Sterling and Stout Win Good Citizenship Awards
Miss Dottie Loy Sterling and Robert Stout, students at Grafton High School, were named Good Citizenship Award recipients by Torlock Rasmussen on May 25, 1944, representing the Taylor County Post No. 12 American Legion. Sterling, president of the Honor Society and editor of the Re Echo, and Stout, active in Thespians and student activities, were chosen by student vote for qualities of courage, character, service, companionship, and scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dottie Loy Sterling
O. F. Sterling
West Maint Street
Robert Stout
R. D. Stout
Loveland Addition
Torlock Rasmussen
Grafton Senior High
American Legion
Miss Sterling
Mr. Stout
Grafton High
Taylor County
Department of West Virginia
Sterling
Honor
Girl Reserves
Thespians
Re-Echo
Quill and Scroll
Girl's Athletic Association
Stout
Honor Society
Paul S Bush Marries Eveline Crone in Cincinnati
Announcement notes the marriage of Eveline Crone and Paul Suddarth Bush on May 20 at 6 30 pm at Cincinnati Presbyterian Church with Rev John L Lukens officiating. Bride in light blue with gardenia corsage. groom’s family attended. reception at 6034 Hamilton Ave Cincinnati. Mrs Bush employed by the B and O Railroad.
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Eveline Crone
Harry Crone
Cincinnati
Paul Suddarth Bush
W. W. Bush
Grafton
John L. Lukens
Cincinnati Presbyterian Church
Charles R. Bush
Dan’s Bold Buy Ensnarled in City Hall Transfer
Dan plans to buy city property to avoid removal, and by a strange turn ends up purchasing not a vacant lot behind City Hall but the City Hall itself, creating a legal tangle over ownership and residency.
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Dan
City Hall
Senior GAA Members Honored With Luncheon
The Girl's Athletic Association of Grafton Senior High held a noon luncheon at the Cafeteria Court to honor graduating members. Officers for 1944 1945 were elected: President Jane Chrislip Vice President Helen Harper Secretary Treasurer Mary K Withers and Reporter Ira Tingler Retiring officers included Ruth Haislop Virginia Debendarf er Billie Ridenour and Lois Sapp. Many members attended the event.
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Girl's Athletic Association
Grafton
Jane Chrislip
Helen Harper
Mary K Withers
Ira Tingler
Ruth Haislop
Virginia Debendarfer
Billie Ridenour
Lois Sapp
Mrs J Robinson Reelected Regent Of Grafton DAR
Mrs Jed W Robinson of Mc Graw avenue was reelected regent of the Elizabeth Cummins Jackson chapter DAR at a meeting held at the home of Mrs Alice Chamberlain on Washington street Thursday afternoon Other officers were elected including first and second vice regents chaplain recording and corresponding secretaries treasurer registrar historian and a Morse telegraph celebration description was given and I Am An American Day noted A plate luncheon followed social hour concluded the meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jed W. Robinson
McGraw Avenue
Elizabeth Cummins Jackson
Daughters of the American Revolution
Alice Chamberlain
Washington Street
William W. Burdett
Florence H. Wilkinson
Allie Chamberlain
C. F. Shafer
Lily Love
Florent
Kaee Smith
Elizabeth R. Handley
O. J. Fleming
New York University
C. V. Miller
C. P. Shafer
William N. Burdett
Memorial Day Parade Preparations And Church Meetings
May events include the World War II Mother's club gathering at the Moose home on Washington street before 9 a.m. May 28 services at St. Paul's Methodist church at 10:30 a.m. The Woman's Missionary Society meets May 13 at Mrs. J.B. Welch’s Maple Avenue home. VFW Auxiliary plans a May 30 assembly at the DeLux restaurant for the parade, with women urged to wear white dresses.
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V. FW
DeLux
Senior Class Nite at Grafton High School
Grafton high held its Senior Class Nite in the school auditorium at 8 15 last night with Miss Janice Myers delivering the class address. The event featured the class prophecy skit The Magic Baker with Lloyd Elsey Bea Linn Eugenia Stevens Ann Elizabeth Ray Dotty Lou Sterling Nancy Curry and Jean Kiger, plus a program of jazz by the school orchestra and solos by several students. Robert Stout acted as master of ceremonies and the program included songs jokes and an oration by Lloyd Elsey and the valedictory address by Martha Rector. The Rev Earl W Slayton will deliver the pace and create sermon May 28 and Dr William Dern will give the commencement address on Wednesday May 41.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton Senior High School
Janice Myers
Lloyd Elsey
Bea Linn
Eugenia Stevens
Ann Elizabeth Ray Dottie Lou Sterling
Nancy Curry
Jean Kiger
Robert Stout
Victory Bonds Rally Urges Continued War Support
Citizens urged to keep buying war bonds until victory is achieved. The slogan Our boys must keep on fighting and backing the attack emphasized unity and sustained effort for national defense.
