White House renovation set with Christmas gift drive
December 20 meeting of the Bi-County Institute of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union at United Brethren Church Terra Alta calls members Dora Poland Grace Hoffman Dora Casseday and Sylvia Reederee te Taylor-Preston to bring gifts for needy children. Kathryn McGuffie visited Rowesboro Priday. A petrified Arizona forest once covered by a sea left trees turned to stone.
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Dora Poland
Grace Hoffman
Dora Casseday
Sylvia Reederee
Te Taylor-Preston
Arizona
Grafton newspaper ads details and rates 1870s
Pounded as a weekly newspaper in 1870 published as a daily except Sunday since 1903. B MacLeod general manager Miss Eldora M Bolyard news editor. Subscription rates deliver by carrier 30c per week. By mail in advance one year 9.00 six months 7.80 three months 3.90. Outside Virginia and West Virginia 15.6¢ per year. Entered as second class matter in the Post Office at Grafton West Virginia under the act of March 3 1879.
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Virginia
West Virginia
National Representatives
Inland Newspaper Representatives, Inc
New York
East 42Nd Street
Grafton
W. Va
Weather storm moves across states with heavy snows
A sweeping storm travels from the Rockies into the plains and upper Midwest. Northern Minnesota Wisconsin and the Dakotas report falling temperatures while Denver receives five inches of snow and Livingston Montana logs about ten inches.
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Sota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Rockies
Mercury
Denver
Livingston
Mont
Ward Consulate Tug Actions Over 20 Yangtze Bound Crew
Ward and 19 others were delayed on a tug as Communist officials demanded the consul general sign they boarded safely. Ward insisted all party members board before signing. Captain Sexton also signed to assume responsibility. Ward planned to Kobe aboard the Lakeland. Far East Lines noted arrival in Kobe pending.
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Ward
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Paul Sexton
Lakeland
Reds
Kobe
Japan
Tokyo
Far East Lines
C. W. Evans
Taku Bar
Tunnelton Lions Dinner Meeting Supports Scout Troop
The Tunnelton Lions Club held a Tuesday dinner at the Methodist church with 22 members present. Miss Benny Martin played piano selections and Rev. Deimar spoke on a missionary trip through Iran. The club, sponsor of the local Boy Scout Troop, voted to provide a cash donation for troop materials.
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W. R. Markins
Lion’s Club
Methodist Church
Mrs Bartlett Passes Away At Home Saturday
Mrs Norah Elizabeth Bartlett aged 7% died Saturday night at 10 45 p m at her home in Grafton Route 4 near Pruntytown She was born in Bellaire Ohio on April 8 1871 daughter of Samuel Shackleford and Martha Baker Shackleford She is survived by her husband Rupert F Bartlett and children Archie Bartlett Mrs George Riley and Murray Bartlett Also surviving are a half sister Mrs Ethel Martin of Bellaire Ohio nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren Mr Bartlett is a farmer She attended Rose Hill Methodist church
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Norah Elizabeth Bartlett
Grafton
Route 4
Pruntytown
Bartlett
Bellaire
Ohio
Sameul Shackleford
Martha Baker Shackleford
Rupert F. Bartlett
Archie R. Bartlett
George Riley
Elkins
Murray Bartlett
Ethel Martinm
Rose Hill Methodist Church
The Illusion of a Gilded Heiress
Perry Austin, a glamorous social set, flies from Guatemala to New York aboard a slant-winged clipper. Terry Baldwin entertains a legend of wealth and power while seeking love and legitimacy, confiding to friend Helen Lannis that her fortune and family fame mask insecurity and a ruthless past. In Long Beach and Palm Beach, suitors surface as she vows not to settle.
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Perry Austin
Guatemala
New York
Jim Southard
LaGuardia
Terry
Helen Lannis
Southard
Mark Austin
Helen
Franks
England
Johnsons
GOP Leader Urges Welfare Policy Focus for 1952
A GOP committee speaker at a leadership conference sponsored by the Cabdi County Young Republicans League urged outdoing the Democrats on welfare. He asserted the American people seek tangible gains like pay, pensions, health, unemployment, rent relief, groceries, and farm prices. He stated there is nothing wrong with this approach.
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GOP
Cabdi
Young Republicans League
Obituary for G L Pettrey longtime civic figure in Clarksburg
G L Pettrey a key local figure and businessman linked to Elks St Pauls Methodist Sunny Croft Club and founder of Standard Supply with stores in Raleigh Boone Harrison Marion and Taylor counties died aged 76. He was born in Athens July 16 1884 and survived by his widow Nan E Pettrey son Giles L Pettrey Jr two sisters and several half siblings plus two grandchildren.
