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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1936
Page
8
The text notes a start time of 7 27 p m and a sunset around 4 32 p m with a nine hour fourteen minute daytime span. It mentions a lack of snowfall and a quoted speaker about winter season beginnings. The fragment contains no coherent events or subjects beyond these times and weather remarks.
Snow and ice blanket the area signaling winter and Christmas week. State police report hazardous highways with glare ice on primary roads and urge chain use for motorists. City streets remain icy except near cleared storefronts. officials cite budget cuts for less snow removal. Mayor Waugh and Chief Lockard urge sleigh riders to avoid main streets for safety. Temperature drops to 26 then rises to 32 degrees as dam logs note the chill.
Mrs Hugh A Dillman widow of Horace E Dodge earns at least $2,000 daily from a Dodge fortune of over $58 million. The ninth annual Detroit accounting shows total daily income $6,100 with about $4,000 deducted for taxes, subject to exemptions.
A local ad promotes quality candy as a refined Christmas gift. It highlights selections from Whitman, Martha Washington, and Joan Manning with prices from 25 cents to five dollars. Buy early for holiday gifting.
Weather-sage predicted a green Christmas as just over three days remain for the snow to disappear. Rain Saturday night slowed Christmas shopping, but merchants anticipate the coming days to be the strongest in years for sales and business.
Philippi December holidays start Friday evening at Alderson Broaddus College with classes resuming Monday December 28. Philippi schools begin Tuesday evening December 22 and run until Monday. National ads note Good Housekeeping products and fashion shoes at Joliffe's with assorted stockings.
Mrs Elizabeth McVicker McIntosh, 74, widow of C W McIntosh, died Sunday after pneumonia. Born March 22, 1862, she lived in Grafton 30 years and was active in United Brethren Church and choir. Survived by two daughters, three sons, and a brother. Funeral service set for Tuesday at Wes chapel with Rev Lois Luzader officiating. Burial Wesley Chapel County under G T Bartlett.
John E Sergeant a 68 year old retired railroad carpenter died at his home near Grafton after a long illness linked to pneumon ia He was born February 2 1868 in Buckhannon son of the late John III and Carrie Parish Sergeant Surviving are his widow seven children and nine grandchildren Funeral services set for 2 30 pm Wednesday at Bartlett Funeral Home McGraw avenue with Rev William Knox of Andrews church officiating Interment Bluemont cemetery Also surviving are a brother Atwell Sergeant Culpepper Va two sisters Mrs Ella Green Culpepper Va and Mrs Ida Perkins Grafton"}
A curious scene unfolds as a turkey is found atop a residence, puzzling locals and baffling investigators. The odd discovery raises questions about how the bird arrived there, who placed it, and where it came from, leaving the case unsolved.
Herman McKee a 19 year old accused car thief was held on $1006 bond for action of the January grand jury after a Saturday arraignment before Magistrate Ona C Jefferys McKee allegedly stole a car with William Quick who is serving a term for theft police say they took a car from Tigart ham and wrecked it in Ohio He was remanded to jail after failing to post the bond.
Winds driven snow crippled visibility from Morgantown to Beckley with 26 snow plows operating in Harrison and nearby counties. Emergency crews worked through the night in Princeton while central regions reported trouble with plowing as winds blew ashes from roads. New York dispatch notes a cold snap and gale fringes disrupting ocean liners near Manhattan.
A damaged report describes a transport force area near Elk River Idaho and movements toward Spokane Washington. It notes a forest base roughly 56 miles north of Elk River and mentions 1000 CCC enrollees and Army officers aiding an air operation under Brigadier General Walter C. Seo ney at Fort Douglas as planners estimate needs.
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