Buckhannon Upshur Trips Elkins In Regional Playoff Upset
Richard Poe and Ranny McKinney of Grafton each scored 17 as Buckhannon Upshur upset Elkins 42 32 to enter the Morgantown state playoffs. Poe added an earlier 17 point effort in the Buckhannon Grafton game, with McKinney matching that total in the Buckhannon win. The Buckhannon team finished the season 13 7 while Elkins dropped to 20 2 as Grafton also posted a 6 17 record.
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Eugene Flanagan
Buckhannon
Morgantown
Elkins
Buck-Ups
Fighting Grafton High School
Upshur Mountains
Bearcats
Grafton
Ranny McKinney
Doggy Fashion Patterns and Funeral Remembrance
An advertisement offers doggy outfits and a pinafore pattern with sizes 2 4 6 and transfer charts, urging readers to mail twenty cents for pattern number 7287 to Grafton Sentinel. A funeral notice reports 2009 attendees at services for Florida Jones and the late V C Jones sons buried with military honors. a fern fact follows about fern species count and absence of flowers or seeds.
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Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
P. O. Box
Flatbush Station
Brooklyn
N. Y
Sihildren
Alice Brooks
Clay
Florida Jones
V. C. Jones
Circus seen as capitalist influence by Soviets
A fragment from Moscow suggests Soviets view the circus as capitalism in disguise with trapeze artists and trained animals seen as propaganda and victims of regimentation. A London inventor claims magnetic false teeth part of a trend while a dog phoroscope book hints at dogs studying the stars for fun.
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Moscow
Howling Mad Smith on Marines and Brass In Memoirs
Gen Holland M Smith nicknamed Howling Mad rails at Navy brass in his new memoirs Howling Mad Smith states Coral aided Pacific island hopping and faults high officers for clinging to obsolete battle wagons. Also notes Kiss Me Kate success and a roads company pun by Russell Crouse.
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ToeRoucuaur
United States Marine Corps
Holland M. Smith
Marine Corps
Smith
Coral
Pacific
Kate
Cole Porter
Russel Crouse
Crouse
Benoitt. Cort
King Features Brad
All County Team voting deadline extended this week
Taylor County residents are urged to vote for the All County Team. Due to low ballots the deadline has moved to Wednesday to ensure fair input across Grafton High, Flemington High, and St. Augustine High. Coaches McKinney Finley Bunner have submitted their selections. more ballots are encouraged to be mailed or delivered to the Sentinel office.
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Eugene Flanagan
Taylor County
The
Sentinel
Grafton High School
Flemington High School
St. Augustine High School
McKinney
Grafton High
Finley
Flemington High
Bunner
St. Augustine
West Fairmont and Princeton clash in Class A tourney
Morgantown WV Prince ton and West Fairmont meet in the first round of the Class A state basketball tournament With Fairmont carrying a 21 1 record and defending champ Princeton the favored foe They meet at 8 20 p m in the last opening game as four first round contests are drawn Also noted are results from regional play Buckhannon Upshur upset Elkins Logan defeated Huntington Central Stonewall Jackson beat Charleston High Wheeling topped Chester Washington Irving crushed Spencer Beckley beat Richwood and the field for the three day event is set with repeaters Princeton West Fairmont and W I remaining from last year
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Morgantown
Princeton
West Fairmont
Fairmont
Awad
Buckhannon Upshur
Stonewall Jackson
Charleston
Wheeling
Clarksburg
Washington Irving
Beckley
Mercer
Polar Bears
Big Creek of War
Tigers
Buckhannon-Upshur
Elkins
Upshur Countians
Buckhannon
Logan
Huntington Central
Huntington East
Huntington
Stonewall
W. R. Pugitt
State Board of
Classified ads and real estate tax sale list details
The document lists classified ad rates for small notices and large insertions, plus multiple for sale notices including boats, cars, puppies, hay, apartments, and chicks. It also contains a West Virginia chancery order listing lands for sale to fund the state school fund, with owner names and parcel descriptions, and a court deadline for interested parties to appear.
Fiduciary Accounts Before Commissioner of Accounts
Notice of fiduciary accounts for settlement before Commissioner John K. Burdett in Taylor County West Virginia. Executors Okey J. Robinson and Artie G. Robinson of Rahama Robinson deceased. Sarah V. Carruthers committee for Alexander Carrothers non compos mentis. Walter Ball administrator c t a of Della M. Shanagher deceased. Dated March 7 1949 with March 7 14 mention.
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Okey J. Robinson
Artie G
Robinson
Rahama Robinson
Sarah V. Carruthers
Alexander Carrothers
Walter Ball
C.t.a
Della M. Shanahoger
John K. Burdett
Taylor ‘County
West ‘Virginia
Public Notice of Land Sale in Taylor County WV
State court order in chancery lists multiple parcels by lot and acreage in Court House District, Taylor County, sold for non payment of taxes. Names include Mary E Brown Wilson Brown heirs and Grafton Industrial Co among others. Notice requires all interested parties to appear within one month to protect their interests.
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State OF West Virgin
Circuit Court
Taylor County
West Virginia
State of West. Virginia
Mary B. Mahaffey
Valley River
Fetterman District
Hecla Coal Co
Philip B. Mahaffey
Fetterman
Fee
Wm. Reiley
Nathan Goff
Three Forks
Wayne Robinson
Hezel Berk
William Summers
Virginia Demoss
Rena Menear
A. Rock
Maple Run
Harry R. Warfield
Hugh Watkins
Coal
L. R. Fettersman
J. E. Watkins
Verne P. Watkins
A. Coal
Wickwire
J. B. Watkins
AL. R
J.B. Watkins
Verne P.watkins
G. Wickwire
Mattie J. Wilson
Herman Wilson
A.C. O
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I. H. H Lindsay
Lucretia
Knot
Knottsville
L. H. Lindsay
Mildred A. Roberts
Wilbur M. Baldwin
Amed
State OF
Circ Cuitt Court
Mary E. Brown
Chancery Land Commissioner
C. O. G. R. Creek
Court House District
Court House
Wilson Brown
Woodford
James W. Bartlett
William H. Bartlett
Ralph W. Bartlett
Simpson
Clarksburg Casket
Waitman DeMoss
Waitman Dem
G. E. Bailey
Minnie Weaver
Markerton’ Plat
Jamuel Jones
Anna E. White
J. Parcel Valley River
Court I
C. A. Keefer
Ada C. Keefer
Mildred Keefer
K. Parcel Valley River
C. H
Domestic
Foreign Discount Corp
C. E. Lawhead
John H. Hoffman
M. Sav. Bank
Grafton
Altfee
E. Lodge
M. Lyden
C.C
G. Simp
Zelda R. Shields
Union Creek
Flemington
A. Simpson Creek
Jerald Smith
J. E. Dodd
James Whitehair
College Hill
A. A. Davisson
S.D. Hays
D. Hays
Ruby Ware
Gates
Inez Poole
Taylor County school bus bids sought for two 60 passenger units
The Taylor County Board of Education will accept bids on two 60 passenger school buses. Bids must be received at the office in Grafton West Virginia before 12 noon on Saturday April 9 1949. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. Specifications available upon request. R Virgil Rohrbough Secretary Board of Education.
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Board of Education
Taylor
Grafton
West Virginia
R. Virgil Rohrbough
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