Bearcats and Irish Ready for Tonight's Top Games
Grafton Bearcats, 2–3, travel to Shinnston to face the Spartans, a 20 point favorite. St Augustine’s Fighting Irish, 6 of 7 wins, host Belington at eight fifteen in a rescheduled Riverside Drive gym, aiming for revenge after a tight earlier meeting. A naturalist notes swifts flying up to 200 miles per hour.
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Villemain Debuts in American Ring at Madison Square Garden
New York January 7 Villemain a French boxing import makes his American bow tonight against veteran Steve Belloise in a 10 round middleweight bout at Madison Square Garden. Unbeaten in 34 professional fights Villemain joins Lew Burston's 20th Century Sporting Club new faces program aiming to prove foreign fighters can succeed in the U.S. scene.
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Robert Villemain
Stevé Belloise
Madison Square Garden
France
Marcel Cerdan
Tony Zale
Villeinain
Olle Tandberg
Freddie Mills
Gus Lesnevich
London
Binty Monaghan
Villemain
Garden
Lew Burston
20Th Century Sporting Club
Frankie Laine May Offer To Buy Eagles
Hollywood Jan 7 singer Frankie Laine says he expects to offer to buy the Philadelphia Eagles football club. Laine said Char lie Ewart, Eagles general manager, told him the club is not for sale but could consider his bid if a syndicate could move the franchise to San Francisco.
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Frankie Laine
Philadelphia Eagles
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Charlie Ewart
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San Francisco
Classified Advertising Rates and Estate Notice
Classified rates apply for first insertion and multiple insertions with cash in advance policy. Also an estate notice to creditors of Solomon L Poe deceased requires claims to be filed by July 11, 1949 at the Taylor County Bank Building Grafton WV, with beneficiaries urged to appear. issued by William P Samples Commissioner of Accounts on January 7 1949 in Taylor County WV.
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Sentinel
Solomon L. Poe
Taylor County Bank
Grafton
Taylor County
West Virginia
William P. Samples
County of Taylor
Fiduciary Account Settlement Notice for Louesa Abbott
Notice before the Commissioner of Accounts that the fiduciary account of Harry A. Abbott, as committee for Louesa E. Abbott non compos mentis, will be settled. Dated December 30, 1948 by Richard B. Bord Commissioner of Accounts. Public notice appears December 31 to January 7.
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Harry A. Abbott
Committee For
Louesa
E. Abbott
Richard B. Bord
Commissioner of Accounts Final Settlements Listed
Commissioner's notice names final settlements before the undersigned commissioner of accounts. Guardians, executors, and administrators including Donald Hess guardian of Beverly Glenn, infant. Carson E. Janes executor of Lavina Janes Morris. Florence Littman administrator of Pearl Fries Stover. Hearing set for Sunday in January 1949. Je Guy, commissioner of accounts.
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Beverly Glenn
Carson E. Janes
Sons Of Legion Upset Blueville 25 21 In Junior High Game
The Sons of the American Legion defeated Blueville cagers 25 21 at Grafton Junior High. Raymond Preston led with nine points, Frank Knotts added eight, while Ferguson and Barnes had six each for Blueville. The upset follows Belle's Newsstand YMCA champs, with East Grafton next Thursday.
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Ferguson
Barnes
East Grafton
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Vogel
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Nose
Moore
Zinn
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Bente
Smith
Robison
Eevee
Phbsey
Jenners
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Ccc
Belle’s
Progress In Enforcement Of Sanity Code
The NCAA reports steady progress in applying its year-old sanity code with most members adhering. A compliance survey notes ongoing violations at a few institutions while others struggle with transition, and leaders caution that full regulatory aims require time and continued effort.
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National Collegiate Athletic Association
Association
Clarence F. Houston
Tufts College
NCAA
Houston
Ralph W. Rigler
University of Michigan
James H. Stewart
Dallas
Southwestern Conference
College Basketball Scores From The East And Midwest
East region results include Long Island defeating NC State 65 to 61 and Canisius beating Syracuse 59 to 52. New York University posted a 72 to 48 win over North Carolina. In the Midwest Muskingum triumphed 72 to ? over Ohio Wesleyan with OT. Geneva defeated Bethany 69 to 60 and Elizabethtown won 73 to 54 against Shepherd.
