From Far And Wide Visitors Come Into City For Parade
Grafton hosts alumni weekend with visitors from Tampa Maryland Washington D C and many others for the Alumni celebration Saturday and Memorial Day parade Monday. Notable guests include Lt Col Homer Bell Jr and families, Ralph Kunst family, Dana Bolyard Hyattsville MD and many relatives visiting local residents for the weekend events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Grafton High School
Homer Bell
Butch and
Keith
Tampa
Fla
Roy Burnsides
Charles Rexroad
Danny
Benny
Maryland
Albert Grow
A. N. Peters
Murray
Frank Lee
T Chillicothe
C. R. McCullough
Allison Park
Funay
R. L. Campell
Dewey Avenue
Wooda E. Crudup
Washington, D. C
Payne
Yates Avenue
Lynn Mays
Beech
Roy, Koch
Cinrer
Boch
Hannah -BeWoody
Pueblo
C.’C. Spencer
T . Prank’. Lyon
Manceloga
Mich
Luther
William Pembroke
Richard Bartlett
Catonsville
Mad
Ralph 8. Kunst, Jr
Carol Linn
Douglas
Jaine.Lake
James Sturms
Jimmy
Atlanta, Ga
France
Ralph’ Gibson
Zeppa Ash
Edith Medera
Murray Apartments
Calendar Notes May June Community Meetings and Events
MAY 71 VFW Auxiliary meets 7 30 p m at the Post home with a birthday party. MAY 29 declaration service at 2 p m Simpson Baptist church speaker Carl King of Fairmont. JUNE 6 Taylor County Young Democrats meet 7 30 p m at the Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Wll
Post Home
Simpson Baptist Church
Carl King of
Fairmont
Taylor County
Hostler to Receive Junior College Diploma at Shenandoah
John William Hostler son of Mr and Mrs John Howard Host ler 223 Thayer street Grafton will receive his junior college diploma from Shenandoah College at commencement exercises Monday May 30 Hostler has played on Shenandoahs basketball team for two years The baccalaureate speaker Sunday will be Rev William F Hill pastor of the First Evangelical United Brethren church Louisville Ky The commencements speaker Monday will be Dr Walter J Gifford Professor of Philosophy at Shenandoah College and former dean of Madison College
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John William Hostler
John Howard Hostler
Thayer Street
Grafton
Shenandoah College
Hostler
Shenandoah
Conservatory of Music
William F. Hill
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Louisville
Walter J. Gifford
Madison College
No Escape Bristol Patrolman Investigates Two Car Crash
Patrolman Edward Egliskis was sent to investigate a two car accident in Bristol Connecticut. One of the drivers was his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol, Conn
Edward Egliskis
Weekend Guests Gather From Many Cities in Area
A long list of visitors comes to Clarksburg and nearby towns over the holidays. Families from Cincinnati Baltimore Philadelphia Elmira and other cities stay with local residents including the Austens Spikers Coole Findleys and Bartletts as well as Shroyers Rexroads and Hendricks. Alumni events and local visits mark the season with relatives and friends from across the region converging for gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Williams
Clarksburg
Erma Knavenshue
New York City
A. C. Austen
East Main Street
Dewey Nose
John “Nose
Cincinnati
Ada Johnson
Arthurdale
Carl Spiker
Norfolk, Va
C. C. Spiker
Pearl Street
Spikers
John Spiker
Baltimore, Md
Ralph Coole
P. E. Turner
West Knotts Avenue
Clarence Kelley
Coole
Myrna
Turner
S. Hanson Brown
Philadelphia
George Lucas
Charles V. Lucas
Fairmont
Earl Findley
Chanute Base
Ill
Frank Findley
Ferman Weaver
John Henderson
Washington, Pa
Virginia Singer
Elkins
Charles R. Bartlett
Pamela
Baltimore
A. R. Bartlett
Harry Hufford
John Bartlett
Bartletts
James Shroyer
Ricky
Chicago
IIL
Smith Hart, Shroyer, Jr
Curtis Eugene Shroyer
College Park
Smith Shroyer
Knottsville
Samuel Rexroad
Parkersburg
Charles Bennington
Salem, C
Grafton Woman Is Given Post In State Sorority
