Four Taylor Girls to Attend Rhododendron Girls State
Four Taylor county students are chosen to attend Rhododendron Girls State at Jackson's Mill June 13 19. From Grafton High are Mary McKinney Ellen Annette Kunst and alternates Joyce Bunner Beverly Outright. Barbara Ann Duffy from St Augustine High with Patty Shay as alternate. Angela Pollard from Flemington High with Vivian Stevens as alternate. Sponsored by local posts and clubs, selection based on leadership character and fitness. Principal speaker Father Carmine F M Morgantown and citizenship awards to a boy and girl.
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Taylor County
Rhododendron
Jackson's Mill
American Legion Auxiliary
Mary McKinney
Randall McKinney
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Joyce Bunner
Grafton High School
Ellen Annette Kunst
Frank Kunst
Grafton Elks Lodge No. 308
Beverly Outright
Grafton’ High School
St. Augustine High School
Barbara Ann Duffy
William H. Duffy
Patty Shay
Memorial City Post
Angela Pollard
John Pollard
Flemington High School
Vivian Stevens
Grafton
Father Carmine
F. M
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Barbara Ann Barlow
James Kunst
St. Augustine
Board Of Trade Sends Leaders To Valley Meet
S Ebert and Ross Talbot will represent the Taylor County Board of Trade at the Upper Monongahela Valley Associations Industrial Development meeting on June 4. E S Hamric of Industries for Grafton will represent his organization. The meeting aims to form an Industrial Development Committee across 10 counties to attract and promote new industries in the area and provide essential information.
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S. Ebert
Ross Talbot
Taylor County Board of ‘Trade
E. S. Hamric
Grafton
Upper Monongahela Valley Associations
Ebert
Board of Trade
UMWA
Mercy Angel recalls Dien Bien Phu ordeal of wounded
Genevieve, titled Mercy Angel, spoke of her stay with injured soldiers during the Dien Bien Phu siege. She described crouching among the wounded in hot shelters and delivering messages for families. She noted the fortress fell as battle moved toward Isabelle and a tent city was later arranged for evacuees.
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Dien Bien Phu
Alt “Force
Genevieve
Isabelle
Speeder's Alibi Creates New Court Case
In Columbus James R Wilbur 18 told Judge Fred Donhally he sped to reach court to pay a muffler violation fine. Clerk found no muffler charge but noted an unanswered red light violation. Speeding fined 32 dollars. final ruling pending. Hardly a fire across the bay in Hayward California caused 2000 in damage to Chi Chi club. Two years earlier the club suffered 60000 in damage. Card of thanks expresses gratitude to friends, neighbors, and church for support during illness and death of Maggie Pifer and sister Martha Hall Shriver.
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Olumbus
Ohio
James R. Wilbur
Fred Donhally
Wilbur
Hayward
Calif
Maggie Pifer
C. V. Tate
Wayne Morris
Ruth Henderson
Jean Riggleman
Knotts Funeral Home
Martha Hall Shriver
Suste
Huffman
Feterman Church
Bartlett Funeral Home
Charles F, Hall
Lloyd S Plum 86 Barbour Native Dies
Kingwood resident Lloyd S Plum aged 86 died yesterday in General Hospital He was born in St George Barbour County March 14 1868 son of James and Mary Plum and a United Brethren Church member Survived by five daughters Nellie Sigley Kingwood Effie Jeffries Rt 4 Tunnelton Marie Hileman Terra Alta Virgil Tucker Washington DC Gay Prokop Baltimore Md one son Charles Gibbons Place and sister Martha McGinnis Kingwood Funeral arrangements by Kiger Williams Funeral Home incomplete
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Kingwood
Lloyd S.plum
General Hospital
St. George
Barbour County
James and
Mary Plum
United Brethren Church
Nellie Sigley
Effie Jeffries
Baltimore
Charles
Gibbons Place
Martha McGinnis
Kiger-Williams Funeral Home
Preston County Senior Classmen Prom Guests
Preston County seniors will attend a graduation prom from 9 till midnight at the Kingwood Community Building. Sponsored by the Kingwood Youth Center Adult Council, underclassmen pay a nominal admission while seniors are guests of honor. Committees are Decorations chaired by Mrs. Eugene White and others. Social chaired by Mrs. Ace Wilhelm. Ways and Means chaired by Mrs. Glenn Schaeffer. Advertising and Invitations chaired by Dorothy Bonafield with Janice Sue White, Pat Gillespie, Barbara Kercheval and Nancy Withers.
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Kingwood
Kingwood Youth Center Adult Council
Preston County
Eugene White
Martha Wilson
Pat Shorten
Betty Bobo
W. J. Monaco
P. E. Kercheval
Ace Wilhelm
Carl Roth
J. D. Everly
Bruce Fields
Melvin Staubaugh
al Unger
Arthur Carroll
Ways and Means
Glenn Schaeffer
Dorothy Bonafield
Janice Sue White
Pat ‘Gillespie
Barbara Kercheval
Nancy Withers
Safecracker Locks Refrigerator Safe After 50 Years
A safecracker broke into Ed Henshaw's refrigerator shop and hammered an old safe, locking it for the first time in five decades. Henshaw now hopes the thief will return to open it and recover the $200 inside. In other item, Ward Elmore received a police press card Friday after completing a journalism course.
