Charley's Aunt Senior Class Play at Grafton High
The Grafton High Senior Class presents Charlie's Aunt this Friday May 13 at 8 15 p m in the WI Gus Auditorium. Charles Wise man stars as Lord Fancourt Babberly with Ted Klauenberg as Jack Chesney and Charles Lambert as Charles Wickham. Cast includes five girls Elaine Gifford Helen Jean Ott Nancy Rohrbough Mary Vegon Mary Frances Denton and four boys Hoite George Wagner Don nd Lewis Moats. Production directed by Miss Ruth Batten with Henry etta Poole as student director Nancy Smith property manager Arthur Riddle art committee chair Thelma Pifer Mary Lou Bolyard Patty Moore promoters David Dowden ticket sales Elda Moyer programs Joan McKinney head of advertising All seats reserved.
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Grafton “High
Charlie's
Charles Wiseman
Lord Fancourt Babberly
Ted Klauenberg
Jack Chesney
Charles Lambert
Charles Wickham
Elaine Gifford
Helen Jean Ott
Nancy Rohrbough
Mary Vegon
Mary Frances Denton
Ho Ite
George Wagner
Don Nd Lewis Moats
Ruth Batten
Henryetta Poole
Nancy Smith
Arthur Riddle
Thelma Pifer
Mary Lou Bolyard
Patty Moore
David Dowden
Elda Moyer
Joan McKinney
Charlie’s Aunt
G.H.S
Austin Cattle Joins Select Group of Jersey Herds
The Austin herd of Jersey cattle owned by Neil Austin Gra fton has completed a year of Herd Improvement Registry testing with an average 7.928 pounds milk and 441 pounds butterfat per cow. Tests by West Virginia University and verification by the American Jersey Cattle Club place the herd among the top producers, averaging 12 milking cows and showing butterfat output more than two times the U.S. average.
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Austin’s
Jersey
Neil Austin
Grafton
American Jersey Cattle Club
Columbus
Ohio
West Virginia
Austin
United States
Pioneer dies in Clarksburg at 98 in hospital
Miss Mary Milan, 98, long time Clarksburg resident, died in a local hospital. She had lived in the area since the 1860s and spoke in Clarksburg. Former U S Senator Rush D Holt spoke in the city against federal compulsory health insurance, saying a patient needs a man of medicine, not a political medicine man.
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Pioneer
Clarksburg
Mary Milan
U. S
Rush D. Holt
Woman to be executed by electric chair in state plan
A female inmate at Peace Springs was to be transferred to the penitentiary at Moundsville for execution. She was the third woman sentenced to death in the state, the previous two having escaped the gallows. The 1949 legislature replaced hanging with the electric chair for sentences after the act’s effective date.
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Page One
Peace Springs
Death ruled suicide in Cheswick tavern owner case
Police Chief W R Kennedy said Joseph Tomeich, 45, Cheswick Pa tavern owner, killed himself after a quarrel with his wife. Tomeich's body was found in the Ohio River last Friday. Maryland William and Mary and Temple join Michigan State's 1949 football schedule.
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Wheeling
W. R. Kennedy
Joseph Tomeich
Cheswick
Tomeich
Ohio River
Maryland
William and Mary
Temple
Psychologists Worry About Themselves Revisited
HAL BOYLE notes a Midwest study of 103 elderly psychologists and their age related worries from 18 to 45. The piece casts doubt on psychologists as unique observers, showing they face common life anxieties and question their own expertise while debating political views and personal success.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Midwestern Psychological Association
Chicago
Henry Wallace
Mfe
Tavern Owner Kills Intruder in Pittsburgh Bar
Sidney Singer, 25, of Singers Tavern on Pittsburgh's north side, shot and killed a husky man who he said was tying to open a cash box. Singer fired three times after the intruder threw a punch at him. the man died at a hospital.
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Pittsburgh
Singers
Sidney Singer
Singer
16 Year Old Charged in Alleged Assault Case
Police questioned the Jefferson High School student from 2 p.m. until a warrant was issued at 9 p.m. His father, Garrett Scott, an insurance salesman, was brought in and helped locate the coffee sack in an alley and the boy’s clothing worn Sunday. Funeral services were planned for today at 4 p.m. at Raleigh Court Methodist Church.
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Raleigh Court Methodist Church
Scott
Jefferson High School
Garrett Scott
Omission in 1949 bill sparks legislative dispute over school funding method
Lawmakers fight over an omission in a conference report that alters how counties receive funds for operating schools. The error surfaced after hurried sessions, triggering bitterness and partisan resistance as Sen Howard Hardesty warned that clerks lack authority to amend the conference report.
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House
Conference Committee
Sen
Howard Hardesty
Dmarion
Jobless trends show March peak and April rise in West Virginia
The report details February to April unemployment figures with total jobless rising from 806 to 907 in March then 802 in April. Female contacts climb from 122 in January to 163 in February, dip to 151 in March, then reach 165 in April. New applications total 81 in January, up to 94 in February, fall to 84 in March, then surge to 170 in April. State officials partner with colleges as thousands near graduation prepare to enter the labor market, with concerns about keeping educated workers in West Virginia.
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Yate
West Virginia State Employment Service
Veterans Employment Service
West Virginia
Patrick M. Connell
State Employment Service
Jennings 1940 Bill Unifies Armed Forces Into Law
The text notes that in 1940 Jennings introduced a bill that became law to unify the armed forces, with a mention of the Capitol Airlines affiliation in the surrounding context.
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Canitol Airlines
Surface treatment bid for Route 20 project in Harrison County
The board reviewed three potential projects for study including surface treatment of 6.4 miles of State Route 20 between Lumberport and Caldwell Run in Harrison County. Feather Construction Company of Morgantown submitted the low bid of 29,458 dollars.
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Lumberport
Caldwell Run
Harrison County
The
Feather Construction Company
Morgantown
Lewis Recalled as Student of Napoleon and Strategy
A reader recalls a Lew is student of Napoleon and military strategy who was once found with General Hugh Johnson in a conference room. They were overheard arguing how to move flanks and battalions in the Gettysburg battle, a vivid memory shared by a mutual friend.
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Putes
Cew
Lewis
Hugh Johnson
Gettysburg
Plane crash interrupts emergency landing on Pittsburgh to Huntington flight
A mail carrier plane operated by All American Airways crashed while attempting an emergency landing from the east near Clarksburg. Fire and ambulance crews were summoned before impact. The aircraft, bound from Pittsburgh to Huntington, carried mail pouches that largely burned, with some scattered near the wreck.
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Page Ope
Clarksburg
Bridgeport
Pittsburgh
Huntington
All American Airways
Lias Court Delays Trial Briefs and Bond Renewal
Judge Watkins set May 23 for filing trial briefs and renewed Lias' $10,000 bond. Defense fromsel indicated a delay beyond the court date. Lias must appear in person for all proceedings. Three new defense attorneys joined the staff of five: Lawrence Platt, Stanley Platt, and Joseph Platt, added to court records.
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Fromsel
Watkins
Lawrence ‘Stanley
Joseph Platt
Public utility tax disbursement totals revealed
Final distribution of 11,679,170 in public utility taxes was announced by Harry C. Deisher. Of this amount 6,922,254 will go to county school systems. The note mentions government officials including C. Lee Spillers and D. Paul Camdlette and indicates further iron ore production prospects from Labrador exceeding 10,000,000 tons annually.
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Charleston
Harry C. Deisher
The
Auditor's Office
Labrador
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