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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1949
Page
4
Grafton Sentinel a weekday afternoon paper since 1903 with offices at Latrobe Street Grafton West Virginia. The paper features news from the Associated Press and invites letters to the editor signed for publication.
Readers tackle a mixed set of crossword clues across and down from a vintage style page. The grid hints include various languages and references, with clues to Ensign substance gravity and cryptic wordplay, plus a cryptoquote by Longfellow.
A Monday list shows NBC airing Bill Lawrence Supper Club and Gladys Swarthout in Voorhees Concert with I Q Quiz and Radio City Playhouse later. CBS features Inner Sanctum Godfrey Talent Scouts Mor ton of the Movies with Mickey Rooney and My Friend Irma. ABC presents Gordon Macrae Going My Way Let s Go To 50 On Trial Child s World. MBS-8 offers Straight Arrow Drama Murders My Experts Secret Missions and American Forum Public Housing. Charleston painter Clifford M Morris, 40, drowned yesterday in the Elk river at the Washington street bridge.
Preston County’s Own Page reports on local social visits and travel. William Miller and Harry Martin attended a rural mail carriers picnic in Morgantown. Families from Tunnelton and nearby towns visit relatives, attend meetings, and travel to Cumberland, Clarksburg, and Newbury. Indian film industry consumes 200 million feet of raw material annually, second largest in the world.
A British philosopher warns machines may become smarter than their creators. He jokes a thinking typewriter could offer gag ideas and wonders who will invent people. In California a translator machine is touted as a boon for decoding double talk at conferences. Zadok Dumkopt claims a clever device can save money, though he misreads its purpose, and admits it may be a novelty.
Kingwood police conducted driver examinations for thirty eight applicants with four failing. Among those passing were Darrel B DeWitt Sylvia E Craig Henry F Campbell and others. In a separate incident Claude Lipscomb eleven suffered a broken leg after being struck by a car driven by Dwane Swiger of Charleston as he rode a bicycle into the highway.
The YMCA hard meeting set for tonight at 8 p m was postponed to next Monday at 5 o c by Boo Moran acting YMCA secretary The note also mentions the term bead derived from bidam an Anglo Saxon word for prayer now linked to pierced ornaments from rosary use.
Beatrice Porter faces a looming divorce from Porter Farish amid his cruel employer Mr. Ramey. Beatrice questions her life and social circle as she doubts friends Martha Rhoda and Libby, while Libby remains loyal. The chapter follows her simmering resentment and search for identity within a stifling domestic and social world.
Beatrice recalls Marianne’s hospital days while Libby remains the center of attention at the country club. Porter's troubled charm surfaces as he pretends to be buoyant in a war era social scene. The group drifts toward dinner as Bea straddles friendship, memory, and an uneasy attraction.
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