Taylor County students inducted as Knights and Ladies
Four eighth grade Taylor County students from Grafton Middle School and Flemington High School visited Charleston to join the Golden Horseshoe Society. State Superintendent Daniel Taylor presided as they toured the Capitol, Supreme Court chamber, and Board of Public Works offices.
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Grafton
Taylor County
Charleston
Knights and Ladies of the Golden Horseshoe
Golden Horseshoe Society
Daniel Taylor
House of Delegates
State Capitol
LuAnn Moore
Richard Hendrickson
Martina Shahan
Grafton Middle School
William Greathouse
Flemington High School
Gary Hollingshead
Hollingshead
Kanawha
Capitol
House
Senate
Supreme Court of Appeals
Board of Public Works
Primary ballots cast in California Ohio and New Jersey
Voters in California Ohio and New Jersey cast the final presidential primary ballots. Ford faces Reagan in California while Carter leads the Democratic field nationwide. Delegates at stake include 540 Democratic and 331 Republican. California Ohio and New Jersey close polls tonight with results likely shaping the race.
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Walter R. Mears
California
Ohio
New Jersey
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Carter
Reagan
Morris K. Udall
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Udall
Frank Church
Idaho
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Fred R. Harris
Okalhoma
Ellen McCormack
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Flag Day Service and Fire Awareness Class in Grafton
The public is invited to a Flag Day service at Elk's Home 111 East Main on June 14 at 7 30 p.m. A Fire Awareness Class at City Building Wednesday 7 p.m. will feature WVU Fire Service Extension trainer John Hess for police and emergency squads. Separately, a break in occurred at Frey’s Auto Supply Inc 10 East Main Street at 12 30 a.m. today under investigation by Police Chief James George.
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Grafton
Associated Press
East Main
John Hess
West Virginia University Fire Service Extension
WVU Fire Service Extension
West Virginia
Frey’s Auto Supply Inc
East Main Street
James George
Six accidents plague Preston County over weekend
Preston County Sheriff reports six nonfatal crashes from Saturday through Monday. Incidents include Earl Mayne's 1971 Ford camper hitting a guard rail on Rt 72 after an evasive swerve, a two-vehicle crash at Rt 50 and Rt 24 near Aurora injuring no one, and a 1972 Plymouth Valiant total loss after skidding into a bank. Others involved a station wagon hitting a turning tractor on Rt 219 near Silver Lake, a Moorestown area collision on Rt 7, and a driver losing control on Rt 7 near Kingwood after attempting to avoid another vehicle.
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Kingwood
Preston County
Eglon
George Sconish
Fairmont
Fike
Sconish
Robert A. Crane
Crane
Plymouth
Rt. 219
Silver Lake
Sheriff's Department
Melvin E. Smith Sr
Ira B. Haller
Grafton
John E. Davis
Athurdale
Donald D. Hines
Masontown
Hines
Grafton VFD Battles Car Fires and Aid Call
Grafton Volunteer Fire Department fought two car fires over the weekend and assisted Bridgeport VFD with a building blaze near Bridgeport. A 1967 Toyota owned by Barbara Cool burned after a backfire at 601 Piedmont Ave. damage about 50 dollars. A 1975 Ford pickup owned by Daniel Murray was a total loss from a wiring short.
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Grafton
Bridgeport Volunteer Fire Department
Bridgeport
Piedmont Ave
Toyota
Barbara Cool
William Workman
Daniel Murray
Rt. 50
Fellowsville
Middleville
Emergency Squad to Update Communications by July End
GRAFTON A new system for emergency squad communication aims to go live by the end of July. A transmitter and radio tower at Grafton City Hospital will link 13 north central West Virginia counties with hospitals in Morgantown Fairmont Kingwood Clarksburg Philippi Weston Buckhannon Elkins and Grafton City Hospital. The WVU Medical Center and Pittsburgh Burn Center will also connect directly. Funding comes from Region VI and VII EMS in Fairmont. Installation should begin after equipment release. purchase orders have expired and officials expect full operation by July’s end.
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Grafton
Taylor County
Ted Stevens
Grafton City Hospital
West Virginia
Stevens
Morgantown
Fairmont
Kingwood
Clarksburg
Philippi
Weston
Buckhannon
Elkins
WVU
Burn Center
Pittsburgh
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Knights and Ladies
Rich Hendrickson
Arch A. Moore Jr
Spotswood
Anna Jarvis Elementary
Walnut Street
Susan Lutman
Harriet Schola
Dave Livengood
Kate Wander
Violet McDaniel
Carolyn Dean
Church
Georgia
Wallace
Sen
Brown and Son
Hubert H. Humphrey
Jackson
Harris
Mrs. McCormack
Brown
Frey
B& E
Grafton Vfd
Fairmont Group
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