Grafton to get new daily bus route Grafton Loop
TRIP officials announced next week the Grafton Loop will start with one round trip daily linking Hecks Towers Grafton High School Country Club Road Grafton City Hospital and Thorofare to major downtown and outlying shopping areas. J Carter TRIP coordinator notes the route aims to attract riders and seed long term public transport expansion in Taylor County.
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Billbyrd
Grafton
Hecks
the Towers
Grafton High School
Country Club Road
Grafton City Hospital
Thorofare
Taylor County
J. Carter
TRIP
Rural public transportation TRIP program in six counties grows
Woodrow Conrad and Carter discuss the Taylor County TRIP system with plans for uniform scheduling and more buses. The program serves Doddridge, Harrison, Marion, Monongalia, Preston and Taylor counties with about 42 routes and aims for a 15 percent fare return while funding from federal and regional authorities supports expansion and potential dial a ride.
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Woodrow Conrad
Taylor County
Carter
Conrad
Becky Reid
Welfare Department
Harman Center
Reid
Fairmont - Marion County
Marion County
Federal
Department of Highways
Department of Transportation
Regionai Planning and Development Council
Doddridge
Harrison
Marion
Monongalia
Preston
Taylor
TRIP
Region VI
West Virginia Apple Festival seeks a chairman in Grafton
The Grafton Fire Department seeks a festival chairman for the 1977 West Virginia Apple Festival. Fifteen attendees at a committee meeting offered no volunteers. The fire department has run the festival, aims to boost participation and rival larger festivals, and plans include integrating the Band Spectacular into a parade. The festival runs September 12–17 with Cunningham Shows booked.
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Philangelo
Grafton
West Virginia
Grafton Fire Department
Htas
Bill Workman
Preston
Cunningham
Paul
Nola Klepfel
Klepfels
Department
Taylor County Fair Board
Textbook protest in Preston County tests language in classics
Preston County Board of Education heard a parent’s complaint about language in Literature V (Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1970) used in the English program. Mrs. Wolfe urged removing offensive passages and asked for parental input in screening textbooks.
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David Blair
Kingwood
Preston County
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
William Shakespeare
Myers
U. S. Supreme Court
Jesse Jennings
Wolfe
Body found along railroad tracks near Hammond investigated
A decomposed male body was found by a train crew along railroad tracks about a mile downstream from Hammond in Marion County. Identity, age, and cause or time of death are unknown. Remains taken to Fry Funeral Home. Beach area details and weather data follow in Grafton vicinity notices.
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Marion County
Hammond
Taylor County
Fry Funeral Home
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