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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1950

Page

3

Good Food A Family Heritage Lesson At Country Club Farm Women

The Country Club Farm Women met at Mrs. J. Ray's home to discuss Good Food A Family Heritage with devotionals by Mrs. Hazel Reese and business led by president Mrs. S D Dawson. Refreshments were served to members and guests including Mrs. Blaine Robison and Mrs. Leona Hamilton. The next meeting is set for February 1 at Mrs. M F Abel's home on Country Club Road.

M. F. Abel Country Club Womon J. Ray Keener S. D. Dawson Hazel Reese Mesdames W. R. Reese Latimer Bradley Prank Gull Delphia Kiger

Junior 4-H Club Hosts Mr Sperow Exchange Student

Charles Sperow, an exchange student, spoke to the Junior American 4-H club at the Litzinger home on West Main Street about his summer in Sweden and farming conditions. A brief business meeting followed, with refreshments for members and leaders present. The next meeting is planned at Patty Shay’s Washington Street home.

Charles Sperow Sweden Carolee Sue Ann Litzinger West Mainstreet Sperow Europe Sandra Barlow Barbara Barlow Dotty Gamsiager Polly Orr Mary Satterfield Patty Satterfield Hazel, Robinson Sara Sue Waters Mary Lou Kunst Judy Coughlin Sue Ann Satzinger Carolee Litzinger Barbara Shaw Nancy Devers Maxine Menear Barlow Patty Shay Washington Street

Knottsville 4-H Club Plans Yearly Projects and Sales

Knottsville Excelsior 4-H discusses plans for the year including selling dish towels to boost the treasury and keeping the church yard clean. The meeting opened with song and prayers. demonstrations were given by Robert Lundy and Mary Jane Knotts with poems by Don Boyles and Leroy Sharps.

Knottsville Excelsior 4-H Club

Club presents devotional and planning for play

The club presided at the business session with iAmarine Tucker Ethel Carder and Margaret Conner leading a devotional on Good Food A Family Heritage. Alice Withers discussed the lesson for the month plan for a near future play and refreshments were served to Margaret Conner Gladys Riley Haze Underwood Dorothy Areford Edith Cordran Alice Withers Ruth Landers Dorothy Wasrud Nettie Anderson Kathleen Cropp Christine Beatty Leota Bush and Amalene Tucker. The February meeting will be held at Mrs Alice Withers home with Edith Cochran as co host.

Alice Withers Margaret Conner Gladys Riley Haze Underwood Dorothy Areford Edith Cordran Ruth Landers Dorothy Wasrud Nettie Anderson Kathleen Cropp Chiristine Beatty Leota Bush Amalene | Tucker Alice Withers Edith Cochran

Coming Events Calendar Highlights Local Meetings

January events list meetings for the American Federation of Musicians Local 684 at the K of C hall at 7 p.m. Officers to be installed. Women's Hospital Auxiliary board at 1 p.m.. Band Boosters at the high school band room at 7 30 p.m. Note date change. White Rose Grove No 2 Supreme Woodmen Circle at K of P hall with officer instals by Lila Jo Dillion and Mary Jo Sharp. Delta Nu chapter Tau Phi Lambda Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle at K of P lodge hall for inspection test at 7 p.m. Members and pledges urged to attend. Jerome Boyles guest.

American Federation of Musicians K. of C Women’s Hospital Auxiliary Uve Board Band Boosters Club White Rose Grove No. 2 Supreme Woodmen Circle K. of P. Lodge Lila Jo Dillion Mary Jo Sharp Delta Nu Chap Ronald|ter Tau Phil Lambda Sorority Ludwick Dorman Williams Don Supreme Forest Woodmen Boyles Haymond Luzadder

Hepzibah Farm Women Meet At Carder Home

Hepzibah Farm Women’s Club gathers at Mrs. William Beall’s 106 West Wilford Street at 7:30 p.m. for an American Home Department meeting led by Mrs. Lee Carder and Mrs. Ete. The Taylor Corn Club hosts a meeting in the basement of the Fetterman church. The Book Review notes Maret Conner as president of the art and literature department.

American Home Department The Womans Club William Beall West Wilford Street Lee Carder Ete Taylor Corn- Carder Beagle Club Hepzibah Farm Fetterman Church Maret_ Conner

Jenny and Chris Charm the Cotters in Island Strings

Terry and Chris stay with the Cotters on Long Island, playing contract and golf while the couple’s lavish hospitality fuels a plan to secure status and future travel, amid memories of past shores and the Pacific. The pair weigh the cost of fame and friendship as they await their promised exit.

Terry Chicago Asheville Florida Chris Mrs.Cotter Mr. Cotter Mrs Burtley Peterson Diamond Head Ghost Mark Austins Cotters Russells Cotter Hugo Johnsons Islands Toeir Baldwin Cuthrel King Palm Beach Audrey Long Island Manhattan Pacific

Three women steal road repair material for lawn refresh

In Sydney a trio of spinisters took material dumped for road repairs and used a sand cement mix to top dress their front lawn. The improvised dressing appears to be a three part blend. Authorities noted the act as a risky, misguided home improvement effort with potential hazards.

