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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1950
Page
1
In a packed high school auditorium yesterday, Miss Kathryn Barnes presented a cooking demonstration described as teaching new types of cooking from an arm chair. The event highlighted Miss Barnes guiding a large audience of men and women through gas stove techniques.
Miss Barnes, a famed home economist, demonstrated modern gas ranges showing how vitamins are retained when cooking vegetables and meats. She shared tips on serving meals and decorating tables. Mrs. T. C. Gough received a Tappan gas range from Liehrer Furniture.
In Charleston the South Carolina Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for Robert Ballard Bailey, who faced the electric chair for the death of Rozina Fazio. The delay followed Judge Fred L. Fox's absence en route to a California convention, with his return not expected until month’s end. This is the second time this year a scheduled execution has been postponed by a court order.
State police trace a serious crash near Circleville in the Pendleton mountains with possible missing Army crew. Nath an Strawder reported hearing the 4 am blast and counting four burned bodies after a Be25 two engine plane carrying nine military men departed Middletown Pennsylvania for Offut Field Nebraska vanished. Troopers say location unknown but are en route from Franklin and Petersburg detachments to Circleville area.
In a Dallas foreign policy speech, Secretary of State Dean Acheson asserts the Soviet Union uses armed might to bully weaker nations and urges maintaining the current cold war strategy. No reaction from Russia was reported at press time as analysts study the remarks.
The federal hot lunch program served 201,990 meals across Taylor County fourteen schools in 1949 50. Twenty four cooks held health department certificates under principal supervision, with a mix of free and paid meals and substantial USDA surplus products distributed.
Senators Harry Byrd and A Willis Robertson of Virginia oppose the nomination of Martin Hutchinson to the Federal Trade Commission. The Richmond attorney is deemed unqualified and the appointment a political matter. Hutchinson testified before the Senate Commerce Committee amid the dispute.
About 310 high school juniors participate in Rhododendron Girls State at Jacksons Mill to elect officers today. Nominations were made yesterday for governor and other state posts. Slates feature Rangel Nassif of Rowlesburg and Evangeline Hadjis of Wheeling. The event is sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary as a citizenship training project.
Donna Jean Johnson ten, of Tunnelton, died Monday at City Hospital from injuries after a car carrying Mary Ann Coole eleven and Barbara Ann Johnson twelve collided with a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train at the Newburg crossing. The two other girls suffered injuries, Mary Ann a slight head wound and Barbara Ann a broken shoulder, with both reported in good condition. Driver Wallace Coole was discharged from the hospital.
Groups assemble at six thirty for the Flag Day march to the Baltimore and Ohio square with a 6 55 p m parade start. Hon William B Flannery speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates will deliver the patriotic address amid bands scouts and veterans and a floral bell of liberty ceremony closes the program.
Bernard L Hoffman of Maple Avenue officially retired yesterday after forty seven years with Baltimore and Ohio. Born 64, he was one of the last G and B division veterans, starting as a fireman in 1903 and progressing to brakeman and conductor while recalling early pay and meal conditions.
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