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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1955

Page

6

Taylor county 4 H Members Start Camp At Towles

119 Taylor county 4 H Club members began a week at the annual encampment at Camp Towles It runs through Saturday with camp breaking up that morning Woodbridge Stout county agent and Helen Fleming home demonstration agent directed the arrangements Stanley Ikenberry state worker will serve as director Shirley Paskey and Charles Barnes assist with classes and crafts Theme is New Horizons with daily subtitles Vision Challenge Responsibility Ambition and Decision Classes cover first aid soil conservation music safety nature charting and pre charting craft subjects include yarn dolls glass painting table decorating flower arrangement wood trays leather stools Teachers include Lloyd Sayres Shirley Paskey Harry Summers Cpl G F Randall Trooper W R Withrow Charles Barnes Ikenberry Lawrence Scentricker Joseph Powell Craft instructors are Linda Woodyard Dorothy Boice Barbara Sampson Myrtle Anvil Groups will pick Indian names and conduct council circle activities with wards assigned at the closing camp fire Friday night.

Taylor County Camp Towles Bresking Woodbridge Stout Helen Fleming Stenley Ikenberry Shirley Paskey Charles Barnes Lloyd Sayres Harry Summers Cpl. G. F. Randall Troper W. R. Withrow Ikenberry Lawrence Scentricker Joseph Powell Linda Woodyard Dorothy Boice Barbara Sampson Myrtle Anvil

Quiet Weekend Police Report

City police logged a relatively calm weekend with two arrests. Llewis J. Walker of New York Delaware faces reckless driving charges and a police court appearance. Howard Robert Godwin of Route 2 Gratton is held on a drunken driving charge after allegedly striking Roy Stutler’s car on Latrobe Street.

Llewis J. Walker New York Delaware Howard Robert Godwin Route 2 Gratton Latrobe Street Roy Stutler Country Club Road

Drunk's Joke Earns Line of Prison Farm No 303

Wilmington New York story reports Luther Britt jailed for public drunkenness after jokingly giving his address as Prison Farm No 303. He was sentenced to 30 days in Prison Farm No 303.

Wilmington N. Y Luther Britt

Card of Thanks for Ralph S. Kanst Sr family

The family of the late Ralph S. Kanst Sr. express gratitude to friends neighbors and relatives for the many acts of kindness and sympathy shown during their loss. The Family

Ralph S. Kanst Sr

Prosecutor Plays Pinball Machines in Santa Cruz County

Dist Atty Charles L Moore of Santa Cruz County aims to try every pinball machine in the county to check legality. He reports only three of the 43 machines tested so far meet the law.

Santa Cruz Califle Dist Charles L. Moore

Davy Crockett Appears in Sunday School Scene

Mrs. Douglas Gillispie a Sunday school teacher at Eastside Terrace Methodist church reported that when she asked her class to draw impressions of King David six of the youngsters drew Davy Crockett coonskin caps in Paterson New Jersey This curious incident links the frontier hero with biblical imagery highlighting playful youth imagination and local church life.

Paterson N. J Douglas Gillispie Eastside Terrace Methodist Church King David Davy Crockett Coonskin

Beloit College students use courtship to fund union building

Beloit Wisconsin report notes students finance a new Memorial Union Building by charging an extra time with a date on specified nights. Each couple pays one penny per minute for the additional time. In Faribault Minnesota a parakeet owned by Mrs. Ernest Petteys speaks, asking if humans can fly when it tires of people.

Beloit Wis Beloit College Memorial Union Jdate Faribault Minn Ernest Petteys

Equitable Gas names James H. Marks Vice President in Charge of Operations

James H. Marks, operating manager of Equitable Gas Company, was elected Vice President in Charge of Operations at a June 13, 1955 board meeting. He will oversee Automotive Equipment through System Operation departments, with headquarters at the company’s principal offices.

James H. Marks Equitable Gas Company D. B. Beecher Marks Equitable Edgeworth Osborne Elemenary Schol Sewickley High School Shadyside Academy Princeton University Princeton North Side Field Artillery U.S. Army

Peach Staters Pay $35 A Bushel For Fruit

Residents of the Peach State faced crop losses from two late frosts and paid $35 a bushel for peaches, about 25 cents per fruit, with the peaches reportedly from California.

Peach Atlanta California

Namesake prompts curious double in Milwaukee concert

Arthur Fiedler of the Boston Pops visits Wauwatosa and encounters a namesake. The Pittsburgh context reveals a 1950s bank teller turned military officer with service in World War II and the European Theater, plus affiliations with many professional groups and a 1953 Pittsburgh Leaders list. He is married, with three children, living at 1492 Beaver Road, Glen Osborne, Sewickley, Pennsylvania.

Milwaukte Arthur Fiedler Boston Pops Orchestra Wauwatosa First Wisconsin National Bank North Side Equitable Gas Company Field Artillery Edgeworth Club Engineer's Society of Western Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Athletic Association Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce Pennsylvania Natural Gas Men's Association American Gas Association Marks Mr. Marks Beaver Road Glen Osborne Sewickley

Former Pastor Urges Church Duty and Faith in Man

An ex pastor addresses Presbyterian members about the church task to lift the world from sin and align it with God. He argues God trusts humanity, church lineage from Jesus to current members, and that the church remains essential and defended across ages.

Church Jesus God

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