Grafton Sentinel Subscription Rates and Staff Notes
The Grafton Sentinel lists delivery and mail subscription rates including 30 cents per week by carrier, 9 dollars yearly, 7.80 for six months, and 5.90 for three months, with 15 dollars per year for outside Virginia and West Virginia. Published weekdays at 2 Latrobe Street, Grafton West Virginia. staff notes include M B MacLEOD as General Manager and Eldora M Bolyard as News Editor. The paper is Associated Press attributed, with communications policy and imprint details.
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Virginia
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Pepera
The Christmas Gift and the Spirit of Giving
The article traces Christmas as a festive season rooted in giving, not merely presents. It contrasts Puritan suppression with modern bustle, arguing that true meaning lies in giving and acts of kindness, not material value. It emphasizes that the smallest package beneath the tree holds important meaning, and giving creates a sense of immortality for a day.
Bible Thought Today On Solomons Reign and Christ
A Bible Thought Today notes Solomon son of a great king, the kingdom split under his son, and Christ established a kingdom nearly two thousand years ago that grows across all continents. It says Behold 4 greater than Solomon is here referring to Matt 12 42. Courtesy Press Radio Bible Service Cincinnati Ohio.
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Christ
Matt
Press-Radio, Bible Service, Inc
Cincinnati, Ohio
Royal headlines and weather radar mix with 1949 themes
A collage of wartime era notes: air force accused of building a luxury plane for Dewey, New York weather bureau to install radar, U S demands 3 percent more milk in 1949, Christmas toys across the Iron Curtain, Prince Charles christening, Musicians Union ban lifting, Truman’s spy probe stance, 15 year old men’s clothing sales slump since 1939, and inventorioa misprints amid a restless public mood.
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Prince Charles
Musicians Union
Puzzle of coded notes across a damaged page
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered alphanumeric sequences and names without coherent sentences. The readable fragments hint at a ciphered list or ledger with numbers and letters, interspersed with sporadic proper nouns. No clear event, person, or organization can be established from the readable content.
Unfinished business from 1948 in a year ahead
James Marlow surveys 1948’s unresolved issues from Berlin and the UN to the Marshall Plan and domestic politics. He notes ongoing airlift aid to Berlin, Soviet tensions, and the plan to revive the New Deal as Democrats gain control in 1949. Draft continuity and ongoing spy investigations frame 1949 as a year of continuing unfinished business.
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James Marlow Washington
Berlin
United Nations
Russia
U.N
Congress
Western Europe
White House
Washington
Cone
Roosevelt
Alger ,Hiss
State Department
House Un-American Activities Committee
Fragmentary Food Prep Note With Nuts and Egg Reference
A partial kitchen instruction mentions soaking Brazil nuts in cold water, bringing to a boil, simmering briefly, and draining. It also contains a scrambled line referencing slicing nuts and a stray reference to an egg and persons named Sengtiwign and alice.
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Alice Brasil
Ube
Mountaineers Arrive In El Paso After Delayed Train
West Virginia University's Sun Bowl football squad reached El Paso Texas after a long Pullman car delay through Oklahoma caused missed connections in Fort Worth. Coach Dud DeGroot said players would begin immediate New Year’s Day prep for Texas Mines with a light drill this afternoon.
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Tex
Virginia University
Oklahoma
Fort Worth
Dud DeGroot
Texas
West Virginia
Atomic Energy
Lilienthal
Uncertain Boon Or Bane Of A Toom Explored
Residents debate the value of a mysterious toom as opinions split between potential benefits and drawbacks. Local observers weigh costs, utility, and long term impact on daily life, with some calling for trial use while others urge caution.
Sam and Gail Romantic Dilemma in Late Night Cab Ride
Gail faces engagement talk with Brad while Sam, wounded by past choices, struggles with his feelings and control. A late night phone call from Sam disturbs Gail’s fragile peace as Evie and Avie offer canyoned advice in a tangled web of love, money, and independence.
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Brad
Sam
Evie
Hine
Tam
Spencer
Binenart & Commpany
Alesp
Gall
Avss
Vie
Poe
Eyte
Gell
Byte
Jet
Bvie
Avie
Betty
Christmas Banquets At Beulah Baptist Church
Beulah Baptist church groups held Christmas events with carols and gift exchanges. The Amoma and Beulah classes hosted dinners and secret pals, drawing names for next year, with numerous members and guests listed. A death notice for Lazier Riley, Ohio, was received by Burl Dunham, and New York visitors Manfred Haertig and others visited relatives in Pruntytown over the weekend before traveling to Texas.
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Beulah Baptist Church
Nellie DeBarr
Lois Daughterts
Gladys Thompson
Hazel Giles
Ethel Riley
Hazel Mosses
Jewell Ford
Hazel Tucker
Ada Keener
Launa Wiseman
Edna Lambert
Christine Carder
Vera Tucker
Birdie Moyer
Hazel Bartlett
Adrian Tucker
Avis Lambert
Mava Shriver
Vada Utt
Georgia Drainer
Elsie McDonald
Bertha Clark
Blanche Hustead
Jessie Whitescarver
Blair Riggleman
Myrtle Bartlett
Grace Tucker
Patty Moyer
Amoma
Edward Whitescarver
William Whitescarver
Donald Hi Lon
Leroy DeBarr
Paul Duty
Robert Tucker
Russel Tucker
Bila Virginia Curry
Janis Lambert
Helen Zorick
Porthe Bole
Lara ‘Moser
Mary Mosser
French
Manfred Haertig
New York
J . Flesher, Sr
Texas
CBS to Begin Rathbone Show as Recorded Series in January
CBS announces a new Bag it Rathbone adventure drama to start January 6 as a recorded series. While touring in The Ess, Rathbone will tape in Hollywood with New York transcriptions if needed. after the tour ends in April, the program will originate in New York as a live show. NBC eases ban on Alma Evans and Bob Hope plans, with various networks moving toward recorded broadcasts under certain conditions.
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CBS
Bagit Rathbone
Mr. Rathbone
Hollywood
New York
New ‘York
NBC
Alma Evans
Bob Hope
Christ
Protestant Hospital
Berlin
Eugene Williams
Barry
Williams
West
Ageo ci
sea + RC
Henry Aldrich
Burns
Funeral Attendance At Harmony Grove For Mrs Ethel Evans
Attendees at the Harmony Grove funeral for Mrs Ethel Evans include Mrs Hagel Giles Mrs Pearl Gawthrop Miss MyrtleBart and Mrs Thelma Cooper with Mrs Densie Coc also noted in the report.
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Ethel Evans
Harmony Grove
Hagel Giles
Mra
Pearl Gawthrop
Myrtle Bart
Thelma Cooper
Densie Coc
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