Elkins Tigers Crush Grafton Bearcats 57 to 27 in Tight Clash
Undefeated Elkins Tigers dominated Grafton Bearcats 57 to 27 securing their tenth straight win. Grafton led 4-0 but Elkins surged to a 15-5 first quarter advantage and never relinquished the lead as Dick Poe and Paul Willis sparked the Bearcats’ best effort.
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Grafton High Bearcats
Elkins Tigers
Bearcats
Randolph Countians
Grafton
Elkins
Tigers
McKinney
Fikins
Dick Poe
Paul Willis
Cats
Fairmont
Sree Ee DeBarr
Aisin Ve
Bennett & Frat
Willis Boon
Yoho
Eaiaga
God Stevens
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Howdyshell
Urey
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Safecracker case under charges in Virginia tied to robberies
Betty Swann, 17, and Sylvia Marie Comas, 14, sit in a Washington jail after arrests in a case involving Virginia robberies alongside another girl and an ex-Marine. Comas dubbed herself Sylvia the Sarecracker, claiming it sounded snappy though she never tackled a safe.
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Virginia
Betty Swann
Sylvia Marie Comas
Washington
Miss Comas
Sylvia the Sarecracker
Cold snap chills Morgantown and surrounding towns
The Huntington Weather Bureau warns of snow flurries today and tonight with cloudy, windy, and cold conditions. Overnight lows reached 21 degrees at Flat Top while Morgantown reported 23, Wheeling and Elkins 26, Huntington 29, Charleston 30, and Martinsburg 34.
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Huntington Weather Bureau
Morgantown
Wheeling and Elkins
Huntinton
Bie
Charleston
Martinsburg
Quick Citizenship Junior Band Feted At Field House
About 60 Grafton Junior High band members and 54 parents attended a party at the field house last evening hosted by the Band Boosters club. Entertainment was provided by an entertainment committee including Harry White Howard Courtney Verne Wins and others. Refreshments were served by Mrs John Newman Mrs Mary V Smith Mrs Howard Courtney and Mrs Ralph Shahan. The Band Boosters plan a February skating party for senior band members.
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Grafton Junior High School
Field House
Harry , White
Howard Courtney
Verne Wins
Seymour
Francis Je
John Newman
Mary V. Smith
Ralph Shahan
Pallbearers Named for Albert Parkhill Death in Grafton
Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will serve as pallbearers for Albert Vincent Parkhill who died at his home on Gay street Friday morning after a yearlong illness. Services are at Bartlett Funeral Home tonight at 7 30 with burial at Greenlawn Masonic cemetery Clarksburg. Parkhill born in Kansas City Kansas September 30 1861 and survived by wife Mary Margaret Langan four children James O Ray E B Parker Kelvin K all of Grafton one sister Mrs Claude Rollins Clarksburg twelve grandchildren. He was a retired B and O engineer. Friends may call at Bartlett Funeral Home.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Albert Vincent Parkhill
Gay Street
Brotherhood
Bartlett Funeral Home
G. W. Twynham
Greenlawn Masonic
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Parkhill
Blankenship C Family Funeral Service Notice
The Blankenships moved here in June 1948 from Randolph County and previously lived in Independence. Bartlett Funeral Home will conduct services at 3 30 p m Sunday with Reverend T J Boshell officiating. Interment will follow at Bluemont Cemetery under Bartlett Funeral Home direction.
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Independence
Randolph County
Bartlett Funeral Home
T. J. Boshell
Bluemont Cemetery
Peace Hopes Continued From Page One
The report notes limited access to Kiangwan field with an outsider unable to enter. An Associated Press observer states after extensive searching that Sun Fo, the Chinese Premier, was briefly seen in Shanghai at noon. Then a stray remark about Warsaw Poland’s historical domination by major European powers follows.
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Kiangwan Field
Associated Press
Sun Fo
Shanghai
Old Man Winter Hits City With Bitter Cold Wave
Graftonians faced freezing temperatures as a cold front plunged to 5 to 15 degrees with snow flurries. Snow began overnight and accumulations stuck by afternoon after a 65 degree high yesterday. Today the city hovered near single digits with only a brief noon rebound.
Local society notes from Newburg and Fairmont gatherings
Mrs John Phillips spent several days with Mr and Mrs Pauw Silcott and friends in Fairmont. The Altar Society met at Mrs Wallace B Cockrells for a regular meeting with refreshments. Guests included Mrs Lillian Durr Miss Edith Burke Mrs Eleanor Wirts and others. The next meeting will be at Mrs Dellasas. Ollie Owens hosted a shower for her daughter in law Mrs Abner Owens. Mrs Abner Owens formerly from St Paul Minnesota visits here. Mrs James Stuck of Cumberland Maryland is visiting relatives and is a former Newburg resident.
