Scout Jamboree Prep Shifts Focus To Open Air Life
The Grafton Sentinel reports 40 000 Boy Scouts prepare for a jamboree on a historic battleground with supplies arriving including 10 gallons of poison ivy loc tion. Scoutmaster Hoffman heads troops from Taylor Barbour Randolph Upshur Harrison Gilmore Doddridge and Lewis counties. James Park Bill and Bob Myers lead regional band duties and cooking advice. Courtney Frank Clay join as noted. Local displays will feature Tygart Lake State Park Andrews Methodist Church and the National Cemetery. Penn State to play nine football games in 1950.
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Bill Courtney
Frank Clay
West Virginia
Tygart Lake
Andrews Methodist Church
National Cemetery
Ants or Humans Useful Quest For Answers
A quirky collection of observations questions whether ants or humans are truly useful to science. The piece riffs on pigeons in Harvard tones and a Detroit woman who fell from a porch while reaching for a cigarette, all in a playful newspaper-quiz voice.
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Two Men Enter County Jail After Court Session
At the city court this morning two men were admitted to the county jail for intoxication. John Callahan of Grafton was fined ten dollars plus costs by City Judge J. Guy Allender. failure to pay led to ten days in jail. Ralph G. Bareer of Youngstown, a carnival man, was also fined ten dollars plus costs, with ten days jail on nonpayment.
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Tounty
John Callahan
Grafton
Swisher
J. Guy Allender
Callahan
Ralph G. Bareer
Youngstown
Ohio
Woodford and Funkhow3er
Subscription Rates for Deliveries and Mail
Subscription rates listed for carrier deliveries and mail in advance. One year nine dollars, six months seven eighty, three months three ninety. Rates outside Virginia and West Virginia set at fifteen sixty per year. National representatives INLAND NEWSPAPER: Representatives, Inc. New York.
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Berea Flood Toll and Rescue Efforts Rise in Doddridge
In Ritchie county Berea, 13 of 15 homes were wiped out and six residents lost. The death toll, revised to 30 with three bodies still unrecovered along Middle Island Creek. Health teams report water systems back in operation in Berea and West Union, but supplies remain boiled. B and O railroad aims to resume service soon as transport improves through the stricken area.
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Ritchie County
Red Cross
Paul Courtwright
Berea
Middle Island Creek
Doddridge
West Union
Doddridge County
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Proctor and Firemen Parade Leads to Officers Vote
Proctor and several fire chiefs traveled to Huttonsville for an unexpected parade. Six fire departments joined the procession to Mill Creek where officers were elected. More than 80 members attended the monthly meeting and lunch followed. Next month’s meeting is planned for July.
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Davis
Parsons
Proctor
Huttonsville
Mill Creek
Wedding Week Reflections In The Mayhew House
Jenny, Natalie, and Diane safeguard peace after a Cape wedding plan. The sisters navigate guest tensions, Diane’s cooking lessons, and evolving love as they adjust to a quiet, transformative week filled with family ties and new commitments.
North Central ice hockey fourth annual allstar game set
Grafton has hosted the North Central district monthly meetings for three years with the group meeting in a different place each month. The December 1950 allstar game is scheduled for October and will be held in Tunnelton.
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Grafton
Ferent Place
North Central District
Atomic shells and baby bombs loom for future war
Washington march of events notes that atomic artillery could weigh about 200 pounds and deliverable by B-36 bombers with up to two dozen warheads from 10,000 miles away. Officials warn Russia may not match U.S. output without uranium sources, while Western foreign ministers expect no war soon. Bradley outlines a method for evaluating arms programs as the Navy sharpens anti submarine air power with Guardian, Skyraider, and Avenger aircraft.
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U.N. Actions Back U.S. Aid In Asia And Korea
The council approves American intervention as a warning to Russia over force. The North Koreans ignore the 38th parallel order. no U.S. ground troops are sent and aircraft are barred from striking. The joint UN U.S. action signals a firm stand against Communism in the Orient with aid to Indo China Formosa and others. The opening hockey game at Madison Square Garden marks the 600th regular season home game for the New York Rangers.
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Card of Thanks for condolence and support
The children brothers and sisters thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the sickness and death of our father George Fred Simmons Dr Haislip nurse Mrs Anna Poling and the First Brethren Church Rev Hauser for consoling words and flowers Bartlett Funeral Home May God bless each and every one of you
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Haislip
Anna Poling
First Brethren Church
Hauser
Bartlett Funeral
For Sale Notice of Several Dwellings and Lots
Six room frame dwelling at 223 Beech St with basement and coal furnace. Lot 41x338, good location near school, churches and stores. Price reduced to 5209 dollars. Two story frame double dwelling at 311-313 Thayer St with six rooms and bath each side. Price 18000 dollars. Nine room dwelling at 124 E Wilford St with garage lots. Price 2500 dollars.
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Thayer St
Wilford St
Classified Advertising Rates and Offers in Sentinel
Classified ads details free insertion rates from 4 cents per word with discounts for multiple insertions. Minimum 75 cents, strict cash in advance, no phone orders. Also includes auto body fender training and home building offers plus a lost red billfold notice from Roberts Hardware Store with contact numbers.
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The
Sentinel
Grafton Sentinel
Roberts Hardware
West Virginia to hold 1950 election for Attorney General vacancy
Governor Okey L. Patteson orders statewide election on November 7, 1950 to fill the Attorney General seat due to Ira J. Partlow's resignation. Board of Review and Equalization sessions run daily 9 am to 3 pm through Thursday June 29, 1950.
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Okey
Patteson
Brginia
West. Virginia
West
Virginia
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William H. Ansel, Jr
Hampshire County
R. E Talbott
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Ira J. Partlow
Wiliam ¢. Marland
Wyoming County
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Supreme Court of Appeals
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Kanawha
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