Busy Week for Area Methodists and Pre Commencement
Seniors in Grafton and Flemington high schools will attend a week of pre commencement baccalaureate activities with services at 8 p.m. in each school auditorium. In Grafton Rev. Gregory A. Rowley will deliver the principal address. Rev. Robert Henson will give the invocation. the A Capella Choir will sing. Rev. Kenneth Watkins will close with benediction. George E. Riday of Alderson Broaddus College is principal speaker at Flemington. Ministers plan to attend the West Virginia annual Conference in Charleston May 26 to 30 with officers installed at Rosmont. Conference programs include world peace discussion, Holy Communion, and ordinations. Major local notices follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Femington
Gregory A. E. Rowley
St. Matthias Episcopal Church
Elizabeth Lirin
Robert Henson
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Naomi Lawson
Kenneth Watkins
West
Main Street
Methodist Church
Prinipal
Blemnington
George E. Riday
Alderson
Broaddus
Philippi
Flemington
West Virginia
The
Charleston
E. E Suite
A Vert Henson
Forrest P. Renolds
Kenneth Watking
Charles Hufftman
J. H. Carson
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Morris Harvey College
Marshall R. Reed
Detroit
Mich
Henry M. Bullock
Methodist Board of Education
Nashville
Tenn
Fall Planting Set On Parkway Plan Delayed
Taylor County Garden Club shifts beautification work for the route to Tygart park from spring to next fall. The project along Fratt street and Knottsville road was handed to the Garden Club by the Tourist Committee, but late-arriving diagrams and plans delay spring planting. The club will conduct the work in the fall instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County Board of Trade
Tygart Park
Fratt Street
Knottsville
Taylor County Garden “Club
Tie Knottsville Road
To the Garden Club
Death Notice for James A. Mitter of Newbury Route
James A. Mitter died at 1:15 today at his home following a long illness. Born September 15, 1868 in Grafton, he was a retired miner and member of the United Brethren and Chestnut Ridge church groups. Survived by wife Edna Olivia Litter, six children including Mrs. George E. Pyles and Leo Mitter, Detroit, three grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. Arrangement by Knotts Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowe
Hale
Wied
Grafton
John
Elizabeth Miller Mitter
Edna Olivia Litter
George E. Pyles
Newburg
Chester Mitter
Leo Miter
Detroit
Mich
Gertrude Pyles
Harley Pyles
Fairmont
Mitter
Tampa
Fla
Charles Mitter
Independence
Eliza Harrington
Mansfields, C
Odd Bellows
Chestnut, Ridge
United Brethren Hypehe
Knotts Funeral Home
80 Year-Old Window Washer Keeps Working Ups High
Dick Ancharstrand is 77 and still climbs to clean windows at the Seattle Hotel where he has lived for 40 years. He started washing windows at 15 and has worked across major U.S. cities. He plans to keep going while he can climb out and buckle his safety belt. He admits higher work weighs on him but wants to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
M O. R
Ancharstrand
Thos
Anchorstrand
United States
Ancharatrand
Mayfield Fined $25 for Off Line Drive
William JH Mayfield 25 of Groftos was fined $25 and costs by Justice of the Peace C P Lu cas after being charged with driving four on the far left of the center line. Mayfield was arrested following a Tuesday night collision on Parkview road between his car and a 1947 pickup driven by Berkley Kirby 61 of Route 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William JH. Mayfield
Groftos
Justice of the Peace
C. P. Lucas
Mayfield
Berkley Kirby
Route 1
Parkview Road
Trish Carillon Greets Transatlantic Guests
Transatlantic passengers sailing into Cobh harbor are greeted by a full carillon of 42 bells housed in the $200,000 St Colman’s Cathedral. The bells ring as the liner passes Roche’s Point lighthouse, playing Trish airs and classical selections played by Dr Staf Gebruer.
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Cobh
Ireland
St. Colman's Cathedral
Roche's Point
Staf Gebruer
Ant
Veteran Pastor Returns to Lead First Presbyterian Church
The Rev. F. Carl Davis, longtime pastor, returned from Florida to resume summer duties at the First Presbyterian Church in Grafton. He spent winter in Ormond Beach obeying doctors orders and plans to preach the sermon The Name Above All Names tomorrow morning and serve until November 1 before another Florida sojourn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Carl Davis
First Presbyterian Church
Florida
Davis
Lions Present 54 Take State Driver Tests at Grafton
Grafton state police examined 54 drivers with 24 passing the operational test, 20 earning learner permits, and 10 failing. Names of those who failed are listed, all from Grafton. The Lions Club donated Encyclopaedia Britannica Jr to the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys at Pruntytown, with remarks on the school’s reform efforts and future outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Ben Bush
Grafton Lions Club
Jesse E. Riley
West Virginia Industrial School
Paul Bartlett
F. R. Hance Moffett
Lions International
Waller Jordan
Lins
Lester Lambert
Grafton
Donald Lloyd Kitzmiller
Mabel Ruth ‘Thorn
Daniel Nelson Moore
Willian Paul Plymoyle
Nettie Stansbury
Joseph Paul Murphy
Deilet Leo Weaver
Paul Wayne Ringer
Lucille Virginia Hose
Elizabeth Pauline Mehlinger
Billie Olivia Bott
Finley Owen Phillips
Nathan Lea Evans
Lillie Lucille Jackson
Nancy Ann Flan Weau
Dewey Kieth
Martin
Virgil Charles Tacy, Jr
Barbara Lee Weaver
Velma Jean Warner
De‘Joris Jean Tate
William Edward Reed
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Jr
Encycopaedia Britannica
Joan Howard Association
Pruntytown
W. J. Ben Bust
Tesse E. Riley
Riles
Riley
Legion Election Set For May 16
The American Legion Taylor County Post No. 12 announces the officers election for the 1954 55 term. Ballots for the May 25 election were mailed. Nominations include Post Commander Dr Charles M Wells and Norman Watkins. 1st Vice Commander Dal Zinn and Beryl L Bolyard. 2nd Vice Commander Clarence S Adams. Adjutant Clarence B E. Service Officer A Bert Miller. Americanism Officer Torlock Rasmussen. Historian Frank Gregory. Chaplain William Pembroke. Sergeant At Arms H R Wallis and Roger Gregory. The item about Chinese eating soy beans and carillonneurs appears as miscellaneous text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Taylor County Post No. 12
The
Legion Post
Charles M. Wells
Norman Watkins
Dal
Zinn
Beryl L. Bolyard
Clarence 8
Clarence BE
A. “Bert” Miller
Torlock Rasmussen
Frank Gregory
William Pembroke
H. R. Wallis
Roger Gregory
Taylor County Plans Valley Industrial Development Meeting
Taylor County representatives will attend an Upper Monongahela Valley Associations Industrial Development meeting in Clarksburg to plan a regional 10 County committee. C. E. Ebert says the gathering will define industrial jobs, needed information, and cooperative regional selling work with participation from chambers of commerce business groups and community leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Monongahela Valley Associations
Clarksburg
Ebert
Taylor County Board of Trade
Chamber of Commerce
City Police Expand Driver Permit Checks This Summer
City police will continue permit checks for drivers at least twice weekly through July 1. Two drivers were cited in yesterday’s check while Thursday’s check found no violations.
