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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1956

Page

6

Flemington Juniors Stage Christmas Pageant at School

The Flemington High School junior class presented a Christmas pageant with narrators Hollis Gregory and Ivetta Kelley and an original production by Miss Nellie Williams of Grafton. The program included religious reels, a gift exchange, and a party in homerooms.

Flemington High School Hollis Gregory Ivetta Kelley Mary Barbara Bell Joseph Bill Goodwin Angels Lucille Mel Cauley Deanna Waller Judy Snodgrass Shepards Don Bailey Fred Maxwell Jimmy Bays Gary Vincent Tom McCroy Leonard Welch Nellie Wilams Grafton Flemington Future Homemakers of America Mary Jane Shaga Miss Shaga Judi Barker Norma Marshall Carolyn Hess Connie Davis Anna Jane Kinsey Dorothy Allen Violet Fitzwater Olla McDonough Barbara McCauley Phyllis Longwell Nycka Green Betty Sue Sims

Flemington Band Concert Presented by Local High School

Flemington High School band performed Monday under Arnold Boyce in the band room with about 75 attendees. Refreshments were provided by the Band Boosters Club. The Gleaner class at Evans Chapel hosted a covered dish dinner with new hostesses Mildred Turnbull and Maxine Barney. The issue also notes various personals and community updates including illness, hospital visits, and holiday plans.

Flemington High School Arnold Boyce Bani Boosters Leonard Phelps Merle Spencer Charles Ware Don Kittle Ola Powell Gale Bensky Rose Cole Evans Chapel Mildred Turnbull Maxine Barney Eugene Moyer Stanley Davis Raymond Bartlett Lois Charles Denice Barney Jerry Gene Turnbull Simpson Washington, D. C Ida Lake Carl Smith Selvey Bartlett Adolphus Leach Mason Harper Seneca Jo Linda Wyckoff la Donna Vincent Tommy Davis Ruth Radabaugh Dorsey Davis Lois Felton Frank Piccolo Stockton California Joe Piccolo Helen Hatfield Clarksburg Opal Findley Grafton City Hospital Geneva Poling Alderson Broaddus Hospital Harry Eskew Plainfield N. J Tressie Fleming Glenna Ball Nancy Rhea Ball Susie McCauley New Penedum Civic Center Bridget

Kidnap Plot Tells Of Hospital Escape Duo In Daly City

In Daly City California S and Mrs John Mawatt report a kidnapping involving their daughter Cle Ann 17 allegedly abducted at gunpoint by her husband Mike Wiegner 17 and an accomplice. Wiegner escaped from a Napa California mental institution with 35 year old Jesse Eastman who helped the abduction. Authorities pursued a marriage annulment as details emerged.

John Mawatt Daly City Calif Mike Wiegner Cle Ann Wiegner Napa Jesse Eastman Mowatts

Fragmented rant borders on sports and fashion satire

The text rambles through odd phrases about helmets, Olympic themes, American football, beer in Boyptiana, pyramids as bar stools, a non drinking Englishman, high grade wine, diving loons, and a British barber proposing gold dust for hair. It reads as disjointed satire without a clear single event.

Campus pranks replayed as Bennett Corf recalls 1966

A fragmentary reminiscence from 1966 by Bennett Corf recalls student gags at an agricultural school. The piece blends quirky lines about a cow, feudal lords, moat jokes, and campus routines, framed as revived campus humor from that era.

Ethrid England Percival Harry Bennett Corf King Features Byndieave

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