Mrs Rosemary Brunetti entertained with a costumed solo at the Grafton Woman's Club May Day dinner, final meeting of the year. Mrs Tennant spoke on The American Troubadour Life of Stephen Foster. Miss Nelda Summers accompanied. New officers installed include Mrs Thayer as president and Mrs Paul Warden as first vice president. other posts filled by Mrs Edward Whitescarver, Mrs Bob Brown, and Mrs Robert Cleer. Four department heads also installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Mary Brunetti
Grafton Woman's Club
Tennant
Stephen Foster
Foster
Music Department
Calvin Morrison
Paul Warden
Walter Thayer
Charles Crawford
Ralph Bartlett
Earl Stimson
Pittsburgh
Charles Carpenter
Thayer
Edward Whitescarver
Bob Brown
Robert Cleer
Virgil Handley
D. Ray Wither
Ralph Shahan
Program Meeting At Quota Club In Cozy Rest
Quota Club of Grafton held its monthly meeting at Cozy Rest with Dorothy Hood presiding A brief discussion covered the hard of hearing project and a final decision will be made later The program featured group singing and games with prizes awarded to Mildred Skaggs Geneva Hilkey Virginia Hanway and Grace Miller Attendees included Josephine Orr Arvie Lockard Bertha Woodyard Rhea Fisher Jean le Jo Lockard Winifred Heironi mus Mildred Debendorfer Anetta Freedman and others The note recalls Spokane Wash first large city to abandon streetcars in 1936 replacing them with buses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Lillian Marshall
Virginia Hanway
Mildred Debendorfer
Anetta Freedman
Dorothy Hood
Gertrude Shaw
Mary Sheets
Geneva Hilkey
Bald Knob Shrine Mentioned At General Federation Meeting
Mrs William Merow discussed yearbook minutes and suggested changes. She described the cross on Bald Knob mountain in Southern Illinois, which the General Federation is building as a shrine for all denominations. The General Club will meet again September 26 at the fall reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Merow
Thayer
Bald Knob Mountain
Illinois
General Federation
Vacation Bible School Starts Friday At EUB
Vacation Bible School opened at 1 p m today at the Evangelical United Brothers church under Rev C V Tate pastor. There are four departments beginners primary juniors and intermediates with more than 20 workers and teachers. The school runs from Friday through June 10 with classes at 9 a m after May 30 and concludes with a public picnic and work display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vacation Bible School
Eub
Evangelical United Brothers Church
C.V. Tate
Tate
C. Crall
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Dana Bolyard
Hyattsville
Wiliam Hauk
Dorsey Fast
Mary Smith
Sarah Smith
Fred Watkins
Charleston
C. C. Batson
Eddie Doeher
Ortha Barker
Brownlow Park
Kathryn Guth
Nellie Tucke
Guy Wolfe
Wolfe's
Don Boylen
Huntington
Richard Rayburn
Nancy
A. J. Curtis
Harry Shingleton
Maple Avenue
Paul Shingleton
Dunbar
William Watkins
Richard Watkins
Akron
Merley Watkins
Philadelpha
Adolphus Bragg
Lewis Stevens
Debbie
Richard Stevens
John Kincell
Gary
Brags
James Scritchfield
Gregg Willenberg
Paul Stevens
Jack Iverson
Francis W. Gatrell
H.‘A Gatrell
Frederick
Homer A. Gatrell
E. L. Kinsey
San Francisco
Calif
R. M. Parrish
8. C. Kinsey
Simpson
Imogene Devers
Columbia University
N. Y
Wayne McDaniel
Lynwood Young
Lewisburg
Loren Hoffman
Louis Smith
Detroit, Mich
Elizabeth Hoffman
New York
Charles Hoffman
Silver Springs
Albert Terry
Grafton Police Civil Service Board
Council Chamber
Police Civil Service Commission
Grafton Police Civil Service Commission
Frank Kunst
Belle’s
Main St
Gar
Grafton Finance Co
Latrobe & Main St
C. B. White
Mer
John Hostler
Tappan Gas Range
Spoklane
Wash
DANCE
V. F. W. Hall
John Coulson
HIS & Hers
Dacron Pique
P. J
Dagron
Plisse and Lenoy
Penney’s
Fordov
Wankin
Bach
A. Summit
B.lawson
Manhattan
Painter
Grafton Jewlery CO
Siehler Furniture CO
Latrobe ST
Slatrobe ST
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