Grafton Joins Route 50 Campaign Effort in West Virginia
Grafton area to participate in the Route 50 Association organized by Charles N. Prickitt, executive secretary of the Taylor County Board of Trade. The group aims to improve Route 50 and designate it as the George Washington Highway across states it passes through. Grafton plans future involvement and may attend Parkersburg meetings. A Clark meeting is planned.
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Grafton
Charles N. Prickitt
Taylor County Board of Trade
Parkersburg
Clark
Grafton Girl Commended by Board of Trade for Mother's Day Cachet
Ruth Marie Bumgardner 19 daughter of Mr and Mrs Bruce Bumgardner 324 Yates avenue received a commendation from the Taylor County Board of Trade for an India ink drawing used on the Mother s Day cachet stamped on over 3000 letters and cards mailed from the local post office on May 9 The artwork followed a suggested layout by Charles N Prickitt executive secretary of the trade board Leslie Loar of W R Lear and Son studio also earned commendation for photography that helped make the cachet possible Bumgardner a Pittsburgh Art Institute student plans commercial art study this summer She is a Grafton High School class of 1948 graduate known for a tempera mural in the school library and active in Girl Reserves 4 H and church groups}
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Ruth Marie Bumgardner
Bruce Bumgardner
Yates Avenue
Taylor
County Board of Trade For
Or India
The
Trade Board
Leslie Loar
W. R. Lear and Son
Miss Bumgardner
Pittsburgh Art Institute
Grafton
Muriel
Community Chorus
St. . Paul's Methodist Church
Edwards Version of Fracas Sees Work Last Night
Edwards and Betty Douglass, a Fairmont State College graduate, were together after a late shift when an assault occurred. Hall and Tucker offered differing remarks with Hall hinting Edwards should avoid parking there and Tucker claiming a man should cross his own yard safely.
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Court House
Edwards
Hall
Fairmont Times
Tucker
Fairmont
Marion County
Betty Douglass
Fairmont State College
Douglass
Special Council Meeting Called For Friday Night
Graf ton City Council will hold a special meeting Friday at 8 p m in City Hall to study revenue options including a gross sales tax and a tax on licenses The sewer charge may also be discussed though no action was set at last meeting The council approved universal garbage collection and disposal ordinance last Friday to take effect July 1.
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City of
Grafton
City Hall
Curtis D. Decker
Grocery and Meats Store Sale Offered
Vendor markets a 30x60 grocery and meats operation with 20 years in service and weekly earnings of 900 to 1200 dollars plus rent of 45 dollars monthly. Modern refrigeration and live stock facilities highlighted. Manager currently runs it. potential to double business with unlimited opportunity. Owner pursuing other interests. inspection invited at our expense.
Taft seeks to peel Stassen delegates as nominating chances loom
Speculation on a possible Stassen Vandenberg pairing revives as Taft strategists court Stassen delegates from Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa and Nebraska. Taft allies view Vandenberg as receptive regardless of public stance and House Speaker Martin signals openness to support if a Philadelphia deadlock occurs.
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Stassen
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Minnesota
Philadelphia
Taft
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
Vandenberg
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Boston
Lodge Heads 1948 Republican Platform Committee
Lodge was named to head the resolutions committee drafting the 1948 Republican platform amid rumblings of internal debate. A Taft backed long range housing bill passed the senate, but House Republicans show no willingness to support it. Rep Wolcott of Michigan drafts a substitute as Stassen and Gov. Dewey publicly back Vandenberg’s foreign policy stance in restoring foreign aid cuts.
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Lodge
Resolutions Committee
Taft
Senate
House
Rep
Wolcott
R.-Mich
Stassen
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Vandenbers
Michigan
Strel ingot production in 1947 falls short of wartime peak
US output of strel ingots in 1947 reached 84.7 million tons, about five million tons below the wartime peak, signaling a notable postwar drop in heavy industrial production.
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United States
Memorial verse on love that outlasts the grave
A short, somber poem reflecting on lasting love beyond death. The verse hints at flowers fading on a grave while love for the departed endures beyond the grave.
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Geveral
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Isdud
Tel ‘Aviv
Miesanim
Nitsanim
Tél Aviv
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Arab League
League
Bernadotte
Don‘biel
Board of Trade
Walnut St
Consumer Credit
First National Bank Consumer Credit Dept
Wayne M
Binsel
Mgr
Bank
Bat
Jefferson Street
Miss Douglass
Atlas Realty CO
Fourth‘Ave
Pittsburgh, Pa
Coole’s Novelty Store
Court House Grawton
W. VA
Sonny Ay Aoe
Malone's Drug ¢ Chemical CO
Taylor County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Sterling Evans
Charleston
Pic
Raycee
Brance
Schwinn
Ike
Goodyear Rubber
W.A
Bowie
Pr. W.A.D
Barton’s
West Main Street
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