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During the first Mother's Day service held there in 1908, led the plans for establishing the annual memorial to Motherhood. He gave of his time and money to perfect the hallowed observance at Grafton. Mr. Loar, a successful merchant at Clarksburg, a Central West Virginia town near Grafton, died in 1938.

L. L. Loar, Superintendent of the Sunday school of Andrews Methodist Episcopal church, Grafton, W. Va.

Identifier:
037611
Collection Number:
A&M 1498
Title:
L. L. Loar, Superintendent of the Sunday school of Andrews Methodist Episcopal church, Grafton, W. Va.
Description:
During the first Mother's Day service held there in 1908, led the plans for establishing the annual memorial to Motherhood. He gave of his time and money to perfect the hallowed observance at Grafton. Mr. Loar, a successful merchant at Clarksburg, a Central West Virginia town near Grafton, died in 1938.
Acquisition Source:
Miller, Clay
Acquisition Method:
Gift
Medium:
print
Projects:
West Virginia History OnView