GHS Mixed Chorus Christmas Concert Set for Tuesday
Gratton High School chorus led by Miss Nancy Ann Staley will stage a Christmas concert in the auditorium on Tuesday evening December 16 at 4 16 p m The 72 voice ensemble plans a varied program with soloists duets and separate boys and girls choruses featuring songs such as The Things Shall Be Beautiful Savior Great Is Thy Love Darkness Is Falling Get On Board Little Children Louisiana Gals Spodola Pumpa In Stilly Night A Perfect Day Dona Nobis Pacem Allahs Holiday and a Nativity pantomime with narration by Robert Bartlett The concert ends with Silent Night White Christmas and Joy to the World and Virginia Lee Carpenter as soloist
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Gratton High School
Nancy Ann Staley
Spodola Pumpa
James Yost
Lelia Joan Haun
Mary Warden
Allelujah
Mary Virginia Monroe
Robert Bartlett
Richardeary Parkhill
Irving Berlin
Virginia Lee Carpenter
Helen Loulie
Wyill
Tragic Fatality: Watchman Hit Crossing US Route 60
James Alexander Everett, watchman at the State road commission garage in Barboursville, was struck and killed by an auto while crossing US Route 60 near his home a half mile from Milton. State trooper J R Hogg filed the report. Portugal has about the same population as Ohio.
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Milton
Dec
James Alexander Everett
State Road Commission
Barboursville
J. R. Hogg
Community Christmas Parties and Meetings Bulletin
A December notice lists multiple church and fraternal group gatherings. WSCS at St John s West Main plans a gift exchange. WCTU and Lutheran and Baptist groups hold regular meetings with attendees urged to come. a Youth Rally is postponed. other parties include the Kings Daughters Bible class and Tau Lambda sorority Christmas party with gift exchange and hostesses.
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WSCS
St. John’s
Veterans Auxiliary
Lodge Hall
First Brethren
Mountaineer Council No. 44
VFW
East Main Street
Grafton
RTS
First Baptist Church
Herbert Fornash
James Williamson
Charles Adlington
George White
Wscs of
Andrews Church
Kings
Daughters
United Brethren Church
Mary Jean Grinnan
Eastern Star
Woman’s Club
Masonic Temple
Delta Nu
Tau Lambda Sorority
Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle
Beulah Bailey
West
Washington Street
Leoma Zumbro
Weather Facts From Early Bureau Notes
The U S Weather Bureau formed under the Agriculture Department on July 1 1891. Banana shipments require temperatures between 8 and 65 degrees Fahrenheit. The air’s weight at sea level equals a water layer about 34 feet deep.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Fisher Class of St John s Church Holds Meeting
The Fisher class of St John s Methodist church met for a regular monthly business and social session at the church. Devotions opened with Christmas hymns and scripture readings by Mrs Ehel Balser, followed by prayers. Mrs Gertrude Kincaid presided, with Bertha Shafer leading Bible study. A Christmas program featured Nellie Williams, Thima Demoss, and Juanita Booth, ending with While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks. A social hour included a gift exchange and refreshments served by hostesses Mary Louise Grow Core Jacobs and Gertrude Kincaid to members listed.
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Fisher
St. John’s Methodist Church
Lown
Bethleham
E.hel Balser
Gertrude Kkincaid
Bertha Shafer
Nellie Williams
Hima Demoss
Juanita Boott
Sheperds
Mary Louise Grow
Core Jacobs
Gertrude Kincaid
Laura Beall
Ethel Balser
Juanita Booth
Mildred Marshall
Ruth Proudfoot
Myrtle Somers
Lun Summers
Lena Powell
Daisy Poling
Minnie Henderson
Estella Phillips
Ara Robinson
Gayle Zinn
Nelle Williams
Veva Hamilton
Violence Across Mandate Area Raises Tensions
In the Ramle attack an Arab watchman was killed and another wounded as Jewish bombs hit a bus company yard and adjoining garage. Four Jewish youths allegedly threw grenades in Princess Mary Avenue damaging two Arab transport offices, a cafe, and a gunsmith. In Tira near Haifa four Arabs died and ten were wounded in a Jewish grenade and Stern gun assault as a house burn and other structures were damaged. A police van on the Jerusalem Bethlehem road was fired upon.
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Roer
Jerusalem-Bethlehem
Juniors Sponsor Annual Christmas Dance Tonight
The Junior lass of Grafton Wigh school will sponsor their annual Christmas party tonight at the field house. A huge Christmas tree will be the feature decoration with a romantic fireplace and a wishing well. Santa Claus will visit during intermission with gifts for couples and students. Judy Miller will perform and a trio will sing Christmas songs including Winter Wonderland. Nancy Ann Staley will sing White Christmas. Refreshments will be available. Committees led by Don Reed and Donna Lee Powell plan the event with many students expected to attend.
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Grafton Wigh School
Old St
Marcia Malone
Connie Seymour
Nancy Ann Staley
Don Reed
Earl Smith
Katé McCoy
Judy Miller
Donna Lee. Powell
Nancy Rohrbough
Ramona Ellers
Gasoline prices rise in West Virginia by a cent and a half
Ashland Oil and Refining company announced an immediate price increase of one and a half cents per gallon for gasoline kerosene and fuel oil in West Virginia. About 2 500 species of lizards are known today.
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Ashland
Ashland Oil and Refining Company
West Virginia
Year s Air Review Figures On Airline Fatalities And Traffic
A long report discusses United States and international airline accidents this year, detailing crew deaths in several incidents including an astrodome failure and propeller incidents. It provides totals for passenger and crew fatalities across scheduled and nonscheduled flights, and notes increases in passenger miles and overall airline traffic. Railroad safety figures show 58 passenger deaths in the first nine months, down from 84 in 1946.
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United States International Airlines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Swamp Root Promises Kidney Relief From An Archive Ad
An old advertisement touts Swamp Root a herbal kidney remedy by Dr Kilmer claiming to ease nocturnal urination backache and acidity. It offers a free trial and a full bottle at drugstores urging readers to send for Dept S Kilmer Co Stamford Conn.
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Kilmer
Dept. S. Kilmer& Co., Inc
Stamford
Con
Rail and airline passenger miles exceed sevenfold in months
Time figures show railroads logged 35 195 403 000 passenger miles, more than seven times airline traffic for the same months. Rail totals include suburban and intercity travel, with 2 000 000 barrels a day and 49 percent of present coal requirements. Boyd proposed about 3 000 000 tons of coal daily to meet all uses, plus coal for others. Iron in the human body is conserved and reused in development.
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Boyd
Coal and Oil Firms Pilot Underground Coal Gasification
Coal Co in cooperation with Standard Oil Development Co launched a pilot plant program to build large scale plants in the area to produce synthetic liquid ness and city gas from coal. Alabama Power and the Bureau of Mines lead in underground gasification experiments at Gorgas Alabama with encouraging results.
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Weuufutaium
One Coal Co
Standard Oil Development Co
Alabama Power Co
Bureau of Mines
Gorgas
Ala
Fragmentary note on Napoleon era military campaigns
Fragmented OCR text mentions Emperor Napoleon and military campaigns with unclear phrasing, reference to society appearance and Mets, leaving key details unreadable.
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Napoleon
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