King Burke Two Nominees For Mayor In Light Voting
Charles C. King and Charles E. Burke were named as mayoral candidates for the March 18 general election. King led with 735 votes, Burke followed with 431, while incumbent P F Gillispie finished third in an eight man race. Bradford, Reed, Knotts, and Monroe won city commissioner seats with Bradford leading the field at 939 votes. A snowstorm and weak organization characterized the election. analysts weigh how the lower turnout affects outcomes.
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Gillispie
Charles C. King
Grafton
Charles E. Burke
King
West Main Street Church Hall
P. F. Gillispie
Major Burke
Ben F. Sayre
A. B. Knabenshue
J. Oscar Jaco
Roy Saffel
George W. White
Chevrolet Garage
Sentinel
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South Side
Oscar Jace
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West Side
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Bradford
Joseph B. Bradford
James E. Reed
John W. Knotts
Ray A. Monroe
West Grafton
Reed
Knotts
Ray Monroe
D. Clarence Hinkle
Monroe
Grafton Feed and Storage Company
Hinkle
John A. Newcome
Clarence W. Kelley
Leo Sayres
Elmer H. Smith
East End
D. C. Hinkle
C. W. Kelley
Drunken Trainrider Sentenced to 30 Days Jail
James Carson, 35, of Columbus Ohio, pled guilty to train riding and drunkenness. He was picked up at 9 pm in the local yards after leaving a freight car. He had consumed a gallon and a half of wine and remained intoxicated 12 hours after incarceration in Taylor county jail. Justice of the Peace Ona C Jefferys ordered 30 days in jail.
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Grafton
Taylor County
Justice of the Peace
Ona C. Jefferys
James Carson
Columbus
Ohio
Mad Dog Bites At Least Nine In City Hunt Continues
Police and volunteers scoured the city for a white dog with brown ears and a black hip spot after it bit at least nine people yesterday. Deliverymen armed with shotguns were ordered to shoot on sight if seen. Victims included Mrs. E. E. Newton and others on Main Street, West Main, Maple Avenue, and near the post office. Pasteur treatment to be used if the dog is not found, and a citywide quarantine may follow.
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A. E. Lockard
Gether
Joseph W. Powell
E. E. Newton
West Main Street
Main Street
Cecil W. Phillips
Ernest Hart
Ben Haskins
Peters
Margaret McFarling
Captain Lockard
C. F. Shafer
Maple Avenue
West Washington Street
Pasteur
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Religious leadership school to open in Thayer
A Taylor County religious training school opens Sunday March 1 at 2 pm in St Pauls Methodist Thayer Street Thayer. Evening sessions 7 pm offer six courses with credits from the International Council of Christian Education. Dean Rev Ben F Donley leads with Rev Grow Mrs Ireland and Mrs Wolfe directing.
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Taylor County
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Thayer ‘Street
Lois Lugader
United Brethren Church
Oakey
Wilson Grow
Taylor County Council of Religious Education
Arthur Lazenby
St. John’s Methodist Church
E. L. Lowery
Fetterman
West Main
C. F. Shaffer
Durward B. Brown
St. Paul’s
Ben F. Donley
Grow
Ynn St
Clair Ireland
Ann Wolfe
T'S Jeaders
New Beer Debuts At Grafton Taproom Anteek from Chartiers Valley
A Chartiers Valley brewery in Carnegie Pennsylvania introduces Anteek beer at the Grafton taproom this week. Brewmasters spent two and a half years perfecting Anteek claiming its quality and taste are rare among American and imported brews.
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Grafton
Chartiers Valley
Carnegie
Anteek Beer
Flemington Husband Given $200 Peace Bond
Shirley Gibson of Flemington, beer parlor proprietor, was bound over for one year to keep the peace by Justice Ona Jeffreys after arraignment yesterday. He already has a $500 bond in a similar case against John Marks of Flemington.
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Shirley Gibson
Flemington
Pearl
Jeffreys
Gibson
John Marks
Junior class play wins Thespian inter-class contest
In Graf ton High School, the Junior production Dont Feed the Animals won the Thespian inter-class contest after four plays. Paul Graham earned best actor and Nancy Curry best actress. the Junior cast included Pred Nicola, Janice Burge, Clara Haynes, Tippy Demoss, Detta Glover, Winnie Brestel, Mary Bragg, Virginia Newcome, Betty Taylor, Audry Bartlett, with Shirley George as prop manager.
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Grafton High School
Paul
Graham
Nancy Curry
Robert Hamilton
Pred Nicola
Janice
Burge
Clara
Haynes
Tippy
Demoss
Detta Glover
Winnie Brestel
Mary Bragg
Virginia Newcome
Betty Taylor
Audry Bartlett
Shirley George
Delores
Botin Curry
E. F. K. Roof
Mildred Keefer
Charles Stafford
Carl Jones
Curtis Marshall
Mary Gilligan
Betty Dye
Robert Stutler
James Fawcett
Salvation Army Appeals For Family Aid Furniture
The Salvation Army uses the Sentinel to appeal for furniture and household goods to help rehabilitate a family whose home burned down in Westerman. Donors are urged to contact Captain Melvin Jewett at 565, and arrangements will be made to pick up all items including bedclothing, furniture, and cooking utensils.
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Sentinel
Salvation Army
Westerman
Melvin Jewett
Tolso
Local Freshman Players Stage Little Darling Miss Jerry
Freshman cast presents Little Darling with director Elizabeth Doerr Betty Hoffman Nancy Curry and Richard Brown in supporting roles. Jerry Hannan leads as Miss Jerry Hannan with Mary Jane Hancock Patty McDargh Frances Yates Lora Loar Helen Gay and Joan Paugh in ensemble.
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Tor
Kenneth Courtney
Mary Jane Hancock
Patty McDargh
Frances Yates
Lora Loar
Helen Gay
Joan Paugh
Jerry Hannan
Elizabeth Doerr
Betty Hoffman
Donald Poling
Nancy Curry
Richard Brown
Betty Tucker
Former King Carol Flees From Seville to Portugal
Former King Carol of Romania, guarded in a Seville hotel, reportedly escaped into Portugal with Magda Lupescu using a Polish passport. They allegedly traveled as man and wife in a car with Polish diplomatic plates and crossed at Rosal de La Frontera near Huelva. The Romanian government had sought Lupescu’s extradition.
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Carol of Rumania
Seville
Spain
Portugal
Mme
Magda Lupescu
Carol
Mihai
Yugoslavia
Italy
Switzerland
Lupescu
United States
Rosal de la Frontera
Huelva
British move bars Bulgarian goods as enemy destination
London March 5 announcement states that the British government will treat Bulgaria as an enemy destination effective immediately and seize all goods of Bulgarian origin or ownership, reflecting wartime measures.
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London
Bulgaria
Body of Doak Found After Blaze at Saiche Rams Home
Rescue teams searched the ruins of a house at Rams Boe for the body of Cowsjes D. Doak, 50, a lodger at Saiche. Doak was missing after the blaze that forced the family to flee last midnight.
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Newell
Piremen
Cowsjes D. Doak
Dak
Saiche
Rams Boe
Golden Lady Blood Hope Still Awaited in Grafton
Mrs. Rose Milne widely publicized as the Golden Lady travels toward Grafton by car after a Fort Wayne telegram indicating she was en route. Martha Jolli Gainer, daughter of Jolliffe, 659 Mapleaver, reports no improvement in the life fight against subacute endocarditis caused by st coccus viridans.
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Grafton
Rose ‘Milne
Martha Jolli Gainer
J. A. Jolliffe
Mapleaver
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