Sydney Australia

Ice Storm Deluges Hit Memphis and Midwest Regions

Memphis faces its worst ice storm in 17 years with widespread flooding in Illinois Indiana and Missouri. Tennessee and Mississippi report floods not severe. Schools close across the region. Indiana Red Cross notes 500 families displaced in twelve communities. 800 troops from Fort Knox mobilize to Vincennes as the Wabash crest rivals 1943 levels.

Memphis Mississippi Illinois Indiana Missouri Middle Tennessee Red Cross Fort Knox Vincennes Ind Terre Haute

Local clubs announce January meetings and times

Womans club meets at St Pauls Methodist church at 1 PM reserve by calling 705 M before Saturday night. Several groups list January dates 10 through 12 with meet locations and 7 30 PM start times. U S Department of Agriculture reports baby chicks can be carried by air up to 20000 feet.

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Inventions and paradoxes spark a talk with Frances

A narrator exhales lists of fanciful cures and gadgets from a talk with Frances. They joke about a plastic car, a gravity eradicator, and a silk beer mug, while debating a perfect husband and a world where beauty is universally visible. Frances imagines a mother’s formula for raising ideal sons, prompting witty replies.

Frances

Moran recalls early rail cars and wage history

W M Moran recalls locomotive development and streamlined trains with wooden coaches lit by oil lamps and wood stoves, contrasted with steel cars featuring fluorescent lighting, air conditioning, and steam heat. He notes wages rising from eight cents an hour for a ten-...

W. M. Moran Moran

Church groups note date changes and meetings

January 13 events include Womens Society of Christian Services at Simpson Methodist and Young Adult class at First Baptist with Mrs Mary Hanleiter, all members urged to attend. January 14 Gleaner's class at Reverend Sansom's home with date change noted.

Max Phillips George Shaffer Womens Society of Christian Services Simpson Methodist Church First Baptist Church Mary Hanleiter Tedder Gleaner N. G. Sansom

Daily Crossword and Cryptoquote Puzzle Update

The page presents a cryptic crossword with clues across and down including Mortity and Aloft, plus a Daily Cryptoquote. It lists numerous hints such as capital in French and ancient Abyssinian language terms, followed by a quotation puzzle about a mighty man of Greece asserting natural liberty.

Abyssinia Greece

Retirement salute to Mr Moran after long service

The Monongah division honors Mr Moran for years of faithful and efficient work. J H Bradford congratulates him and wishes health and happiness in retirement. Moran, of 239 West Washington, has three married daughters and several grandchildren, planning rest and visits to family.

T. J. Klauenberg Monongsh Baltimore Ohio

Truman faces coal crisis over three day week dispute

Senator Lucas urged action as the 3 day week strains coal supply. He pressed John R. Steelman to brief President Truman on the facts and said he would push for a full week if an agreement with Lewis and the mine operators isn t reached. He suggested the NLRB general counsel might seek a court order, effectively mirroring a presidential intervention.

Truman Page One Lewis Lucas Illinois White House John R. Steelman United States Steelman United States Senate National Labor Relations Board

Jail escape tied to Huntington holdup and torch slaying

The article reports Martin denying knowledge of Cravens obtaining a pistol used in the breakout, with no proven link between the jail escape and the Huntington taxicab holdup. It notes their flight, hiding in the hills, Cravens’ plan to go to Canada, and Martin’s life sentence for the torch and murder of his great uncle. Plague issues in India are briefly mentioned.

Cravens Huntington Canada Martin John Caldwell

Fire Engulfs Mental Ward in East Central Town

Witnesses report nurses from the main hospital building helped rescue several patients as flames swept the northwest block. A nurse’s aide recounted a patient balking at escaping for shoes, while another aide saw two men jump from a second floor window. Three men patients were treated at Mercy Hospital after escaping flames. Hospital staff and doctors were mobilized, with cots placed in hallways and the entire staff on emergency duty. The wing had been recently remodeled for psychiatric care and the hospital listed 276 beds.

Gladys Oestendorf Willard Bennett Mercy Hospital

Convict Laughs as Jail Keys Tale Unfolds in Cabell County

A 38 year old convict Eddie Cravens allegedly confessed after a daring jail break last Monday in Cabell County. He and an accomplice fled after drawing a gun on a deputy at the courthouse steps and escaping with a ring of keys. Cravens claimed the jail keys were for updating the escape plan and taunted officers with the phrase Them's the jail keys for Augptington.

Eddie Cravens Cabell County Shem Martin Auptington Aten

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Mr. Sperow Knottsville Club iAmarine Tucker Ethel Carder Carder He Golder Shoestring Loin Features Syndicate St. Paul's Methodist Church Brethren Church St. Charles Street Fisher St. John's Methodist Church Harry Poling Lincoln Street Fidelis Club Presbyterian Church Tec Eae Sethe Center of Pocahontas A. Hall Mountaineer Council No. 44 Junior Order United American Mechanics Daughters of America XI Kappa Beta Sigma Phi Dorothy Douglas High Street Simpson Farm Womens Club Methodist Church Daily Crossword Arabia Zoological Garden City Ireland King Features Syndicate Yael India Caplan’s Jewelers West Main Street Chevrolet Curry Motor Company Walnut Grafton
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