Memorial Day Programs Toast Nation at Mountain State Cemetery
Memorial Day events unfold with the Second Army Band from Fort Meade performing near Blueville, featuring Sergeant Carl Shrout and Private Ray Kirkpatrick among ten high school bands. Congressman Ramsay delivers the Memorial Day address at the National Cemetery after services at First Church of Christ and memorial plots run by the American Legion and VFW near City Hospital. Services schedules remain to be announced.
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Forte Meade
Maryland
Carl C. Shrout
Kingwood
Ray Kirkpatrick
Blounston
Mountain State
National Cemetery
Robert L. Ramsay
First Church of Christ
McGraw Avenue
Beech Street
G. A.R
O. J. Howearth
American Legion
Blueville
City Hospital
Times
General Motors CIO AWU Contract Pleases Everyone
Washington reports a landmark five year GM CIO Auto Workers contract with no re opening clause. It provides four cent raises per year for four years, a cost of living protection, pensions of at least $100 monthly at 45 after 25 years, and a modified union shop. Walter Reuther calls it a model for future bargaining and a major step in mass production industry.
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Washington
General Motors
CIO Auto Workers Union
G-M Auto
G-M
Auto Workers
Ford
Chrysler
Walter Reuther
Reuther
CIO
Tacy Jailed After Public Disturbance Charge
Grafton resident Leonard Tacy was arrested by City Officer Carl C. Smith on intoxication and disorderly conduct in a public place. Magistrate John W. Snider issued a warrant. arraigned in justice court, Tacy fined five dollars plus costs, refused payment, and was jailed for ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Tacy
Grafton
Carl C. Smith
John W. Snider
Tacy
Justice Court
Mr. Tacy
Measles Situation Improves In West Virginia
State Health Department reports improvement in measles in West Virginia with 195 new cases this week, including 75 in Fayette County. The prior week tallied 635 cases. Declines also noted in chickenpox influenza mumps and whooping cough.
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West Virginia
State Health Department
Wekly
Fayette County
Health Department
Miss Grafton Sentinel Ballots Due Tomorrow
Nominating ballots for high school senior girls to select Miss Grafton Sentinel and a representative for a fall university game will be published tomorrow in the Sentinel and Weekly Sentinel. Eight candidates will be nominated by ballots and judged by a committee of women at Manos Theatre on June 6.
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Miss Grafton Sentinel
Charleston
Miss North
Grafton Sentinel
Sentinel
Weekly Sentinel
Denese
Manos Theatre
Miss Grafton
161 Young Musicians In Concert
Readied for the annual spring concert of the combined Grafton senior and junior high bands at Grafton High School auditorium Thursday at 8 15 p m. The junior band draws from Taylor counties grade schools and features musicians who began training in 1949 and moved up in 1950. Program includes Sharp Shooters March Demoley March Salute to Stephen Foster A Cowboy Medley Roundup Review and other standard marches.
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Grafton
Grafton High School
Taylor Counties
Pruntytown
Haymond
Webster
Sharp Shooters
Demoley
Stephen Foster
Fire Destroys Foundry in Charleston West Side
A Charleston foundry on the west side burned in a thunderously rainy blaze causing about 100000 dollars in damages. Co owner C W Wheeler said the plant was uninsured. Three fire companies fought the blaze for more than an hour and destroyed most of the building before it was brought under control. No injuries were reported though drums of oil and compressed air were present. Wheeler and H H Bell owned the foundry which crafted small home stoves and iron castings. only a typewriter, a machine and some company books were saved. The fire was reported by a cab driver at about 2 am and smoulder continued four hours later. The cause remains unknown.
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Charleston
C. W. Wheeler
Caplayn
Frank Workman
Wherler
H. H. Bell
British Field Marshall Wavell Dies After Surgery
LONDON is grieving as Field Marshal Earl Wavell dies in London at 67 after an abdominal operation on May 5 and a relapse last Sunday. The one eyed Viscount led campaigns in Africa and the Far East, served as India’s viceroy, and earned the Legion of Merit from President Truman.
