Fourth annual Softball Apple Knockers Minstrel Show
Over 600 attended the Handley School auditorium for the fourth annual Softball Apple Knockers Variety Minstrel Show last night. Proceeds benefit city softball facilities and summer running costs. Seven acts performed in the first half including the Poisal Trio and Mary Katherine Hershman. The minstrel featured Howard Holland as Interlocutor with end men Nat Bowen and John Vogt. Mary Katherine Hershman encore and Georgia Peach dance finale drew the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley School
Poisal
Martinsburg
Buddy
Jane Poisal
Mary Anh Jackson
Queenie Williams
Charles Lillis
Howard Holland
Charles Aikin
Kenneth Windle
Bill Bailey
Roy Parker
Jean Miller
Jimmy Fauver
Nat Bowen
Bob Worsley
Archie Conner
John Vogt
Curtis Bly
Slim
Wycliffe’s Poor Priests and Their Humble Rule
John Wycliffe organized a group of university men to imitate the first Franciscans. They vowed to live in poverty, accepting food only when needed, to devote themselves to the Church’s salvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. John Wycliffe
Red Cross group studies potential drive extension outcome
A 1952 Red Cross Fund Campaign meeting coordinated campaign activities and extended the drive two weeks. Campaign leaders praised volunteers for 174 percent of the chapter quota of 16584 and noted potential top performance in Special Gifts. Local firms reaching 100 percent included Winchester Steak House Shenandoah Valley National Bank A and P Store and McCrorys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Fund
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
Eugene Kight
Stewart Bell, Jr
Red Cross Chapter
Frank Armstrong, Jr
J. W Arthur, Sr
Leon Slavin
Russell Newcome
John Woolfolk
Carl Campbell
Winchester Steak House
Francis R. Crane
Haldeman’s Creamery
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Baker and Anderson
A & P Store
McCrory’s
Mrs. Woore To Be Buried Tomorrow
Funeral services for Ella Woore 79 wife of Edward H Woore of Clearbrook will be held tomorrow at 2 PM at Omps Funeral Home conducted by Rev J B Duckwall Pallbearers are George A Ebersole Henry B Cline Huyett G Light John W Jolliffe Albert Robinson and John W Anderson Interment in Mt Hebron cemetery The Woores celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Woore
Edward H. Woore
Clearbrook
Baker Nursing Home
Winchester
Omps
J. 8. Duckwall
George A. Ebersole
Henry B. Cline
Huyett G. Light
John W. Jolliffe
Albert Robinson
John W. Anderson
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Mrs. Woore
Scouts of Troop 9 Hold Annual Dinner In Market Street Church
More than 90 boys, parents and friends attend Boy Scout Troop 9 reregistration dinner at Market Street Methodist Church. The program features songs, a musicale by Sonny Walter, and a Tom Wolfe song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Troop 9
Market Street Methodist Church
Sonny Walter
Tommy Wolfe
R. L. Bageant
Robert DeHaven
E. W Truslow
Laurens Jones
E. G. Hill
Scousmasters
Paul M. Chamberlin
Herman Lee
Algonquin Park
Canada
al Grim
Johnnie Arnold
John Lewis
Douglas Jones
Sammy Long
Stanley Barr
Marshall Crisman
How Florida Oranges Are Harvested
Oranges are cut with medium curved clippers rather than picked. The stem is trimmed a short distance from the fruit to prevent rotting. Fruit falls into shoulder bags, then is dumped into two bushel field boxes and loaded onto trucks.
Master Violin Maker Builds Tone Through Montana Wood
Henry Gwartney, a Montana master of violin making for 24 years, selects spruce from near Troy and carves with home made tools. He has repaired 250 instruments and owns about 150 violins along with five violas, one cello and three guitars. He preserves a belief that good wood and proper shaping yield note perfect, vibrant tones.
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Malta
Mont
Montana
Henry Gwartney
Henry
Troy
Italy
Annie Stradivarius Cremonia
Dunn Named Oil Industry Information Area Chairman
Harry W Dunn of Cities Service was named Area Chairman of the Oil Industry Information Committee by C F Hofer. Dunn said the group will bring informative events to Winchester to show how petroleum serves people. The OTIC aims to explain competition benefits and will schedule talks and film showings with schools and civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W Dunn
Cities Service
Oil Industry Information Committee
C. F Hofer
Winchester
Dunn
OTIC
Friendship Fire Company names delegates to Cumberland Valley meeting
Orin Ritter Robert Bowers Howard Haymaker nn Wade Guard were named as delegates for the Cumberland Valley Firemen Association meeting in late August. The group voted a donation for the association and introduced Harry Hoover the new driver and Wesley Strosnider a new member. Yard parties are planned with a June date and a July car giveaway. Harry DeHaven won a $10 prize. The Ladies Auxiliary sponsors a square dance at the Armory tonight at 9 with proceeds to the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orin Ritter
Robert Bowers
Howard Haymaker
Nn Wade Guard
Friendship Fire Company
Cumberland Valley Firemen’s Association
Harry Hoover
Wesley Strosnider
Harry DeHaven
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Georgia Peaches
Ryc
Wycliffe's
Scouts of
Troop 9
Florida
L. T
DeSoto Club
Frederick Motors
Martinsburg Pike
Philco Wnt A Syst
Philco
Key Largo
W. Cork St
Rubinoff
Oil Industry
Antonius Stradivarius
Heatwole Motor CO
BraDdock
FORD
Plymouth
Frazer 4
Shenandoah Motor CO
Valley Ave
Ayr
N. LouDoun St
Virginia
Tver
Sears
Op Street
Eve E Winheir
Chesterlity
Roebuck and Co
Sears and
SAVE
Loudoun St
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