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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1955

Page

4

Grafton Daily Sentinel Bids Readers Welcome

The Grafton Sentinel, published weekdays by Sentinel Publications, lists subscription rates for West Virginia and Virginia with home delivery by carrier where available. Rates include 1 week 84 cents, 1 month 3.00, 1 year 12.00 for West Virginia and Virginia, higher outside Virginian service.

Garton The Grafton Hentinel Bentinel Publications Latrobe Street Grafton W. Va Ational Advertising Bottenel-Kimball, Inc Publishers Representative New York Lexington Avenue Philaslphia Chestnut Street Detroit Lafayette Street Chicago Michigan Street Pittsburgh Fourth Avenue Maiin West Virginia Virginia BuiMlali Virginian T. Preston Barbour

Talbott ethics cloud Air Force tenure prompts dissolution

Harold E. Talbott publicly cedes indiscreet use of his office and halts his two and a half year old New York engineering partnership after earning 130000 dollars since February 1953. President Eisenhower vows soul searching as Senate probes possible improper conduct and ethics concerns surface.

Harold E. Talbott Air Force New York Washington Dwight D. Eisenhower Talbott Senate U.S

Calumny and Detraction in Modern Political Life

Monsignor John Cavanagh argues that bearing false witness and harming a neighbor's reputation through gossip is a grave sin. He defines calumny detraction and contumely as violations of the Eighth Commandment, noting that silence can aid malice and that mortal sins arise from hateful curiosity or intent. He warns forgiveness is hard against lasting slander.

DAILY ACROSS 1 Wild Pig Puzzle Clue List

Puzzle style clues note across down entries for a word grid. Answers include wild pig boar, drink with sucking noise slurp, adhesive mixture glue, paring device knife, Brazilian palm açaí palm, century plant agave, longs for yearn, a cut cut, at a distance afar, Norse god Odin, line of adjacent seats row, Ni not, Near poe! near, Bodies of water seas, American Indians smoked it tabac, Employ use, AL home Ala, The Orient east, Rooms in harems apartments, Barest bare, Of the navy naval, The page number of a book print page, Age farehab baby, Deprive of weapons disarm, Narrow roadways lanes, Crepe crêpe.

Poe AL Home The Orient Navy

Power 13 Service Emblems Go To Veterans FAIRMONT

Special report from Fairmont on 13 veterans of Monongahela Power Co. receiving service emblems from President A. C. Spurr at company headquarters. Lough served 55 years. Emblems range 20 to 36 years, with 30+ years diamonds. recipients include Jarrett, Morgenstern, Morris, Purdy, Shaffer, Leyland, Propst, Fowler, Hart, Vincent, Duffy, Wade, and Lough.

Fairmont Ord F. Lough Monongahela Power Co A. C. Spurr Lough Spurr James C. Jarrett Clarksburg Jess Morgenstern Marietta Mr. Lough Frank C. Morris G. Edward Purdy Ernest, M. Shaffer Clarkshoro William D. Leyland Elkins Walter C. Propst Monterey J. Roy Fowler Goebel W. Hart John F. Vincent Weirton T. L. Duffy Morgantown W. Carlisle Wade

Democrat Club Sets Plans for Tri-County Picnic Outing

The Taylor County Young Democratic Club will meet at the County Court House at 7:30 tonight to plan a tri-county picnic and the naming of delegates to the Young Democrat Convention in Bluefield on August 26 and 27.

Young Democrat Bluefield Taylor County Young Democratic

Homer J. Gatrell Expands Gas Service to Two Maryland Counties

Homer J. Gatrell of Frederick Bottled Gas Company announces added delivery service of Pyrofax Gas to residents in Frederick and Montgomery Counties. He is a former local resident, married to Roth Whiteman of Clarksburg, with one child. The article notes the witch hazel plant's name origin from forked twigs used as divining rods.

Homer J. Gatrell Homer A. Gatrell Wilkinson St Frederick Montgomery Gatrell Frederick Bottled Gas Company Fredrick Tle Roth Whiteman Clarksburg

Memorial class at Bailey Chapel Rosemont holds July meeting

Carder Bible Class of Bailey Memorial Church at Rosemont met in the church for its July session led by Mrs. Lawson Carder. A scripture reading, prayer by Mrs. Alma Crouse, hymns, and devotions were followed by a movie. A wiener roast and hamburger fry in the church yard closed the meeting.

Carder Bailey Memorial Church Rosemont Lawson Carder Alma Crouse Robert Savage Frank Christian Pauline Haney Lawson Nancy Vanscoy Rosa Johnson Neta Dwart Charley Fawley Marle Crouse Lindy Swart Gettle Christian Pearl Savage

Washington Voice Warns On Crime Threat To Nation

FBI director J Edgar Hoover decries crime as a distinct threat to national security and urges a united crusade. He notes youths commit many robberies and burglaries and calls for Americans to act together to curb the trend.

Taswington Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI J. Edgar Hoover United States Hoover United Crusade

Yaies Elected State Bankers Trust President

Arthur G. Yates named president of the trust division of the West Virginia Bankers Association after a Saturday meeting in Bluefield. Yates, vice president and cashier of the First National Bank in Grafton, succeeds J. B. Derwacher of Huntington National Bank.

Arthur G. Yates Trust West Virginia Bankers Association Bluefield Yates First National Bank Grafton J. B. Derwacher Huntington National Bank

Jesus Provided For Salvation, Pastor States

A church sermon on page contends Jesus embodies God's power and grants authority to His apostles through the Holy Spirit. It argues Jesus is the atoning sacrifice and that the Spirit guides believers into truth as the Gospel is spread worldwide. Also notes over 2,000 date types made by master craftsmen in Great Britain.

Marshal Tito United States Yugoslavia Tito Soviet Union Moscow Germany Vietnam Korea China Formosa State Dulles Geneva Baltic States Poland North Korea North Vietnam America Earth Jesus Peter God Great Britain

Davy Crockett Birthplace Claim Sparks Tennessee Debate

Jonesboro Tenn reports Rep B Carroll Reece argues Davy Crockett’s birthplace is Franklin Tennessee, not the state name, referencing a proposed State of Franklin in 1784 88 with leaders Sevier Houston Blount and Jackson. The tale notes Crockett born 1786 amid western lands dispute with North Carolina and Tennessee state-building fantasy.

Franklin Johnson Central’ Press Association Jonesboro Tenn Franklin B. Carroll Reece Tennessee Davy Crockett Johnson City Crockett Green County Davy Benjamin Franklin Congress John Nolachucky Jack) Sevier Sam Houston Texas William Blount Andrew Jackson United States North Carolina

State of Franklin nostalgia in Tennessee political lore

The piece recounts the Franklin movement in early Tennessee history, its push for statehood amid distrust of land speculators and federal authority, and its lingering geographic loyalties. It notes figures like Davy Crockett, the movement's collapse, and contrasts eastern Tennessee as a Republican stronghold today with a likely GOP Senate presence if Franklin had become a state.

Davy Crockett Indiana North Carolina New York City Iit. Ida Davy Sever Franklin Tennessee

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