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John Phillips
Altar Society
Wallace B. Cockrell
Lillian Durr
Edith Burke
Eleanor Wirts
Racio Stento
August Perrilla
Ollie Owens
Julian Dellasa
Mary Brandelina
Cockrell
Dellasa
Abner Owens
Lillian Hardy
Lois Hackenberry
Ellen Sheets
Edith Pendergast
Sally Pendergast
Clyde Owens
Mary Brandeline
Elaine Squires
Wallace Cockrell
Gordon Mason
James Stuck
Cumberland
Maryland
Stuck
Newburg
Hardman Shop
B. & O. Shop
Howard Hall
James Harris
Fred Dasher
Claude Machamer
Bernard Frazier
Carl A. Silcott
William. Silcott
R. L. Keller
Grafton
Claude McDaniel
Paul Owens
Alumni Girls Practice Basketball Roster and Local News
The article lists alumni women out for practice including Mrs Ric Maxwell Mrs Ralph Alberico Miss Eileen Cockrell and others and notes Walter Sharp ill in a hospital near Baltimore and family relocations from Grafton. It also covers Hardman Shop basketball vs B and O Shop Cumberland Maryland with attendees from here and Cumberland residents.
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Ric Maxwell
Ralph Alberico
James Phillips
Eileen Cockrell
Carl’ Silcott
Bernard Frazier
Blaine Garby
Ellen Sheets
Lois Hackenberry
Gordon Mason
Cyril Owens
Abner Owens
Claude Machsmer
Walter Sharp
Baltimore
Kentucky Court Affirms Death Sentence in Kidnapping Case
In Frankfurt Kentucky the state court of appeals upholds the death sentence of 22 year old Herbert Workman in a Braxton County West Virginia kidnapping case. Workman and two other former soldiers were convicted in the Vernon Dodge abduction. the other two have already been executed. Workman is set to die in the Eddyville Kentucky electric chair on March 4.
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Frankfurt. Ky
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Frankfurt
Herbert Workman
Tesla
Braxton County
West Virginia
Ormer
Vernon Dodge
Workman
Eddyville
Kentucky
F H C Class Meets at Beulah Baptist Church
The F H C Class gathered at Beulah Baptist Church for a regular meeting with Miss Myrtle Bartlett in charge of devotionals and lessons. Refreshments were served by Mrs Edna Lambert and Mrs Christine Carder. Attendees included Mrs Gladys Thompson, Mrs Lois Dausherty, Mrs Hazel Mosser, Mrs Avis Lambert, Mrs Mara Shriver, Mrs Launa Wiseman, Mrs Adri an Tucker, Mrs Hazel Giles, Mrs Ada Keener, Mrs Vada Utt, Mrs Nellie DeBarr, Miss Grace Tucker, Miss Jessie Whitescarver, Miss Blanche Hustead, and the teacher. Charles Kearns is ill at home. Ireta McIntyre of Spelter and June Osborne of Grafton visited Miss Jo Ann Wilson. Sally Cork and son Johnny of Clarksburg visited Mrs Birdle Moyer.
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Myrtle Bartlett
Edna Lambert
Christine Carder
Gladys Thompson
Lois Dausherty
Hazel Mosser
Avis Lambert
Mara Shriver
Launa Wiseman
Adrijan Tucker
Hazel Giles
Ada Keener
Vada Utt
Nellie DeBarr
Grace Tucker
Jessie Whitescarver
Blanche Hustead
Myrtle O. Bartlett
Webster youths and families featured in local news
The column notes Mrs C R Losi learning her father Thomas Saffel lies in Weston hospital after a fall. It mentions upcoming Measuring Social by WSCS Methodist group in the local IOOF hall Friday Feb 11. Also records visitors Norma Shaw from Grafton, Troy Fitzwater ill, and several local families visiting or traveling, including Mr and Mrs Lake of Morgan Town and Dr Breediove’s family. Richard Frum visits from Fairmont State College.
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C. R. Losi
Thomas Saffel
Weston Hospital
Viola’ Fitzwater
Ernest Tucker
Mildred ‘McWilliams
W.s.cs
Methodist Church
Woman Relates Clarksburg Visit and Hospital Recovery
A brief note says she spent last week in Clarksburg and reports her niece Mrs. Mike Reilico is home from the hospital recovering well from a recent operation.
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Clarksburg
Mike Reilico
Relatives Visit and Local Socials Noted
Miss Violet Bartlett of Grafton visited at the home of Mrs. Jane Bartlett and Mr. and Mrs. B. Du Ault this week. Mrs. Dave Waller was shopping and visiting friends in Grafton on Thursday.
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Norma Shaw
Grafton
Eloise Stead
Violet Bartlett
Jane Bartlett
Mrs. B. du Ault
Dave Waller
Severe Cold Grips Great Plains and West Regions
The mercury plunged to twenty degrees below zero in parts of the Dakotas Minnesota Nebraska Iowa Wisconsin and northern Illinois with sub zero readings extending into Montana Utah Nevada and surrounding areas. Temperatures dropped sharply disrupting travel and daily activity while forecasters warned of continued extreme cold and wind chills across the region.
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Ona
Nevadaes
Dakotas
Sota
Montana
Nebraska
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Utah
Nevada
Landlord offers 6 room home for sale at 513 W Main
A two story six room house at 513 West Main with bath, basement and furnace is offered in good condition with only superficial repairs. Priced at 3500 dollars with 500 dollars down and the balance paid in monthly installments.
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Walnut St
Wilford
W. Main
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Spelter
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Simpson Road
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Pairmont State College
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Pleasant
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