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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1948
Page
8
June Akers, 15, of Glen Alum, died in a Logan hospital yesterday from injuries sustained in an incident reported by local authorities. No further details available at this time.
Thomas H Cather 78 of 342 Walnut Street died at City hospital after a paralytic stroke suffered about 4 a m He served as mayor from 1921 to 1927 was an engineer and farmer Active in the Republican party he leaves a wife two daughters Elizabeth and Barbara and two sons John and Augustus Funeral arrangements by Bartlett Funeral home will be announced tomorrow obituary details incomplete today
Physicians from Bridgeport Philippi Flemington Fairmont Clarksburg Terra Alta and Galloway attended the regular meeting of the clinical staff at Grafton City Hospital convened yesterday at noon. The discussion focused on deaths at the institution since the previous meeting and other case studies.
The fire whistle blew yesterday at six p.m. at Grafton Senior High School but no fire occurred. Fire department used the drill to assemble the crew for a fighting practice exercise.
Miss Jennie Reilly, northern Baptist missionary to South India, will speak at 7 30 pm Sunday at the First Baptist Church. A former Red Cross nurse in World War I, she trained at Jordan Hospital and Gordon School of Missions and helped establish Rural Reconstruction centers in Ramapatnam including the House of the Open Door. She returned to the United States on furlough January 8 1948.
John Williams Edwards, 85, a retired mining engineer and former Welch postmaster, magistrate, and McDowell County Board of Education member, died yesterday in Welch.
Washington Aug 27 A 20 year old hospital patient Dorothy Kilmer who was shot last July 29 in a freak accident will not walk again doctors told her as she prepared to move to another hospital The girl responded with quiet faith saying she would be happy and find a way to get along if God spared her life.
Hinton August 27 Cal John El Minahan resident engineer estimated the Blue stone dam project would be completed by year end. He said the last bucket of concrete except for minor patching would be poured about September 17.
The American Activities Committee sent an investigator and handwriting expert to Westminster Maryland to verify reports that Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers were linked to a farm. Rep Nixon said the probe may reveal a closer tie between the men, with Budenz’s sworn statement cited as potential support or refutation.
A fragment notes injuries after an automobile strike where the driver fled the scene. A separate line offers an easy method to fry onions for hamburgers, instructing to cut medium onions into quarter inch slices.
The DeMoss family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness after the death of Mrs. Mary Alice DeMoss. They thank the singers Bartlett Funeral Home Francelist J Bernard Mason and those who sent flowers or donated cars. May God bless them.
Legible fragments describe food steps and a numeric claim. The text notes dipping and frying in shallow fat and mentions New York state having more than 8 000 lakas.
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