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San Francisco
Ed Henshaw
Henshaw
CUB
Ward Elmore
Elmore
Honor Guards Appointed for Memorial Day Parade
Gov William C Marland's Memorial Day events will feature Honor Guards from Memorial City Post 3081 VFW and Taylor County American Legion Post 12. Norman B Deakins leads the effort naming six guard members Lester Bud Lambert Rex Jackson Carrol Tingler John Pitzer Ray K White George Lewis with the Graf ton Co A 824th Tank Battalion carrying the 21 state ensigns for ceremonies at the National Cemetery under M Sgt Robert Neason.
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William C. Marland
Memorial City
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Taylor County American Legion
Legion
Norman B. Deakins
Lester “Bud” Lambert
Rex Jackson
Carrol Tingler
John Pitzer
Ray K. White
George Lewis
Terra Alta Man Amos Childs Found Dead In Mountain Area
The body of Amos Childs, 78, of Terra Alta was found nine miles north of Parsons, identified as by news dispatches. Authorities call it an apparent death by own action after Childs had been missing since last Tuesday. Survivors include children J Childs Morgantown Lola? and Mrs Ocle Childs Shreve Terra Alta, plus two brothers and two sisters and five grandchildren. He belonged to Wesley Methodist Church Lenox.
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Parsons
Snday
Amos Curtis
Terra Alta
Child
J. Childs
Morgantown
Lonnie
Shreve
Childs
Moatsville Theft Probed At Local Store
The first Moatsville robbery in years occurred Sunday night or Monday morning at the G A Price Grocery, where thieves pried the lock and stole about five cases of oil, bags of feed and gasoline. Deputy Sheriff John Hoffman J and State Police Sgt Robert Kurickhoff investigate. A separate theft Saturday night saw gasoline stolen from Jackie Reed’s truck and a tire removed from Loyde Reed’s car of South Brook Farm Kennett Square visited his parents for the weekend.
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Moatsville
G. A. Price ‘Grocery
John Hoffman
Robert Kurickhoff
Jackie Reed
Loyde
South Brook Farm
Kennett Square
Careening Auto Hits Big Truck on St Marys Bridge
William Henry Mason, 84, of Nashville Tennessee, was cited for about 300 dollars in damage to his car after colliding on the St Marys Street bridge. He did not injure anyone. Mason, unfamiliar with Grafton, failed to notice the offset on the bridge and struck the abutment before hitting a Hammond Brick Co truck driven by James Harry White of West Main Street Grafton. No damage to the truck was reported.
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William Henry Mason
Nashville
Hammond Brick Co
James Harry White
West Main Street
Grafton
Pursglove Man Arrested for Traffic Violation
Willard Luther, Layrhan of Pursglove, was arrested by State Police last night on U S Route 119 near Brownlow for passing another vehicle on a double line. He is set to appear before Justice of the Peace C P Lucas on June 1.
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Pursglove
Willard Luther
Layrhan
Brownlow
Justice of the Peace
C. P. Lucas
Poppy Day Proclaimed by Grafton Mayor Holmes
Grafton mayor Holmes Garrett issued a proclamation declaring Saturday May 29 Poppy Day in the city. Citizens are urged to wear memorial poppies honoring those who died in the two world wars. Poppies supplied by the American Legion auxiliary will be distributed on streets Saturday. The poppies are crepe with wire stems crafted by disabled veterans in hospitals and workshops nationwide.
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Grafton
Holmes Ss. Garrell
American Legion Auxiliary
C. S. Ebert
Natchez Sheriff Warns Gamblers Shut Down City Wide
Natchez Miss Sheriff William S Hebert ran large ads in both papers to warn Adams County gamblers that a permanent shutdown was ordered He said wrecking tools were standard equipment for his office The text notes Asia spans about 6000 miles east to west and over 5300 miles north to south
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Natchez
Miss
Wiliam S. Hebert
Pipers
Adams County
Asia
Dulles Sees Britain Joining Southeast Asia Defense Plan
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles stated the United States expects Britain to join a proposed collective defense system in Southeast Asia. He also restated conditions under which Washington would consider intervention in Indochina. The Alpine wall creeper is a little bird in the creeper family found in the Alps.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
United States
Britain
Southeast Asia
Dulles
Indochina
Alps
Frayed OCR Fragments Refrain From Clear News
A garbled OCR fragment mentions meters and a park, but the readable text is insufficient to define a clear news item, event, or entities. The snippet provides no identifiable people, organizations, places, dates, or outcomes to form a proper card.
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