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Howard M. Gore
Pettrey
Athens
Daniel C
Mary Jane Miller Pettrey
Concord Normal School
Giles L. Pettrey, Jr
Nan E. Pettrey
Brown Scott
Roanoke
Ollie Craghead
Beckley
Dean S
D. C. Pettrey
Frank Pettrey
Princeton
Gertrude Caves
Caves
Maude Pettrey
Wind and Weather Toll Across States After Severe Storms
Eleven rareage was lifted 30 feet from its foundation as high winds caused scattered damage. Hannibal Missouri reported significant property damage with three injuries. A nine year old girl Junia Kay Love less died near Modesto California as lightning struck a smoke house. In Miles City Montana a 98 year old retired stockman died from exposure in a blizzard sweeping the Rockies. The storm moved eastward toward Minnesota with diminishing force, buffeting the Great Lakes region as snow flurries began in Minnesota.
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Hannibal
Junia Kay Loveless
Modesto
Miles City
Mont
Rocky Mountain
Minnesota
Great Lakes
Minne
Republicans weigh stance on Truman Fair Deal in Chicago meeting
GOP strategy committee opens in Chicago under Arthur Summerfield to craft 1950 campaign principles and gauge opposition to Truman Fair Deal. Sinclair Weeks presides over finance discussions in New York as major donors push for a hard line against the president’s proposals.
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Sweetemers
Truman
Taft
Gop
Chicago
Arthur Summerfield
Michigan
Finance Committee
Sinclair Weeks
Massachuetts
New York
Coed Slain in Rooming House With Empty Arms Era
Bednasek, a Sigma Phi Epsilon member, reserved a room and took Miss Jackson there after a fraternity dance. They drank whiskey, danced in another room, and he later found her unresponsive on the floor. He alerted police and threw a whisky bottle from a window.
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Bednasek
Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
Rooming House
Across and Down Clues Mixed in A Puzzle Card
A compact word puzzle list blending definitions for a daily cross number grid. Clues range from soothing ointments and arteries to theaters and plant names with several mismatched numbers and partial phrasing. Includes terms like crust, discharge, and Roman garments in scattered order.
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Cathedral Town
Eng
CROSSWORD PUZZLE AND CRYPTOQUOTE TEASER
A scrambled crossword grid with clues and answers listed, followed by a daily cryptogram puzzle. The page includes a sample coded quotation where AXY CLEAAXE maps to LONGFELLOW and demonstrates letter substitution. Yesterday’s cryptoquote attributes a quote to FENELON and hints at editorial misprints.
Ward to be picked up by Navy party from Kobe
A Navy Radiophoto shows READY to pick up Ward, held prisoner by Chinese Reds in Manchuria, aboard the Pacific Far East liner Lekeland Victory at Kobe en route to Taku Bar. Capt. Paul Sexton stands on deck as 19 others await transport home.
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Anus Ward
Manchuria
Paul Sexton
Lekeland Victory
Kobe
Taku Bar
China
Ward
Navy
International
Obituary for Mrs Norah Bartlett services Tuesday
Mrs Norah Elizabeth Bartlett obituary notes a service Tuesday at 2 p.m. Bartlett Funeral Home with Rev L G Robinson officiating. Burial follows at Woodsdale Memorial Park. Friends may call at Bartlett Funeral Home. Bartlett Funeral Homes.
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Norah Elizabeth Bartlett
Bartlett Funeral Home
L. G. Robinson
Woodsdale Memorial Park
Bartlett Funeral Homes
Jackson Maryland Christmas Tree Lighting Event Recap
The annual tree near Jackson three miles north of the Susquehanna River will be lit again this Christmas with ceremonies a week before the holiday. The B&O plans a special train from Baltimore to bring singers and families, while others may drive via the Piallags Highway to Route 40. President R B White of the B&O will switch on the lights as 150 choristers sing under Dr James Allan Cash, with a broadcast to follow and a communal carol finale. Water Hagen won four consecutive PGA championships from 1942 to 1947.
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Susque— River
Baltimore
B&o
Atoning
Pialagks
R. B. White
By &O
James Allan Cash
Over Your Radio Listings Evening Schedule
Radio guide for NBC CBS and ABC networks featuring Gordon McCrae "Desert Song" 8:30 p m Howard Barlow concert 9:30 p m Paul Lavalle Band 10 90 Gate Roway at Night Dick Haymes Chub Godfrey Talent Humphrey Bogart film My Friend or Normal ABC 1 30 three Share The Wealth Quiste Smith Hour Roller Derby From Philadelphia Straight Arrow Drama Peter Salem Affairs Murder by Experts
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NBC
Gordon McCrae
Howard Barlow
Paul Lavalle
Peter Salem
Classified Advertising Rates and Notices
Classifieds outline per word charges for first insertion and multi insertion discounts. Includes minimum charge, cash in advance, and strict classification. Sample listings show pigs, lump coal, rental rooms, and work wanted with partial telephone references and postmarks.
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