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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1949
Page
4
The notice outlines AP exclusive rights for local news and dispatches. It lists subscription rates for carrier and mail deliveries, with yearly, half yearly, and quarterly options, and notes national representation details and newspaper mailing information in Grafton West Virginia.
J Rog ers Fike of Elon Preston County is elected first vice president of the national Future Farmers of America. He won the post at the national convention held recently in Kansas City.
Webster October 19 The Womens Society of the Christian Service met at Mrs George Felton's home with Miss Pearl Felton as co host. Miss Mary Susan McWilliams led devotionals and program while Miss Felton presided. Halloween decorations and candy favors marked the evening a social hour followed with refreshments.
Edward Lawrence Willey Sr born February 27 1873 in Hanover Ohio died at six in the Grafton City Hospital. He was a retired Baltimore and Ohio railroad train dispatcher. Survived by a daughter Mrs Carl Cooper and two sons Edward L Willey Jr and Donald A Willey plus six siblings and two grandchildren. He belonged to BPOE 308 and the American Train Dispatchers Association.
Marvell Coomes faces a bitter fight over Katherine's estate and custody as Proctor, Elizabeth's brother-in-law, contests the will with lawyer Ben Hall. Marvell muses on freedom and responsibility while wandering Boston streets, planning a future in New York after saying goodbye to Katherine.
Marion county family savoring local harvest as unseasonably warm weather boosts strawberry crops. Mrs. Alice Huffman of Smithtown near White Day Golf Course notes a nice yield. The article also mentions crystalline metals and building materials like brick and clay.
The text notes arguments on shifting U S effort to defensive measures over offensive needs and potential consequences if war is forced on the nation. Omar N Bradley and General J Lawton Collins support Navy chief statements during a joint chiefs session.
In a late season playoff to decide last in the Corn Stalk league Sauerkraut Center and East Bicycle fought a coin toss tie that left both clubs sharing bottom honors after a season marked by Sauerkraut Center 28 straight losses and East Bicycle shutouts, with Yawnson’s wild last inning haul sealing the fate.
A dense grid of across and down clues appears with numbered items for standard cryptic style. Also included is yesterday's cryptoquote answer and a long quotation fragment from LONGFELLOW indicating a letter substitution puzzle mechanism.
Lawmakers hear bitter exchanges as navy blames air force for strategic bias in defense plans. Vinson gathers Johnson allies Marshall Clark Heller Eisenhower to testify while Symington warns of a dangerous circulating document titled Strategic Bombing Myth.
McMahon refused to answer reporters when asked if the speed-up action stems from disclosures that Soviet Russia has experienced an atomic explosion. The exchange occurred during coverage at the United Nations.
Edward Lawrence Will Ey 5R died recently. Service Friday at 2 p m at Bartlett Funeral Home with interment at Woodsdire Memorial Park. Friends may call at Bartlett Funeral Home. B P O E No 308 conducts ritualistic services Thursday at 8 p m. Bartlett Funeral Homes. John Thomas Preston service Friday at 2 p m Webster Methodist Church officiated by Reverend Sanson and Dr G W Twynham. Interment Webster Cemetery. Friends may call at the late home. Bartlett Funeral Homes ace
Shortstop Pee Wee Reese remains the lone Brooklyn Dodger to sail with the pennant winning 1949 squad. The veteran infielder helped lift the team to the title as Brooklyn clinched the National League flag.
Andrei Vishinsky restated the Soviet claim that Russia has held the bomb since 1947. McMahon announced a major acceleration of production, following a closed door AEC briefing, predicting three to four months faster construction. Hanford leads plutonium work while Oak Ridge outputs uranium for diorite bombs.
In wartime effort the Salvation Army continues its relief work for the elderly sick and young. The message urges raising funds this year to sustain aid in the community as the battle against poverty and disease endures.
TV tonight features NBC with GB Y titles including This Is Your Life and Kukla Fran and Ollie, CBS showing Chameleon and Godfrey's Hour, and ABC offering Sherlock Holmes and Lawrence Welk among others. Wrestling and crime dramas fill late slots as channel lists run across the dial.
Classified section shows rates for first insertions and discounts for multiple insertions with per word pricing. Listings include potatoes at 2.00 per bushel, a Lawson gas floor furnace, a Royal Standard typewriter, a phonograph and radio, a jeeping room to rent, and two unfurnished apartment rentals with addresses and dates.
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