Orphan of Storm Found in Warren Tornado Wreckage
Relief workers search the Warren Arkansas tornado site found a badly bruised baby alive among debris. Authorities have been unable to identify the infant, whose parents may be among fifty nine injured or missing in the disaster.
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Warren
Arkansas
Cox to lead South squad in 16th North South game
John J. Cox of Milton high school is appointed head coach of the South for the 16th North South all star football game on August 19. General Chairman Frank A. Knight announced the selection, praising Cox as a top scholastic coach who produced a successful Pi Nery team last fall. Knight added a North coach will be named soon, with an announcement expected shortly.
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Charleston
John J. Cox
Milton High School
Cox
Frank A. Knight
Grafton Sentinel
Redding
West Virginia
Knight
North South Football Game, Inc
Pi Nery
North Gridders
Basketball Scores From Various Schools and Regions
A roundup of basketball scores includes Huntington East 61 over Milton 36, Sherrard 50 over Bethany 38, Welch 59 over Beaver of Bluefield 53, Clay Battelle 65 over Waynesburg, Huntington Central 59 over Minton 48, Union 50 over Oakvale 41, Aracoma of Logan 58 over Conley of Mullens, Bristol 58 over Unions of West Milford 24, Farmington 38 over Salem 29, Lewisburg 61 over Marlinton 46, Point Pleasant 60, Charleston Reds 59, Walkersville 29 over Ls Widen 44, Summerville 51 over Crown 24, Ansted 62 over Clay 56, Washington District 30 over Poca 24, Matewan 63 over Guyan Valley 42, Rivesville 41 over Hundred 38, Kasson 62 over Matman 15.
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Ansted
Clay
Washington District
Poca
Alabama Rolls Auburn In High Scoring clash
Alabama defeated Auburn 45 to 38 in a tightly contested game. In a separate matchup Anacostia Naval Receiving beat Quantico Marines 49 to 46 while Parris Island Marines toppled Green Cove Springs Florida 70 to 49. The text also notes archaic Latin terms incuna bula meaning cradle and explains a barkhan as a traveling dune with examples of movement in Egypt.
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Auburn
Anacostia Naval Receiving
Quantico
Parris Island
Green
Cove Springs
Florida
Egypt
Fairmont State And Glenville Deadlocked At Top Of State Conference Standings
Fairmont State and Glenville State share the lead in the West Virginia conference with three straight wins each as a five game card unfolds. Fairmont tests California Pa and Morris Harvey while Glenville-Broaddus looms and Beckley meets West Virginia Wesleyan. Salem loses to Fairmont. Stan Sagath scores 25 for Fairmont in a rally past Salem.
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Concord
Bethany
Geneva
Shepherd
Elizabethtown
Stan Sagath
Hank Morus
Johnny Smallwood
Tigers
Patomac
Pat Nickell
Neil Gutshall
Parrish Agency Offers Homes On Main Street And Kirby Street
An 8 room 1 bath home at 318 Kirby Street with extra hobby room and a 4 acre lot is offered for 4500 with a GI loan available. A comfortable 6 room house at 540 West Main Street on a good lot near a main paved street is priced at 3800 with favorable loan terms.
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Potomac Team Scores Eighteen Markers Each in Toon Contest
Potomac players each tally eighteen markers in a toon scoring contest. The event featured a close matchup with both sides pushing to the final buzzer, highlighting Potomac's balanced attack and steady defense.
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Tax receipts rise sharply in six months ending December
Charleston reports the State Tax Commissioner C.M. Koontz announced gross sales taxes totaled $16,879,806 for the six months ended December 31, exceeding the 1947 six months by over $2,400,000. The year shows a substantial increase in tax collections as the period compares favorably with earlier figures.
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Charleston
C.M. Koontz
Derisive coinage of impressionism linked to Monet
A journalist mocked Claude Monet’s art by coining the term impressionism in a derisive caption. The word arose from a critical flourish aimed at Monet’s blurred light and modern approach, signaling early reception of the movement.
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Ion
Claude Monet
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