Miller pleads guilty in deputy assault case at Kingwood tavern
John Miller Jr. entered a guilty plea in Preston County Circuit Court on felonious assault charges against Deputy Sheriff Robert L. Collins two weeks after a Kingwood tavern disturbance. He is one of three Miller brothers linked to the incident with Trooper J. E. Coleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Collins
Kingwood
Preston County
John Miller Jr
Miller
Petit Jury
Carl T
Otis Miller
Collins
John Miller
State Police Urge Participation in Inspection Program Meeting
State Police urge dealers garage owners and mechanics to attend a district meeting at 7 30 p m Thursday at S and S Chevrolet in Clarksburg for information on the motor vehicle inspection program. The first inspections under the new law run July 1 to September 30 and each registered vehicle must be inspected yearly at licensed stations. Applications are at State Police headquarters. fleet owners can qualify their own garages but must meet the same standards as public stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
S and S$ Chevrolet Company
Clarksburg
Funeral services for Mrs Ada Beall Snyder
Funeral services are set for 2 pm Tuesday at Bartlett Funeral Home with Rev EE Suite of St Johns Methodist officiating. Interment follows in Bluemont cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home. Naomi Chapter No 12 Order of Eastern Star will hold services at 8 pm today at the funeral home.
Drunken Driving Costs Man 50 Plus Permit
Harlin Franklin Kuffner of Clarksburg paid a $50 fine and costs and had his driver's license revoked for six months by Justice of the Peace Ona C Jefferers on a drunken driving charge. He was arrested by Trooper W. K. McMorrow and Trooper Burner as they were passing through Taylor county Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlin Franklin Kuffner
Clarksburg
Justice of the Peace
Ona C. Jefferers
Kuffner
W. K. McMorrow
Burner
Taylor County
Election Officials Named for Grafton Precincts
City of Grafton appoints election officials for the general election on June 7 1955 listing Precinct 13 14 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 with multiple ballot commissioners clerks and named individuals including Mrs Wilma Evans Mrs Raymond Fast Mrs J H Reyna Mrs Reymond Johnson Mrs George Evans Mrs Hazel Knight Miss Mary Forcellowe Mrs Esther Faulknerate Mrs Frances B Waters Mrs John Donaldson and others across precincts and stations such as Evans Furniture Garage Fire Station and West Grafton School Attest T Grafton School Ballot Clerk.
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City of
Grafton
Evans Furniture Garage
W. Boyd
Wilma Evans
Raymond Fast
Joseph Mahaffey
Leo Crane
J. H. Reyna
Keene
Reymond Johnson
George Evans
Hazel Knight
Ray Withers
Josie Knight
Joe Friend
Silas Newbrough
George Vogel
Taylor County Board OF Trade
Ethel St
Nellie M. Gerkin
Pearl Waugh
Mary Forcellowe
Esther Faulknerate
Frances B. Waters
Fire Station
West Main St
John Donaldson
Dale Zinn
Pearl Carney
Gertrude Kincaid
Bertha Lalley
Rhea Fisher
Thelma Adlington
Allie Chamberlain
Florence Wilkinson
Carrie Glenn
Eas Torlovk Rasmussen
Dorcus Crawford
Pauline Hebb
Minnie Henderson
Russell DeMosé
Robier Motor Service
Barrett St
Gertrude Pitzer
Ballet Commission
Gussie Wanstreet
Beatrice Robinson
Ethel Miller _ Mark
Dorothy Linn
Ada Kemple
A. Sinclair
Erma Moran Claude Ebert
Ronald Knotts
Louise Byers
Z. L. Dean
Lena Hinkston
Joe Eisner
Marjorie Penrod
Eva Layman
R. V. Rohrbough
Harry Flanagan
Mamie Isner
Carl Held
W.o
Maude Batson
Pearl Thomas
Barbara Cather
Frances Kiug
Dessie Woods
West Grafton
Beech St
Agnes Hable
Virginia Warder
Elisabeth Murray
Loar Loar
Robert
Memphis
Mrs Ada Snyder, Widow of Rev. Snyder, Dies at 77
Mrs Ada Beall Snyder 77 of 528 West Main Street widow of the Rev George H Snyder former pastor of St Johns Methodist church died at 2 15 pm yesterday in City hospital after a year long illness Born January 6 1878 in Cumberland Md she was child of the late Vernon and Cinderella T Beall Her husband served churches in Grafton Spencer Buchkannon Bridgeport Flemington and Elizabeth He was president of the Methodist Protestant Conference Survived by five children J C Crimm Reynoldsville Mrs Lucille Young Cleveland William D Snyder New Castle George H Snyder Jr Grafton Edward E Snyder Washington 13 grandchildren two brothers John R Beall Walter W Beall both of Grafton Naomi Chapter 12 Order of Eastern Star served as Worthy Matron in 1910 Active in St Johns WCTU church groups and the Past Matrons and Past Patrons Club Services at 2 pm Tuesday from Bartlett Funeral Home Rev E E Suite to officiate Burial in Bluemont Cemetery Friends may call Naomi Chapter will hold services at 8 pm today at the funeral home. Bounties for scalps of native peoples mentioned in text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Beall Snyder
