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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1950
Page
4
A fragmented passage notes Associated Press rights and exclusive local news use. It lists delivery and mail subscription rates, with price details for various terms and regional pricing outside Virginia and West Virginia.
Nancy R. Rutherford aged months of 1131 West Main Street died at 5 05 p m Wednesday at her home She was born in Taylor County on October 3 1949 She was a daughter of Katherine Rowe Rutherford and is survived by three brothers Carl Harold and Nathan and five sisters Betty Joan Ada Jean and Mary
A large puzzle page features a daily crossword with clues across and down, a cryptogram quotation, and a sample filled answer. It lists several dated hints and partial entries, with instructions on solving cryptograms and a ready example quotation by LONGFELLOW. The page includes Saturday’s cryptoquote quote HIS WISE RARE SMILE IS SWEET.
Eliza Forrestal arrives at New Interval to settle in as George Culbert, works manager, offers a wary welcome. The old mill town mood, ancestral portraits, and a tense, restrained atmosphere frame her first steps amid memories of her grandfather and hidden relationships.
San Antonio brief notes recount a Mrs. Spencer and her dog vanishing during a house ransack then the dog bit an investigating officer when it reappeared. Joe Kapopolis reports declining takings at his Sixth Avenue bar after the cashier desk sign about utensils. Also pithy quips from Plum Herb Shriner and a forecast about world travel in two hours.
Buffalo officials received a box from Siam containing a mother and father viper and 28 young vipers. The vipers were considered a $1,400 dividend by the zoo. Separate reports blame overtaxed heating equipment for many home fires. The National Geographic Society notes the University of Helmstedt in Germany was founded in 1576 and operated until 1810.
Hubert F Hefner Sr aged 86 died at 4 30 a m after a short illness in Grafton He was born March 26 1875 in Graf ton the son of Nathaniel Hefner and Victoria Moore Hefner He leaves siblings and 18 grandchildren and one great grandchild He served as supervisor of maintenance at Grafton City Hospital and was a lifelong resident and United Brethren church member
Hubert F. Hefner Sr. dies with service planned Saturday July 8 at Bartlett Funeral Homes 2 30 p m officiated by Reverend C V Tate and Reverend Mrs Lois Luzadder Interment at Bluemont cemetery Friends may call at Bartlett after 12 noon Friday Nancy R Rutherford private services Friday July 7 Bartlett Funeral Homes 10 a m officiated by Reverend Paul E Trimpey Interment Bluemont cemetery
I thank friends for kindness during the sudden death of my mother. Special thanks to Bartlett Funeral Home, those who sent flowers, neighbors who helped, those who used their cars, Harmony Grove Choir, and Reverend D. F. Desist, C. W. Arrington.
In a Maine valley, outsider Miss Forestal seeks control of her late grandfather's small antiquated paper mill while rival George Culbert clings to power and the town watches. Hespeth, Eliza, and Marilyn Streeter thread loyalty as tensions mount over ownership and home.
The fragment mentions cattle egrets feeding on insects stirred by grazing livestock and notes thousands of chinchilla ranches stocking descendants from 11 chinchillas brought to the US from the Andes in 1923. It also references Louisiana’s land area growth by 50 square miles over a century near the Mississippi River and a Census Bureau estimate for the Washington DC metropolitan area.
Needed! Man or woman to take care of established Grafton customers for Watkins Products. Average $45 weekly income with no investment. Send details to B. K. Shuey Box 157 Sta. A Columbus Ohio. Also mentions min 75 cent charge and multiple insertion rates.
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