Easter Services Dominate Grafton Holiday Observances
Churches across Grafton stage major Easter observances with sunrise services at First Baptist and Salvation Army citadel, Masses at St Augustine, and cantatas at West Main Street Methodist. Congregations hear sermons at First Church of Christ and St Paul Lutheran, plus Easter music, baptisms, and confirmations across multiple houses of worship.
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Salvation Army
Citadel
St. Augustine Church
St. Matthias Episcopal Church
First Church of Christ
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
E. F. K. Roof
Andrews Methodist Church
Arta F. Shomo
Paul W. Shahan
5. T. Seymour
First Presbyterian Church
Gertrude Shaw
Calvin Morrison
First Baptist Church
West Main Street Methodist Church
Omar Thompson, Jr
J. H. Davis
Harry Miller
Evangelical United Brethren Church
First Brethren Church
Youngster Happy Statue Won’t Cry
In Syracuse Shirley Ann Martin an 11 year old girl says she is glad the broken St Anne statue does not cry anymore after kissing its forehead repeatedly The chancellor Rev Robert E Dillon called the liquid drops a phenomenon and said the possibility of miracles is established though whether it is supernatural remains unestablished Crowds gathered as officials prepared further statements from the diocese See Youngster page 6
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Syracuse
Shirley Ann Martin
St. Anne
Shirley Anne
Wallace Beery Dies of Heart Attack in Beverly Hills
Wallace Beery, 60, famed for tough, amusing screen personas, died last night at his Beverly Hills home from a heart ailment. He had 36 years in pictures and was briefly improving before the fatal collapse.
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Beverly Hills Calif
Wallace Beery
Beery
Young Lover Kills Ex-Girl Friend's Dad and Surrenders
Dewitt Coombs, 24, killed Francis Fay, 59, in Fay home in Wantagh New York, then held off police with shotgun fire for hours. After tear gas and negotiation, a policeman urged surrender and Coombs dropped the weapon and gave himself up. Rita Fay, 20, and Betty Fay, 16, were in the home. Rita had been close to Coombs. Police described a gun battle on a cellar stair and injuries to Fay’s wife and one daughter classified as minor.
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Merrick
Dewitt Coomby
Pole
Coombs
Wantagh
N. Y
Francis S. Fay
Long Island
Fay
Rita
Betty
School Board Buys Two New Buses This Week
Taylor County Board of Education will receive two new school buses by September 1 with $7,501.34 spent on Hamric Motor chassis and $4,360.27 on Schnabel bodies. The board also authorized sale of School Bus No. 4 and heard a bid for VA adult education contracts at the old Central School through June 30, 1949. A Blueville Parents Teachers delegation urged approval of a proposed special school levy election.
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Taylor County Board of Education
Hamric Motor Company
Schnabel Company
R. Virgil
Rohrbough
Veterans Administration
Old Central School
Parents Teachers Association of
Blueville
Grafton Welcomes Newest Citizens
Three new bouncing baby boys arrived this Easter week at City Hospital. Odale Knotts and wife welcomed an eight pound seven and a quarter ounce son at 11 10 a m Thursday. Jess Collins and wife added a six pound fourteen and a half ounce son at 9 55 a m Friday. Max Boyles and wife welcomed a seven pound ten ounce son at 12 16 a m today.
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Doc Stork
City Hospital
Odale Knotts
Route 1
Grafton
Jess Collins
Robey Street
Max Boyles
Blanch Guard Named Sentinel’s Interesting Woman of the Week
Easter eve feature profiles Blanch Victoria Guard a 79 year old widow living alone at 2 West Knotts avenue. Though nearly blind and supported by a faithful dog she speaks of faith in God and friends keeping her spirits high. The piece notes her joy in living and kindness as neighbors present her with a Easter wooden gift.
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Sentinel
Miss Blanch Victoria Guard
West Knotts Avenue
Guard
Knotts Avenue
Miss Guard
Antonette
Mary Forcelle
Easter Blessing for Soldiers in 1949 Foxholes
A wartime Easter column reflects on how Easter brings peace for worshippers and soldiers alike. It contrasts church sanctuaries with foxholes, noting soldiers pray in many languages while hoping their sons won’t face war alone. The piece links Easter to rebirth and memory across battlefields and homes.
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Chest
Believing Tie-Up Between Baltimore and West Virginia Hold-Ups
Morgantown police said about 2490 dollars in stolen cash was recovered and a link between Baltimore and West Virginia bank robberies is possible. Lt Boyle cited Roy Mann, a 28 year old ex military policeman, who admitted taking part in a three man heist of two Baltimore banks. The cash recovered includes a portion found at a Sabraton house where Mann was arrested.
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Morgantown
Baltimore
Follawsbee
R. W. Boyle
Boyles
Roy Mann
Sabraton
Mann
R Day
James Barnett
Latrobe
James A Davis
Barnett
Carl Close
Mt. Oliver
Pennsylvania
Don Adams
Close
Bank of Follawsbee
Bive
Phone Company Seeks Interim Rate Increase
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia asks the Public Service Commission for a temporary rate rise pending a permanent decision by June 10. If approved, it would be the third postwar increase, with a bond offered to shield customers during the interim. Separately, Judge Baker ordered examination of a safety deposit box at Merchants and Farmers Bank of Morgantown tied to a Pennsylvania-led investigation into a series of robberies.
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Charleston
Chesapeake and Potomac ‘Telephone Company
West Virginia
Yates
Public Service Commission
Charles G. Baker
Merchants and Farmers’ Bank of
Morgantown
Railway Express Workers End Five-Week Stoppage Vote
In New York seven thousand Railway Express clerks and freight handlers voted to end the five week work stoppage and return to work Monday. About 3,000 drivers idled will be affected. Daniel J. Sullivan, district general chairman of the AFL Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, called the vote unanimous despite a few dissenting hands. About 3,200 union members attended. the ballot was binding for all 7,000 workers.
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New York
Railway Express
Daniel J. Sullivan
AFL Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Cliff Plunge Triggers 8 Foot Wave Near Salmon Beach
A 300 foot cliff loosening from Wednesday's earthquake plunged into Puget Sound near Salmon Beach Washington. An eight foot wave struck the area ripping out a dock smashing boats and causing panic though no injuries were reported. Residents remained wary as aftershocks and further slides were feared with Coast Guard patrols standing by.
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Tacoma
Wash
Puget Sound
Here
Salmon Beach
Point Det
John Bourgaize
Bourgaize
Coast Guard
Emnenfen R
Survivor defies warning survives Golden Gate jump
Red bearded Robert L. Niles, 22, of Oakland, California, became the second person officially to survive a plunge from the Golden Gate Bridge. His 243 foot descent into the fast current near the bay entrance was broken by a parachute and 600 feet of rope, though the stunt led to legal trouble for the second time in a month.
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San Francisco
Robert L. Niles
Golden Gate Bridge
Oakland, Calif
San Francisco Bay
Niles
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