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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1949
Page
5
A playful collage notes a home town crowdpleaser with a kangaroo statue and a hop skip jump project. Yawn Yawnson complains minor hurdles in building it while Grandpoppy Jankine jokes about vacation angles. The piece mentions the 1958 Olympics in Australia and a singing mouse potential on radio.
Auction style wholesale and retail prices listed for numerous used cars from 1940s era make and model mix. Includes Chevrolets Dodges Ford Pontaics Chryslers and other makes with condition notes and sale terms. Location Rt. 7 Osage West Virginia and contact MorGaintown 4009.
In Detroit a sharp-eyed 88 year-old spinster, Miss Emma Arnold, waited in jail as police investigated a shooting that wounded 15 year old Donald Walsh and seven other youths in a weed grown yard on Mother's Day. Walsh lay in critical condition at a local hospital.
James McCool, a Parkersburg High School junior, won the state contest this weekend and will represent the state in the Knights of Pythias regional speech contest in Fort Huron Michigan next Saturday.
A long listing of classic cars offered for sale includes models from 1941 to 1949 such as Chevrolets, Pontiacs, Fords and more in blue gray and other colors. Prices range from 295 to 6895 dollars with several trailers and a Zimmer Horse Trailer also listed. Location Morgantown West Virginia with contact Dial 32357 available 9 AM to 9 PM and Sundays after noon.
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