History of Taylor County Early Homes and Organs
The article describes early Taylor County life in Grafton with parlor organs common in homes while pianos were scarce luxuries. It notes a shift from organ to pipe organ in churches, and that rural churches retain organs for devotional use. It also reports Samuel B. Templeton and 215 others petitioning the town council to place a saloon license question on the March town election ticket, seeking to change the voting period from two years to one.
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Grafton
Samuel B. Templeton
Drowns in Kanawha River WPA Worker Dies in Canoe Accident
Mae Lee Barrows Smith, 24, an office employee in Putnam county WPA, drowned yesterday when a canoe carrying her husband and two companions overturned in the Kanawha River near Winfield.
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Winfield
Maelee Barrows Smith
Putnam County
WPA
Kanawha River
Taylor County Assessor Candidacy Announcements
Taylor County Republican voters hear several assessor nomination ambitions for the May 14, 1940 primary. C Fred Kelley Brankus Kunst and a third candidate pledge support, experience, and faithful service should voters nominate them. Longtime resident S Waller also seeks County Commissioner in Flemington District, announcing candidacy for the May 14 primary and promising to discharge duties to the people.
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Taylor County
C. Fred Kelley
Brank US
KUNST
Éhtire
Flemington
Waller
Bachmann: Four-term congressman and Senate hopeful
Carl G Bachmann, former Congressman from the First District and Republican Whip, ran for the U S Senate. A seasoned legislator, he served on the judiciary committee and the Fish committee investigating Communist activities, and in 1936 managed Senator Borah's presidential campaign. He lives in Wheeling and is an attorney and former Ohio County prosecuting attorney.
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Bachmann
U. S. Senate
Congress
House
Judiciary Committee
Fish Committee
U. S
William E. Borah
Wheeling
Ohio County
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Kanawha
Montgomery
Longacre
ED N. Lock
Booths Creek District
FOR Justice OF the Peace
Ralph W. Bartlett Grafton, R.F.D
Thornton W. Beall Grafton, R.F.D
Douglas McDonald
Bridgeport, R.F
Nola J. Klepfel
Grafton G
R.F.D
James Arthur Greer
W. R. Seal
Henry Mitchell
Greer
Republican Party
R. M. Davis
Morgantown, W. Va
United States
Daniel Boone Dawson
Charleston
W. V
Carl G. Bachman
W. Va
Decatur H. Rogers
Martinsburg
Thomas Sweeney
A. C. Schiffler
Wheeling, W. Va
David B. Ealy
M. D
Oundsville, W. Va
Dallas Wolfe Grafton, W. Va
Lewis H. Miller Ripley
Secretary OF State
C. D. Hinerman Y Cameron
Hal F. Morris
Charleston, W. Va
Randolph Bias ‘Williamson
W.va
H. W. Piggott
Parkersburg, W. Va
Thomas H. Cather Simpson, R.F.D
Arthur Robinson Grafton, R.F.D
S. H. Waller
Flemington, W. Va
James C
Neil) Holt
Grafton, W. V
Ona C. Jefferys
John W. Snider Grafton, W. V
Thomas M. Beall
Edward L. Blake
Ronceverte
William Cassius Cook
Princeton
Fred Kelly Osemont
Anderson H. Brown
R. Worth
Shumaker
Buckhannon
Frank L. Kunst
Thomas O'Brien Flynn
N. Lock
Margaret Moran Grafton
Myrtle May Thayer
Walter S. Hallanan
Thomas J. Davis
Harrisville, ‘W. Va
House OF Delegates
A. A. Lilly
Allison
Fleming Fairmont
Otto Waugh
A. Northcott LeSage
E. A. Hunt Belington
Board OF Education
Fred H. Carder Grafton
Rf.d
William A. Collins
G. E. Ferguson
Narman Jackson
Logan
John A. Springer
Arthur M. Hill
William H. Bardall
Moundsville
Congressional
Executive Committee
Carleton C. Pierce Kingwood
Howard M. Gore
Clarksburg
ED Plum Grafton
John Starcher
Charleston, W. V
H. K. Rowley
B. L. Frye Cameron
WARD
Lanham Fairmont, W. V
Robert Henry Fairmont, W. V
FIRST
Charles J. Schuck
Senatorial Executive Committee
Austin V. Wood Wheeling, W. V
J. B. Brennan, JR
Charles McCamic
West Virginia
Taylor
Wilbur H. Brand
Fourteenth
James Henry Krepps
French McCray
Richard E. Davis
Morgantown
Doris Fauley
Frank M. Hollis, Jr
Circuit Court
West Vingria
Knotteville Distr
Justice OF the Feag
Frank Fawcett
Grafton, Rfd
Mayme Shahan Grafton
RFD
Margaret Wiland Grafton
Court House
Hy D. Leach’ Simpson, Red
CO Women
Ores
Pearl Felton
Grafton, R.F. D
Fetterman
Constable
J. Arthur
Poe Grafton
Newcome
Grafton, W. Va
Irene
White
Flemington District
B.C. Robb
Carl G. Bachmann
Grafton Sentinel
Associated Press
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