Junior Senior Prom Crown Night At Grafton High Fieldhouse
Grafton High holds its Junior Senior Prom at the fieldhouse starting at 8 30 p m with Mary Andrews to be crowned Queen and Donald Reed King. Senior and junior princes and princesses are announced and elaborate decorations mark the event as faculty and Board of Education guests attend.
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Mary Andrews
Donald Reed
Harry Andrews
Reed
Grafton High School
Judy Miller
Joan McKinney
Shirley Miller
Betty Casto
Janet Thayer
Helen Hufford
William Bowman
Charles Bragg
William Young
Charles Lambert
Johnny Sergent
Paul Willis
Jo Ellen Hill
Mary Virginia Monroe
Vera Jacobs
Mary Warden
Virginia Ann Todd
Patty Kiger
Benny Poe
Randall McKinney, Jr
Clyde de* Barr
Robert Rogers
Dick Falls
Tommy Sturms
Patty Ki
Dick Fall
Betty Jo Randolph
James Yost
Bernard Wood
Patty Kay
Mary Vegon
Board of Education
High ‘School
Eight room home with shop at 318 Kirby Street
Comfortable family living awaits in an eight room bungalow with bath and an extra hobby room. The property sits on a 34 acre lot, priced at 4100 with GI loan available and only 500 down.
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Kirby St
Community calendar of May meetings and events
May events list includes NALC Ladies Auxiliary at 535 Prospect Street hosted by Mr and Mrs Harold Gillispie May 20. Friendship class weiner roast at 479 Maple Avenue around 8 p m May 20. Mountaineer Council No 44 JOUAM meets 8 p m May 21 at East Main YFW hall. Juniors of Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle White Rose Grove No 2 meet 1 p m May 21 at the post office to travel to the meeting. AFM Local 684 holds officer installation at 2 p m May 22 with refreshments served. Grafton Women’s Club dinner at St Paul’s Methodist Church 6:30 p m May 23 with installation led by Mrs Frank Blake and review by Mrs William Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.A.L.C
Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle
White Rose Grove
American Federation of Musicians
K. of C. Hall
Grafton Women's Club
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Frank Blake
Lost Creek
William Myers
Clarksburg
Ford Strike Continues as Mediation Intervenes
Ford officials reject union demand to open contract talks during the strike while federal mediator Arthur C. Viat steps in to facilitate across-the-table peace negotiations. Bugas argues six weeks to June 1 is feasible, calling the union move an attempt to broaden issues in the dispute.
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FORD
Page One
Bugas
Arthur C. Viat
Miss Sorority of West Virginia Crowned at Convention
Edith Jo Foley of Grafton, Tau Phi Lambda chapter, crowned Miss Sorority of West Virginia at the state convention in Clarksburg. Grace Marie Bartlett acted as toastmistress. 135 members attended with guests from Woodmen Circle national ranks. Coronation featured a rose bridge and a crown presented amid pink decor, followed by dancing.
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Edith Jo Foley
Grafton
Tau Phi Lambda Sorority
Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle
Miss Sorority of
West Virginia
Stonewall Jackson
Clarksburg
Grace Marie Bartlett
Henrietta Snider
Washington, D.C
Woodmen Circle
Louise Patrick
Faye K. Littman
Maryland
D.C
Eileen Sayre
Mrs. Foley
National
Woman's Club Executives Honored At Dessert Bridge
Grafton Woman's Club executives were honored at a dessert bridge hosted by retiring president Mrs. Burl Mason at her McGraw avenue home. Past two years of service praised, guests included many club members, with bunco and bridge games and prizes awarded. National Sorority and state Delta Nu events followed with installation of officers, including Mrs. Mildred Cole as secretary-treasurer.
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Woman’s Club
Mrs. Mason’s
Grafton Woman’s Club
Burl Mason
McGraw Avenue
Eileen Sayre
Parkersburg
Delta Nu
Mildred Cole
Grafton
Mrs Redabaugh Hosts Simpson Farm Club Members
Mrs Zera Redabaugh entertained the Simpson Farm Women’s Club guests including Mrs Genevieve Shaffer and Marie Moyers. A five dollar donation to Taylor County Farm Bureau funded a new extension office typewriter, with a covered dish supper planned for May 20 at 7 30 p m at the Methodist church to support Camp Towies.
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Zera Redabaugh
Farm Women's Club
Simpson
Nellie Health Plano
Genevieve Shaffer
Marie Moyers
Earl Neal
Taylor County Farm Bureau
REVEAL Continued from page one
Safety equipment is being provided by local groups with registration forms available. The Grafton Volunteer Fire Department contributes the speaker system while Knotts Funeral Home provides the ambulance service and Lambert Motor Company supplies the wrecker. John Sayres Jr will announce races over the loudspeaking system. Fairmont Boat Club contributes buoys and flags. The Prosecuting Attorney, Deputy Sheriff Ray Matthews, and the state police will oversee traffic management.
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Grafton Voluntteer Fire Department
Knotts Funeral Home
Lambert Motor Company
John Sayres, Jr
Fairmont Boat Club
Ray Matthews
Supper Committee Invites Public to Lake Area Event
Mrs. Earl Hinkins chairs the supper committee with Leo Faust and Dorsey Shingleton guiding program distribution at Knottsville road entrance and park area. Public is invited to attend the event and join in the arrangements.
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Earl Hinkins
Knottsville Road
Leo Faust
Dorsey Shingleton
Proposal to study four year medical dental school planned
An organization meeting will be held in Charleston Monday at 2 p.m. to discuss forming a group to study establishing a four year medical and dental school in the state.
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Blueville
Parent Teachers Association
Ware
Charles
Physician Accusation Sparks Domestic Row in Hartman Case
The defense contends Hartman a 29 year old St Louis engineer seduced the defendant s 23 year old wife after a drinking party last July 31. The physician narrator notes the husband s absence from home and the accusation centers on alleged infidelity amid marital strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connace
Tom Pae
Hartman
St. Louis
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Eli
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Polly Davis
West Virginia University
James Barcus
Carr China Company
Patsy Shanes
Herbert Shanes
Clarence Haun
Kenneth Haun
Parrish Agency, Inc
Beech St
West Side School
Addison St
Thayerne
W. Main
Gruen
Fed
Curvex Belmont
Caplan
Jewelers
West Main Street
E Foley
W. Va
Cass
Rae Type Coorg
Mrs. Redabaugh
Simpson Farm Club
Odist Church
Mattie Bryan
Hazel Felton
Arma Post
June Kinsey
Emma Stipes
Hattie Ross
Nellie Davis
Cora McDonald
Lora Post
Thelma Fleming
Laila Lingamfelter
Buddy Phillips
Orval Bartlett
Raymond Bartlett
Blueville Pta
Chester Blue
Barton's
Madras
Oxford
Chambray
BLUE
Grey
Bobby
Tor
Oxfords
Childrens
Lil’ Girl
Bartons
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