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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1955
Page
6
State Police urge careful driving for the three day weekend. They note speed as the leading highway killer and warn that fatal accidents rise on clear dry roads when drivers are impatient. Police emphasize rest, early start, alertness, and observance of safety tips to prevent deaths during the holiday travel period.
Detroit man Thomas J Tigett, 24, faces sentencing on a charge of escaping Southern Michigan Prison after he took the wrong seat at a Detroit police station while a detective questioned him about a breaking and entering. Tigett’s photograph appeared on a wanted poster during the interrogation.
In Seneca Kansas a five acre plot pampered by farmer William Wassenberg yielded an average of 201 bushels of corn per acre. The soil, a sandy loam bottom, was fertilized with 240 pounds of nitrogen and 40 pounds of potash per acre while no phosphate was used.
LOS ANGELES market owner Jot Bennish found Frank R. Spier ker 30 unconscious beside the jelly display after a burglary. Police said Spier admitted planning a break in but became hungry, tried to make a sandwich, dropped jelly, slipped in the mess and knocked himself out.
The family expresses sincere gratitude to relatives friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy after the death of James B Robison. Thanks to those who sent flowers doctors nurses at Weston Hospital Evangelist Laws E Smith Blueville Church of Christ pallbearers singers and Bartlett Funeral Home. May God bless you all. Mrs Mae Robison
On Friday July 1 1858 a freight derailment tore up 700 feet of track at Paterson Creek delaying trains. Nineteen ore cars derailed and a tool shed fell into the Potomac River. Crews from Keyser and Cumberland rerouted eastbound passengers via Western Maryland tracks, with delays about an hour for most travelers. J A Curtis noted rerouting did not affect Grafton passage and details were not yet known.
A two car collision on US Route 50 east at Ivandale caused about 250 in damage to both vehicles, per County Police. Celene Trickett of Tunnelton drove east when James Paul Jacobs of Route 1 Thornton pulled from Ivondale into Trickett’s side. Jacobs said he did not see the Trickett car. No charges were filed.
Rural Victory School D-12 near Guthrie Oklahoma maintains a horse riding day as students ride to class. The small school serves as a community center with a hot lunch program a separate kitchen and dining room a 300 volume library and a new well and pump praised by school board members.
Kenneth O. Godwin was installed as president of the Grafton Rotary Club at a Moose Club meeting last night. Offiers named include Earl J. Culp vice president and Eugene Sapp secretary-treasurer. The board of directors lists G. T. Bartlett Jr. Culp O. N. Renaeu Karl Hinkins John Jenkins Hugh McPhail Nathan Mendelson W. T. Lockard. Committees cover club service vacation service community service and international service.
The trial of Blanche Travis of East Main Street for possession of alcoholic beverages for resale was reset for July 20 after a hearing in City Police Court. Judge Layne Ford said a missing witness caused the postponement and reset.
Haddam resident Harold T. Smith aged 22 was released on his own recognizance after a justice accepted two cows and a bull in lieu of a $100 bail bond. He faces charges of speeding and driving without a license. The hearing occurred in DTEP River Connecticut.
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