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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1948

Page

6

Mrs Bartlett dies in Altoona. services planned

Mrs Jean Love Bartlett aged 47 former resident of this city died at her daughter Mrs Grover Stewarts Altoona home last evening at 615 PM She was widow of Earnest Bartlett a Baltimore and Ohio railroad train master She leaves children Mrs Stewart Richard Bartlett and Hubert Bartlett two brothers Robert Love and Richie Love a sister Minnie Cobb and several grandchildren Funeral arrangements set Bartlett Funeral Home with calling Tuesday afternoon and services Wednesday at 2 PM conducted by Rev Carl Davis Burial at Simpson cemetery

Jean Love Bartlett Grover Stewart Altoona Rosemont Bartlett Earnest Bartlett Baltimore and Ohio Robert Love Presbyterian Church of Fairmont Bartlett Funeral Home Bartlett Funeral Carl ‘Davis Simpson

Atomic age garden yields strange twin potatoes tomatoes

Judson L. Reese of 236 Elliott avenue Alexander Park Virginia reports potato plants bearing both potatoes and tomatoes. One vine has six tomatoes and others five or fewer. Reese, son of Mrs. W H Reese, moved to Virginia early in the war and works as a foreman at the welding shipyard. He notes wide interest among local gardeners in the phenomenon.

Judson L. Reese Elliott Avenue Alexander Park

Young Gifford Trains At Langley Air Base

Robert N. Gifford son of Rev and Mrs W T Gifford of 253 W Washington St reported in the Eleventh Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps. Training camp commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Skidmore Garrett began Sunday June 20 for six weeks at Langley Air Force Base East Virginia. Cadet Gifford assigned to Flight 2 Squadron A as part of three squadrons A B and C with about 60 cadets per squadron trained in administration aircraft maintenance and supply duties.

Robert N. Gifford W. T. Gifford Washington St Air Force Reserve Officers’. Training Corps Summier Skidmore N Garrett Langley Air Force East Virginia Gifford Armanetts

B and C to Exhibit Historic and Modern Rail Equipment

The Baltimore and Ohio will move a 31-piece exhibit of historic and modern railroad equipment to nine U.S. cities before the Chicago Railroad Fair. Highlights include a full-scale Tom Thumb locomotive replica from 1829 and the Atlantic locomotive from 1832, plus Mallet locomotives and streamlined passenger power. The train travels from Baltimore on June 26 with stops through July 3, ending at the fairgrounds on July 6 for the Wheels A Rolling pageant.

Baltimore and Ohio Baltimore B&o Fairgrounds Silver Spring Station Washington, D.C P &le Carson Smithfield Street Bridge Pittsburgh New Castle Youngstown Ohio Howard Street Akron Myrtle Avenue Willard Suly Tiffin Columbus Street Fostoria Randolph Street Garret Indiana Railroad Fairgrounds Chicago William Mason Thatcher Perkins Toath Washington New York B& O's National Limited

Ida Yates Funeral to Be Held Tuesday

Mrs Ida E Yates aged 86 a former Pruntytown resident died at Deaconess hospital Detroit Saturday after a 48 hour illness from a paralytic stroke She was a Pryntytown Baptist church member for 25 years Survived by husband William M Yates five children Farrell B Yates Estelle Yates and Mrs Lot Burnside all of Detroit Funeral services set for Tuesday in Detroit with interment to follow.

Ida E. Yates Pruntytown Deaconness Hospital Detroit Mich Igs Tatty Pryntytown Baptist Church William M. Yates Farrell B. Yates Estelle Yates Lot Burnside

Funeral arrangements announced for local residents

Remains arriving tonight for William E. Yates of Phoenix and B. D. Yates of Weston. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at Pruntytown Baptist Church with Rev. Whitner and Rev. Loving officiating. Burial in Woodsdale cemetery. Bartlett Funeral home in charge. Also notes a local typo about a poramme wrapper and a clerk, FAIRMONT, June 28.

William E. Yates Phoenix Arizona B. D. Yates Weston Bartlett Funeral Home Pruntytown Baptist Church W. L. Whitner Henry Loving Woodsdale Cemetery

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