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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1947
Page
3
Society and club activity note profiles Miss Etta L. Francis, society reporter, with contact by telephone 185 and brief mention of ongoing social events and local engagements.
Miss Nellie Cook, Home Economics teacher at Grafton Senior High, will run a free adult night class in foods from 7 to 10 pm starting June 19. Open to anyone aged 16 or older, with seven units on foods and five on clothing, credit requires six of twelve meetings.
Miss Mary Ellen Roof of this city graduated with a bachelor of science degree at Winthrop College's 66th commencement exercises. She majored in music and held leadership roles in the college orchestra, band, Music club, and Granddaughters' club. She was among 235 graduates completing four-year programs.
A refrain urges outlining alternate courses of action under known conditions to reveal costs in human effort and physical resources as well as potential consequences. The commentary argues this method could elevate democracy to the highest levels.
June activities listed include WSCS meetings at West Main and St John s churches, D O B class at Nellie Cook s home, Business Girls dinner at Ronny s Dairy Bar, Circle No 1 events at St Paul s and St Paul s W S C C, a Home Economics workshop at Grafton Senior High, W C T U at the Baptist church, and Hecalums initiation at Ronay s with invitations to old members and graduates.
Local residents hosted friends and relatives from Fairmont Baltimore Morgantown and Richmond over weekends holidays and longer visits. Notable guests included Mr. and Mrs. Linn and daughter Karol Ann of Fairmont visiting the Leonard family, and Edward Lerner a Morgantown student billeted with Miss Sylvia Favish. Others traveled or returned to Indianapolis Cincinnati and Texas illustrating a busy pattern of travel and hospitality in the community.
Commencement speaker Dr Jolliffe, a 1915 graduate and former FCC chief engineer, argues thinking should be an academic staple from grade school through college. He calls scientific method the art of thinking, key to insight, progress, and lasting peace and prosperity. Waxing the clothes chute is advised to prevent jams.
The snippet lists guests and travelers including T. H. Maxwell of Pittsburg Pa visiting over the holiday, and Mr and Mrs Joseph V Lloyd and daughters Joy and Linda of Wheeling. It notes J H Hill leaving for Baltimore Md after a holiday weekend with Miss Jennie Bluthworth, and William Thomas Bolyard Sr leaving Lincoln Street for Onarga Illinois after visiting his mother.
An agent said freight rates would rise by 17.7 percent starting January 1 and express rates by 20 percent from December 13, 1940. Management estimates the increases will cover wage hikes and added costs from amended railroad retirement and unemployment insurance acts.
A large explosion damaged a plant building and prompted all nearby ambulances to respond. The blast was felt miles away in New Cas Ne with windows blown out. The report notes 7 pounds of cheese per American in 1946, including 48 pounds of cheddar.
Mailing offer for Pattern 9322 by Graf ton Sentinel pattern dept. New York city requests twenty five cents and size options from 34 to 48. Includes inch by inch sew chart and button front design with no waistline. Marian Martin Spring Pattern Book features infant patterns for fifteen more cents.
The article covers the dedication ceremony for a Boy Scout camp near Grafton named for LeRoy Edwards, killed in World War II. Attendees included John Edwards of Baltimore and his brother John Edwards Jr. The event featured Rev Knox as speaker, Judge Watkins, and Loren Hoffman as toastmaster, with a homecoming dinner marking the troop’s tenth anniversary. The report also details city council and park commission structures and park governance.
The ordinance outlines automatic and selected members for the park commission, terms of one year starting June, and eligibility for veteran groups to apply. It also empowers the commission to organize itself and requires annual audits of the park commission books and accounts by the City of Grafton.
An old advertisement links Napoleon’s stomach pains to after eating distress and promotes Udga Tablets for ulcers indigestion gas pain and heartburn. It offers a 25 cent box with a double your money back guarantee if the first dose fails and lists Malone’s Drug Store among sellers.
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