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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1948

Page

3

Hazel Robison Feted On Birthday Party

Hazel Robison was honored on her ninth birthday August 16 with a party hosted by her mother Mrs Paul Robison. Many gifts were received and games were played as refreshments of ice cream cake candy and other treats were served to a large group of guests including Mickey Gabbert Nancy Carol Sue Sigel Bevery Ann Butch Felts Sue Ann Scheer Delores Opal Kurk Libby Dee Stemple Cecil Jimmy Robison Mrs Addie O Connor Chinkers Mrs Charles Parkin Shayon Edith Mundetl Mrs Herbert Armstrong Mary Ruth Junie Howser and others.

Hazel Robison Paul Robison Mickey Gabbert Nancy Carol Sue Sigel Bevery Ann Butch Felts Sue Ann Scheer Delores Opal Kurk Libby Dee Stemple Cecil

Work Together 1-H Club Meets for Bake Sale Plans

The Work Together 1-H Group met at Bobby McCune’s home with Jackie Coole presiding. Members discussed county 4-H camp reports and scheduled a bake sale for Saturday at the American News stand. Refreshments were served by the host and members, including Marilyn Carruthers and Linda Woodyard, with next meeting at Linda Woodyard’s Loveland home.

Bobby McCun Jackie Coole Bobby McCue Carolyn McCur Misses Carn] Hedsek Marilyn Carruthers Barbara Towles Linda Woodyard Ps Wolfe Ann Newcoms Nan Necome Bobby Rogers Earl Carrothers Francis Wolfe W. R. Skinner Eunetta Skinner Pegey Jo McCue Loveland Additiona Bly

Fine cross stitch pattern for bed spread 7153

Miersehs Fine femuers offer a bed spread pattern cross stitched at 10 and 6 per inch. Includes a transfer size 15 by 18 and two 5 by 6 3/4 inch panels. Features an improved pattern-visual with charts photos and full directions. Send 20 cents to The Grafton Sentinel. Include name address zone.

Grafton Sentinel Household Arts Dept P.O Flatbush Station Brooklyn Alice Brook

Upcoming community events and gatherings listed

A Chicago style of local notices lists August events at churches clubs and reunions across Barbour and Marion counties. Activities include dinners picnics hayrides homecomings and club meetings with dates venues and organizers named.

Pressman and allies linked to New Deal agencies

Evolving political references note Pressman once counsel for the CTO and Abt for the CIO, Witt linked to the National Labor Relations Board, all three as New Deal lawyers. Nixon press seeks missing witness J Peters amid spy hearings. Needlework Book ad promotes 97 illustrations and a free crochet square pattern.

Pressman Alice Brooks

Briefly Told Us Visitors and Arrivals

Visiting parents Captain and Mrs. William J. Moran and children Billy Betty and Vincent of Miami Fla are in town visiting their respective parents in High street and Brownlow Park. Hospitals notes list John Lewis Williams and Rayle Ward admitted. Ruth McDonald and Morris Garrett discharged. Vacationing visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scrapie of Hattiesburg Miss and extended stay in Pruntytown. Malone family vacationing in Canada and J P Compton with Tiny Poole and Johnny Lovejoy prepare for trip. several local residents leave for brief vacations.

William J. Moran Billy Betty Vincent Miam. Fla William Moran High Street Earl Carruthers Brownlow Park Capt. Moran Donald Moran Grafton City Hospital John Lewis Willams Rayle Ward Ruth McDonald Lincoln Street Morris Garett Mulligan Avenue Robert Scrapige Hattiesburg, Miss Pruntytown J.P. Compton The Valley Palls Road Beaire Ohio

Pattern 9387 apron with roses and big pockets

Promote pattern 9387 for a coverall style apron suitable as a gift. Describes Gay with roses design, practical pockets, easy fitting, illustrated Sew Charf guidance, and size range from small to large. Includes yardage and ordering details from The Grafton Sentinel Pattern Dept. in New York.

Grafton Sentinel Pattern Dept West 1Th St New York N. Y

Overtime Dispute Threatens 1948 Longshore Strike

The AFL International Longshoremen's Association and New York Shipping Association face a midnight August 21 1948 work stoppage amid a dispute over overtime payments. A Supreme Court ruling requires overtime for 40 hour weeks at 1.5 times base pay, with day rate $1.75 and overtime $2.62 plus. The board noted stalled bargaining on overtime terms and imminent cessation of work affecting 45 000 longshoremen from Hampton Roads Virginia to Portland Oregon. In other items police report a cattle rustling near Evansville and a Marine connected theft case involving a Yokohama bank payout. details include a Brown suspect with prior naval service and a 15 year sentence reviewed in 1947.

Maritime Supreme Court AFL International Longshoremen’s Association New York Shipping Association Atlantic Hampton Roads Portland Monongalia Harrison County Clarksburg W. D. Sergent E. L. Duckworth Evansville Brown Yokohama Japan U.S. Naval Inary San Pedro Calif Seaterso Ciacky Brown Navy Naval

Teeners and Patterns in Summer Fashion Book

The page advertises Marian Martin P. pattern book for summer fashions, offering a catalog of news making styles for a price in pattern cents with a free pattern direct from the publisher. The text shifts to political testimony discussing Whittaker Chambers, Alger Hiss, and George Crosley, with references to Nixon, lawyers, and a 1931 magazine photo.

Marian Martin P.itern Piptern Ab and Witt Nixon Chambers George Crosley Alger Hiss Chamera New Masses Whittaker Chambers

City Hospital Clinical Staff Meeting Scheduled

The regular monthly clinical staff meeting of City hospital will convene Thursday, August 26, at 42:30 p.m. The session will be served to attendees. A wind induced hum from utility wires creates a musical string-like vibration.

The Brethren Church Shiloh Barbour County Garner Valley Route 92 Cove District Poe Devers Grove Radio Ranch Walter A. Wood Mt. Zion Marion County Delta Nu Tau Phi Lambda Sorority Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle Betty Gene McWilliams Marion Gough Louise Marjorie Biden City Hospital

Calf-Theft and Botanical Quips Spark Patchy Page One

A garbled parcel on page one mentions a kidnapping and a truck bound for Pittsburgh. It references recovering sixty one calves and mislabels a plant as moss. It then digresses into a misinformed note on Russia describing it as eleven republics with the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic occupying most of the country.

Pittsburgh Russia Ocoupins

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