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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1950
Page
4
The Sentinel lists telephone contacts for subscribers news contributors and advertisers. Inquiries handle delivery news and display advertising through specific departments with Pauline Hulley and the news desk.
A call to reduce fire losses through public education cites human factors and routine precautions. The International Brotherhood of Electric Workers warns the Rural Electrification Administration funds transmission lines parallel to private systems, risking private utilities and job rights while asserting lower work standards in pursuit of this policy.
A fragment from an Associated Press copyright notice appears in a New York area newspaper, referencing AP exclusive use for publication and dispatches and listing Inland Newspaper Entatives Inc on East 42nd Street.
A Salisbury Maryland hotel sign jokes about shipping remains for bed smoking while a Dil lon South Carolina editorial recalls the Atlantic Hotel fire of two years ago. The piece warns that smoking in bed causes deadly fires and great losses as the smoker dozes and a lit cigarette drops onto flammable bedding.
An essay argues that liberty erodes as federal authority grows. It claims socialism, promoted by agencies like the Department of the Interior and the Rural Electrification Administration, threatens political liberty by funding a government monopoly in the electric industry.
In a snowbound setting Donna, Marcia, and Karl navigate a web of flirtations and hidden loyalties. A American soldier, a rendezvous, and Donna’s shifting moods expose a morally fraught tableau at the Waldschloss, with tension mounting as trust fades.
Janet confronts Karl about his manipulation of Donna as Marcia reels from realization that Donna used her for jealousy. Karl admits calculated motive while denying honest emotion, as Marcia flees to the hotel in tears and Donnas intrigue lingers with a ski instructor and a soldier.
In a poetic Christmas fiction fragment, Santa's sleep is interrupted by a persistent telephone ringer. He discovers his wife has run off with his sleigh and all gifts, leaving him to plead with children to forgo presents while Mrs. Claus distributes them to the needy. Newsboy and street-worker cheer the twist as the tale ends with a promise to continue.
The notice honors a longtime resident of Grafton, a former schoolteacher and merchant, who was affiliated with the Andrews Methodist church. It lists a granddaughter among surviving relatives and notes ties to Sinclair, Marquess, Mrs. H. L. Thorp, and Mrs. Earl C. DeMoss. The individual’s philosophy contrasts fascist and communist governance with Rural Electrification Administration cooperatives.
Lloyd H Lindsey of Salem Ohio formerly lived in Grafton and Barbour County died December 16 1950 in a Salem hospital at age seventy seven He was born May 1 1876 in Barbour County son of Z N Lindsey and Mary Colebank Lindsey married to Lucretia Robinson deceased Survived by daughter Ruth Burke Salem three brothers Alan Lindsey Hendricks Sherman Lindsey Philippi Lawrence Lindsey Marquess and four sisters Mrs O F Wolfe Kasson Mrs A C ...
George Alexander Bernard, 825 West Boyd Street, died at home last night at 10 40 p m after a long illness. He was born September 9, 1878 in Moscow Maryland, a son of Nathaniel and Nancy Ellen Spears Bernard. Survivors include his wife Hattie E Grim Bernard, one son George Henry Bernard of Silver Spring Md, one daughter Mrs Leroy Kinter of Grafton, one brother Nathaniel Bernard of Morgan Town, three sisters Mrs Mmmie Duckworth of Keyser, Mrs Edward Lakin of Columbus Ohio, and Mrs Bessie Bernard of Detroit Michigan.
The deceased, a plasterer by trade, served many years at the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys. He belonged to West Main Street Methodist Church and was a Woodman of the World member.
Sergeant Agathel G. Sanders of the Fairmont recruiting station will interview prospective applicants for the Women's Army Corps and the Women's Air Force at the local recruiting station in the Grafton Post Office on Tuesday December 19. Eligible are women aged 18 to 34 and high school graduates with no dependents. exceptions apply to former WAC AAF members. Many fields offered including medicine, communications, public relations, physics, photography, drafting, radio, personnel, trades, administration, and finance.
Master Sergeant Harry Curry Jr of the local Army and Air Force Recruiting station explains men who wish to be home for Christmas can enlist now to avoid stepped up draft notices catching them before or after the holiday.
Funeral service for George Alexander Bernard held Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. at the late home on West Boyd street with Reverend C. V. Tate officiating. Friends may visit after 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Pallbearers listed include Joseph Gerken, John Newcombe, Burl Mason, C. W. Phillips, C F Wy, Ayahle Bartlett. Bartlett Funeral Homes handled arrangements. Funeral for Floyd Lindsey at Bartlett Funeral Home, service Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. with Reverend Clyde Wy Ash officiating. Interment at Bloomington Cemetery. Friends may call at Bartlett Funeral Home after 4:00 p.m. on Monday.
Fragments from a wartime notice indicate men wish to volunteer yet stay home for Christmas. The Fairmont office granted a special arrangement allowing transportation to training centers, matching the terms for those who enlist immediately.
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