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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1956

Page

6

Flemington Club Readies Yale Baskets

Flemington Woman's Club met December 10 at the grade school with Mrs. Burl Jones in charge. They reported about 35 dollars raised at a bake sale for club projects including an 18 dollar TV cut, 5 dollars to a crippled children's fund, and the remainder for gym equipment. Christmas baskets will be prepared December 23 at 2 p.m. at the Methodist Church. Members collected stamps for rehabilitation centers and prepared for Heart Fund, with international student Martha Valdivia remembered at Christmas. A state convention at Greenbrier Hotel was announced for February 24 to March 2. A revival with Rev Carl Reid starts December 23 at Laurel Mountain for two weeks. Various community notices follow including recoveries, visits, and hospitalizations.

Flemington Woman's Club Burl Jones Hazel Robinson Hopemont Sanitarium Crippled Children's Fund Catherine Leach Lewis Talbott Methodist Church Eleanor Ross Lulu Chenoweth Lillie Richardson Martha Valdivia Bolivia WVU Price Street Morgantown Greenbrier Hotel Woman's Club Lion's Club Ramus Holtz Buckhannon Carl Reid Laurel Mountain Long Run

Thrown Out at House Un-American Activities Hearing

Louis Goldblatt, secretary treasurer of Harry Bridges' Longshoremen's union, was ejected from an HUAC hearing in San Francisco after an outburst. The disturbance followed questions about a pamphlet titled Young Communists in Action allegedly authored by him under the name Lewis Miller (International).

Louis Goldblatt Harry Bridges Longshoremen’s Union San Francisco Richard Arens Goldblatt Lewis Miller International

Industry Code Revision Loosens Taboos Notion by MPAA Chief

In New York Eric Johnston president of the Motion Picture Association of America announced that for the first time since 1930 the industry has revised its production code. The changes are described as not tighter or looser but more modern. Depictions of drug addicts kidnapping and white slavery are allowed while stricter limits are placed on religious bigotry prostitution crime and double meaning dialogue.

Eric Johnston Motion Picture Association of America New York

Beneficiary Gown Wears Harry Winston Gems at NYC Benefit

A high profile benefit in New York featured a gown worn with Harry Winston diamonds valued at around $100,000. The event supported the motion to aid a veteran hospital, drawing notable attendees and press attention amid fundraising for the cause.

Oleg Cassin Harry Winston Bew York Anita Luspital

Propjet Transport In Service Tactical Air Command Tale

A historic step forward is described as a propjet transport from a Herentes team lands at the Warsport base. The C120 appears to guide a size landed on a distant air force base. The narrative mentions early successes and signals a new era for air mobility with plans and tests at 20 miles per hour.

Warsport Ps Tarens Ardmare coseYea Eenacion

Itorian court ruling and office satire in stray fragments

Fragmented OCR item notes an Itorian court ruling and office humor. Mentions silence being golden in a shop, a TV spec honoring newspaper work, perfume imports from Paris valued at six million dollars, schools closing football schedules, a Japanese volcano eruption, and homes needing another closet.

Paris U. S

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