Bakerton - The Welsh of Harpers Ferry

December 1, 1935

1 Dec 1935

Bakerton Safety News (Vol 2. No. 4)

The Bakerton Safety News Sponsored by The Safety Council, Washington Building Lime Company VOLUME II. BAKERTON, W. VA DECEMBER, 1935 No. 4. [page 1] Superintendent Bakerton Plant Mr. Robert B. Frost, one of the youngest industrial executives […]

July 19, 1935

19 Jul 1935

Death Certificate: Bessie Welsh Best

Place of Death County Jefferson District 1921 Harpers Ferry Town or City Bakerton Full Name Bessie Welsh Best Residence Bakerton W.Va. Personal and Statistical Particulars Sex Female Color or Race White Single, Married […] Married […]

June 27, 1935

27 Jun 1935

Hit-Run Charge Laid to W. Badger

Hit-Run Charge Laid to W. BadgerCHARLES TOWN, W Va., June 26 (Special). — William Badger, 37, was arrested at Bakerton, W. Va., last night and charged with hit-and-run driving in an automobile wreck near Antietam, Md., […]

April 12, 1935

12 Apr 1935

Bi-County Industrial League Forms

NEW MARYLAND LOOP.MARTINSBURG, W. Va., April 12. — The Bi-County Industrial League, a new organization, will start play in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties May 4. The circuit includes five clubs, Martinsburg, Millville, Bakerton, Blairton, and Berkeley.

January 3, 1935

Photograph of 14 year old Theresa Cuddy, injured in a car accident in Washington D. C. Walter J. Flanagan was driving the vehicle that struck her.

3 Jan 1935

Walter Flanagan, strikes schoolgirl with vehicle.

THERESA CUDDYSCHOOLGIRL told Judge McMahon in Traffic Court how she was struck and injured by an automobile while alighting from a street car. The driver, Walter J. Flanagan, of Bakerton, W. Va., was fined $75. Times […]

December 8, 1934

8 Dec 1934

Death Certificate: Adam McClellan Best

County Jefferson District Harpers Ferry Town or City Bakerton Full Name Adam McClellan Best Residence Bakerton Personal and Statistical Particulars Sex Male Color or Race White Single, Married, Widowed, or Divorced Widower Husband or Wife of […]

December 8, 1934

8 Dec 1934

Death Register: Adam McClellan Best

Name in Full Best, Adam McClallan Color White Sex Male Date of Death 12/8/34 Place of Death Bakerton Name of Disease or Cause chronic intestinal nephritis Age 72yrs. 5ms. 1d. Occupation Farmer Consort of Widower Name […]

October 30, 1934

30 Oct 1934

Bakerton youth injured in crash.

Four Bakerton youths and two men from Millville in Jeferson county were injured in a head-on collision near Millville, the group included Walter Manuel, jr., William Moler, Clarence Mills, and Deneen Welsh.

September 30, 1934

30 Sep 1934

Marriage: Ray Miller wed to Lowell H. Hetzel

The Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church South was the scene of a very pretty wedding last evening when Miss Ray Miller, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David N. Miller of Alta Vista, Md., was […]

September 16, 1934

16 Sep 1934

Dinner Party in Honor of Marriage of Miller & Hetzel

Miss Frances Magruder will entertain at a supper party this evening at her home on old Georgetown road, at Alta Vista, Md., in honor of Miss Ray Miller, whose marriage to Mr. Lowell H. Hetzel, of […]

July 23, 1934

23 Jul 1934

Death Certificate: Martha Lee Britner [Flanagan]

Place of Death County Berkeley District Martinsburg Town or City Martinsburg (City Hospital) Full Name Martha Lee Britner Residence Shepherdstown Personal and Statistical Particulars Sex Female Color or Race White Single, Married […] Married Husband […]

July 1, 1934

1 Jul 1934

Joseph C. Duke Funeral Set

Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Joseph Chiswell Duke, who died suddenly on Wednesday. Mr. Duke was born in Bakerton, W. Va., July 31, 1885. His parents were George W. and Frances Chiswell Duke. After […]

June 15, 1934

15 Jun 1934

Obituary: Millard D. Jamison

Millard D. Jamison died at his home at Antietam at 3 o’clock this morning of Hodkins disease, aged 27. He is survived by his wife, three children, May, Francis and David; brothers, Edgar, Antietam; Albert, Bakerton; […]

May 31, 1934

31 May 1934

Hold Up May Link with Fatal Crash (Duke Dec.)

HOLD-UP MAY LINK WITH FATAL CRASHHit-and-Run Death of J. C. Duke Leads Police to Investigate. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.PRIEST BRIDGE, Md., May 31. — With two colored men under arrest in Annapolis as […]

March 12, 1934

12 Mar 1934

Former Ball Player Dies After Crash (Brophy)

Former Ball Player Dies After Car CrashMARTINSBURG, W. Va., March 12. — Seriously injured in a motorcycle accident Saturday night, Joe Brophy, of this city, former Blue Ridge and Eastern Shore League ball player, died in […]

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