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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1949
Page
4
Founded as a weekly in 1870 the paper has operated daily except Sundays since 1903 under M B MacLEOD as General Manager and Miss Eldora M Bolyard as News Editor. Communications are welcome if libelous content is avoided and letters carry the author’s real signature for publication.
A multi city exhibition train tour runs from May 21 in Baltimore at Camden Station through May 25 with daily shows 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at B&O stations in Silver Spring Cumberland Clarksburg Parkersburg and nearby yards, featuring a modern steam locomotive and cars.
Edna Schuck Morgan age 51 died yesterday at six p m in Sacred Heart Hospital Philadelphia She was born in Grafton daughter of the late E N and Alta Thurston Schuck A high school graduate of 1912 She leaves daughter Betty and brothers James C Morgan Grafton Joseph H Morgan Sheridan Wyoming Ralph Morgan Philadelphia One brother Frank R Morgan of Grafton is deceased Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p m from Mulligan Funeral Home Lehigh Avenue North Philadelphia
A touring exhibit showcases a passenger locomotive a modern reclining seat coach a steel box car and express freight equipment from B and O including the Sentinel Service replica Tom Thumb and early 1800s freight cars plus historic engines like John Hancock and Thatcher Perkins along with a horse drawn passenger car and other artifacts from 1829 to 1863 highlighting rail history and progress.
Delores Myers from Gary Indiana visits relatives in Denver section with Aunt Nannie and Ocie Myers. Gary, Ohio resident Ronald Shahan and Bill Devault of Fairmont join Lancaster Ohio couple Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Shahan for Sunday in Lancaster. Johnny Markley and son Johnny of Keyser spend weekend with Mabel Murphy and Edith Dawson. Dick Shahan and son of Clarksburg stay with Enos Teets family. Johnnie Nose of Clarksburg visits friends Jack Grey and others. Donald Mankins tours Kingwood on business. Historic railcars and Civil War era coaches are shown. A Lafayette carriage, Conestoga wagon, and a one-horse shay are in display. Antarctic Ross barrier is 500 to 1,600 feet thick and France-sized.
An odd exploration of Antarctica contrasts isolation with travel distances across oceans. The piece notes the South Pole’s high plateau of about 10,000 feet, scarce rainfall, and the absence of flowering plants within the Antarctic circle. It also touches on student beliefs about primitive humans and their religious outlook.
A Wall Street Journal cited a corporate lawyer recalling a stern remark from a Supreme Court doorkeeper. He said, cheerful conduct is required before the high court, noting the court embodies the country’s highest authority and that contempt has no appeal beyond God.
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