Preston County Health Department Completes Health Education Program
In early 1949 the Preston County Health Department ran a school based health education program across high schools. Dr C Saucer and Oliver Matthews led instruction on disease control, hygiene and sanitation with emphasis on general health practices. A separate social note mentions a bridal shower for Mrs George Hovatter, hosted by Mrs Dallas Hovatter and Ada Greaser, with numerous local guests. Regional tournament planning and high school basketball action are described, including matchups Kingwood vs Bowlesburg and Davis vs Flemington. Additional notices cover Norma Jean Whetsell’s Florida marriage to James Bailey and a break in Seese Dodge and Plymouth Garage on Tunnelton Street.
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Preston County Health Department
Kuuung Lee
Paul W. Watson
Ana We
Siven Inswucum
Comimuai
Preston County Board of Education
Lawrence Losh
Singlwood High School
James DeBrucque
Bud A. Shelton
H. H. Hogue
J.D. Everly
Kingwood High School
Ruth Whetsell
Kingwood
Norma Jean Whetsell
St. Petersburg
Florida
James Bailey
T. J. Bailey
Dade City
J. Eddy Bryant
Good Year Company
Within Our Tunnelton Neighborhood News Item
Miss Mary Hall of Tunnelton marries Mr. Mack Moore of Denver at St. Pauls Methodist parsonage Oakland Maryland February 26 1949 Reverend Denver C Pickens officiates. They reside in Denver Sterling apartment. Also notes moves visits births illness and local social items.
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William Hall
Tunnelton
Mary Hall
Mack Moore
Denver
Moore
S. R
St. Paul's Methodist Parsonage
Oakland
Maryland
Denver C. Pickens
Tunnelton High School
Sterling
Twin murder and suicide case shocks New York listeners
A long distance call from Hollywood reports Emory Holt 35 and his wife Norma Holt 30 in New York where police investigate a double murder and deaths by own action. The transmission cites Norma Holt talking to her mother before an apparent deadly act.
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Emory Holt
Norma Holt
New York
Hollywood
Cal
Norma_Holt
Emory
David Whittaker
Elsie Thomas
Thomas
Holt
Whittaker
International
Alger Hiss
State Department
Geta
William Rosen
Santa Monica
Rosen
Try and Stop Me by William Dana Orcutt excerpt
William Dana Orcutt reports a Wall Street shop selling solid serious books ten to one over frothy fiction while uptown branches favor love stories and murder tales. His wife comments that men buy good books for wives and women buy trash for husbands in a witty gendered exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illiam Dana Orcutt
George Hecht
Doubleday
Webster Friends Meeting at Mrs Wolfe's Brownlow Park
The Webster area church group met at the home of Mrs. Howard Wolfe in Brownlow Park last evening. Mrs. Jack Weaver returned to Chicago after visiting her parents and grieving the death of her grandmother Mrs. Mary McVicker. Out‑of‑town funeral guests for Mrs. McVicker included many relatives and friends from Arlington Virginia Washington DC New York City Belington Philippi Mt. Clare Fairmont Hepzibah Knottsville and Wilsonburg among others.
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W.S.C.S
The
Methodist Church
Howard Wolfe
Brownlow Park
Jack Weaver
Chicago
Herman Getz
Weaver
Mary McVicker
William Daugherty
Arlington
Virginia
Colonel Loudin
Washington, D. C
Gordon Marteney, Jr
New York
Moreta Lopez
Jack Anderson
John McBee
Charleston
Walter McVicker
Morgan McVicker
C. O.mcvicker
Belington
Floyd Moss
Mildred Moss
Suzanne Murphy
Philippi
Thurl McVicker
Ottis McVicker
Mt. Clare
Mary Virginia Loudine
Fairmont
William Dunham
Hepzibah
Local Notes From Prisitytown And Barbour County
Mrs Earl Bartlett is a patient at Fikins Hospital receiving medical treatment. Prisitytown guests attended a social program at the home of Mr and Mrs Rust Speaker Rayburn who represents Texas in Congress. The 90 day rent control proposal faced possible defeat with Democrats uncertain. L R Bunner of Gratton visited relatives here Sunday. Families including Roy Jones Jefferson Jones H R McWilliams Mrs Howard McWilliams Miss Susan McWilliams and Miss Betty Bailey attended Ebenezer Methodist revival in Barbour county Saturday night. Ray Bailey has returned to Clarksburg after visiting his parents.
