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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1957
Page
7
The Children's Society of Taylor runs a talk correction class with 22 students enrolled. Each pupil receives individual attention as needed, aided by WA tape recordings to hear errors and track improvement. Parents and students note heightened enthusiasm and cooperation this year.
Grafton firemen report brisk sales of Christmas trees with fresh-cut options daily. Trees cost 50 cents for a large bunch and special orders are welcomed. Proceeds support the fire truck fund with about $8,000 still needed. Local service clubs offer a pony raffle at half price to donors, while Kiwanis, Lions, and Rotarians staff kettles to collect contributions.
Charleston obituary reports Albert H. Hartman 50 former West Virginia Junior Chamber of Commerce President and 1944 state young man of the year died Wednesday after an extended illness. An artificial kidney used in the past three weeks helped his body function. Hartman was a widely known insurance executive and Newburg native.
Robert L. Graham a 22 year old soldier stationed at Ft. Knox Ky was held by Army authorities in Fayetteville N C in connection with five attempts at death by his own action. He told police his wife does not love him anymore and drank kerosene tried to drown himself twice attempted to hang himself and tried to break his neck between cell bars
West Virginia Wesleyan College in Grafton may offer an extension in the second semester if enough students enroll. Mrs. Hugh MacPhail said options include art courses such as oil painting and charcoal sketching or a Biblical literature English credit. A minimum of 14 interested persons is required, and contacts are urged promptly.
Actress Peggie Webber and her husband with two children will spend Christmas in a motel after termites forced them from their house just sold. They were ready to move to a new home when termites appeared and the purchase fell through. They cannot find another house on short notice. The article notes copper and brass hair exposure as a cautionary detail.
A Clarksburg clothing store manager, Milton Cohen about 60, was shot in his home by an unidentified man armed with a rifle. Cohen, in good condition at a hospital, faced a brief scuffle at the back door as the assailant fired through the door. Police questioned several people but named no suspect. The incident occurred around 8 pm as Cohen was alone.
Mrs Cohen attended a social function when the news was reported. Blue whale calves are often about 20 feet in length at birth and weigh around 5,000 pounds, indicating the remarkable size of newborn whales.
CHARLESTON The State Employment Security Department reports new unemployment benefit claims in West Virginia for the first week of this month nearly doubling from October. It records 3,624 new claims this week versus 1,875 last October. Last week benefits were paid for 16,148 new and continued claims.
Henry L. Ash noted that about 500,000 nonagricultural wage and salary workers were employed in the Mountain State at mid November. He said this total was 4,500 below October and 4,600 under the same period last year.
Fragmentary historical note cites an ancient decorative pattern and rail express service, mentioning the United States and a March date in 1839. The readable text is sparse and unclear, but references to Egypt and textiles appear amid disjoint phrases.
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