Chilton Seeks Senate Win With War Prison Plan
Charleston lawyer Sam B. Chilton, a late Democratic Senate hopeful, proposes a new wartime prisoner policy to keep POWs within neutral borders to avoid brain washing and cruelty. He asserts familiarity with the U.S. Constitution and contrasts his stance with Neely’s biblical quotations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam B. Chilton
Charleston
U. S
Senate
Matthew M. Neely
Chilton
United States
Charleston Senators
Thr Senate
Neel
Taylor County Marriage Licenses and Applications Filed
Taylor county Clerk reports licenses and applications since May 15. Harry E B and Patsy G Wheatley filed. William Joseph Cain and Nancy Sue Lightner listed. Weather note claims Earth temperatures above 200 degrees Fahrenheit and minus zero Celsius, with atmosphere described as liquid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supid
Taylor County
Harry EB
Bridgeport
Patsy G. Wheatly
Grafton
William Josep Cain
Nancy Sue Lightner
Kingwood Seniors Set Baccalaureate For Sunday Night
The Rev. Joseph C. Gluck of West Virginia University will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at 8 p.m. Sunday for 59 members of Kingwood High School's Senior Class, who graduate Thursday. Mrs. Gluck chose "The Forks of the Road" as the topic. The service features include a band processional, invocation by Rev. M. E. Keenan, hymn by the congregation, a benediction by Dr. John W. Brown, and a recessional by the band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph C. Gluck
West Virginia University
Kingwood High School
Fragmentary Frankfurt Army Blotter Mentions Names
Disjointed OCR text references Frankfurt events and several names including James Leecl and Charles Fox. It mentions U S officials and state authorities with scattered items about boxing, anti trust matters, and a Civil Service post. The jumbled lines reference guards, a head of a regiment, and scheduling notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R, Fox
Charles E
National Guard
Gibson
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
Rosmont Methodist Church
Gettle Christian
Pearl Savage
Janet Brown
Dora Harman
Alma Crouse
Edna Jones
Fern Simmons
Clara Mitchell
Mary Ellen Carder
Bett Marks
Betty Biffle
Maud Drainer
Virginia Vrabec
Della Carder
Nita Devart
Pauline Haney
Status of Women
Wayne Sprouse
Thomas Sprouse
Texas
Carter
Ezra Cottrill
Clayton Owen
Rosemont
Fred Kelly and Sons
Pittsburgh
Fred Kelly
Samuel Humphrey
Dora Harmen
Martha E. Bailey
Frank Christian
Flemington Woman’s Club
Troy Trimble
Ther Mn
Robert Brown
Myrtus Brown
Mary Bihari
Cleveland
John Kerr
Bolton
Virginia Anderson
Pearl Kerr
Volga
C. C. Mitchell
Roy Murphy
Ed Way
Good Hope
Ruth Way
Lance Shingleton
Brenda McClough
French Shingleton
Lost Creek
Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke
James A
Newbury
Oan
Groton
Conn
Hartford
Coast Guard
Mlegally
Presbyterian Church
Legion
Malines Carillon School
Belgium
Grafton, W. V
Baldwin
Magnavox
C. G. Conn and
Holton Band Instruments
O. B. Fawley Music CO
Morgantown
W. Va
Tappan Gas Range
Siehiler Furniture
Areaen Re Vareen
Taylor
Neely
Sam B
Clinton
Grafton Baking Co
the Baking Co.of
Kingwood
Sahara
I All
Malone’s Drug
Nez
Tha Smart
the Gestul
Malone's
Malone
Eddie
Cozy Rest
Belle
Paris
Viscoun
Johnstown
Pittsburgh Synod
Bs Vic
Orchar
Frankfurt
James
M. Leecl
Ciarg
Washingto Preme Court
Gregory New York
F Nurse
New York
Puppy River
Stran
Dro Wren
Claude S
Cool Ridge
Henry Hardin County
John D
Thonsoin County
Clarkshore
Civil Service
A. Pag Lee
Nigholsor
Alexander
Atlanta
Eugene
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