Lawrence V. Smith, Eugene A. Nestor, Karl Thomas Myers, and Robert H. Rogers. Dwyer, Rogers, Myers, and Smith are current emergency officers. Messinger is a former emergency officer who joined a strike with six others. Applicants must have resided in the city for three years and pass a physical exam.
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Police Civil Service
City Hall
Grafton
Civil Service
Charles E. Dwyer
Alex Thomas Petrovich
William Francis Warder
Lawrence Edward Messinger
Lawrence Victor Smith
Eugene Alan Nestor
Kat? Thomas Myers
Robert Howard Rogers
Dwyer
Rogers
Myers
Smith
Messenger
Civil Service Board
Police Arrest Man Running From Missina Car
Roy Poling twenty of Route 4 was caught this afternoon by Police Chief Joe Mask and State trooper W D Sergent in a wooded area of Blueville after parking a stolen blue 1941 Ford sedan owned by C F Boliner of Piedmont avenue West Side at the old Tygart Valley Glass factory lot and running for the hills Poling said he used the car to go to Fellowsville He was jailed at 1215 p m awaiting a hearing before Mag Ona Jefferys
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Roy Poling
Route 4
Joe Mask
W. D. Sergent
Blueville
Route 50
East Grafton
C. F. Boliner
Piedmont Avenue
West Side
Tygart, Valley Glass Factory
W.H. Canfied
Boiner
Bolmer
Poline
Mask
Fellowsville
Mag. Ona
Jefferys
Earl Findley Wins Local FFA Award At Grafton High
Earl Findley a Grafton Senior high student is named winner of the year ending May 1 activity contest by the local Future Farmers of America chapter advisor F C Waggoner He will receive an official FFA jacket for earning the most points in various activities Joe Walder is elected president Earl Findley chosen vice president Gilbert Robinson secretary Glen Watkins treasurer Robert Bartlett reporter Floren Warder sentinel executive committee Richard Mealey chairman with Bartlett Bradley auditing committee Lawrence Satterfield Norman McCoy Allen Watson budget committee Glen Watkins Billy Yester Paul Weavers
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Earl Findley
Grafton
Future Farmers of America
FFA
F. C. Waggoner
FFA Jacnet
Joe Walder
Vo-Ag
Gilbert Robinson
Glen Watkins
Robert Bartlett
Floren Warder
Sentinel
Richard Mealey
Jack Bradley
Lawrence Satterfield
Norman McCoy
Allen Watson
Billy Yester
Paul Weavers
Missionary From India To Speak Here Tonight
Miss Ruth Thurmond a West Virginian missionary on furlough from Nellore India will speak at the First Baptist church tonight at 7 30 p m The eight year in India veteran is described as an interesting speaker appearing in native dress she will recount work in Nellore and the Telugu women customs and home life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Thurmond
Nellore
India
First Baptist Church
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