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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1950

Page

6

Kingwood Considers Water System Purchase at 85,000

Kingwood officials move toward buying the town water system from Mountain State Water company for 85,000, with Public Service Commission approval sought to finalize the deal. Mayor Crogan says funded improvements may total about 205,000 including a new filtration plant, reservoir upgrades, and line extensions.

Kingwood Mountain ‘State Water Company Jack Crogan Public “Service Commission Crogan Melvin C. Snyder Water Company Towap Snyder Keyser Cheat River Westheimer Company of Cincinnati Tunnelton Street

Alabama Professor Joins West Virginia University as Associate Speech Professor

Morgantown July 7 De Eldon K Jerome of Alabama associate professor of speech correction at Alabama Polytechnic Institute has been appointed associate professor of Speech at West Virginia University. Jerome will direct the University Speech and Hearing Clinic opened last September. He succeeds Vincent H Knauf who joined the faculty at Indiana. Jerome holds master's and PhD from Northwestern and has taught at Illinois Purdue New York State Teachers College. He is a member of the American Speech Association.

Morgantown de Eldon K. Jerome Aubama Alabama Polytechnic Institute Usetf West Virginia ‘Universe Irvin Stewart Ala R. Jerome University Speech and Hearing Clinic Vincent H. Knauf University of Indiana Dr. Jerome Northwestern University University of Illinois Purdue University New York State Teachers College The American

WOUNDED DEFENDER OF LOST SUWON OF DeWitt Nebraska

War era notes recall regional defenders and escort forces in the Sicily invasion and European action. The article mentions Taylor county and several others such as Gilmer Hampshire Harrison Logan Mingo McDowell Pleasants Ritchie Roane Sumner Tyler and Wyoming as potential recipients of additional wartime funds.

DeWitt Nebraska Taylor Gilmer Hampshire Harrison Lo’gan Linco Mingo McDowell Pleasants Ritchie Roane Summere Tyler Wyoming Counties

Public meeting July 24 to hear Kingwood purchase reaction

Residents of Kingwood will be asked to express views at a public meeting set for July 24 regarding the proposed purchase. A Pearl Harbor task force gathers ships including Helena Toledo and destroyers Wiltsie Chandler Hamner Chevalier Craig Parks Sutherland under Rear Admiral Hartman.

Kingwood Long Beach California Pearl Harbor Philippine Sea Helena Toledo Wiltsie T. E. Chandler Hamner Chevalier Craig Parks and Sutherland C. Hartman Hartman

West Virginia youths join Navy academy program

Two youths from the first congressional district, Marvin J. Barth of Elm Grove and Robert L. Hatfield of Hunt Ares, will begin Navy service this summer after Senate appointee M. M. Neely announced their entry to the Naval Academy at Annapolis. The rest of the item notes cherry crops in the eastern panhandle, with sour cherries moving to market at nine cents a pound, poor sweet cherry yields, limited picking, early apples moving to market, and a suggested protein meal of dried pea soup with cottage cheese salad.

Charleston West Virginia Navy M. M.neely Naval Academy Annapolis Marvin J. Barth Elm Grove Wheeling Robert ‘L. Hatfield Hunit-Ares Panhandle

Ten Names Appearing in Page One Continuation

A fragmented list continues from page one with numerous personal names and towns including Charleston Dessie Bolton Coalton George Barnes Granteville Rosa Henderson Scarbo Doris Long Pine Grove Glen Winter Aig Meehien Eta Wheeling Lillian Mt Morrisy Joseph Alta John Callett Keys Rewgood Sint Pmlippi Dow thy Buel Dodeiel Huntington Lonty Vincent Rhudy Parkersburg Mont Jack Dorothy Michael Urban Penns Marcus Knigh t Carlisle Hovis Burns Lancaster Pennsylvania Fred Deuvall Alliance Spyros Vatetakis Carton John Maxwell Camden New Jersey and others.

Schumann Helen Young Betty LaRue Charleston Dessie Bolton Coalton George Barnes Granteville Rosa Henderson Scarbo Doris Long Pine Grove Glen Winter Aig Meehien Eta Wheeling Lillian Mt Morrisy Joseph Alta John Callett Keys Rewgood Sint Pmlippi Dowthy Buel Dodeiel Huntington Lonty Vincent Rhudy Bluefield Mmons Parkersburg Mont Jack Dorothy S Michael Urban Fine Penns Marcus —Kniht Carlislania Hovis Burns Lancaster Pennsylvania Fred R. Deuvall Alliance Ohio Spyros Vatetakis Carton John Maxwell Camden New Jersey

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