Injuries Fatal to W. E. Leonard Retired Foreman Dies in Hospital
William E. Leonard aged 78 a former Baltimore and Ohio railroad car foreman died at Grafton City hospital from internal injuries after a fall from the roof of his Maple Avenue home. Once believed not serious, his condition worsened with pneumonia developing in hospital. Leonard, a native of Grafton born Oct 25 1862, had a long railroad career and was active in St Pauls Methodist church. Funeral arrangements are set for Wednesday at St Pauls with Rev Durward B Brown and Rev Gordon L Withers officiating. Interment in Woodsdale Memorial Park with Bartlett Funeral Home directing. Eleven pallbearers and numerous survivors noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Leonard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Grafton City
Maple Avenue
Mr. Leonard
Grafton
Bowen B
Susan Jones Leonard
Lucy Thorn Leonard
Laura E. Thayer Leonard
A. A. Holt
Walnut Street
Marie Cole
W. Everett Rightmire
Charles H. Barnhouse
Charleston
J. A. Dennison
Stephenson
Alabama
Leonard
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Bartlett Funeral Home
McGraw Avenue
St. Paul's Church
Thayer Street
Durward B. Brown
Gordon L. Withers
First Baptist Church
Woodsdale Memorial Park
G. T. Bartlett
Merle’ Bailey
William Bailey
A. V. Cuppett
Sanford McCartney
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Fred D. Robinson
L. V. Atha
W. O. Bolin
Victor Cuppett
William Frey
James C. Holt
J. A. Jolliffe
William A. Manley
A. F. McWilliams
O. Parkhill
Torlock Rasmussen
Local People Attend Baltimore Conference
Mr and Mrs Abe Tackett and Mr and Mrs George Coulson of Lear Jewelry and Mr and Mrs W C Barnes a former division executive of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad are in Baltimore attending the annual convention of the official watch inspectors for the railroad company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Tackett
George Coulson
Lear Jewelry Store
W. C. Barnes
A Division
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Poppy Day Proclamation For Grafton May 24
Mayor C O King proclaims Saturday May 24 as Poppy Day in Grafton urging all citizens to wear the memorial poppy of The American Legion and Auxiliary to honor men who died in World War I and to support veterans efforts. The proclamation notes patriotic memory and national emergency call to unselfish service.
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Grafton
C. O. Kin
The
American Legion and Auxiliary
America
O. King
City of
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
WPA drive to start Vo-Ag building at Riverside High
Officials from Taylor County Board of Education seek final WPA approval to erect a $6000 Vo-Ag building behind the senior high on Riverside drive. Opened with cost split, the project includes U S Department of Agriculture aid and one teacher in the first year. New departments and expanded music and commercial offerings are planned for Grafton High School next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wpa-Taylor County Board of Education
Vo-Ag
Riverside Drive
E. G. Kuhn
Harley Haller
WPA
Huntington
J. N. Alderson
Board of Education
Kuhn
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Congress
Commercial Department of Grafton High School
Work On St. Charles Street To Be Started
Work on St Charles street from Route 60 to St John street and Rock street to Route 50 will begin tomorrow morning under the city wide WPA street improvement project A large WPA crew will base the streets and later surface with black top preparation for the project is underway in the city.
