Four Grafton Girls Named To Attend Strawberry Festival In Early June
Four Grafton girls were named to attend the Buckhannon Strawberry Festival in early June at a Grafton Woman's Club meeting. Emily Malone will be the delegate from the Woman's Club, Alfreda Gull represents the Taylor County 4-H leaders, Janice Haskins is the Grafton Business Girls representative, and Nancy Rohrbough goes as Kiwanis club delegate. The event also featured a skit Night Shall Pass directed by Ruth Batten with students Elaine Gifford Ted Klauenberg and Arthur Riddle, plus instrumental numbers by Dallas Beck Bill Courtney. A junior Miss of the month, Nola Sway, was introduced and gifted. A supplies drive for war-torn areas collected items to be sent via Andrews church and St Paul’s Methodist. The Wilson club encouraged World Day of Prayer services. The piece notes local women’s clubs tracing origins to 1868 and mentions Merritt Feather announcing spring concert campaign for 1949-50 with trips to Fairmont and Elkins to attend performances by The Trapp Family and Columbia Concert Trio, with limited seats.
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Taylor County
Buckhannon
Grafton Woman’s Club
Andrews Church
Hurl Mason
General Club
Emily Malone
Woman's Clu
Alfreda Gull
4-H Leaders Association
Janice Haskins
Grafton ‘Business Girls
Nancy Rohrbough
Kiwanis Club
Elaine Gifford
Ted Klauenberg
Arthur Riddle
Grafton High School
Ruth Batten
Dallas Beck
Bill Courtney
Paul Shahan
Nola Sway
Woman's Club
Clu
An@rews
St Paul's Methodist
Churen
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Merritt Feather
Taylor County Community Concert Association
Fairmont
Elkins
Trapp
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Company
Columbia
Kingwood
Feather
Rites Wednesday For Mrs. Deck
Solemn last rites are set for Wednesday at 2 30 p m at Bartlett Funeral Home for Mrs Helen C Deck of 504 Maple avenue who died Sunday night at St Marys Hospital in Cleg Dr G W Twynham pastor of St Pauls Methodist church will officiate with burial in Bluenent cemetery Friends may call at Bartlett Funeral Home She was daughter of late James W Clayton and Anna M Johnson Clayton lifelong city resident and member of St Pauls and Naomi Chapter No 12 Order of Eastern Star Survived by daughter Miss Lucille Deck sister Mrs C A Keefer and son Clayton White with another daughter Mrs William E White deceased in 1933
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Bartlett
Helen C. Deck
James W. Clayton
Anna M. Johnson Clayton
Deck
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Naomi Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
John C. Deck
Lucille Deck
C. A. Keefer
Landson
Clayton White
William E. White
Jail Break Of Eight Prisoners Prevented
HARLAN Kentucky March 1. A tip about a planned jail break by eight prisoners led officers to uncover damage at the Harlan county jail. Three bars were cut from a window and a hole torn in a wall. Hacksaw blades and a bed cloth rope were recovered. The plan was to escape onto the courthouse roof and descend with a cloth rope.
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Harlan, Ky
Fielding Hensley
Harlan County
Odell Shepherd
Hensley
Kenneth Combs
Pal Of Vicious Killer To Be Arraigned Today
George Adolph Schmid, 41, friend of Bill Ray Gilbert, to be arraigned on an amended murder charge. Gilbert was killed by police in Phoenix after a bloody shooting that involved Ernest Winsted, 21, Needles City, and others. Schmid and Florence Chrisholm, 31, were said to have been involved in the kidnapping from a Phoenix riding stable and taken to the scene with deputies yesterday.
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Jiercles
Calif
George Adolph Schmid
Bill Ray Gilbert
Gilbert
Phoenix
Arizona
Schmid
Ernest Winsted
Needles City
Frances
Willis Pugh
Bear
C O workers at Huntington face temporary layoffs
In Huntington West Virginia, 1134 Chesapeake and Ohio railroad workers were furloughed with no immediate recall planned. Officials cited a general decline in railway traffic and limited operations at Huntington Raceland and Russell shops, with only a skeleton crew remaining.
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Cleveland (P
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Huntington
West Virginia
Raceland
Russell
Kentucky
C. and
Missing C-47 plane sighted near San Antonio area
Antonio reports nine aboard a C-47 that departed Biggs Field yesterday morning and attempted to land at Kelly Air Field at 11 06 a m EST. Search covers rugged terrain near Terrell or the San Antonio vicinity as the Air Force with Field California bases coordinates efforts.
Eisenhower Opens Red Cross Campaign in Chicago
General Dwight D. Eisenhower officially opened the 1949 Red Cross drive for 60 million dollars in Chicago. President Truman joined in the nationwide kickoff broadcast from Chicago as the drive aims for 80 million dollars with Truman praising the organization’s respect and gratitude.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
American Red Cross
Truman
Treasury Budget Increases and House Debate Details
Treasury budget figures show direct appropriations for the next year at 1 027 608 403 a cut from requests while postal service funding stands at 2 045 209 500 below the president s request. The Senate veto of a 7 000 worker increase may limit enforcement staff. The conference committee names a veterans affairs chair and adds medical school study measures. Margaret Brent noted as early taxpaying woman seeking representation in 1647.
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Treasury
Nineveh
House
Senate
Bureau of Narcotics
Customs Bureau
Secret Service
Johnsson
Allen
Birthday Celebrations and Local News Mix at Webster
Mrs. J H Willis hosted a Saturday gathering for her sister Mrs Rebecca Ware in Webster, marking her eighty third birthday with gifts and a decorated cake baked by niece Ethel Preston. The group included several Grafton residents and Philippi birth news reported Doris Sue Cleavenger, a baby girl weighing seven pounds born at Philippi hospital.
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J. H. Willis
Rebecca Ware
Lila Bartlett
Wayne Efaw
Betty Jean McWilliams
Grafton
Lotta Getz
Ethel Preston
Clara Kincaid
Tracy Felton
Kyren Sue Kincaid
Alfred Preston
John Preston
Cary Stout
Philippi Hospital
Doris
Sue
Doris Cleavenger
Thomas Cleavenger
Polar bears deemed walrus’ most feared natural foe
In Arctic wildlife observations, researchers note polar bears pose the greatest threat to walruses, highlighting predation pressures as a key factor in walrus behavior and habitat use.
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Borosis Club
New York
New England
Julia Ward Howe
Mrs. Deck
Moose
Bie
Bonus
Eisenhower
Red Cross
Margaret Brent
Leonard Calvert
Maryland
America
Webster News
Nora Moss
Philipp
Mary. Daugherty
Washington, D. C
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Atl
Della Sutherland
Roy Newton
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Baptist Church
Russell Bartlett
Grafton Hospital
Bernice Chenoweth
Ed Moats
Philippi
Paul Wolfe
Hugh McNemar of
George Felton
Odbert Cooper
Ellis Watson
Mrs. Wolfe
James Daugherty
Freda Overfield
Carollina
Margaret Allender of
Pruntytown
Mrs
Velva McWilliams
SKY Giant
Caroline Mars
Alameda, Calif
San Diego
Alameda
Switzerland
Mexico City
Mexico
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U. S
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White Sands
N. M
U.S. Army
International Soundphoto
Pappa
First National Bank
Consumer Credit Dept
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Sera
Mhuet
Grafton Jewelry Company
Heather Ring
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