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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1949
Page
4
The clipping outlines weekly area fees for public access to local news and AP dispatches. It lists delivery options by carrier and mail with advance payment rates: one year nine dollars, six months seven eighty, three months three ninety. outside Virginia and West Virginia sixteen dollars per year.
Kingwood July 1 1927 State Police along with Habontowty deputy sheriffs raided the W O W club at Reidsville Saturday night Those taking part included Troopers H Parks and W K Morrow deputies Lester Bolyard and Floyd Ringer and Constables John Bartoletti and J W Bolyard The club steward Jesse Gray appeared before Squire R R Dale Masontown and was fined plus costs Three slot machines were confiscated in the raid and are to be destroyed in a few days.
The Preston County Society notes a raid on Veterans of Foreign Wars post Mason air slop ma suval oe ken and recalls a prior Charley’s Place raid with slot machines seized. Adults represented at the annual meeting in Jackson’s Lie. Willis Ross and Donald K. Hartman cited. Nationalization sponsors summer camps for disabled youth. seven Preston County children attended Camp Hy Ore near Parsons for two weeks of training. George Kenzenski, 72 of Howesville, died Sunday evening at the Grheh Hospital.
Fragmentary OCR lists names including Donald Bennett Jackie Johnson Jackie Smallwood Cecil Robinson Robert O Connor Richard McDaniel Eddie Brown Robert McDaniel Donald Strow and others, indicating a continuation of coverage from page one with reader interest in local figures.
Tunnelton officials met in the town hall and named standing committees for the coming term. Street committee includes J. V. Gainer John Nine and Oscar Halbritter. Ordinance committee lists Henry Miller John Nine and J. V. Gainer. Health and sanitation features Darrell Taylor Oscar Halbritter and E. C. Maier. Water works committee lists E. C. Maier Henry G. Miller and Darrell Taylor. J. V. Gainer re-elected treasurer and Clifford Martin named mayor.
Coal mine owners consider closing pits to resist Lewis revolutionary three day work week idea. Opposition comes mainly from steel companies with captive pits tied to auto and other industries. Lewis stays aloof from the Springs meeting.
He authorized the quick resumption of negotiations with the Southern Coal Producers Association at Bluefield West Virginia.
Southern opponents blocked an anti poll tax bill in the House for two days while the Senate debate lingers. Backers warn reversing precedent could reshape ballots for future elections with split federal and state local ballots. The proposal would require voters to show poll tax status to determine ballot access.
C A Curry announced E B Dentof longtime Grafton resident and former Tygart Valley Chevrolet manager as sales manager and Ralph Lake former Tygart Valley service manager as service manager. The Currys have run a Chevrolet sales and service company in Buckhannon successfully.
The piece notes that automobile owners expect satisfactory Chevrolet and Oldsmobile service from a local company. It also mentions crude oil being carried to refineries via about 390000 miles of steel pipelines and estimates roughly 12 million bicycles in use nationwide.
Nebraska is the third largest cattle producing state. The percentage of daily income spent on meat ranges from 5.3 to 6.6.
Sales of bicycles are estimated at 2,000,000 annually in the United States. The United States has more than 400 steel plants in 250 cities and towns. Steel has been made from trout for centuries, but only in very small amounts until about one year ago. Texas is the biggest cattle producing state.
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