West Main Street
George H. Snyder
St. John’s Methodist Church
City Hospital
Cumberland
Vernon
Cinderella T. Marker Beall
Snyder
Grafton
Spencer Buchkannon
Bridgeport
Flemington
Elizabeth
Methodist Protestant Conference
J. C. Crimm
Reynoldsvile
Lucille Young
Cleveland
William D. Snyder
New Castle
George H. Snyder, Jr
Edward E. Snyder
Washington, Pa
John R Beall
Walter W. Beall
WCTU
Naomi Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Bartlett Funeral Home
E. E
Bluemont
Naomi
Martha H Young Former Resident Taken By Death
Martha Holland Young 71 of 1 Cloverlick Pacahontas county formerly of Grafton died at 1 p m Saturday at her home born April 7 1884 her husband was the late W H Young survivors include two children Kathleen Young and Paul H Young of Grafton two grandchildren and three great grandchildren Services will be at 10 a m Tuesday at Cloverlick body returned to Grafton for graveside services at 2 30 p m Woodsdale Memorial Park Marlinton Smith Funeral Home directing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Holland Young
Cloverlick
Pacahontas
Grafton
W. H.young
Kathleen Young
Paul H Young
Woodsdale Memorial Park
Smith Funeral Home of
Marlinton
Marion Frank Fined $50 and License Revoked
On the Grafton Morgantown road Marion Frank aged 23 of Grafton was fined 50 dollars and costs for drunk driving. His operator license was revoked for six months after his 1955 model car collided with Lemuel Hornbeck’s 33 year old vehicle near Morgantown causing about 600 dollars in damage. Frank had driven another 1955 model car in Morgantown about a month earlier following a separate crash.
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Grafton-Morgantown
Marion Frank
Rt.3
Grafton
Morgantown
Frank
Lemuel Hornbeck
Uffington
Grafton Road
Army Sergeant Critical After Shooting Mixup
KAISERSLAUTERN Germany Medical authorities said Sgt Floyd A Kai was in critical condition with a hip bullet leaving him paralyzed from the waist down after a shooting at an enlisted men's club Saturday night Sgt Cecil F Taylor was treated for a shoulder wound Andy Jaszak was involved in the argument and allegedly fired in automatic mode Jaszak was held for mental examination Hometown addresses were not available
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Kaiserslautern
Germany
Floyd A. Kai
Landstuhl Army Hospital
Kal
Cecil F. Taylor
Taylor
Army
Pfc
Andy Jaszak
Jaszak
Kai
Obituary Fragments Select Hepzibah Native Ella Boice Dies
Ella May Riley Boice 90 died at Clarksburg hospital at 10 am. Born in Hepzibah Taylor County she lived here all her life. Survived by three children two brothers and three sisters. Bartlett Funeral Home arrangements incomplete. Also notes on Blueville 4-H meeting and an Antarctica fact. Susan A Norris 91 of Route 2 Grafton died at 7 30 am at daughter’s home after illness. Born March 30 1864 in Taylor County daughter of William and Margaret Keen er Johnston. Widower Richard Taylor Norris preceded her. Survived by two daughters one son five grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Member of Fetterman Methodist Church. Funeral home arrangements incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella May Riley Boice
Clarksburg
Hepzibah
Taylor County
Bartlett Funeral Home
Susan A. Norris
Route 2
Grafton
George E. Elliott
William and
Margaret Keener Johnston
Richard Taylor Norris
Omar C. Carr
Elliott
Fetterman Methodist Church
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Qrafton Sentinel
Preston
EE. Suite
Bluemont Cemetery
Keener Cemetery
Bartlett
A Motor Company
W. Main
T Grafton
Garrison School
OLD Bluebird Store
Lincoln Bt
Wirseees
Maple Ave
Walnut Stratlot
Dorothy R Reavers
Ada Snyder
Massachusetts
Martha H. Young
Indiana
United States
Launch Meat
Florida
Tan
South Side
Better Foods
Bolyard
Kiger
Ella May Boice
Blueville
Blueville School
Path
Shop Penney’s
Compo Soles
Pullman
Lou
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