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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1949

Page

4

Bowling Woman's League Show Decorating A Pugh

League item lists scores for A Pugh L Gough Woodyard Teets and others with totals and handicaps, plus a brief local ads and baseball results section. It notes national baseball games from the Associated Press, a dressing tip recommending tarragon vinegar for French salad dressing, and a fashion tip about women with large faces not wearing small glasses.

Woman's League A. Pugh L. Gough L. Woodyard D. Teets

Radio Listings And Community Notices From May Era

Radio schedules across NBC CBS and ABC list evening programs including The Lone Ranger This Is FBI and Enchanted Concert. Local notices report a May 27 planting of poppies, a May 17 meeting, a June Firemen Association gathering, and a May birth announcement for James Leon Casseday with family and Air Force furlough details.

NBC Paul Lavalle Jimmy Durante Edifie Cantor Nashville CBS Jackson Dad Ida Lupino Vincent Price ABC FBI Roxy Castellan Tony de Micco MBS Press Sen Lodge Leonard Casseday Route 2 Tunmelton Grafton City Hospital James Leon Casseday Margaret Wolfe Ward Wolfe Blaser Claude Johnson Tunnelton U. S. Air Force Aberdeen Proving Grounds Aberdeen

Mrs A G Taylor New VFW President At Colonel Bowen Post

Mrs Kathryn McGuffie past department president of the West Virginia Veterans of Foreign Wars installed officers for Colonel Bowen Post No. 2345 at Taylor Hall in Tunnelton. New officers include president Mrs A G Taylor senior vice president Mrs Floyd Brown junior vice president Mrs Jim Casseday treasurer Mrs Kathryn McGuffie chaplain Mrs Robert Zinn conductor Mrs Harold Taylor guard Mrs Harry Poland patriotic instructor Mrs Clarefice Zinn color bearers include Mrs Ernest Casseday Mrs Mabel Shrout Mrs Floyd Plum and Mrs Nellie Mitter.

W. BR. Mankins Tunnelton Kathryn McGuffie West Virginia Veterans of Foreign Wars Bowen Taylor Hall A. G. Taylor Floyd Brown Jim Casseday Kathryn McGuffle Robert Zinn Harold Taylor Harry Poland Clarefice Zinn Ernest Casseday Mabel Shrout Floyd Plum Nellie Mitter

In The Land Of Make Believe Presented by Denver Grade School

The musical play directed by Miss Irene Lanham was staged Tuesday evening at the Denver Methodist church by Denver grade school students. The principal roles included Nurse Benny Criss Ralph Bobby Pratt and Doris Murrell Kelly. Miss Sue Lambert offered a vocal solo at the close of the performance.

Irene Lanham Denver Denver Methodist Church Nurse Benny Criss Ralph Bobby Pratt Doris Murrell Kelly Sue Lambert

Dozens of Bands March in Festival Through Huntington Area

About a dozen bands performed in the city with an estimated 4500 visiting musicians arriving as several groups joined the parade. New arrivals include South Charleston East Bank Evkview Saint Albans and Wierton joining many existing units from towns such as Big Creek War Welch King swood Mereantown Grafton Dun bar Williamson Charleston Stonewall Jackson Hurricane Dupont and more across multiple counties.

Attarnoon Welch Kingswood Mereantown Grafton Dunbar Williamson Charleston Man Stonewall Jackson Hurricane Dupont Rupert Gautey Bridee New Martinsville Nica Saint Marys Mount Hope Northfork Beckley Elkhorn Pine Grove Moundsville Clay Spencer Elkins Clarksburg Lincoln County Oak Hill Weston Greenbrier Alderson Buffalo Follawsbee Princeton Beaver Bluefield Wellsburg West Union Buckhannon Magnolia Tyler County Clendinin Logan Huntington Barbourville Milton Vinson Ceredo-Kenova East and Central Ironton

Pickets Block Plant Gates Despite City Mayor Rejection

Thousands of pickets gathered at the plant gates as Dearborn Mayor Orville L. Hubbard refused to clear access. He stated gates remain blocked though some salaried workers could enter with passes and armbands reading OK to work. The piece notes 1.4 million of America’s 3.9 million small firms began since the war.

Page One Dearborn Orville L. Hubbard O. K

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