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Janice Eileen
Donnie Zinn
Kanetown
Tunnelton
Grafton
Prisitytown
Rust
Rayburn
D-Tex
Bartlett
Roy Jones
Jefferson Jones
H.R. McWilliams
Howard McWilliams
Susan McWilliams
Betty. Bailey
Ebenezer Methodist Church
Barbour County
Ray Bailey
Clarksburg
Mrs
A. G. Bailey
Truman Faces GOP Rent Control Test In 90 Day Plan
President Truman confronts his toughest power test as Republicans push a 90 day rent control limit in the House. Democrats are split with 50 opposing further controls, and a House vote looms after two hours’ early meeting. If passed, the measure threatens existing rent controls on 14 million dwellings due to expire March 31.
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Truman
Francis M. LE
Washington
House
Congress
GOP
Senate
Paul Brown
Joe Louis Champions Long Time As Wrestling Legend
Joe Louis held the boxing title for nearly 12 years a stretch that let fans grow up watching him and others challenge him. The article recalls his dominance with vivid, period tone noting his hard right as a legendary weapon and his lasting appeal beyond the ring.
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Will Central P
Joe Louis
Dancer on Trial 2 Amendment on Controls Debate
The record notes a fragment about a Republican amendment aiming to end all controls and shift the problem cover to another area. The text is incomplete, obscuring key names dates and places. Further context is needed to identify the actors, location, and specific policy impact.
Russian Promotes Yefremov to Deputy Premier
The Moscow radio says Alexander Ilarionovich Yefremov is promoted to Deputy Premier, freeing him from ministerial duties in the Machine Tool Building Industry. The banking committee backs a 15 month continuation, not the 24 months Truman asked, and the plan includes a provision critics say could stall mass evictions.
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Alexander Ilarionovich Yefremov
Moscow Radio
Banking Committee
Truman
Ancient belief cited in rent control debate
A debate on extending rent controls notes that the administration could sue landlords for damages up to three times any rent overcharge. The reference to adamant, an imaginary substance, illustrates the debate's dramatic framing of policy and its perceived rigidity.
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Dallas HoVater
George Hovatter
Ada Greaser
Hovatter
M@nown
John Riggins
Nina Keever
James
Charles Wat
Warren Hovatter
Carole
Junior Hawley
Sabina Vaccaneo
Virginia Sypui
St. Ou
Seese Dodge
Plymouth
Tunnelton Street
James Finkinson
Moynesville
P. B. Kercheval
D. P. Brown
R. P. Morgan
Weston
Lawrence Nuce
I. M. Talkington
Vivian Goff
Alma ,Cunningham
Jennie
Philip
Ida Wolfe
William Holt
Baltimore
George William Holt
Nina Marie Maier
J. C. Maier
Number Four
Maier
James Hoffman
Ambridge, Pa
Victor R. Hoffman
Wiles Hill
John Holden
Morgantown
N. W. Montgomery
E. C. Nine
Harry J. Martin
Otner
Seaboard & Wesern
Idlewild
Noah's Ark
Java
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
Red Cross
Okey Blackwood
Wilsonburg
Jack Kincaid
Daugher
Karen Sue
Knottsville
Arthur Davis
Norma Kales
Attrace Tive High Shoes
Boston
Mass
Dave Ier
Sally
Earl Bartlett
Fikins Hospital
L. R. Bunner
Gratton
Bill Odom
James Gallagher
Dan Seymour
Odom
Honolulu
Teterboro
N. J
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International Soundphoto
Joe Frst
Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Joe
Amress
Goliath
Paul Bunyan
Sir Dohetege
Louis
Pe Sion
RAF
Berlin
England
Clement Attlee
Royal Air Force
Gatow
Germany
Vicki Evans
Los Angeles
Robert Mitchum
Lila Leeds
Reds
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