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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1949
Page
4
The Grafton Sentinel explains its daily weekday publication by The Grafton Publishing Company in Latrobe Street Grafton West Virginia. It lists staff roles and Associated Press ownership and outlines submission rules and subscription rates for carriers and mail including regional prices.
The page lists NBC-8 and ABC-8 program lineups with shows like Blondie Dagwood Archie Andrews Duffy's Tavern and Milton Berle in the evening, plus MBS-8 offerings including Can You Top This and Scattergood Baines, ending with a note about the oldest Forest College in Dehra Dun, India.
In Tunnelton Miss Virginia May Conaway daughter of Mrs Jenni Conaway Fairmont wed Frank H Crebar Fairmont in a 10 am Friday ceremony at the local Methodist Church Rev W J Kerr officiated with Miss Sarah Kerr singing I Love You Truly The bride given in marriage by Dr J J Jenkins Sr of Farmington wore a slipper satin gown Attending the bride was Virginia E Crebar of Fairmont the bridegrooms attendant was Homer C McCormick of Fairmont Afterward a dinner at the Parsonage was hosted by Mrs W J Kerr funeral arrangements announced for Walter Wiles of Tunnelton who died at Grafton City Hospital age 53 Mt View Methodist member. Knotts Funeral Home in charge
The page presents a daily crossword puzzle with across and down clues spanning various definitions plus a cryptoquote puzzle. It includes several lengthy clue sets and an example cryptogram where letters substitute for others, along with a sample yesterday’s cryptoquote.
Z F Shahan a lifelong Denver Methodist minister died at his Tunnelton Route 1 home yesterday at 4 45 p m He was 86 born February 12 1863 in Preston County Survived by wife Ida B Taylor Shahan and children Harold Russell Donald and Gladys with siblings A J Shahan and Mrs Florence Snyder Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 p m EST at Denver Methodist Church Reverend W J Kerr to officiate Interment in Shay Chapel Cemetery under Knotts Funeral Home of Grafton care
Roscoe Riley Jr a Kingwood graduating student has been chosen for the Chapter Star Farmer award of ten dollars by the Kingwood Future Farmers of America chapter. He earned the State Farmer degree last August at Jackson's Mill and served as chapter president for two years. He was selected to participate in the National Band in Kansas City in October 1947, and his four year project lists extensive Hereford stock and crop efforts with detailed acreages and livestock entries.
Beatrice Farish battles marital strain as Porter’s infidelity threat looms while Libby hosts a glamorous set. Beatrice, wary of divorce, seeks to preserve their home for daughter Marianne. A dinner guest, David Jordan, a South African engineer, arrives, drawing Beatrice’s wary interest and deepening the mood of crisis and fragile ties.
In Libby’s upscale city apartment Beatrice meets David Jordan a wary veteran who chooses the city as a permanent base and hints at a future encounter. Libby hosts cocktails as Beatrice senses danger and accelerated living while imagining a quiet evening with Marianne and Porter.
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