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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1949
Page
4
Grafton Sentinel began as a weekly in 1870 and has published daily except Sundays since 1903. The paper lists Ma MacLeod as General Manager Eldora M Bolyard as News Editor and notes AP news use. Delivery 30c weekly by carrier and annual mail rates from $3.90 to $15.60 outside Virginia and West Virginia.
Ethel Marie Funk age 28 of Route 1 Tunkelton died Saturday evening at 7. She was born July 9 1921 in Preston County, daughter of Hallie Wolfe deceased and Gladys Shaver Wolfe Evans. Survived by husband George Warren Funky two children Juanita and William Milton, mother Wade Evans, four brothers Emmett Wolfe Morgan town Oscar Wolfe Newburg Clyde Wolfe Evansville Orville Wolfe Thornton two half sisters Emma McCartney Manheim Selah Knotts Tunnelton and Freda Guilian Newburg. A miner employed in Howesville mines she was a member of the Pen Lecastal citizeh.
Tonight's WBC-6 schedule features One Man's Family at 9 and The Tele Phone Hour with Enzio Pinza at 9 30 followed by Jane Pickens Show at 10 39 Radio City Playhouse joins the lineup. Inner Sanctum at 9 leads into Leave It To Joan Davis at 9 30 and Byealk East with Burrows at 7 30 The Lone Rangers 8 Gordon McCrae Show 9 Kate Smith Calls 9 Murder By Experts 10 American Forum of Air 10 45 Concert Notebook wraps the evening.
Miss Mahontas Jones aged 54 of 618 Thayer Street died this morning at her home around 2 a.m. Born in Rivesville North Carolina on June 16 1895 her father was Charles Jones and her mother Mary Jones survives. She was an active member of Warren church and taught a Sunday School class. Flowers were requested omitted.
The August 7 1949 Grafton West Virginia city council session outlines estimates for current municipal expenses and the amount to be raised by tax levy for the year. It lists receipts from various sources and details personnel salaries and department expenditures, plus authorized bond issues and sinking fund payments with proposed levy rates on property classes.
Local government records detail a 1949 Taylor County West Virginia levy estimate including property class totals for Class No. I and IV, excess levy rates, and the council’s plan to raise sufficient funds. Dorothy R. Beavers certifies the figures as true copies of council orders dated August 2, 1949.
A scan shows classified rates and cash terms for ads with per word pricing and multi insertion discounts. The page includes sample items for sale a 1947 Plymouth Special DeLuxe and a Fairbanks Morris refrigerator, plus lengthy land sale listings in West Virginia court actions detailing parcels, owners, and districts under delinquent tax and land commission orders.
Ethel Marie Funk funeral service set for Tuesday at Mount Israel with Reverend Clark Shade officiating. Interment follows at Mount Israel cemetery. Prienas may call at the home of Mr Wace Evans after 2 p.m. today. Bartlett Funeral Homes.
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