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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1956
Page
1
Fragmented copy from a 1950s wire service lists mixed notes about film scenes with Richard Conte and Richard Quine, a barber union price claim in Des Moines, postponed regional tours, Los Angeles home show items, no scene stealing in Guns of Fort Apache, a tall 230 pound woman remark, Baptist leaders traveling to Kansas City, and a Newport train engineer incident.
A Pennsylvania Railroad morning express derailed near Ravenna, Ohio after a highway crash into the rear of a diesel locomotive. Four killed include a brakeman, a farmer, the truck driver, and a passenger. seven injured. The train, from Pittsburgh to Cleveland, traveled about 70 mph. 2,500 feet of track wrecked. grain mill damage reported.
Alumni events at Davis and Elkins College in West Virginia honored former president Dr James Edward Allen who served 1910 to 19. His five sons led ceremonies including cornerstone laying and delivering the baccalaureate sermon. Dr Allen’s widow and Miss Marguerite Carter attended.
Buckhannon hosts a three day Central West Virginia Strawberry Festival with Ernest Gear of Beverly and Patricia Lorraine Kelley of Belington named King and Queen. The Strawberry Assn awards nearly 500 dollars in prize money to top growers, exhibits display at West Virginia Wesleyan College, and a Grand Feature Parade with 30 floats and 25 bands runs Friday followed by the Queen's Ball, a Saturday square dance ends the festival.
A Fairmont gasoline truck driver Nelson E. Eddy, about 30, was killed when his tanker wrecked on state Route 20 about 15 miles west of Shinnston. The truck, carrying nearly 4000 gallons of gasoline, jackknifed and overturned, the fire engulfing the cab after the vehicle slid onto the berm and stranded the driver.
Grafton High School seniors heard Rev. Robert G. Henson deliver There Go Thy Ships at the baccalaureate program. Valedictorian Robert Walter, from Calhoun County High, and Loretta DeMoss, salutatorian, were honored for their scholastic records and activities. DeMoss serves as editor of the 1956 Re Echo and works at The American Newsstand. The sermon urged graduates to navigate life with education as a compass and God as guide, emphasizing planning for higher education and independence. Continued on Page 4.
Grafton celebrates its centennial with an Old Fiddlers Contest at 8 p.m. on Wednesday June 6th in the high school auditorium. Open to all with no entry fee, contestants may play up to three numbers. Prizes total 55 dollars with 25 for first and 5 for fourth. Admission is 25 cents.
Cairo West Virginia celebrated its centennial with a full day carnival mood. A 25-unit unity parade stretched across the town as citizens and former residents joined in the 100th birthday observance. Azale Harper, Cairo High School senior, was crowned Miss Centennial. Grafton plans a weeklong 100th anniversary starting Thursday.
James A Hardy was released from Huntsville state prison and, five hours later, jailed in Houston City Jail after walking out of a department store with a hat he had not paid for.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co was authorized by the Public Service Commission to discontinue two daily trains between Grafton in Taylor County and Richwood in Nicholas County. The PSC noted limited use and an 83 percent decline since 1946, leaving an annual operating loss of about $183,000 and revenue drop from $65,635 in 1953 to $16,855 in 1955.
Saint Augustine students present their Class Night and Toreh Night tonight at 7:39 in the school auditorium. Seniors will present torches to juniors. Sue Ann Lillinger gives the junior speech, Norma Keener assists. Speakers include Taeilie Sorbello, Judy Coughlin, and Rev. Michael J. Hannon. awards by Legion, Grafton club, and perfect attendance recipients listed.
More than five and a half inches of rain in 18 hours in northern West Virginia caused Buffalo Creek to spill its banks in Marion and Wetzel Counties, killing 14 year old Edward Brown of Dent's Run while riding a log downstream. Highways across six counties around Fairmont were flooded. guardsmen and Civil Defense aided Mannington residents as roads including US 250 US 50 and Route 7 remained blocked by water.
Boone Dawson former governor candidate and ex mayor of Charleston addressed Alderson Broaddus College graduates at the field house. He urged patriotism civic pride and Christian principles while noting a 250000 fund drive for a new library and campus facilities. Degrees were conferred by President Richard E B Shearer and Dean George E B Ridey.
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