Weekend Visitors and Travel Notices From Grafton
Beav er Pa resident Mrs F C Robinson visits at her in law home on Maple Avenue. Miss Rita Riffee, WVU teacher, attends the Senior Class Ball and plans graduation weekend activities. Mrs Tess Kessiter of Moundsville spends weekend with the Olivers. Ruth Bennett travels to Washington with Sgt Franklin Dixon. Copenhaver from WVU visits before summer school. Dr Ralph C Brown returns to Buckhannon. Mrs A B Williams of Wheeling visits Grafton for Memorial Day. Mr and Mrs Jack Hardy of Greensboro, NC, visit Summers family. Albert C Meininger and Nancy Bush announce a son born May 18 in Cincinnati Bethesda hospital.
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West Virginia Univers
Rita Riffee
West Main Street
Gratton
West Virginia University
Buckhannon
Ralph C. Brown
Duckhannon
Railroad Street
A. B. Williams
Wheeling
Grafton
Earnest McVicker
iMir
Albert C. Meininger
Cincinnati
Ohio
Bethesda Hospital
Cincinnas
Meininger
Nancy Bush
Clark And McBade Run Close Race In Finals
Final reports for Ohio county show totals for Alternate Delegate to the National Convention in the First Congressional District. Carl O. Schmidt Wheeling 19836, Robert C. Logan Wheeling 11966, Walter F Ball New Martinsville 8324, Josephine F Clark Grafton 5884, Nellie L McDade 4410. The two highest vote totals determine the winners. Skaggs & Co. note a Diamond Ring as a cherished prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio County
Carl O. Schmidt
Wheeling
Robert C. Logan
Walter F. Ball
New Martinsville
Josephine F. Clark
Grafton
Nellie “L. McDade
IN UNIFORM Here On Furlough Second Lieut Loar Receives Wings
Second Lieut Robert K Loar earned his pilot wings at Frederick Army Airfield Oklahoma on May 2 and begins a furlough en route to Del Rio Texas He is the son of Mr and Mrs Leslie J Loar of Maple Avenue He entered the Army Air Corps seventeen months ago and is assigned to a B 26 unit Also noted are CPL Charles C Stolzenfels returning to Tullahoma Pvt Louis C Dennis on furlough from Boca Raton Army Air Field and Pvt Thomas M Saucer reported safe somewhere in Italy Additional notes mention Pf Paul M Poling in England Pvt Walter S Brown in North Africa and related family statements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert K. Loar
Frederick Army Airfield
Oklahoma
del Rio
Texas
Loar
U. S. Army Air Corps
Leslie J. Loar
Maple Avenue
Pvt
Louis C. Dennis
Boca Raton Army Air Field
Boca Raton, Fla
Helen V. Camp
West Wilford Street
Dennis
Medical Corps
Thomas M. Saucer
Italy
C. H. Saucer
Route 4
North Africa
Clyde Brown
Country Club Road
Walter S. Brown
Brown
Grafton High School
Fairmont State Business College
Glenn L. Martin
Baltimore
Allocation plan for whisky supplies amid distribution controls
The article discusses a proposal to allocate remaining whisky among wholesalers retailers night clubs and purveyors to ensure fair distribution. It urges steps to increase supply by permitting alcohol for blending and tighter liquor license laws with annual renewal and treasury oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Bueau
Senate panel eyeing full public hearing on case
The administration pushes to reverse a report with some senators signaling support for a full hearing. Senator Moore plans a GOP campaign opening speech tonight. The Senate judiciary subcommittee filed the report and the full committee will meet June 19 to decide next steps.
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Cision
Senate
Republican Party
Moore
R.okla
GOP National Committee
Columbia
Senate Judiciary
President cites liberation term for postwar planning
President argues that the word invasion is less fitting than liberation and stresses that liberation encompasses more than military actions, including postwar planning, suggesting a broader approach than the WWI parallel.
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Ope
Allies Push Toward Ceprano In Italian Front Fight
Allied forces advance from the Liri and Sacco confluence near Ceprano as German reinforcements arrive. The Fifth Army and French troops seize San Giovanni and Pastena while pressing toward Monte Rotondo and Morse Quattodore. American troops move north from Cisterna amid heavy fighting and German counterattacks. Fires burn in Velletri as artillery shifts to hills behind the city.
