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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1948
Page
6
Tonight the YMCA hosts a outdoor dancing pavilion gala in the 800 block of Maple Avenue for local teens. A weiner roast from 7 to 8 pm kicks off the event, with 200 to 300 teens expected and dancing later led by a juke box donated by Ross Gerard. An organizational meeting will decide how many nights weekly the pavilion stays open.
Funeral services for Ida Belle Bolyard 81 of Tunnelton Route 3 will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from Shay's Chapel with Rev. Stoneking Groves officiating. Interment in Shay's Chapel cemetery. Burial by Bartlett Funeral Home. She died Saturday evening after eight months illness. Survived by three sons Herbert and Hubert Bolyard and Ona Bolyard, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She was widow of Lewis E. Bolyard who died in 1937. Friends may call at the late home this afternoon.
A Baltimore and Ohio limousine failed to stop at a Fairmont intersection, hitting Donald P. Moore's Chevrolet after traffic halted at Second street and Fairmont avenue. The impact caused about 200 dollars in property damage with no injuries reported. Fred B. Conley of Clarksburg operated the limousine.
Grafton Junior High band composed of fourth to eighth graders will give an open air concert at 3 p.m. tomorrow in front of the J C Penney store in downtown Grafton. Paul W Shahan, band director, says the program will feature marches and marks the first open air performance by the group. The nearby Grafton Senior High band recently held a 6:30 p.m. show at the same spot to positive citizen reaction. Local residents are urged to attend and support the young musicians.
News comes of the sudden death of Robert E Kenny at his Pittsburgh home after a heart attack. He was brother of Miss Regina Kenny of Grafton and Col Raymond Kenny of Washington, D C. Funeral services and burial will be in Pittsburgh.
At Wheeling magistrate John V. Moran released Florence Bowman, 19, on $1,000 bail after she waived preliminary hearing on a felonious assault charge. Bowman shot Stella Sutton, 30, in the right breast at the Bowman home after finding Sutton with Elwood Bowman, 49, Bowman's widowed father. Sutton in fair condition at a Wheeling hospital.
Extended West Virginia weather forecast shows continued warmth with little daily temperature change. Average temperatures run slightly below normal with showers expected Wednesday and again Friday, bringing total rainfall around one fourth to one half inch.
Pittsburgh August 17 Dravo Corp submitted the lowest bid for the Morgantown West Virginia lock and dam on the Monongahela river at 6 343 650 dollars The contract allows 33 months for completion after award expected this week The bid is 1 229 273 75 above the government estimate but within the 25 percent excess limit A government spokesman explained The text also includes stray lines about livestock losses in 1947 and a recipe note.
An ad promoting SSS Tonle tonic claims it builds up low blood strength in non organic nutritional anemia. It asserts energized vigor, better digestion, appetite, sleep, and overall health, urging readers to start now with 888 route and buy at drug stores. Millions of bottles sold.
Huntington landmark case reports Dr. W. M. Lewis 61 appeal after a common pleas court convicted him of second degree murder in Mildred Ferguson death for alleged abortion. Judge H. C. Worth sentenced five to 18 years. 60 day stay and $10 000 bond. Office assistant Julia Darling faces charges and October trial.
Belpre Ohio August 11 state patrolmen investigated a late night sideswipe on route 7 near Belpre. Robert Barnes 20 of Belpre reported damage to his car with no other vehicle seen. A crane operator later spotted the sun gleam on metal in a ravine where the other car lay and inside were two men Ernest Moore 59 and Charles Fought 59 both of South Parkersburg. They appeared to have been killed instantly when the car plunged over a 10 foot embankment into a tree.
In Ormond Florida two sex maniacs are hunted after a seaside rape and double murder. Mary Hucks a 24 year old stenographer from East Point Georgia and Gregory Blount 23 a Kentucky University student were slain near an Atlantic coast resort. Police pursue two suspicious men seen near a rifle purchase and a hotel clerk reports a bloodstained man seeking a room. Footprints in the sand suggest two attackers.
Sgt Roy C Bolyard of Grafton was awarded the Bronze Star Medal at McNair Barracks Berlin for service with the 47th Infantry Regiment in the Rhineland campaign in April 1945. He now serves overseas with the 874th Ordnance HAM Company of the 7783rd Ordnance Battalion, tasked with servicing Military vehicles and ordnance equipment in Berlin. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Walter Bolyard of Route 1 Grafton.
Carloads moved on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for the week ended August 14 show 65,562 total, with 42,026 loaded on line and 23,536 received from connections. The prior year week had 68,403 total, including 43,411 on line and 24,992 from connections. The previous week ended August 7 recorded 63,679 total loads, comprising 40,560 loaded on line and 23,119 from connections.
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