Fire destroys downtown Grafton YMCA building
Staff Reporter David Blair reports a three hour blaze demolished the Main Street YMCA in Grafton. The roof collapsed as firefighters controlled the flames about 9 p.m. The International Bazaar on the ground floor was damaged, two adjoining apartments were evacuated, and two firefighters, Roger Jewell and Van Clyde Peacoe, were treated at Grafton City Hospital and kept overnight for observation.
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Grafton
YMCA
Main Street
Bill Work Ngaid
International Bazaar
Grafton City Hospital
Roger Jewell
Grafton Ci Fire Department
van Clyde Peacoe
Taylor County Volunteer Fire Department
Grafton City Fire Department
Boyd Street
Main
Bridgeport Fire Department
Flemington Volunteer Fire Department
Thornton Volunteer
C. Lowell Mason
Mason
Bluemont
Salvation Army
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Taylor County
Randolph
County Welfare Department
City
Randolph Buding
David Blai
The Mountain Statesman Serving Grafton and the heartland
The Mountain Statesman serves Grafton and northern West Virginia with local news, features, and community notices. Readers receive timely reporting on area events, public affairs, sports, and human interest stories shaping the Mountain States region.
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Grafton
West Virginia
Carter visits Georgia aboard new airborne command post
President Carter flew to Georgia aboard the military version of the Boeing 747, the nation’s airborne command post. He called the voyage sobering and urged reductions to avert a nuclear war, stressing peaceful relations with the Soviet Union to avert catastrophic consequences.
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Macon
Carter
Georgia
America
United States
Soviet Union
White House
Grafton Area Weather Forecast for Weekend
Cloudy with light rain possible on Saturday. Highs range from the lower 50s in the north to around 60 in the south. Occasional rain showers through Saturday night and Sunday. Lows Saturday night near 38 to 42. Sunday highs near the 50s to mid 50s.
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Grafton
Accident near Varrey Point on Route 26
A truck driven by Harry Kidwell of Bruceton Mills slid into a tractor trailer driven by Robert R Griffin of Newville Pennsylvania on Route 26 near Varrey Point at 6 35 am Friday. No injuries or citations reported and damage estimates unavailable.
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Valley Point
Harry Kidwell
Bruceton Mills
Here
Kingwood
Robert R Griffin
Newville
Pennsylvania
Welfare mother fights gas bill dispute in Grafton
Beverly Cain, a welfare recipient with four children, disputes a 268.18 late gas bill for a period in 1976 after cattle damaged a meter. Equitable Gas reserves service but may replace the meter. Beverly plans to file a complaint with the Public Service Commission. Welfare officials note emergency aid limits but offer help and a February March heating allowance.
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Equitable Ipany
Raftan
Grafton
Robert D. Snider
Snider
Gratton
Beverly Cain
Beverly
the Mountain Statesman
U.S. Rt. 50
Patrick
Legal Aid Society
Joseph Gennette
Welfare Department
Gennette
Public Service Commission
Charleston
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