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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1949
Page
4
Publication details indicate a weekly edition dating from 1879 with a daily Sunday issuance, crediting M. B. MacLeod as General. The page includes news editor Eldora M. Boly and Associated Press affiliation, plus subscription rates and postal information for Virginia and West Virginia.
The Tunnelton Methodist church Youth Fellowship held a party Wednesday evening with active games and a Friendship Circle. Refreshments were served to a list of attendees from Kingwood and local residents. A brief social weekend included a stop for a vesper service and Webner roast at Kingwood attended by Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Reeder and others.
Helen Pratt Rudell Plum Patty Nine and Benny Martin attended a Boy Scout Troop No 2 meeting at the high school athletic field. Adult counselors Forest Wiles and W Montgomery demonstrated outdoor cooking after a lesson on building a campfire. A weiner roast and marshmallow toast followed. Attendees included J W Gainer Scoutmaster and many other scouts and adults. Charles Teets from Kingwood attended as a guest and Betty Ann Kerr won first place in the Star Review for the Preston County 4 H Girls at Manheim.
Evansville Aug 9 The Evansville Women’s Society of Christian Service met at Mrs. Watson Criss home. Ivy Devotionals were led by Mrs. Mary Boylen who led the business meeting. Members shared how they earned one dollar for the society and two 4-H girls from Tunnelton won second place and will compete at the State Meet in Jackson’s Mill during the week of August 22. The group planned a Stanley party with date to be announced.
Beatrice visits Hilde and faces unsettling truths about friendship, ambition, and a looming moral price. At Mrs Ramey’s crowded, shadowed estate Beatrice confronts her own guilt and the cost of success as the chapter ends with an ominous, unresolved dialogue.
Diplomatic wallpaper clean en Sinsel and a list of attendees including Doris Jones and Mrs James Nottingham gather for a family and friends notice. Visits span Steubenville Greenville Baltimore Youngstown and Clarksburg with multiple Mrs Wagoner kin present due to Grace Saunders’s death near Rowlesburg.
A compact puzzle item listing across and down clues for a daily crossword with entries on sleeveless garbs a handle gold and many other terms. includes a cryptogram quotation note and a sample solution pattern Lingering hints point to classic wordplay and familiar crossword conventions.
Reinterment services will be held Friday at noon at the National cemetery for Pfe. Staunton T. Lemon 28 native of Burnsville West Virginia and son of Mr and Mrs C P Lemon deceased Private Lemon lost his life in sea ion November 28 1944 on Leyte Island Luzon Philippines after serving in the Pacific theatre. He leaves brothers and sisters Robert L Lemon Findlay Ohio C F Lemon Cincinnati Ohio Miss Pansy Lemon of Grafton and Mrs Virginia Rexroad of Wharton Ohio
The article describes the Winston forum as a gathering of leaders from most political groups, excluding extremes of Communism and Fascism. It can presently recommend policies to member governments and is hoped to evolve into a United States of Europe with genuine executive powers.
Results show Democrats led in the 73rd and 92nd House races with Willis Adkins, S. J. Bates, and Henry Caudill among others prevailing in Whitesburg areas. An estimate claims annual U S milk production would fill a river 3,000 miles long, three feet deep and 40 feet wide.
NBC broadcasts Supper Club at 8:30 with Bill Lawrence then Moe and Janie at 10. CBS airs You and Philadelphia at 6 15 and Spin to Win at 7 9 30 It Pays To Be Ignorant. ABC offers As We See It at 10 30 MBS presents Casebook of Gregory Hood at 8 9 30 Mysterious Traveler at 10 Korn's a Krackin' closes the lineup.
A radio transmitter on a full sized ship relays signals to shore receivers. Servo mechanisms use shore data to manipulate a model ship on a chart, letting observers trace exact courses miles away with unprecedented navigation accuracy. The Greenland ice cap is about 5 000 feet thick. Bahama wild pigs are amphibious, swimming between islands to forage or evade hunters.
Classified advertising rules list per word rates for first insertions and multi insertion discounts. A minimum 75 cent charge applies. cash in advance. no phone ads. errors limited to one incorrect insertion. notices include an immediate job offer at Graf ton and various repairs in Prine. Sale of assets at Rosemont W Va on August 17 1949 by executor Mike Hrib.
Public notices list fiduciary final settlement for Rufus L Lake administrator of Naficy Lake estate dated August 1 1949. Circuit Court Taylor County WV considers Aug 17 1949 adoption petition for Janet Ann Jewell to Janet Ann Knight with next friend appointment and publication in Grafton Sentinel. Creditors must file claims against Alvie R Bolyard estate by February 10 1950.
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