Two Tied for Valedictorian at Grafton High
Grafton High School announces two seniors Miss Alice Austin and Miss Lynette Baker tied for valedictorian as they near graduation. A parallel tie for salutatorian exists between Miss Virginia Stout and Miss Joan Reger. Scholarships awarded include Austin and Baker to West Virginia Wesleyan College with others choosing WVU and a Baltimore business college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton High School
Alice Austin
Lynette Baker
Tor- Jock Rasmussen
Virginia Stout
Joan Reger
Miss Austin
Miss Baker
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Rasmussen
Stout
West Virginia University
Reger
Baltimore
Salem College
Doris Jean Bolyard
Mary Louise Hamner
Ray Linn
The
Sentinel
Frances Saffle
Lyle Edwards
Flemington Man Killed in Mine Accident
Homer Whitehair a track layer for Waddell Fuel company in Flemington was killed shortly before noon today by a rock fall in the Flemington mine. The body was brought to Bartlett Funeral Home. He is survived by his widow Jessie Keener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Whitehair
Waddell Fuel Company
Flemington
Bartlett Funeral Home
Jessie Keener
Taylor Fiddlers Enter Fete Contest This June
Third annual Fiddlers contest part of central West Virginia strawberry festival will be at Colonial theatre Buckhannon at 2 30 pm Thursday June 6. Fiddlers from Upshur Lewis Randolph Barbour Webster Taylor and Harrison counties invited to compete for silver loving cups awarded to first and second place.
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Ckhannon
Central West Virginia
Colonial Theatre
Buckhannon
Upshur
Lewis
Randolph
Barbour
Webster
Taylor
Harrison
Doan’s Pills Promote Kidney Based Backache Relief
Many sufferers relieve nagging backache once they learn the real cause is tired kidneys. The tonic helps clear waste from blood, ease rheumatic pains, swollen eyes, and frequent urination. The ad touts Doan’s Pills as the solution for bladder and kidney related discomfort and urges readers to take them daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Fair Association Heads Plan Friday Meeting
Taylor County Fair association heads plan a Friday meeting at 7 30 p m in Carroll Hawkins office at the post office. Hawkins said plans for the 1940 county fair will be discussed and dates set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Hawkins
Taylor County Fair Association
Hawkins
Philippi Club Local Guests at Inter-Club Meeting
Grafton Kiwanians hosted Philippi club members for an inter club meeting at Cozy Rest. The program highlighted civic life in Philippi with public schools a reader and trumpet solo from Broaddus college. A male quartet from the college performed and a speaker urged that leaders be men of prayer, action, and vision. Six Morgantown members attended along with a former Grafton youth, Scott Davis, and Mr Heimlich from Fairmont Kiwanis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Kiwanians
Philippi Club
Philippi
Broaddus College
Morgantown Club
Arthur H. Clyde
Grafton
Scott Davis
Heimlich
Fairmont Kiwanis Club
Farm Safety Promotion Targets Reducing Farm Accidents
The American farmer loses about one tenth of earnings to accidents and losses totaling an estimated one billion dollars in 1938, while government payments reached $807 million. The U S Accident Prevention Conference and Farm Security Administration run safety programs with schools in West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky to cut farm and home accidents, with 1938 West Virginia accident costs estimated at $13.5 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude R. Kemper
Taylor
Farm Security Administration
U.S
Kemper
Arthur Capper
Kansas
FSA
West Virginia
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Fred H. Drayer
Raleigh
Commissioner Sale of Lawson Farm at Flemington
The Matthew Lawson farm of about 77 acres will be re sold at the front door of the Taylor County Court House at 1 p.m. May 28 1940. Terms are one third or more cash with balance one and two years. W Merle Watkins Special Commissioner May 22 23 24 bp
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew. Lawson
Flemington
Taylor County Court House
W. Merle Watkins
Grafton High Plans Busy Commencement Week
Grafton High School hosts commencement activities at the Riverside drive building with a recognition day assembly. Tomorrow night the Junior-Senior reception is held at the Field house. The baccalaureate is at 8 p.m. featuring Dr. Fleming of Buckhannon, with local clergy delivering prayers and benediction. Exams follow early next week ahead of Class Night on May 29 under Miss Mary Thomas, with home economics and industrial arts displays open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton High School
Riverside Drive
Flemington High
Fleming
Grafton
Wallace B. Fleming
West Virginia
Westleyan College
Buckhannon
A. Coleman Brown
Andrews Methodist Church
H. J. Mitchell
St. John's Methodist Church
Cadman
Vance
Brahe
Mary Thomas
Former Local Man Dr Edward Craig Dies at 50
Dr. Edward Craig a 50 year old dentist from Orangeburg New Jersey and native of Grafton died after a three year illness. He leaves a daughter Marion 12 a brother William and sisters Mrs Grace Miles and Mrs Kathleen Mason. Funeral services set for 2 30 Saturday at Warren Methodist Church Thayer street with Rev A J Smith officiating. Burial Bluemont cemetery under G T Bartlett directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Craig
Orangeburg
N. J
Grafton
William Craig
Thayer Street
Mary Elizabeth McDonald Craig
Marion Craig
Wiliam Craig
Grace Miles
Morgantown
Kathleen Mason
Keyser
Craig
Orangebore
Warren Methodist Church
A. J. Smith
Bluemont Cemetery
G. T. Bartlett
Mrs Elizabeth Cline Dies in Catonsville Md
