Memorial Day Visitors Bring Framing Past to Grafton
Many former residents return to Grafton for Memorial Day, visiting relatives on Luzad der Street and surrounding streets. The list includes Mary Boyles, Boo Andrews, Athena Andrews, and numerous family and friends from Pittsburgh, Brownsville, Fairmont, Wheeling, and other towns, with alumni ties to Grafton High School and local veterans’ groups gathering for the parade and ceremonies.
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Georgia Malardo
Pittsburgh
Arlington Austin
Front Street
Austin
Fred Austin
Francis
Brownville
Fred
Rosemont
Sylvia Mayles
Mayles
Lola Ayre
Barret Street
Harold V. Poe
Idren
Stephen
Terry
Ca Ol
Harold
Grafton High School
Steve Poe
Ayre
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Opal Arthurs
Atridén
Claus Arnold H. Arthur
914Th Aircraft, Control and Warning Squadron
Onttario
Canada
George, Bailey
Wickwire
Joseph Garner
Norfolk
Marine Corps
James Garner
Louisiana
Air Force
James
Jack Barcus
Fetterman
Mis
Thelma Barcus
Clyde Barcus
Kenneth Barcus
Grafton
Ohio
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Mra
Brownlow Park
W. Clayton White
Childe Lynda
Karen
M ‘Park
Chick
Bennett
Martha
Guy Bennett
Dewey Avenue
John W. Carret
Fairmont
John
W. Packman
Linda
Button
Leonard Bott
David
Oakhill
Charleston
Walter Street
Waren Kinsley
Warren Kinsley
William Hansford
Parsons
H. J. Griffith
Pancersburg
B. Templeton
Baltimore
Mary Hines
Mina Leota Griffith
C. R. Watson
Huntington
G. J. Goodwin
Maple Ave
Glenn A. Goodwin
Walnut Street
W. L. Nicholas
Parkersburg
Rand
William H. Grin
Grinnans
H. J. Catt
Frederick
E. A. Poe
Wheeling
Charles Renner
Ft Lauderdale
Fla
Blair Mugler
Renner
Mugler
Ralph Plum
Arden
C. C. Carrick
Kingwood
Earl G. Murphy
Janice Myers
J. A. Newman
Beech St
W. W. Orth
W. P. Wilson
Peggy
Dianna
W. van
M. C. Barties
Mildred Doyle
R. M. Par
Cumberland, Md
L. H. Peacock
J. C. Marquis
Washington, Pa
BR. M. Reese
C. W. Philipps
Mary Ann Reese
Monongal General Hospital
Morgantown
J. E. Plum
Raymond Chapple
Dayton
W. Poe, Jr
C. W. Poe
St. Charles St
Paul Gerkins
Atlantic
Fred Gerkins
Ed Karzay
Washington
Nancy Sapp
Cleveland
Halle Poling
Gay St
Blanch Holt
Grafton- Morgantown Road
Wayne Powell
Arlington
Guy Powell
Dewey Ave
Dorthy Corum
Toledo
Louise Pratt
Blueville
Marlene
Unior
Fairman
State College
Chester Proudfoot
Harley Moore
Max Rauart
Raus
Clara Korte
Gratton
Mary Rauscher
McGraw Ave
Dora M. Martin
WNI. Ju
W. P. Stewart
Lucy Bailey
Hilderbrand
W. H. Rendle
W. H. McCallister
Hilda Harker
G. L. Reynolds
Frank Graham
John Richman
C. C. Richman
Paul Loar
Weirton
W. J. Heck
M. L. Richman
Oscar Riddle
Ernest Riddle
Washington, D. C
W. A. Riddle
W. Washington Sr
Ariel ¢. Bartlett
Bert Riley
Brownlow
Jack Binsel
Mannington
Grace Ringler
Boyd St
James Robinson
Paul Robinson
H. K. Robinson
Gerald Gable
Aliquippi
Lewis Reed
Beaver
Dewey Shaffer
Jock Lambert
Jimmie
Lumberport
Robert Shaferman
Linde
D. C
J. F. Shafferman
Paul C. Shingleton
J. H Shingleton
G. H. Welsh
Paul Shahan
Rochester
Bob Brown
James 8. Stafford
Cumberland
R. Virgil Rohrbaugh
Thomas F. Stafford
J. F. Stafford
Walnut St
C. V. Miller
Virginia Hood
Clarence Poe
Frank Hollis
W. Main St
F. W. Henderson
Desh) Murphy
Clarksburg
DeBarr
Akron
Blanch Brutler
Weat Swisher
Fred Swisher
Portsmouth
Charles Swisher
Pearl St
Ona C. Jefferys
W. R.thayer
Virginia Taylor
Emma A. Thayer
Robert Jeffreys
Dorsey Jefferys
Philadelphia
Harrison Felton
Rowlesburg
Glen Harman
William J. Harman
L. C. Mechling
Uniontown
W. C. Wilhide
Grant Williams
Earl Willame
Dorasy C. Beall
D. Ray Withers
Thomas M. Beall
W. Mainst
Don Boylan
J. E. Guth
Nelle Tucker
V ‘Avettor
Guy V. Wolfe
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Grafton High School Band Leads Memorial Ceremony Events
The program lists Roy Walter and James Poling of Grafton High School with seniors and students taking part in a national cemetery service. Ceremonial duties include invocation by Rev. M. J. Hannon, music by the Grafton High School Band, wreath presentations for the National Encampment, and a memorial salute with Taps. Speakers include Cecil H Underwood Governor of West Virginia, with radio broadcast by WAIR from 10:45 to 11:48 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
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Oldest Doctor in the Country Practiced 69 Years
Dr. Austin M. Blake, 08, based in Waunaked, may be the oldest practicing physician in the country, with a career that spans 69 years. Blake and others recently confirmed no older practitioners were found locally or nationally.
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