Rail strike disrupts Grafton markets and shortages loom
Local wholesale firms warn of severe staple shortages as rail deliveries decline. Musgrove Wholesale reports most grocers in Barbour and Preston counties rely on rail for foodstuffs, with canned goods hit hardest while trucking sustains some fresh produce. A P Supermarket and A & P confirm no freight shipments, relying on trucks from Pittsburgh and Fairmont. shortages expected across soaps and other rail dependent items. The note ends with unrelated trivia about Cairo, amethyst, and Newfoundland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. R. Coughlin
Atlantic and Pacific
Pittsburgh
Fairmont
Fairmont Central
Musgrove
Grafton Man Assigned to Arcata Flight Tests
Master Sergeant William E Scotto, son of Mrs. Cora Scott of 254 West Washington, will serve as flight engineer on a cargo plane for joint Army Air Force Navy Bureau tests at Arcata California. The program, running to mid summer 1947, aims to improve landing aids and procedures to ensure flights in poor visibility. Experimental ground aids include Fido fog dispersal and new lighting. Scott, who served in Europe 22 months, reenlisted for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Epcott
Cora Scott
West Washington Street
Arcata
Calif
Army Air Force
U. S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
California
Scott
Europe
James Sandy Dies at 77 in County Farm
James Sandy aged 77 died early today at the County Farm. Born in Doddridge County on July 23, 1869, he is survived by wife Mary Primm Sandy and three children James Sandy of Greenville Loren Sandy of Olean New York and Ethel Losh of Lansing Michigan. Body is at Bartlett Funeral Home pending relatives arrival for funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sandy
Doddridge County
Mary Primm Sandy
Greenville
Loren Sandy
Olean
N. Y
Ethel Losh
Lansing
Mich
Bartlett Funeral Home
Registrars Named for Primaries Across Districts
Forty eight registrars were named to register voters for the August 6 primary, four days starting June 17. Ed C. St. Clair announced the list, with 24 Democrats and 24 Republicans, chosen by county party committees, serving at precincts across six magisterial districts including Booths Creek, Court House, Fetterman, Flemington, Grafton, and Knottsville with designated Democratic and Republican registrars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed C. St. Clair
Crewis
Yestertings
Booths Creek
Martin F. Dunham
Beatrice Little
Madge DeMoss
Lottie Jeffries
Virgie Tucker
Wilma Hartley
Court House
Prgtinet
Georgia Drainer
Bessie, Cooper
Ethel Coffman
Dorothy Leach
Jefferson Jones
Sherman Haselden
Earnest L. Findley
Opal Moore
Fetterman
Lee Linn
Lifin Peters
Mabel Watkins
Mary Boyer
Ruth Sinclair
Percy Rutherford
Ethel Lucas
Walter Orr
Lucy Evans
Ada Mae Withers
Flemington
Maggie Griffith
Tra -Greathouse
Thelma Fleming
Helen Stewart
Lillian Morgan
Mary Pembroke
Mabel White
William Gerkin
Ada Strouse
Knottsville
Nessie Floyd
Edith Country
Names listed for precinct 35 and 36 voters in local race
A fragment lists voters and party affiliations for precinct 35 and precinct 36. Susie Keyser and Mabel Weaver represent the Democratic and Republican tickets in precinct 35, while Minnie Mason and Ada McDaniel appear in precinct 36 with party designations.
Post Office Limits Mail During Rail Strike
Post Office operations are restricted to essential mail. Air mail and limited first and second class mail for several towns are accepted with special arrangements. Registered mail up to one pound is accepted. other mail is refused due to storage constraints. Downtown merchants close for William A. Johnson funeral services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Hannegan
James T. Murphy
Philippi
Elkins
Fairmont
Morgantown
Moatsville
Arden
Kasson
Nestorville
Grafton
Tunnelton
Terra Alta
Murphy
Martinsburg
William A. Johnson
Tiny Daughter of Native Grafton Girl Still Lives
Tiny Sandra Sue Steyer born six and a half months premature in Philippi weighs a little over a pound. She rode a chartered plane to Pittsburgh for urgent care after being flown from Myers Clinic. Her parents, Chester G. Steyer and Avis White, wait as the infant remains in a Pittsburgh hospital incubator while the mother recovers in Philippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wee Sandra Sue Steyer
Myers’ Clinic
Philippi
Children’s Hospital
Pittsburgh
Chester G. Steyer
Germania
Grafton
John Aukerman
Globeair, Inc
Medical Society
Avis White
Philipni Hospital
Incubator Baby Flown From Philippi to Pittsburgh
A newborn named Sandra Sue measures 12 inches in length and rested in a three by fifteen by eighteen inch incubator during a morning flight from Philippi to Pittsburgh. Mrs Evans and two Philippi nurses accompanied the infant while Mr Steyer assisted with placing the incubator into an ambulance at Myer's clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myer's Clinic
Hoye White, Sr
Washington
Pittsburgh
Steyer
G. I
Evans
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