Mrs Elizabeth Cline aged 78 a former Grafton resident died at her home 10 Newburg Avenue Catonsville Maryland She lived in Grafton during years her son Ralph H Cline was master mechanic of the Monongah division Baltimore and Ohio railroad Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at her home
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Grafton
Elizabeth Cline
Newburg Avenue
Catonsville
Col Robinson Speaks on Lightning Warfare Defense Needs
Col C C Robinson of Morgan Town and commander of the 201st Infantry U S N G was guest and principal speaker at Taylor County Post and Auxiliary American Legion meeting at the Moose Home. He warned equipment and material supply gaps in light of France’s lightning warfare, noting volunteer enlistments exceed quotas but with inadequate peace time training and gear. An elaborate buffet supper followed, served by Legion Auxiliary members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Robinson
Morgantown
201St Infantry
U.S.N.G
Taylor County
American Legion
Moose Home
Charles E. Burke
Robinson
France
Col. Robinson
Wendel Miners Protest In West Virginia Petition Case
The state received about a dozen protest letters today as Attorney General Meadows begins compiling lists from the May petition. American Legion officials push to disqualify the Communist party in the November election. Affidavits arrived from two Wendel residents backing a claim linked to loading machines in mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conit
O'Brien
Clarence W. Meadows
American Legion
Communist Party
Coniff
Wheeling
Warder
Crafton
Charleston
Francis Warder
Taylor County
Wendel
West Virginia
Scarbro
Fayette County
Beckley
Stanaford
Besaco
Raleigh County
Fairmont
Poppy sales aid children on Poppy Day in Taylor county
On Poppy Day May 25 citizens of Grafton will raise funds to aid children of dead and disabled veterans. Mrs. Edmund Hardin notes the drive supports the auxiliary child welfare program, including emergency aid and keeping children in school, with past year totals of 395,342 children aided and 1,986,632.28 spent by the Legion and Auxiliary. The effort stresses no child should be left in need due to a veteran's service.
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Grafton
Edmund Hardin
Taylor County
American Legiion Auxiliary
Legion and Auxiliary
Charles Burke
Thornton Man Death Victim In Upshur County
James Thomas Gillum aged 78 died at his Thornton home yesterday afternoon after a period of critical illness. Born June 2 1861 in Upshur County he was a former coal miner and had worked at the Thornton Fire Brick plant. Surviving are four children Lloyd Gillum Guy Gillum Roy Gillum and Mrs Harry Shultz. Funeral at 9 30 Saturday at the Thornton home with Rev J E Anvil. burial Bethlehem cemetery Upshur County under G T Bartlett of Grafton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Thomas Gillum
Upshur County
Levi
Isabel Gillum
Lloyd
Guy Gillum
Roy Gillum
Grafton
Harry Shultz
Terra Alta
Gillum
Thornton
Thornton Fire
Thornton Home
J. E. Anvil
Bethlehem
G. T. Bartlett
British Army Communications Cut By German Says Spokesman
A British spokesman stated that German forces were actively cutting British military communications, a claim presented as part of Allied wartime propaganda and reported in the afternoon edition. The report notes the British position as presented on page one and emphasizes the ongoing conflict dynamics.
Mrs Roosevelt advocates youth duty at rally
Mrs Roosevelt urged the audience to unite for the common good and accept sacrifices for democracy. She stressed mechanization with strong citizenship and good government as defenses, praising young people for not shirking responsibility and noting the presentation of two handwoven scarfs to the president’s wife by graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennings Randolph
Elkins
Henry Morganthau, Jr
Secretary of Treasury
Malvina Thompson
Allie Freed
Alexandria
Allied Ships Face German Speed Boat Action In Channel
The report describes a week of naval activity as German speed boats operated between Dover and the French coast. A British destroyer was sunk off Dunkerque while the tanker and three transports, totaling about 20,000 tons, were attacked from the air. Berlin sources say British troops are retreating to the shore amid a swift mechanized thrust toward the Channel region through northern France.
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English Channel
Berlin
Dover
England
Dunkerque
France
Arras
Douai
Air Ministry
Sedan
Belgium
Germany
House of Commons
Jto
Couminists
Sauernsting
Middleton and
Prestwich
F. Haslam
Oswald Mosley
Briton Union Party
Ernest E. Gates
British Isles
Channel
War Updates From Western Front and Norway Fronts
Allied forces reported nine planes lost and five German aircraft missing while German commands declared the enemy on the defensive along the Somme to Meuse bulge. The communique noted advances toward Calais and Arras, while a Norwegian Narvik port attack caused fires, with a 3,000-ton transport sunk and a cruiser severely hit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somme
Meuse
Norway
Calais
Artois
Arras
France
Belgium
Narvik
High Command
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Grafton High
Taylor Fiddlers
Opera House
Bobby Clark
Constance Moore
Richard Arlen
Andy Devine
Legion of Lost Flyers
Bela Lugosi
SUN
Deanna Durbin
Kay Francis
Fair Association
Kiwanians
Barbour County
Howard Craig
Catonsville, Md
National Guard
Bennett & Son
W. Main Street
Poppy Sales Aid
Mary Switzert
Paul McNutt
Robert Deams
George Bye
Connecticut
Roosevelt
Pleasant Creek
Arthurdale
Herbert Evans
C. W. Dye
Thornton Man
James T. Gillum
Ming
Electrolux
Loar Jewelry
Flemington-Grafton
Monongahela System
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