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London
Earl Wavell
Viscount Wavell
Africa
India
Wavell
Britain
Mussolini
Far East
Truman
Field Marshall
Canada
England
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre
Stafford-on-Avon
Western Powers Prep For Red Youth Move
Berlin dispatch says Western powers intensify highway patrol from Berlin through Soviet sector to Western zones. 36 Allied military police Jeeps patrol a 100 mile route as a preliminary alert ahead of a Young Communist demonstration this weekend. East German authorities plan a 36 mile detour to move Communist youth convoys, with Allieds pledging to ignore East German police detours but follow Soviet orders if enforced.
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Berlin
Point Pleasant and Mason County Population Rise
Census figures released in Huntington show Mason County up 1,232 residents to 23,502 and Point Pleasant increasing from 3,425 to 4,584. Lincoln County and Hamlin fell, with West Hamlin at 1,781 residents. 1940 counts for West Hamlin unavailable.
Local Artists Exhibit Opens Friday Night in Grafton
The Students League of Associated Arts presents a local show at Heflin's Style Shop featuring watercolors oils photographs ceramics and figurines by local artists most new to exhibiting. The display runs inside the store beginning Friday at 7 30 p m through May 31 with impromptu profile sketches by Irma Knabenshue and arrangements by Lawson Davis Ford Riddle Ringler Jones Vogel Headley.
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Grafton
Students League of Associated Arts
Heflin's Style
Irma Knabenshue
W. C.lawson
Harriett Davis
James Ford
Arthur Riddle
Ilen Ringler
Rosalie Jones
George Vogel
Gene Headley
Banquet to honor two longtime Grafton businessmen
J Lee Evans and C V Miller, two retired Grafton merchants who bought life policies 50 years ago, will be honored at a Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company dinner in Fairmont. The noon event at the Fairmont Hotel will include other policy holders and early company agents from Clarksburg Morgantown and Fairmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company
Fairmont
J. Lee Evans, Sr
Evans Furniture
C. V. Miller
Pettrey
Miller
Mr. Evans
Fairmont Hotel
Will E. Morris
Frank Stout
Bonnie Reed
Stuart F. Reed
Clarksburg
Lon Moses Acquitted in Baldridge Murder Case at Pikeville
Lon Moses, 60, has been found not guilty by a Pikeville circuit court in the slaying of Prestonsburg High School cheerleader Muriel Baldridge. The jury deliberated 23 minutes after resuming today, after an overnight lockup following a prior deadlock. Relatives cried as Moses smiled when the verdict was read, leaving the 11 month old mystery unsolved with no suspects currently charged.
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Pikesville
Lon Moses
Pikeville
Prestonsburg
Muriel Baldridge
Moses
Miss Baldridge
Prisoner Killed In Afternoon Escape At State Camp
A 25-year-old prisoner Donald Ables of Raleigh County was killed by three guards as he attempted a daylight escape from State Prison Camp No. 88 at Billings near Spencer. Ables served one to ten years for grand larceny. Deputy Warden Leo Collison also announced the recapture of two of four teenage fugitives, 19-year-old Harry Williamson of Wayne County and 18-year-old Everett Ware of Adrian Upshur County, who surrendered along railroad tracks near Ware’s home.
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Spencer
Tte Road
Donald Ables
Raleigh County
State Prison
Billings
Ables
Huttonsville
Leo Collison
Collison
Harry Williamson
Wayne County
Everett Ware
Adrian
Upshur County
Ware
Brothers Die At Auto Wheels In Grantsville Crash
In Grantsville a hit and run killed two Wilson brothers Verlin 11 and David Dale 14 who had gone out to look for a missing sibling. Sheriff Hanning Poling identified the youths and noted the tragedy occurred near their home shortly after they left to search for another brother.
