Harper Juggles Stonewall Talent For 1948 Baseball Season
Stonewall high school opens its season Thursday against Berryville with 36 candidates vying for infield and outfield spots. Ronald Carper moves to first base, John Doe shifts to second, and Philip O Connell joins from Pennsylvania. Patton Jr. is favored to start on the mound with Thomas DeHaven likely to be the second hurler. The Rebels aim to improve on a poor league finish last year.
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Stonewall High School
Berryville
Bryant Harper
Ronald Carper
John Oe
Harper
GAA No. 1 to Face Bell Clothes in Roll Off
GAA No 1 team finished Evening Star Ladies League second-half champ with a two game lead over Va. Fruit and Pine Motor and tied for second. They will meet Bell Clothes in a five game roll off on Friday April 16 at 7 30 p.m. Weber Nursery’s Marguerite Curry starred with a 133 game on final night.
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Ruby Boyd
Dorothy Burke
Pauline Anderson
Madeline Grove
Frances Crisman
Elizabeth Jasper
GAA
Evening Star Ladies League
Va. Fruit and Pine Motor
Evening Star Loop
Weber Nursery
Marguerite Curry
Va. Fruit
Pine Motor Co
Worth's Bell Clothes
GAA No
Varel
Star Office
Sparks and truths drive Kit toward a choice
Mike and Kit discuss family pasts and debts, then share a night of honesty and growth. Mike offers a practical marriage while Kit admits her heart leans toward Kirk, recognizing that true sparks may need a different path. The chapter ends with Kit choosing to pursue Kirk, despite complexity.
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Kit
Mike
Kirk
Babies Wanted As Virginia Couples Seek Adoptions
A case worker from the Children's Home Society of Virginia says five times as many Virginia couples want to adopt children as there are babies available for adoption. The agency seeks more babies to meet demand and place them with prospective parents.
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Richmnd
Children’s Home Society of Virginia
Virginia
Gainesboro and Berkeley Springs to open season in pennant chase
Gainesboro high school, runner up in the Frederick Clarke league, faces Berkeley Springs as six veterans depart. The club fields Buck Cooper Donald Taylor Carlton Ramey and Robert Luttrell on the mound with Luttrell at first and Ramey at short. Infielders Warren Thompson Walter Miller and Walter Baker flank outfielders Bill Davis and Donald Taylor. Charles Taylor is set as the starting catcher.
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Gainesboro
Frederick-Clarke
Stephens City
Berkeley Springs
Sconewall
Buck’’ Cooper
Donald Taylor
Carlton Ramey
Robert Luttrell
Luttrell
Ramey
Warren Thompson
Walter Miller
Walter Baker
Bill Davis
Charles Taylor
Hoover-Kern Memorial Softball Award Displayed at Local Store
Hoover-Kern Memorial Softball award to be given to the winning church league team. The trophy will be presented at a season ending banquet and will be on display all season at J. W. Grove Furniture, 8 Loudoun St, Market Street Methodist Church reports.
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H. Robert Womeldorph
Hoover-Kern
Market St. Methodist Church
Church
J. W. Grove Furniture Store
Loudoun St
Berryville Nine Opens 1948 Season Against Harpers Ferry
Berryville high school begins its baseball season at home facing Harpers Ferry with starter Lacy Bray and catcher Jimmy Longerbeam. Veterans Bobby Crosen Charles Jackson and Buddy Locke return in the infield, while Ken Wisecarver starts at first base and All-Star Jimmy Feagans headlines the outfield.
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Berryville
Harpers Ferry
Chester Rockwell
Tentaive
Lacy Bray
Jimmy Longerbeam
Bobby Crosen
Charles Jackson
Buddy Locke
Kenneth Wisecarver
Jimmy Feagans
Glen Smallwood
Jack Hardesty
Bill Rosenberry
Dick Fiddler
Bill Carpenter
Benney Longerbeam
Bobby Rutherford
Carl Burleson
Bennie Lake
Clarke
Stephens City
South End Fire Co. clinches B League win over Snapp's Foundry
In a tight B League matchup, South End Fire Co. takes two of three from Snapp's Foundry led by Pop Carper with 130 and 124 and Teddy Keller 129. Studebaker edges Va. Woolen No. 1 on total pins 1594 to 1594 with better bakers using pins to win two. Carson Dettra posted 131 for the losers.
Elks Club Wins Third Straight In Local Bowling Night
In the second game Studebaker's 525 led Donald Steward 132 and Lee Ebert 124 as Elks Club swept Bell Clothes. Glazie and Bro extended their league lead by beating Coca Cola on a 1637 total with George Lutz 132 and Jack Billmyer 128 atop the leaders. Columbia Baking lost the first game to Clearbrook Woolen but won the next two. Valley Service dropped a game in a duel with Glaizer and Bro, while Va. Woolen No. upset them by four pins in Boone's opening game with 126.
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Glaize
Bro
Valley Service
South End Hose
Va. Woolen
Studebaker
Columbia Baking
Bell Clothes
Snapp’s Foundry
Elks Club
Coca Cola
Clearbrook
Nelson Grim
Ome Steward
George Lutz
Jack Billmyer
Pop Carper
Hugh Funkhouser
South End
Teddy Keller
South End Fire Co
Snapp’s
Foundry
Carson Dettra
Donald Steward
Lee Ebert
Glazie
Clearbrook Woolen
Glaizer and
Boone
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James Dye
Rolston Shiley
Leroy White
Marshall DeHaven
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Billy Cornwell
Eugene
Henry T. Goode
Delaware
American Health Hospital
Health Insurance Corp
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C. Ridgely
James Bowman
Jess R. Kiracofe, Jr
G&m Music Appliance Center
W. Boscawen St
Capudine
Argaret Nichols
John Bennett
South America
Chris
Tracy
St.Joseph Aspiri
Siwrty
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Tee
National Ave
Grove’s
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
S. Loudoun St
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W.adams
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Butler’s Electrical
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