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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1949

Page

4

Grafton Sentinel Publishing Details

Grafton Sentinel is a weekday afternoon paper published by the Grafton Publishing Company Inc at 102 Latrobe Street Grafton West Virginia. It operates as a daily except Sunday since 1903 and lists staff including M B MacLeod general manager and Eldora M Bolyard news editor. Subscription rates include 30c weekly carrier and annual mail rates 9.00 in state 15.60 outside. National and inland representatives are listed. Entered as second class matter in the Grafton Post Office.

Grafton Publishing Company, Inc Latrobe Grafton W. Va Telephone 580 M. B. MacLeod Eldora M. Bolyard Virginia West Virginia National Representatives Inland Newspaper Representatives, Inc New York East 42Nd Street

Bobrowski Dean wedding announced in Tunnelton

Alice Bobrowski and Robert S. Dean were married in a June 4 double ring ceremony at Our Lady of Lebanon rectory. The bride is from Tunnelton and the groom from Sanborn New York. Guests included family from Tunnelton. The couple plans a trip to Washington and the southern states after a dinner with immediate families. Both are employed in Kimberly Clark Niagara Falls NY.

Clarksburg Wesley Warner Sanborn N. Y Samovar Dean Washington, D.C Kingwood High School Niagara Falls U. S. Airforce Kimberly Clark Corporation of Niagara, Falls, N.Y Tunnelton Vincent J. Bobrowski Harlan Myers Jerry Pat

Evening radio listings feature NBC CBS ABC programs

Prime time shows across NBC CBS and ABC outline a varied lineup. NBC offers One Man's Family at 9 and a 9:30 concert with Don Voorhees plus Jane Pickens at 10:30. CBS presents Spin To Win at 8:30, Young Love at 9, Leave It To Joan Davis at 9, Strawhat Concert at 10, and Blue Barron Band at 10:30. ABC airs Gordon MacRae Show at 8:30, Ella Mae's Time at 9, Ralph Norman's Music at 9:30, On Trial Forum at 10:30, with a debate on free speech and education topics following. Miss Sue LaRue visits.

NBC One Man's Family Don Voorhees Jane Pickens Radio City Playhouse CBS Young Love Joan Davis Blue Barron Peter Salem Ferlim

ACROSS 1 5 9 10 11 12 and Related Clues

Crossword style clues and partial puzzle hints from a historical page appear with fragmented entries for across and down words including yields region devices and plants. the page also includes a cryptogram instruction and a long header line of word clues and numbers.

River Latvia

Families Visit Relatives Across Maryland and D C

Residents and kin from Detroit Baltimore and Cumberland travel to Kitzmiller Damascus and Lansdowne to visit relatives in Maryland and Washington while a 1934 data note contrasts average American meat consumption at 117 pounds versus 145 in 1948 and 161 in 1900.

Rose Mankins Damascus Maryland

Obituary for Staff Sergeant Edsell Neil Poe

Staff Sergeant Edsell Neil Poe's funeral service is set for Thursday at 10 a.m. at National Cemetery with Reverend O. J. Howearth of First Christian Church officiating. Interment will follow at National Cemetery. Friends may visit Bartlett Funeral Home after 4 30 p.m. on Wednesday July 20.

Edsell Neil Poe National Cemetery O. J. Howearth First Christian Church Bartlett Funeral Home

Vic Vet Reports Job Trainees Progress Update

A Vic Vet briefing notes trainees’ monthly progress reports now merged with periodic earnings records. The chaotic text hints at Afghanistan politics and fragmented state rules, suggesting a broader organizational or project audit amid uncertain governance.

Vet group names new officers amid production talks

H Laban White Jr of Clarksburg was named Commander to replace Robert Swesey of Parkersburg. Other officers named include Charles Renner Parkersburg first vice commander, Carl Pugh Williamstown second vice commander, Joseph L Bradford Clarksburg judge advocate, Harry McKinney Morgantown Parksburg alternate national committee member, Richard D Marks Clarksburg 12q Cavalary district commander, and David Conroy Williamstown.

Morgantown David Conroy Williamstown

Brewster on party leadership amid Truman plan debate

Republican leader argues the party’s long governance gives experience during the nation’s economic downturn. Two southern Democrats George of Georgia and Byrd of Virginia criticized Truman plans over the weekend. George labeled red ink spending a disastrous course, while Byrd proposed alternatives in a radio interview.

Brewster Tron George Georgia Byrd Virginia Truman Byre Congress

Truman council of economic advisers questioned amid price outlook

The president’s economic council, labeled by Mr. Truman as a strange group for men, faces questions from Byrd about whether their ideas are made in America or echo foreign ideologies that failed abroad. Edwin G. Nourse, council chair, warned prices won’t return to prewar levels.

Truman Council of Economic Advisers Byrd America Edwin G. Nourse President's Economic Council

Nourse forecasts sizeable deficit in coming years

In a radio interview, Nourse predicted a sizeable but bridled deficit for the next year or two, signaling cautious fiscal outlook and warnings about spending and revenue gaps ahead.

Nourse

Classified Ads Mixed with Delinquent Land Notices

A dense classified section lists rates for single and multiple insertions, rules on payment in advance, and numerous notices for delinquent land sales in Taylor County West Virginia. It includes detailed parcel descriptions, owners, and court action notices with sale dates in July 1949.

Legal Advertising Notice of Land Sales in Taylor County West Virginia

A court decree in State v. Mahaffey et al. announces sale of multiple land tracts in Three Forks Fetterman and Knottsville districts, including mineral and coal interests, with cash bids to the highest bidder starting July 27, 1949 at 9 a.m. standard time. Names include Wayne Robinson John Roderick heirs James Summers heirs Hugh Watkins Mattie Wilson A. H. Lindsay L. H. Lindsay and others.

Circuit Court of Taylor County West Virginia State of Hugh Riley Brownlow Park Fetterman District Edward Powell Clarence McConkey Said County Harry Friedman Circuit Court Chancery State Mary E. Brown Court House C. G Otter” Creek Mary Brown Berkley ‘Run Wilson Brown Woodford James W. Bartsett Simpson Court “House Clarkshame ‘Casket ‘Company O&g Waltman, DeMoss Wood‘ford Grafton Industrial Company Grafton ‘Industral Company Markerton Samuel Jones J. Parcel Valley River Court C. A. Keefer House C. E. Lawhead C. EB. Lawhead Court ‘House J. M. ‘Riffee W. A. Murray Elijah Kennedy Doe Run Matrona V Ida Cavenaugh Simpson Creek Flemington Berry Run Thomas E. Coffman A. Simpson Darby’ Coal Company O& G J. W. Grove Malinda Payne West Rosemont Mary F Poing H. L Ao Creek Rogeront Heights Montana Spearree Everett Clark Charles F. Davis Gore Bimpson Creek Charles J. Davis Gates Qinnie L Philip B. Mahaffey Three Fork Fetterman Wayne ‘Robinson John Roderick Laurel Run James ‘H. Summers James H. Summers A.rock Maple ‘Run Harry ‘R.warfield Rogers Hugh ‘Watkins J. E. Watkins Wickwire Fettterman J. E H. R. Watkins O&g Wickwire Mattie J. Wilson Knottsville J. H. ‘Lindsay Lucretia A. H. Lindsay L. H. Lindsay Lucretia Farms Flag Run L. H, Lindsay Elk Incretia Geneftsville

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