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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1947

Page

5

Simon Poling 98 Dies at Home in Tunnelton

Simon P Poling aged 93 of Route Tunnelton died at his home after a nine day illness. He was a retired farmer and Pentecostal church member born September 27 1651 son of T W and Ocie Poling. Survived by wife Lidie Virginia Nestor Poling and six sons Iva Fellowsville James Keys er Daniel Bridgeport Riley Morganown Jep Poling Philippi Lonnie and John Poling Thornton. sister Amanda Bohen Parsons. Funeral Sunday at 1 30 p m Bartlett Funeral Home Rev Lora Phillips Fellowsville in charge. Burial Payne Cemetery. Friends may call tomorrow afternoon. Also Cheif A Lear of U S Navy recruiting service in Grafton today to recruit enlistments. Clarksburg station rep to visit Grafton weekly Fridays 9 to 3 p m post office building.

Simon P. Poling Tunnelton Pentecostal Church T. W Ocie Poling Lidie Virginia Nestor Poling Iva Polng Fellowsville James Poling Keyser Daniel Poling Bridgeport Riley Poling Morganown Je Puling Philippi Lonnie John Poling Thornton Amanda Bohen Parsons Bartlett Funeral Lora Phillips Fellowsvte Payne Cemetery

Plaque of Cette Arch Signals Short Mating Window

Experts note a nine mile distance from a rich eastern Oregon farm area and warn the column could stop within ten days for mating. The danger arises as evies es may reach farm fields first, potentially causing widespread impacts.

Cette Oregon

Public House Auction of J. W. Corbin Estate Properties

Sealed bids for multiple lots and houses opposite Hazel Atlas plant in Grafton WVa will be received until Tuesday June 3 at 10 AM. Properties include brick residence with five rooms and bath, a four room cottage, adjacent lots, and unimproved parcels on Railroad and Main streets, with terms of one third cash and property inspections provided. ]

J. W. Corbin Hazel Atlas Glass Plant Bath and Furnace Railroad Street Main Street Railroad S Reet Fetterman Baker Store Baltimore Street Fetterman Bridge Hazel-Atlas Sodrorbin Estate Main St Grafton

State Men Win High Awards For Great Heroism

The Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association awarded its highest honor to Matoaka West Virginia physician Dr. Clements for crawling 263 feet through mine debris to amputate a miner’s leg after a crushing accident at Crane Creek mine No. 6. He and eight others were recognized for risking lives to save others. Emery Cline was also honored for averting a collision with a runaway loaded trip at No. 15 mine in Stirrat, West Virginia.

Washington Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association Ewart-On Matoaka W. Va Ammrar B.S. Clements William Sperry Crane Creek Comecomas Sperry Dr. Clements The Association Emery Cline West Virginia Coal and Coke Company Stirrat W_ Va

Coach Faces Juvenile Charge Over Alleged Son

SOUTH BEND Ind May 23 Defense testimony continued in Juvenile Court as Russell L. Jackson 32 a teacher and father of four denied a 15 year old girl Doris Rawles fathered her three month old son He says he never slept with her Rawles testified last week that he was intimate four times in 1946 The witness said an auto train crash left him impotent and that he once gave Rawles a poor grade and she threatened revenge North Liberty High athlete Dick Wildy testified he overheard that remark.

South Bend Ind Russell L. Jackson Indianapolis North Liberty Doris Rawles Jackson Miss Rawles

Nurse Career Timeline at Detroit and New Jersey Hospitals

MABEL sunnued Fosen held multiple nursing leadership roles across several hospitals. She served as superintendent of nurses at Lincoln Hospital in Detroit a 90 bed facility before 1927. She later supervised anesthesia at Grace Hospital Detroit a 662 bed hospital before moving to Queens Hospital Jamica New Jersey from June to fall of that year. She was chief anesthetist at Glenville Hospital Cocoa derives from an Aztec Cleveland Ohio a 105 bed hospital. Between August 1942 and April 1936 she directed nursing at St Josephs Hospital St Joseph Michigan. Since October 1946 she has worked at Shadyside Hospital Pittsburgh as an anesthetist.

Sunnued Fosen Eneed Lincoln Hospital Detroit Mich Grace Hopital Queens Hospital Jamica N. J Anes‘eller Glenville Hospital Cocoa Cleveland Ohio St. Joseph's Hospital St. Joseph, Mich Shadyside Hospital Pittsburgh

State Lady Wins DAR Office In Election

Mrs. Roscoe C. O Byerne of Brookville Indiana was elected President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution for a three year term. Her cabinet includes Rex Hays Rhoades, treasurer general, and other officers from Kentucky, Virginia, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Clams near Australia with shells weighing nearly half a ton have been reported to capture and kill humans. Grip fruits come principally Trade and Texas.

Washington Roscoe C. O'Byrne Brookiille Ind Daughters of the American Revolution Julius ¥. Talmadge Athens Obyrne Robert Keene Arnold Versailles Ralsys Rex Hays Rhoades Washington, D. C Wiliam V. Tynes Norfolk, Va van Court Carwithen Malverne Pa Walard T. Sisler Morgantown West Va Simehsonan Institution Australia Tarde Texas

Elect D E Professor President of College

Staunton Virginia May 23. Dr Frank Bell Lewis a Davis and Elkins College professor of Bible and Philosophy was elected president of Mary Baldwin College Edmund D Campbell of Washington DC announced today. Lewis is expected to begin in midsummer succeeding Dr L Wilton Dayman who vacated the office in 1946. Lewis, born 1911 in Greenbrier County West Virginia, studied at the University of Virginia and Washington and Lee University and earned his AB degree in 1932 and MA a year later.

Jarman Martha S. Grafton Dr. Lewis Greenbrier County W. Va University of Virginia Washington and Lee University

Stage Gun Battle On Pittsburgh Street

On a Pittsburgh street a veteran patrolman and a man sought for arrest were wounded in a gun battle. Patrolman Edward Bann, 56, was shot twice and critically wounded. Ha Manning, 43, was hit in the abdomen and shoulder and taken to Mercy hospital in critical condition. Both men lay in the street when responders arrived.

Pittsburgh Edward Bann Ha. Manning Manning Mercy Hospital Bann

Fourth Trial For Life For Man Starts Today

Logan May 23 1 Ereel Pel frey 36 goes on trial in Logan Circuit Court for the second time in four months on a murder charge. He allegedly stabbed his 55 year old father in law Frank Means mine foreman for George's Creek Coal Co at Hetzel after a quarrel. Means died from thigh stab wounds before reaching a hospital.

Logan Ereel Pelfrey Frank Means Pelfrey Means George's Creek Coal Co., Inc Hatzel Hetzel Theigh

Congress Moves to Trim Truman Budget and Deficit

The article notes Congress pursuing rescissions to reclaim funds for the treasury while acknowledging mismatches between bridges and appropriations. Republicans claim they cut President Truman's budget by 641.82 million and, without debate, approve a routine deficit appropriation bill for 117.438 million to keep several government agencies operating through the year.

Republiens Mr .Truman Congre's

Congressional rider orders immediate payment of notes

The text describes a Senate rider directing the treasury to pay off 641820.06 in commodity credit corporation notes. It mentions the UMW convention last year pressuring Lewis to seek an industry wide agreement with operators, and a policy committee he referenced. It also notes Hadrian's Wall remains a key northern England tourist site.

Iver Senate Treasury UMW Lewis Comec England

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