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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1929
Page
2
A guidance piece urges parents to foster open honest discussion at dinner. It warns against dwelling on daily annoyances or sensational news and stresses censoring topics while encouraging every family member to speak freely without fear of interruption.
Radio programs listed by station and time across WEAF WABC WIZ WOR and others. In a separate biographical passage, Dr Brannan’s career from Johns Hopkins to Morgan town is traced, noting his Phi Beta Kappa honor and athletic four year varsity football record.
Morning services include Sunday school at 9:30 and sermons around 10:30 with Communion and worship. Various church groups meet midweek, including prayer circles, teen and choir gatherings, and a guest preacher from Catlettsburg seeking a new ministerial posting. public invited to all services.
The order lists Sunday school at 9:90 and sermon at 10:45 by the pastor, with music by senior and junior choirs. A canvass by trustees for 1000 dollars is planned at 7:20. Attendance involves payments per person, radio contest runs to July 12, and trustees named include L. J. Twitty and Tom Tyson among others.
A garbled report notes President Witt or Hoover considering staying in the White House during oppressive heat. It mentions cooling, motor trips, and arrangements for a fishing expedition to grounds at Catoctin Furnace in Massachusetts.
The commerce department reports seven thousand one hundred two deaths from automobile accidents across seventy-eight cities in the year ending May 18 last. The figure highlights growing road danger amid severe weather events noted in the period.
Fragmented dispatch lists a variety of notices from Albany and New York City. Mentions Mrs Roosevelt, a paratrooper, a hospital crash, a car vs truck accident, a parachute trespass question, a divorce suit involving Larry Abbott, and academic ceremonies with Gov Conley and Yale officials. The text is garbled with many misspellings and detached fragments.
The program lists a senior reception hosted by President J. R. Turner at 2:30 p.m. and a dramatic club performance of Blood Money in the Junior High auditorium. The chaplain section continues from page one with mention of activities for the old grads.
London reports King George remains unwell with a long recovery ahead. Queen Mary and royal family members expected to visit Windsor Castle as a quiet anniversary begins. The Dean of Westminster announced the June 16 thanksgiving service for the king’s recovery has been postponed.
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