Taylor County Taxes Rise 1970 Statewide Burden Noted
County figures show a 7.1 percent rise from 1969 with $174 396 levied for county purposes and $3 049 for state purposes. School taxes up 1.9 percent to $553 972, municipal taxes $67 972, total county taxes $799 389 of $138 733 833 state total. Net increases include $1 531 246 for state and $7 190 833 for all purposes. Taylor County accounts for about 0.6 percent of state property value totaling $39 076 530.
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Taylor County
Charles H. Haden
Guard and crosswalk to ease pedestrian traffic at new Anna Jarvis School
GRAFTON serves a growing traffic area as Supt. Paul C. Bartlett confirms a crosswalk and guard will manage students at the U.S. 50 site for the consolidated Anna Jarvis Elementary. Caution lights, staggered bus schedules, and a planned connecting street to ease bottlenecks are discussed amid expected 750 outlying pickups.
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New School
Grafton
U.S. 50
Anna Jarvis
Paul C. Bartlett
Main Street
Cemetery Road
Bluemont Street
Haislip
Bridge Streets
Bartlett
Grafton Reports 1970 Building Permits and Court Actions
Grafton issued permits worth 2 238 244 for 1970 with 105 permits and 12 dangerous building citations. The city collected 2 236 in fees from 551 inspections and 3 stopwork orders, plus 11 removal permits and 21 occupancy certificates. The Taylor County Clerk registered four deeds and three marriage licenses including Clifford Summers transfer and Delcom Inc coal rights. Verifications list proceeds and names such as James A Luzadder and Delcom Inc with dates in January.
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Grafton
Don Shaw
Taylor County Clerk's Office
Clifford L. Summers
James A
Florence Luzadder
Chester E. Proudfoot
Booth’s Creek
Delcom, Inc
Ronald Lee
Bessie G. Powell
James
Lois Jacobs
James H
Wilma E. Watkins
D. J
Kathleen Currey
Wilbert Russell Colebank
Betty Lucille Kelso
James Lee Mayfield
Donna Lee Haines
Donald Edward Baxter
Mildred Jean Pernell
First National Names Officer for Grafton Bank
Cecil B. Keener Jr. is named vice president of the First National Bank of Grafton effective February 1. Keener brings 23 years of service from the National Bank of Commerce of Charleston where he was vice president and cashier, and is a Charleston native with Kanawha County school and Ohio State University ties.
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Cecil BE. Keener Jr
First National Bank of Grafton
Arthur G. Yates
National Bank of Commerce of Charleston
Charleston
Keener
Kanawha County
Ohio State University
Shrine group to plan Mother's Day event in Grafton
The Mother's Day Shrine Committee chaired by Dr. Robert F. Gerkin will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in a joint session with the Garden Club to begin early planning. The two groups and other civic groups will coordinate spring cleanup of the shrine site grounds.
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Grafton
Garden Club
Robert F. Gerkin
Board hearing for policemen not authorized or confirmed
Dissident officers Dorsey Hickman Roy Anderson and Nathan Evans demanded reinstatement with pay after suspensions for ten days for refusing to sign a new cruiser regulation. City officials claim no regular Civil Service session exists and that a recent meeting was organizational. The regulation allocates final damage decisions to the city manager or chief, with civil action possible for pay deductions up to 25 dollars monthly. A new yellow cruiser replaced the damaged vehicle, with Tolley noting repainting possible.
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Grafton
Police Civil Service Commission
Dorsey Hickman
Roy Anderson
Nathan L. Evans
A. G. Swisher
Derald Poling
M. B. Tolley
Commission
Tolley
L. Eugene Dickinson
Swisher
Police Civil Service Act
Civil Service Commissioners
Memorial Day speaker set for Nation Cemetery ceremony
Herbert M. Houston of Chattanooga Tennessee a past national commander of the Veterans of World War I will speak at the Memorial Day ceremonies May 30 in Nation Cemetery. Ronald Knotts secretary notes local veterans plan with 26 bands invited to the parade and meetings through May.
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Grafton
Herbert M. Houston
Chattanooga
Tenn
Ronald Knotts
Nation Cemetery
Knotts
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
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John R. Faulkiner
WVII
First National Names Officer
Mason-Dixonland
Morgantown Produce, Inc
William J. Springer
University Ave
Shrine Group
New Grafton
Taylor
van Gilder ST
Stewart St
The
Dominion Post
Pleasant Street
Dominion Post Post
Morgantown
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