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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1949
Page
4
The Grafton Sentinel outlines its founding in 1870 and evolution into a daily paper with Sunday omitted since 1903. Staff roles include M B MacLeod as General Manager and Eldora M Bolyard as News Editor while noting Associated Press affiliation and subscription rates for local and distant readers.
NBC CBS ABC and MBS radio schedules list shows from 8:30 to 10:30 with names like Knight Copper Club Mystery Theater and Rex Maupin Entertains. The text also offers gardening guidance on leaf lettuce maturity celery soil between stalks and planting six week beans in July for fall supply.
Kingwood youths Loretta Schaffer Mary Elizabeth Everly Vera Gersamovich and Betty Zeigler were selected by local groups to attend Girls State Camp at Jacksons Mill. Also noted are obituaries and visits including Francis Benedict Greaser of Howesville, a Morgantown birth, and regional travels and residences.
MES W R Mankins reports locals including Mr and Mrs Gail Gray and Mr and Mrs Guy E Taylor with son Doug spent Sunday in Morgantown. James Ennis and daughter Carolyn Marie left for Columbus after a vacation with relatives. Orville Taylor visits Waverly. Bruce Cox and daughter Jani Rae and Sara Lee Gray from Clarksburg spent the weekend here. Dorothy Rees and children Joanne and Donald of Martinsburg visit relatives. George Kirk Jr and Sam Shay noted.
Beatrice, Porter Parish, and Libby swirl through a club scene where Porter’s drinking and Libby’s glamour test loyalties. David Jordan acts with blunt honesty as Beatrice faces gossip, distance, and a looming crisis over her marriage and a daughter’s fate.
Hollywood designer Ray Driscoll sifts ten pulchritudinous actresses into one ideal woman dubbed the Driscol lovely. The piece suggests readers try to identify the merged image amid publicity stunts and industry chatter.
Tera Alta and nearby towns hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Johnny Markley and family plus Mr and Mrs Richard Miller and parents. Elizabeth Brown leaves for Washington to join teachers on a six week west coast educational tour. Reverend W J Kerr announces summer Vacation Bible School at Tunnelton Methodist Church from June 13 for two weeks daily 9 to 11 45 a m with a staff of teachers and helpers guiding children from ages 4 to 14.
Contests will be held in Moundsville Saturday night with seven girls from Moundsville Wheeling and Weirton competing for the Miss Northern Panhandle title. Additional preliminaries will be held in other towns with dates to be announced. A stray note on biology and cleaning tips appears in the same column.
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