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St. Charles Street
St. John Street
Rock Street
Route 50
WPA
Grafton Junior Chamber Plans Wednesday Meeting
The newly organized Grafton Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet Wednesday at 8 PM in the Lawson Social Center. Permanent officers will be named, and Abe Tackett, temporary secretary, announced the gathering. Attendees from previous sessions were contacted and urged to bring a friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Carvers to be honored at Clarksburg traffic group event
Supt A R Carver and Mrs Carver will be guests at the seven year birthday dinner and dance of the Clarksburg Baltimore and Ohio Cooperative Traffic program at the Waldorf hotel. John Edwards Jr a former Monongah superintendent will speak. More than 150 guests from Buckhannon Parkersburg Weston Fairmont and Grafton expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Carver
Carver
Clarksburg
Baltimore and Ohio Cooperative Traffic
Waldo Hotel
John Edwards, Jr
Cumberland Division
Railroad
Grafton
Helen Forman
Baltimore
Roy F. J
Dusty” Ash
Joseph M. Low
Buckhannon
Parkersburg
Weston
Fairmont
Poppy Day Arrangements Planned by Taylor Legion Auxiliary
The Taylor county unit of the American Legion Auxiliary led by Mrs. A N Peters plans Poppy Day on Saturday May 24. Disabled veterans made the memorial flowers to be sold on the streets to raise funds for the auxiliary welfare programs supporting the disabled and bereaved families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women of the American Legion Auliary
America
Taylor County
American Legion Auxiliary
A. N. Peters
Des Moinés
Wellsburg Driver Fined 300 and Jail Term for Fatal Crash
Wellsburg May magistrate C. K. Jacobs fined Woodrow Norman 300 and sentenced him to a year in jail after he pleaded guilty to driving an auto that struck and killed Mrs. David Davis near Follawsbee Sunday. A daughter of Mrs. Davis was injured in the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsburg
May
C. K. Jacobs
Woodrow Norman
Norman
David Davis
Follawsbee
Davis
British Submarine Sunk By Bomber Germans Say
German news agency reported a German bomber struck a British submarine southwest of Weymouth in the English Channel, two bombs hit before it could submerge and the vessel sank rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
DNB
Weymouth
English Channel
Death of A. A. Lambert Parkersburg area railroad worker
A. A. Lambert 27 brother of a local resident died after several weeks illness in a Parkersburg hospital. He lived in Pennsboro with one sister Pearl in Grafton. Funeral at 2 p m Wednesday at Hardman chapel near Hazel Green with Rev. L R Collins of Pennsboro United Brethren Church officiating. burial in church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Albert Lambert
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Parkersburg
Pennsboro
Pearl
Grafton
Hardman Chapel
Hazelgreen
L. R. Collins
Marine Corps Recruiter Visit Planned at Grafton Post Office
A Marine corps recruiting account will visit the Grafton post office tomorrow between 10 a.m. and 2 30 p.m. to solicit applicants for enlistment in both the regular corps and the reserves. Enlistment ages range from 17 to 30 for regulars and reserves. Reserve enlistments will last for the duration of the present national emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps
Grafton Post Office
School Principals To Confer On Promotions
Eighth grade principals and teachers from the county school system will meet in the board of education offices with Assistant County Superintendent R. Virgil Rohrbough to review graduation plans for next week and other promotion issues. An elementary graduates list is expected to be released later this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asst. Co
Virgil Rohrbough
Board of Education
Grafton Banking and Trust Company
Former Local Youth Gillispie Dies at 20 in Chicago
News of the death of Larry Bainbridge Gillispie aged 20, youngest son of Clyde and Ruby Gillispie, former Grafton residents, centers on a sudden heart attack at his Belmont Avenue home in Chicago. He had enlisted in the U S Army Air Corps the day before. Funeral services were in Chicago with burial in Michigan City Indiana. he was born in Clarksburg and later lived in Grafton where his father managed B and O storage. His brother Charles Clyde Gillispie Jr. also serves in the Army Air Corps. Requiem high mass was held for the death at the time of burial in Michigan City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Bainbridge
Gillspie
Clyde
Ruby Poe Gillispie
Grafton
Belmont , Avenue
Chicago
U. S. Army Air Corps
Fred Sinsel
W. C. Ellers
Mary
Ramona
Michigan City
Ind
Young Gillispie
Clarksburg
B. and O
Charles Clyde Gillispie
U.S. Army Air Corps
Failure to Stop Auto Forces Arrest of Man
Stanley Ambrose of Cassville West Virginia, 22, was ticketed by state police after failing to stop his car at the junction of routes 50 and 119 in Blueville. He allegedly ignored warning signs and lights and was ordered to appear before a local justice of the peace later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blueville
Stanley Ambrose
Cassville
W. Va
Justice of the Peace
Tuberculosis Findings From Taylor County Clinic
