Mayor Red Flowers To Be Sold May 27 28 In Grafton
Mayor Homer Gat proclaims Friday and Saturday May 27 and 28 as Poppy Days in Grafton. Taylor County Post No 12 American Legion Auxiliary members will sell red crepe paper poppies to honor war dead. Poppies are made by disabled veterans at Martinsburg’s Newton D Baker Veterans Hospital. Proclamation urges purchase and wear of poppies and proceeds aid veterans work.
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Grafton
Homer A. Gatrel
Taylor County Post No. 12
American Legion Auxiliary
Newton D. Baker Veterans Hospital
Martinsburg
Garrell
Legion
Proclaims Grafton Poppy Days Additional Help Needed
Grafton's City Council election on June 7 requires more poll workers. William Murray of the Kiwanis Club says at least five substitutes are needed as reserve workers have been exhausted. The Kiwanis have staffed polls for 10 years, with volunteers paid by the city and funds returned to the Fire Department.
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Grafton
William Murray
Grafton Kiwamis Club
Kiwanis
Murray
Fire Department
O M Nutter Dies Rites Thursday
O M Foxie Nutter 73 of Grafton and Newburg, a retired B and O engineer, died Monday in Erie. He is survived by two brothers in Erie and a deceased sister. The body lies in state at Sinclair Funeral Home, Newburg, with services at Knights of Pythias cemetery officiated by Rev. Lee Withlin. Police Captain Purman Funkhouser seeks a three year Army leave. council to decide. Mrs Margaret I Barger, editor’s wife, dies. funeral held in Keyser. Experts say up to a quarter of Americans are overweight.
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O. M
Foxie) Nutter
Grafton
Newburg
B&o
Erie
Thomas and
Mariah Ashby Nutter
Oscar IL
Percy D
Ivy Hugle
Sinclair Funeral Home
Knights of Pythias
Lee Withlin
Purman Funkhouser
L. J. Loar, Sr
Funkhouser
Keyser
Margaret I. Barger
John W. Barger
The
Keyser News-Tribune
Fred R. Shriver Ex Resident Dies in Pomona Calif
Fred R. Shriver 48 formerly of Grafton died suddenly at his Pomona home Monday. He was son of Mrs. 88 Shriver of Pruntytown and the late Samuel S. Shriver. Surviving are six siblings including Hayward J. Shriver Edwin Shriver Robert Shriver Eugene Shriver Harry Shriver and three sisters Mrs B C Dawson Philadelphia Pa Mrs Phil Utt and Mrs Alva Stevens Graf ton. He belonged to Beulah Baptist Church Pruntytown and worked at Hazel Atlas Glass in Grafton Washington Pa and Pomona before moving there in 1948. Services will be held in Pomona.
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Fred
Ted) R. Shriver
Pomona
Calif
Grafton
Shriver
Pruntytown
Samuel S. Shriver
Hayward J. Shriver
Edwin Shriver
Robert Shriver
Eugene Shriver
Clarksburg
Harry Shriver
Fairmont
Beulah Baptist Church
Hazel Atlas Glass Company
Washington, Pa
Pomono
Hazel Atlas
Youth Posts Bond On Wreck Charge
A $26 bond was posted in Police Court by James M. Robinson after officers explained a wreck at the Main Street and John Street intersection Monday night. The car struck Charles W. Sinsel’s vehicle on Barrett Street. damage was $250 to $300. Investigators found part of the front end wired with TV cable, which severed the brake line.
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James M. Robinson
St. John Street
Robinson
Main Street
St. John
Charles W. Sinsel
Barrett Street
Binsel
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Parisi
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
O. M. Nutter
Fred R. Shriver
District of Columbia
Territories
Susan A. Norris
Fetterman Methodist Church
Charles Huffman
W. J. Richardson
M. L. McCracken
Arthur Davis
Robert Johnston
Albert Rubens
Charles F. Hall
Ralph Patterson
Bartlett
Bennett *S
Malone’s Drug Store
Grafton Baking CO
the Baking Co. of
Boly
Kiger
Cision
O.C. Bolyard
Roy Kiger
Paul K. Moats
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