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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1950
Page
6
A nostalgic look at the Pentagon as Washington’s symbol during Korea era mobilization. The piece notes its size, five sided design, and vast corridors that keep workers moving, calling it the world headquarters with a massive air conditioned complex.
Webster ball team members gathered at Junior McWilliams home for a surprise party honoring his twenty seventh birthday planned by his mother Mrs Velva McWilliams. Guests included Raymond Preston George Gower Bob Mayles Lowell Gower Kenneth Posten Charles Posten Erwin DeCost Paul Talkington Robert Collins John Huffman Charles Crouse James Lemmons Minor Cleavenger Ronald Mayles Abe Mayles and the McWilliams and Sapp families. Additional notes mention homecoming at Lawlers Chapel on the Fairmont road and visits by Alfreda Gull, Alfred Zinn, Lewis Fletcher, Gilbert Carpenter and others in Webster and nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs Charles Harvey of Pittsburgh spent the weekend with Mrs Mattie V Harvey on Morgantown road. They joined Mr and Mrs J B Harvey for dinner on Country club road. L R Bunner of Grafton visited relatives here and Mrs Tracy Felton returned.
From Dayton Ohio a resident who had visited Arthur Wolfe of Fort Lauderdale in Florida for five weeks returned with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Edwin E Hall Mr Hall recently had major surgery and is recuperating at home Their granddaughter Sharon Ann will visit for some time also noted is the large annual property damage from tornadoes in the U S averaging about 12 million dollars and 1949 government printing office activity printing 2000 car loads of paper and 3 217 million postal cards
Mr and Mrs Vernon Risht mire of Parsons were here recently as guests of Mr and Mrs Guy Lake. Mrs Cora Cleavenger, previously ill for months, is confined to her home again due to a heart condition.
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