Mr Dilly the Magician Finds Ally in Henry and Serena
A wandering magician named Mr Dilly befriends a young boy Henry who owns a talking duck named Serena. After being chased from Henry's home by Mrs Snell, Dilly offers to travel and perform with Henry while Serena remains with the boy. The trio faces uncertainty as they join forces and plan future shows.
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Treencher
Mr. Dily
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Mrs. Snell
Serena
Mrs. Sued
Perhays
Cone
Cindy
Young Pees
Wren
Snell
Shim
Dilly
West Virginia Briefs Highlight Highway Death and Local News
Parsons toll road death records West Virginia's first highway fatality in a year Theodore Day 43 son of Minor Day Parsons died after falling from a moving truck and striking his head in the highway. Morgantown Kiwanis clubs plan West Virginia University Day during the week of February 5 arranged by J Burns Huyett. Wheeling a 16 year old boy and his 14 year old girlfriend who fled Akron lived as a married couple here since October are held for respective parents. Romney Dr James Guthrie 70 Martinsburg physician found dead on a farm ten miles south of Romney likely from a heart attack while deer hunting. body found by about 40 volunteer firemen after alarm issued.
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Parsons
Tucker County
Theodore Day
Minor Day
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Arvin Stewart
J. Burns Huyett
Charles Town
Kiwanis
Associated Press
Romney
James Guthrie
Martinsburg
Here
Guthrie
Tie
Army Irish May Renew Rivalry
Notre Dame athletic director Ed Krause said at a Dallas club that Army and Notre Dame could renew their rivalry, calling both teams great and noting coaches Earl Blair and Frank Leahy would have to meet. West Point's Col Krueger said no negotiations are underway.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Ed Krause
Notre Dame
Krause
Ozn
Earl Blair
Frank Leahy
New York
Kraus
Dorothy Tops Prenter In Coal River Opener
Dorothy Independents defeat Prenter 74 to 25 in the Coal River opener led by junior Dillon with 18 points. The article also mentions a separate court case in Huntington where Stone of Kentucky, a part time coal miner, was found guilty of mislabeling a patent medicine called Patrick’s Language. Judge Harry F. Watkins set sentencing aside.
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Dorothy
Coal River
Junior Dillon
Dorothy Independents
Prenter
Associated Press
Huntington — A
Stone
Harry F. Watkins
Lewis Patrick
Arvenmlya Ca
Howell
Cook
U. S
Philip Clals
A. Baer
Paensaa
Ismith
Miller
Ko'd
Keeney
Toledo
Harry Marsinis
Christmas charity aids ill WV boy and widowed mother
West Virginia community and friends have donated $1,100 to help 11 year old Frankie Harris and his widowed mother Mrs Mildred Harris. Doctors in Baltimore predicted a year to live but Frankie has faced a decline and is bedfast needing constant care as his mother left her stenography job. Local papers report hundreds of letters and donations pouring in to brighten their holiday season.
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Associated Press
Huntington
West Virginia
Qhle
Frankie Harris
Mildred Harris
Wien
Baltimore
Harris Frankie
Frankie
Washington and Lee Grapplers Set 12-Meet Schedule
Washington and Lee announces a 12 meet wrestling schedule for 1945 46 under Athletic Director R As Smith with Obie Day tutoring for the first time succeeding Harry Broadbent The squad led by champions Joe Sconce and Ken Finley targets a two title repeat across the Southern Conference with meets at Franklin and Marshall Lehigh West Virginia North Carolina State Auburn Appalachian The Citadel Virginia Tech Johns Hopkins Virginia and North Carolina.
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Associated Press
Lexington
Washington and Lee
Smith O. O
Obie) Day
W&l
Day
Harry Broadbent
San Diego State
Joe Sconce
Ken Finley
Washington and
Sherman declared ineligible at William and Mary
Wray Sherman of William and Mary was ruled ineligible for further basketball by the Southern Conference eligibility committee. His five year period of eligibility expired in August 1949 after he entered Newport News Apprentice School in 1942 and served two years.
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Associated Press
Williamsburg
Wray Sherman
William and Mary
Southern Conference
Sherman
Newport News Apprentice School
Self Defense Claim In Family Dispute Heard In Court
Marinski 180 pounds told Judge McCabe it was self defense during a family argument with mother-in-law Hazel Tipping 160 pounds present at the hearing. The exchange centered on alleged abusive conduct and resulting legal action.
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Marinski
John M. McCabe
Hazel Tipping
Shirley Temple Wins Divorce and Custody
Shirley Temple wins an interlocutory divorce from John Agar after testifying he drank heavily and flirted with other women. The 28-year-old former sergeant did not contest and is ordered to pay four months support for their daughter Linda Susan, with custody granted to Temple. Agar must place his share of community property in a trust for the child.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Shirley Temple
John Agar
Stnc
Air Force
Agar
Linda Susan
Baltimore Livestock market report shows slow cattle trade
Baltimore livestock sales on December 3 showed slow trading for slaughter steers with scattered early sales near Thursday's levels. Bulls steady, stock cattle scarce, veal and calf prices mixed with moderate activity for good veal and calf trades. Hogs opened steady with rangefully mixed prices, sheep steady to slightly lower as lamb demand remained varied.
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Baltimore
Conmann
Johnson Johnson Kelly 33 dies at Grandvies residence
John Johnson Kelly age 33 of Grandvies died Sunday night December 1 at home. Body to be moved from Caffee Funeral Home to residence Tuesday December 6 at 11 3. m. Funeral services Wednesday December Tin at 2 p.m. at residence with Rev. Owen P. Lilly officiating. Burial in Kidwell cemetery Grandsiex. Arrangements by Calice Funeral Home.
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Kelly
Grandvies
Owen P. Lilly
Kidwell
Grandsiex
Calice Funeral Home
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