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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1949
Page
4
NBC and CBS schedules show programs from 8 to 10:30 with dramas, comedies, and sports. The University of Florida football team features 29 lettermen as Ray Bear Wolf, longtime coach, switches to the T formation after twenty years with the double wingback attack.
Inlet Adirondacks center a 50 mile wilderness where Gerald Kenwell, a woodman with 62 years and a huntsman’s lore, defies city stereotypes. He recalls 20th century legends like Fred Were, a bear hunter who faced a bear armed only with hatchet and pole, and recounts others who lived off the land with sparing economics and a garden, hens, and venison.
Clark Rayburn leads Singin Sam and Colorado Jack Ives on a dawn march from Forlorn Valley toward Alessandro's pass. They rally Hope and prepare to strike as Chip Halliday's fate and a deadly ace of spades loom, with Ives revealing shifting loyalties and a looming showdown.
Fragmentary notes discuss spring floods lowering salt in water and adding horseradish to salads. Mentions unsweetened chocolate and dates as a reference measure, with garbled phrases about desserts and portions. Reading lacks coherent events or identities.
Classic puzzle page features a large crossword with across and down clues, plus a cryptogram quotation by Longfellow. Readers solve for words matching clues such as liquid, edible, and geographic terms while decoding a substitution cipher quotation by Canning.
The Grafton Kiwanis sponsor plan seeks to address home and community problems facing boys, including stigma, discouragement from activities, and employment challenges. Jess Riley outlines the program to Kiwanis members, with local committee members Joe Evans Torlock Rasmussen and John Booth representing schools employment service and business interests.
Masons honor 153 candidates for cooperation with public assistance and juvenile authorities. The push to vote the disability insurance bill on a this or nothing basis faces resistance as some Ways and Means members press for amend ments. Rep Curtis warns the measure foreshadows socialized medicine while Democratic Leader McCormack expects a rule barring amendments. Chairman Doughton fears chaos if the 201 page bill opens to amendments. Football at the Naval Academy began in 1861 as recreation for midshipmen.
A garbled note from a Wisconsin sketch cites a phrase about cheesecake photos, then shifts to mention Bog Marvene Fischer and a claim of 1,000 pounds of cheese at the Retail Grocers Association convention in Miami, Florida. The passage blends slang, a separate name, and an international reference with unclear dates or context.
A damaged OCR yields scattered quotes and garbled lines about kindness wit and pearls. It mentions Richard Brooks and George D. Prentice and references a prehistoric mobsters site near the White River with unclear meaning.
Commissioner of Accounts Richard B Bord notifies all creditors and beneficiaries of the Miranda B Thorn estate to file verified claims with vouchers at his office in the Professional Building Grafton WV by March 27 1950. Beneficiaries must appear to protect interests. notice dated September 23 1949.
The family of Otha Lee Nye extends heartfelt thanks to neighbors and friends who supported them during bereavement. They thank Dr. Paul P. Warden, Mrs. Winnie Mumaw, those who gave floral tributes, donated cars, Reverend L. G. Robinson, the St. John's Methodist Church choir, and Bartlett Funeral Home for their kindness and service.
Classified advertising rates and rules are listed including per word charges for first insertions and discounts for multiple insertions. A minimum charge of 750 is set and all ads require cash in advance with telephone orders not accepted. An item about apples and canning pears plus a hardware ad appears among the text.
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