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Arce
Liri
Sacco
Ceprano
Rome
Albert Kesselrins
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Cisterna
Cor
Velletri
Associated Prey
Daniel de Luce
Sailent
Cisternk
Rhine River Cities Hit by Allied Bombers Today
London May 21 Allied heavy bombers struck the Rhine cities of Karlsruhe and Mannheim as part of a resumed pre invasion aerial offensive. German radio said weather reduced interceptions and that residential quarters suffered substantial explosive and incendiary damage amid bombing over the Pas de Calais region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Hercher
London
Rhine
Karlsruhe
Mannheim
Randers
Pas de Calais
France
Car fire alarms city firefighters at 4 25 a m
Firemen were called to extinguish a Ford coupe owned by Mrs Keen of the Ridenour Apartments on West Main Street. The vehicle suffered near total loss after flames spread rapidly from a short circuit and the car was found with a radio left on in the rear of the Pure Oil filling station.
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Keen
Ridenour Apts
Axis reports confuse Rome siege and totemic rumors
Reports from Vichy and London describe German forces in disarray around Rome with unconfirmed claims of no troops in the city and seven wounded missing. Allied observers say Rome likely cannot hold a long siege and may serve as a military depot if opened. Meanwhile a Navajo use of yucca plant is noted for washing wool and hair.
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Vichy
Transocean Agency
Rome
Albert Kesselring
London
New Mexico
Night raids hit Ludwigshafen Aachen and Oostende
The Mosquitos struck Ludwigshafen in south western Germany for the fourth time in May and damaged a rail yard at Aachen amid RAF night bombs. Paris radio said Oostende on the coast was bombed yesterday with no Allied confirmation. In Naples it was announced that Liberators and Wellingtons completed a new mining series along the Danube river.
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Ludwigshafen
Germany
Aachen
Netherlands
Belgium
Paris
Oostende
Naples
Danube
Miners See Escrow Plan Amid Contract Talks
United Mine Workers officials said 30 percent of the Southern West Virginia miners had signed separate agreements while 60 percent may sign if no blanket contract is reached. Southern producers planned to place money in escrow pending court ruling on the miners’ favor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washingon
William Blizzard
United Mine Workers District 3
Southern Association
West Virginia
Night in New Orleans to Feature Star Cast
Paramount presents Night In New Orleans arriving Sunday at the Opera House with Preston Foster Patricia Morrison Albert Dekker Charles Butterworth and Cecil Kellaway. The comedy mystery promises rapid-fire humor with a police rivalry plot and a famed murder case surrounding Foster and Dekker during a sensational whodunit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Foster
Preston Foster
Patricia Morison
Paramount
New Orleans
Opera House
Foster
Albert Dekker
Charles Butterworth
Cecil Kellaway
Jean Phillips
Blanktown
Patricia Morrison
O My Darling Clementine at Opera House Opens
A gay light comedy feature titled O My Darling Clementine opens Sunday at the Opera House for a three day run. Republic Pictures delivers a budget film with an amusing traveling trooper plot set in a small town, praised for its charm over flashier releases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Fisg
Tender Comrade opens at Strand Theatre with Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers stars in Tender Comrade at Strand Theatre with Robert Ryan and Ruth Hussey. The wartime drama follows the girl next door and the man she marries, balancing poignant moments with light comedy as he goes off to war. The film reads as a timely, powerful American story, highlighting hardships and resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginger Rogers
America
Miss‘ Roger
RKO
Robert Ryan
Kitty Foyle
Ginger
Ryan
Ruth Hussey
Barbara
Strands Theatre
Thy Heavenly Body at Dixie Theatre opens Sunday
Dixie Theatre debuts Thy Heavenly Body a domestic comedy starring William Powell and Hedy Lamarr. Powell plays a astronomy professor whose wife turns to astrology, triggering comic turmoil with James Craig, Sprig Byington, Fay Bainter and others in supporting roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M-G-M
Dixie Theatre
William Powell
Hedy Lamarr
James Craig
Miss Lamarr
Bill
Fildom
Hedy
Wiliam Powell
Hte Rale
Fanny
Hiarasser
inWarties
Craigt
Sprig Byington
Fay Bainter
O'Neil
Bobby
Powell
di Inter
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Eldora M. Bolyaed Society
Sterling, Stout
Paul S. Bush
GAA
Janie Chrislip
Chamberlain
Skaggs & Co
GHS
Pennsylvania
F. C. Robinson
Beaver
Fred Robinson
Tess Kessiter
Moundsville
R. H. Oliver
West
Wilford Street
Ben
Washington
Ruth Bennett
Franklin Dixon
Washington, D. C
Camp Stewart
U. S
W. V. A. Copenhaver
W. W. Copenhaver
Bluemont Street
Greensboro
N. C
Jack Hardy
Jack, Jr
Clark and McBade
Tennessee
Cpl
Charles C. Stolzenfels
England
Martin Poling
Addison Street
Paul M. Poling
Montgomery
Rhine River
Karlsuhe
AXIS
Ries, LD És
Strand
Dixie
Grocers
Grafton Baking Co
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