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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1946
Page
8
The local USO was disbanded at a YMCA headquarters meeting at 2:30 p m after three years serving thousands of servicemen. May usage fell to 68, with war's end reducing need. Funds were used to buy a year of ping pong balls for the YMCA and a $10 donation.
Betty Lee Behan and Eugene Flanagan, students at St Augustine High School, received American Legion Good Citizenship awards in a school ceremony. Torlock Rasmussen of Taylor County Post No 12 presented the honors, awarded annually to two high school seniors chosen by peers.
A veteran planning to attend school next fall under the GI Bill should apply immediately for a Certificate of Eligibility. Representative J. T. Brown of the Veterans Administration warned of delays due to heavy applications. Veterans can obtain forms at Room 401 201 West Main Street Grafton and mail them to Huntington for processing. The certificate aids tuition fees supplies and subsistence payments, though enrollment can occur without it.
Graduation exercises honored 12 seniors at St Augustine High School with remarks from Rev Michael J Coughlin urging charity and Christian virtues to counter selfishness. Diplomas were conferred by Rev M J Hannon after a Mass and a breakfast for graduates and service members Charles Coole and Charles Patterson, stationed in Europe.
The Rev. Etta E Beckley evangelist from Cumberland Maryland will speak tonight at 7 oclock at the Assembly of God church. Visiting ministers from Western Potomac council will attend. Special singing and talks by visiting ministers will be featured. A Fellowship rally was held this afternoon at 2 o clock with Rev J C Skipper of Crellin Maryland as guest speaker.
Hazel Atlas Glass plant employees resumed work at midnight after a four day vacation over the Decoration holiday. The plant had closed last Wednesday night to replenish supplies that ran low following the rail strike.
Grafton VFW Memorial City Post No 3081 plans housing aid for homeless veterans and their families. Commander Charles Proudfoot urged residents with vacant housing to contact post officials for placement options. Adjutant John M. Ford cited past success and called for locals to offer rooms or small apartments to ex servicemen and their wives.
Work resumed today on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad bridge in Point Pleasant following a jurisdictional dispute that affected 90 employees of the John F. Casey Contracting company. The dispute settlement cleared the way for completion of the $1,000,000 structure.
Roland Lee Saltis aged 16 months, of Simpson, was killed when his uncle's truck backed over him. Funeral services will be held at his home near Gabe Fork at 2 p m with Rev Father Augustine Komperday officiating. Interment at Flemington Odd Fellows cemetery. The county coroner ruled accidental death. no inquest. The boy’s family includes his parents Andrew and Emma Saltis and brother Andrew Jr.
The Balke sisters Elsie and Mary Balke thank friends and neighbors for kindness sympathy car gifts and floral offerings during the illness and at the death of their beloved sister Ann Elizabeth Balke.
Lu Ting-an, a Communist spokesman, announced the capture of four government held Manchurian cities and signaled that his forces would retreat no further as the civil war intensified in Manchuria.
A historical note explains that Tibet has no old maids as marriages are arranged by family contracts. Sometimes a man takes all daughters of a family as co-wives, reflecting arranged union practices rather than individual choice.
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