First Presbyterian Church of Grafton History Highlighted
Susan May recounts the church's 1867 dedication after roots in Fetterman Virginia. The article notes Florence Wilkinson as the first female Session clerk, a Centennial in 1955, and lists early members, ministers, and gifts that shaped the parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan May
First Presbyterian Church of
Grafton
Virginia
Florence Wilkinson
Fetterman
John Bradshaw
John S. Gould
John Graham
S. H. McDonald
Fairmont Church
Emma F. Williams Morgan
Nell Haslop
Robert F. Love Jr
Emzie C. Leamon
Ada Gould Strauss
Mary Brown
Lillian Brown Willhide
Florence Hamilton Wilkinson
Rhea Heironimus Fisher
Louise Heironimus Miller
George Rowland
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
First Presbyterian Church
M. H. Dent
Samuel Graham
Carson Newham
F. S. Suddarth
John B
Mayor comments on Dudley's visit to Grafton
Grafton officials welcomed State Commerce Commissioner Lysander Dudley to discuss regional tourism plans and state marketing. Mayor Cosmo Fisher urged local inclusion of Tygart Lake and Mother's Day Shrine, stressing residents must promote their area and attract graduates to stay in West Virginia. A regional coordinator will evaluate Taylor County prospects.
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Grafton
Lysander Dudley
Cosmo Fisher
Dominion News
Taylor County
Dudley
West Virginia University
Arch A. Moore
West
Dudley Dudley
West Virginia
Commerce Office
West Virginia Fairs and Festivals Elect New President
Eugene Dickinson of Grafton was elected president of the West Virginia Association of Fairs and Festivals at the Fairmont convention. The 80 member groups cover fairs statewide and Dickinson outlined goals including a forum for talent and vendors, idea sharing, liaison with the Department of Agriculture, and lobbying for tax concessions. The 1969 Potato Festival in Nicholas County joined the association. Patty Cline was named queen for 1970 with Edie Brown, Kathy Raspa, and Angela Campbell named runner up and Miss Congeniality. Howard Price, John Logsdon, Jean Hunter, and Carol Tennant were named officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Eugene Dickinson
Walnut St
West Virginia Association of Fairs and Festivals
Fairmont
Dickinson
West Virginia Association
Department of Agriculture
Nicholas County
Mister Bee
West Virginia
Patty Cline
Tyler County Fair Association
West Virginia Fair Association
Will
Morgantown
Edie Brown
Kathy Raspa
Marion County
Grafton Man Named Officer Appointed Probation Officer
Harry William Hawk of Grafton has been named probation officer for the U S District Court in northern West Virginia. Effective January 26 he will head the Fairmont office as assistant to Chief Probation Officer H Marshall Homer. Hawk, 36, long-time probation and parole officer, replaces retiree L O Bickel. He is a WVU 1959 graduate with a varied career in juvenile court, BOP service, and the Robert F Kennedy Youth Center. He is married with four children.
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J. Henry Thorhauer
Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Western Theological Seminary
Grafton
Cadmus
Michigan
Mary E. Barbin
Beth
Kenneth S. Haines
Jeffrey
Ann
Todd
Elkins
Harry William Hawk
U.S. District Court For
West Virginia
U S. District
Robert E. Maxwell
Maxwell
Hawk
Fairmont
H. Marshall Homer
Wheeling
West Virginia University
American Red Cross
Arlington, Va
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Leavenworth
Kan
National Training School For Boys
Washington, D.C
Robert F. Kennedy
Uniontown
Carolyn Ash
Junior firemen form Moats Grafton unit leadership named
Grafton Junior Fire Department installed Moats as president with Okey Delaney as vice president Buddy Peacock as secretary treasurer Philip Stevens as chaplain and Randy Kincaid as sergeant at arms. The group teaches firefighting to youths 14 to 18 and helped at Apple Festival and Christmas tree cutting projects. Bernard L. Moyer urges new applications.
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Grafton
Allen W. Moats
Okey Delaney
Buddy Peacock
Philip Stevens
Randy Kincaid
West Virginia University
Bernard L. Moyer
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Alexander Best
Rebecca Davis
William McCloskey
Leonard Mallonee
I. F. Thompson
Araxa F. Shriver
Redstone
Henry Biggs
William Eaton
John Jones
John W
James H. Flannagan
Minnemyer
Thompson
John A. McClelland
John MacPhail
G.H.S. Beeman
Frank Turvander
E. L. Robertson
Chalmers Goshorn
F. Carl Davis
R. Sidney Pinch
Henry Thorhauer
John Logsdon
Fort Ashby
Jean Hunter
Mannington
Carol Tennant
Swiho
Pleasant ST
Fiat
Davidson
Morgantown Hospital Service, Inc
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