At the Elks Home clinic 329 examined revealed 41 active TB cases, 31 among school children. Miss Norma Ullman reports to Frank Hollis of the Taylor County Anti-Tuberculosis and Health society. Of the 31 students positive, 20 are aged 15 or older. Fifteen X rays were conducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Home
Norma Ullman
R. N
Frank M. Hollis
Taylor County Anti-Tuberculosis and Health Society
T B Cases Found In Taylor County Clinic
Judge Herbert W. Dent ordered $80.70 paid to D H Stump in the case State of West Virginia v Earl Cooper R J Harris et al. Cash deposited with Clerk Frank M Hollis on November 28 1931 by the commissioner of school lands had been unclaimed for ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Stump
West Virginia
Earl Cooper
R. J. Harris
Herbert W. Dent
Taylor County
Stump
Frank M. Hollis
Public Citizenship Day observance planned at courthouse
A public observance of I Am An American Day moves to 8 p m Wednesday in the Taylor County courthouse auditorium. Mrs Florence H Wilkinson county supervisor of Community Service programs will preside and oversee a program featuring Boy Scouts flag ceremony, singing, an invocation and multiple talks by local students and figures including Betty Lou Curry Frank Luzader Elsie Beatty and local Legion leaders. No admission charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Florence H. Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Boy Scouts
Gertrude Shaw
J. B. Dryfield
Betty Lou Curry
Frank Luzader
Grafton
West Virginia University
Germany
Betty Tutvander
Grafton High School
Desist
D. F. Desist
West Virginia Industrial School For Boys
NYA
Harrison County
Francis L. Warder
Elsie Beatty
DPA
George Vogel
American Legion
Arthur G. Yates
Nurses Sought for War Service By Red Cross Director
Miss Mary Beard in Washington issued a call for all qualified nurses to register with the Red Cross Nursing Service. She said the Army needs 2,451 more nurses by July 1 and the Navy plans to expand its nursing corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Beard
Red Cross Nursing Service
Washington
Army
Navy
Y Schedules Dinner Meet
A Young Men's Christian association victory is planned at 6 o clock Friday evening as a climax to the drive for funds for the expansion program. The banquet will start promptly at the hall and end in time for attendees to join other meetings. Committee members include President James T. Fordyce E Staley Hamric Wheeler Bachman and William A Manley. Team captains workers and others will be honored with prizes for top individuals and teams in the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men’s Christian Association
James T. Fordyce
E. Staley Hamric
Wheeler Bachman
William A. Manley
Address by Frank M. Liddle Delights Grafton Program
A highlight of the program will be an address by Frank M. Liddle of Charleston the state secretary of the MCA who has spoken before service clubs in Grafton on several occasions and whose talks were very interesting and well received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Liddle
Charleston
M.C.A
Grafton
Death of Mrs. Mollie Shryock in Baltimore
Mrs. Mollie Shryock 86, born in Simpson and a Grafton native, died after long illness at her Baltimore Maryland home. Widow of an interior decorator, she leaves one daughter Neta Friend of Baltimore and several county nephews and nieces. Funeral at Bartlett Funeral Home Grafton Thursday at 2 pm with burial in Simpson Cemetery under G. T. Bartlett direction. She was a St Matthias Episcopal church member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie Shryock
Grafton
Taylor County
Baltimore
Mtd
Simpson
Shryock
B. Frank Bartlett
Nancy ‘Jane Davis Bartlett Bartlett
Neta Friend
Cooper Bartlett
Earl Newton
Lawrence Preiss
Paul T. Newton
Ralph Newton
St. Matthias Episcopal Church
Bartlett Funeral Home
McGraw Avenue
Simpson Cemetery
G.T. Bartlett
Aunt of Grafton Lady Passes In Sulphur Ky
Mrs. Carl Ridenour returned home Monday from Sulphur Kentucky where the sudden death of Mollie Browning age 73 occurred last Wednesday. Services were held Friday at the Methodist church in Sulphur. Surviving relatives include niece Mrs N H Brennan and nephew Will Browning both of Cincinnati and brother Spencer Browning who lived with Mrs Browning at the time of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Ridenour
Sulphur
Mollie Browning
Methodist Cnuren
N. H. Brennan
Will Browning
Cincinnati
Biden Wut
Spencer Browning
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W. E. Leonard
Opera House
Andrews Sisters
Abbott and Costello
Buck Privates
Tim McCoy
Outlaws of
Boullion City
Leon Erroll
Helen Parrish
Ruerre
Joe
Haller
Braddock
Willhide
Y. C. Willhide
Carvers
John Edwards
H. A. G.atrell
Maple Ave
A. A. Lambert
Dean
Esso
L. B. Gillispie
Air Corps
Taylor County Clinic
Ined
Grafton Drug and Chemical Co
LA Frank
Berlin Bruffy
Worthington
R. D. Smallwood
Parsons
W. 8. Hamby
Montrose
E. D. Marteney
ST. Marys
F. B. Lamberson
Vienna
Harold Swishw
Morgantown
Glen Hiner
W. E. Wilson
Bristol
Hale Johnson
West Union
Kenneth Beale
Chester
Ishmael Tackett
Marlinton
Reed McNeill
Salem
Gethrel Ritter
Joseph Davis
Hightown
B. 8. Shultz
Flemington
E. L. Smith
Baxter
Cecil Branham
Webster Springs
W. Homer Hamrick
Glenville
John Y. Smith
Macksburg
Dwight L. McInturff
Monongahela System
Mrs. Shryock
Sulphur, Ky
Model Railroad Club
Henry Potter
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