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Grantsville
Hanning Poling
Verlin Wilson
David Dale Wilson
E. N. Wilson
Government reorganization plans take effect after Senate action
At midnight 16 government reorganization plans became effective following Senate approval. Originally 21 plans were proposed, five were killed. The reforms aim to streamline by ending overlapping duties and placing semi independent agencies under cabinet control, such as absorbing the Maritime Commission into the Commerce Department and placing the FBI under the Justice Department.
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Washington
Senate
Maritime Commission
Commerce Department
FBI
J. Edgar, Hoover Bureau
FBT
Justice Department
J. Howard McGrath
Philadelphia Chemist Held For Atom Spying
Philadelphia chemist Harry Gold, 39, was arrested on spy charges for allegedly obtaining atomic secrets from Klaus Fuchs and passing them to the Russians. The hearing date was set for June 12 in Washington, as FBI and Justice officials describe Gold's contact with Fuchs in New York City during 1944.</S>
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Washington
Philadelphia
Soviet
Russia
Klaus Fuchs
Harry Gold
Philadelphia General Hospital
FBI
Dr Fuchs
Fuchs
London
G-men
Harry Gold Imatter
Justice Department
Gold
Nework City
Fuch
Atom
Three WV counties report population declines in census
In the latest census returns Charleston notes declines in three of four West Virginia counties. Lincoln County now lists 22 430 residents, down from 10 years ago. Tucker County has 10 578 residents, down from 2 595. Grant County falls from 9 133 to 8 057, a drop of 76. Mason County shows growth to 23 502, up 1 232.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Lincoln County
Tucker County
Grant County
Mason
Grafton Plays Minor Part In Noted Court Case
In Barbour county circuit court, a dramatic child custody case drew attention near Grafton with Judge W Merle Watkins presiding. The mother allegedly kidnapped her baby after temporary custody to the father was awarded on August 10, 1948. The case drew local interest as residents recall the sensational events when the mother son and grandmother stayed at Cozy Rest near Pruntytown.
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Charles Holt
Walnut Street
City Hospital
A. R. Jennings
Route 2
Newburg
Lloyd Elsey, Jr
West
Wilford Street
Connie Murphy
Grafton
Philippi
Cas
W. Merle Watkins
Barbour County
Cozy Rest
Pruntytown
Mary Louise Mendenhall Stump
Dover
N. J
Michael M. Stump
Ichael Mayfield Stump
Grafton Man Named K of C District Deputy
West Virginia Knights of Columbus officers met in Morgantown on May 22 with about 65 in attendance. Howard Smith of Grafton was reappointed district 2 deputy. Attendees included A. T. Moscar, Howard Smith, and Theodore Stilwell. New appointments list includes Carl D. Avington state deputy and Frank Lombardo past state deputy, among others. District 1 deputy candidate M. G. Kelley of _ (text incomplete).
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West Virginia
Knights of Columbus
Morgantown
Howard Smith
Grafton
A.T. Moscar
Theodore Stlwell
Carl D. Avington
Elkins
Frank J. Lombardo
Huntington
Mark Kraus
Parkersburg
Stanley B. Siko
Bluefield
W. E. Timms
Weston
James Cann
Clarksburg
Francis Schmidt
Fairmont
Frank Nepper
M.G. Kelley
Cancer Drive Totals Show Strong Local Support
Taylor County's Cancer Fund drive has collected 515.01 to date, nearly matching last year's county total. Alpha Mu chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority, sponsor of the drive, expects more contributions as checks are mailed to Miss Dorothy Burnside at 625 Maple Avenue. Sorority members canvassed the business district and placed coin boxes in local businesses to aid the effort.
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Taylor County
Francis Julian
Alpha Mu
Beta, Sisma Phi Sorority
Dorothy Burnside
Maple Avenue
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Hamlin
West Hamlin
J. Lee Evans
Dr. Fuchs
George D. Smathers
Claude Pepper
White House
Pepper
Fair Dealer
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