Martha Gaines Named Queen Silvia XII For Mountain State Festival
Miss Martha Gaines of Fayetteville West Virginia will be crowned Queen Silvia XII at the Mountain State Forest Festival staged at Davis Elkins College. Governor Okey L. Patterson will crown her as the festival returns after wartime suspension with plans for a three day autumn celebration announced by festival director general C Wood Brantora. Miss Gaines a 1948 Vassar graduate born to Ludwell and Gaines will follow a lineage of West Virginia leaders in the festival’s long run.
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Martha Gaines
Silvia XII
Mountain State Forest Festival
Fayetteville
W. Va
Mountain State Forest
Silvia XI
Davis & Elkins College
Vassar
Okey L. Patteson
West Virginia
Miss Gaines
Ludwell Ebersole- Gaines
Mountain State
Fayetteville High School
Madeira School
Greenway
Virginia
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Bonafede Family Roots in Grafton Business and Italy Visit
Local notes recount Mrs. Bonafede and her late husband Dominic Bonafede, a railroad foreman, meeting in Elking and marrying. They started a fruit and confectionery wholesale and retail business in Grafton, making the first home made ice cream there. The couple briefly visited Italy, near Naples and Potenza, but preferred America to live. Mrs. Bonafede worked long hours with her husband and father, later establishing business in the Walters building.
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Elking
Italy
Mrs Bonafede Builds Modern Store After 1947 Fire
Years before occupying the old Brinkman block site destroyed in the spring 1947 fire, Mrs. Bonafede established a small store at 241 West Main Street. She later opened a modern showroom, built the Pure Oil station square and garage in 1935, and has run fruit and grocery concessions with her siblings since 1931. Her home on the second floor, designed by herself, remains a model of modern taste with Spanish stucco walls, imported novelties, and French chandeliers reflecting her flair for interior decorating. The article notes her energy in business and real estate ventures alongside personal interests.
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Brinkman
West Main Street
Bonafede
Antoinette
Mary
Laura Forcella
John
Fred Forcella
James
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Council agenda outlines three broad debates for first assembly
The council plans to limit debates to three main areas economic matters linked to the Marshall plan, Social Security, and cultural cooperation among 12 member nations. It also adds items on European political structure, human rights, common nationality, a single passport, public works, and shared scientific resources.
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First Assembly
Council
Marshall Plan Organization
Assembly
Europe
Collision While Flying Near Airliner Claims A Fighter Hit
Humphrey described a light-colored cap on a fighter pilot and a high speed maneuver before the fighter struck an airliner about a thousand feet above. He said neither pilot likely saw the other as the two planes collided two miles apart, near the crash site.
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Page One
Humphrey
Senate Leader Sets Welfare Plan Up For Vote
Senate Democratic Leader Lu cas said he will shelve the money bill for the interior department and push the Welfare Department reorganization plan next. A night session may be held to finish the first plan so the second can be taken up Wednesday.
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Senate
Lucas
Interior Department
Welfare Department
Farm Accident Costs Highlighted in Country Report
The report states farm accidents in this country cost 36 million dollars in the previous year. It also notes that nearly 80 percent of tea drinkers add sugar to their beverage, a detail cited in passing.
Rat Found Near Lincoln Street Extension in Blueville
A brown rat was located in the Blueville area near Lincoln street extension. The owner is asked to notify Sentinel or contact Mr. Julian Barton.
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Blueville
Lincoln Street
Sentinel
Julian Barton
Miners feud over Taft Hartley rule signals
The piece notes Lew is gave operators a termination notice on June 11 under Taft Hartley terms. The union argues the contract ended automatically last June 0. Lewis ordered a three day week for eastern mines after operators refused to agree, aiming to stabilize the industry and cut stockpiles.
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Lewis
Mississippi
Tea usage and iced tea popularity among Americans
The Tea Bureau reports that two thirds of Americans aged 12 and over drink iced tea in summer. The piece notes various uses of fans by the Chinese to blow up fires, dust furniture, cool food and shade eyes. Ena.
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the Tea Bureau
Ena
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Fairmont
Grafton
Tarzan and the Huntress
Warner News — Technicolor
Lawrence Olivier
Vivien Leigh
Sape
Malone's Drug & Chemical Co
Baltimore
Emma A. Kefalos
Thomas Quinn
Cio-United Electrical Workers Union
Pittsburgh
House un-American Activities Committee
Quinn
International
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Rogers Fire
J. T. Fixe
Eglon
Preston County
Future Farmers of America
Monongahela Power Company
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Power Company
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Carry Motor Company
Yvonne DeCarlo
Black Bart
Adadel A
Eroen Pays Corp
Kirk Douglas
Lardner
Marilyn Maxwell
Aura Kennedy
Paul Stewart
Lola Albright
John Wayne
Marlene Dietrich
Randolph Scott
Robert Mitchum
Jane Greer
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Aoi
el Murvyn
Paramount Picture
Robert Fellows
Virginia Field
Henry Wilcoxon
Tay Garnett
Nieeeeeee
Bing
Royce
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