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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1946
Page
2
AP critics crown Notre Dame the football team of the year for 1948 after a season that saw Army edged from the top spot. The Irish rose amid a busy voting spree by national sports writers, capturing the largest AP poll margin to date.
Legal notice stating the speaker will not be responsible for debts contracted by anyone other than themselves. Named individual George S. Wallace referenced with dates Dec 3 10 17. The fragmentary text limits clarity but indicates a formal disclaimer of liability.
Club Kings defeated American Legion by 2490 to 2186 pins led by Clingan with 554 in three games while Simons had 204 in one. Teets of the Legion posted 469 across three games and Isner 181 in one. Frances E Willard founded the WCTU in 1839.
New York dispatch reports Ashe Bushnell Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic conf confirms officials’ call in the Army Navy game. He endorses Referee Halloran and says the clock and time outs were handled by the rule book. Navy claimed a Middie sub arrived too late, but Bushnell finds no basis to blame officials.
Assistant linesman Jack Winter confirmed Williams was driven out roughly two yards from the sideline by the tackle, a play that would have halted the clock. Bushnell announced the ruling.
Blue-Gray football game rosters expand with three southern players and four northern signees for the December 28 Montgomery game. New names include Duke guard Charles Milner, Mississippi State tackle Dub Garrett, Wake Forest back John Cochran, West Virginia tackle Edmund Kulakowski, Indiana guard Joe Sowinski, Wisconsin quarterback George Fuchs, and Columbia halfback Andrew Caruso. Also noted: more than 6,000 beds for tuberculous veterans in 14 VA sanatoria nationwide. VA library resources also detailed.
More than 3,000 northern West Virginia hunters bagged at least 469 deer on opening day. Tucker County led with 100, and Coopers Rock State Forest logged 93 while Webster, Doddridge, and Taylor counties reported notable counts amid cold 4 degree winds and new snow. Illegal kills totaled around 20, with activity spanning Preston and Coopers Rock areas.
Charleston December 3 UPI Memoirs of the all West Virginia football selection board scanned ballots from coaches officials and writers at the annual meeting to choose 14 outstanding scholastic players of the season. The board will announce its decision on Sunday. Chairman Roy M Hawley of West Virginia University presided at the luncheon with members including R J Gorman George Speicer Russ Parsons Dink Westfall Don Hardman and George Springer representing various groups. The meeting followed the West Virginia Sports Writers Association executive committee sign yesterday nominating Fairmont West St Albans Huntington East and Weirton for the 1948 state championship poll of all members.
Fairmont State basketball coach Wilford Squin named three returning regulars plus Ed Trader and Sagath as likely starters against West Virginia University in Morgantown. Veteran Paul Defenbaugh from Grafton, Sagath of Tarentum PA, and Bill Blosser of Fairmont join Ed Trader to form a seasoned lineup for the Mountaineers clash.
Princess Royal A a five months old heifer calf ranks as a prize in the barnyard but fails on a ballroom floor in the Congress hotel. The calf remained in a rear pen during the American Shorthorn Breeders Association dinner and the sale began after a fall on waxed floors. Top bid of 1200 dollars from James Napier of Grain Valley Missouri won the calf donated by Col Arthur Ball of Muncie Indiana. Proceeds and contributions total 5500 dollars for the national 4 H club.
President Clarence Rowland of the Pacific Coast League announced at the winter meeting that minor leagues would back a movement to block major league invasion of minor league territory. The plan includes amending the major minor agreement to prevent majors from taking any franchise in key leagues, and he will lead the action with input from the majors. More than 1,000 baseball men attended the second day of the meeting.
Iolas Youngs, 18, of Dundon county died in a Montgomery hospital from accidental gunshot wounds suffered on November 20 while hunting on Buffalo Creek near his home.
James Scott Novinger ten year old of Belle died in a Charleston hospital from injuries after falling down steps at a Charleston building.
Creditor and beneficiary notice to present all claims with vouchers by May 26, 1947 at the Parrish Building 207 West Main Street Grafton WV or be excluded from estate benefits. Beneficiaries must appear to protect interests. Dated November 25 1946 by Jowin K Burdett Commissioner of Accounts Taylor County WV. Nov 25 Dec 2 9.
Commissioner notice for the estate of Anna M Hartley warns all claimants to present their claims with vouchers by May 21, 1947 or be excluded from any benefits. The notice is dated November 18, 1946, with publication on December 2.
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