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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1950
Page
3
Norfolk Rotary Club member George A and Laidlaw Peek of a New York publishing firm will be guest speakers tomorrow, sharing insights at the club meeting. The event highlights local business ties and civic discussion.
Funeral services for Mrs. J. B. Bittinger will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at the Chester with the Rev. J. S. Duckwall of Winchester and the Rev. Ellsworth Orndoff of Gerardstown leading. Active pallbearers will be her sons and grandsons. Honorary pallbearers include officers from Gerrards town Bunker Hill and Clear brook Presbyterian churches connected to the late Dr. Bittinger.
Detachments of U S Marines formed part of Commodore Perry s expedition to Japan which opened the doors of the Mikado s realm in 1853 54 to commerce.
A dated clue set lists 20 items with numbered definitions across varied categories. Entries include river, Norse god, former Russian ruler, and sweet potato among others, suggesting a crossword style fill concept with cross referencing.
Funeral services for Miss Sally May Kelley will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at Omps Funeral Home with Dr. E. T. Clark officiating. Burial follows at Mt. Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers are Robert Combs Llyle Wilkins Daniel Kre mer William Galliday Ernest Wisecarver and Bruce Muse. Miss Kelley was born at Sperryville and belonged to Oakly Baptist Church.
Holy Week services will be held at Centenary Reformed Church with 7 45 p m services tonight tomorrow and Friday The pastor Dr S L Flickinger says the public is welcome Tonight features an order of worship and a sermon on The Ministry of Silence Tomorrow honors Christ in Gethsemane with Tenabra and Good Friday devotion emphasizes Adoration of the Cross
Weather Bureau notes tornadoes occur at night but are less frequent then. They are most common in the afternoon and early evening and least frequent from midnight to noon.
In Detroit Henry Ford Hospital reported a dead donor heart used to treat a 57 year old man with advanced thoracic aneurysm. Surgeon Conrad Lam and Dr H H Aram performed the transplant using preserved artery tissue from another patient five days postmortem. The patient improved with back pain relief and hospital staff expect a full recovery.
The Rev. R. K. Eutsler pastor of Luray Methodist Church will be guest speaker at 7 30 p m Good Friday services at Stephens City Methodist Church He recently spoke at a series in Raleigh North Carolina as a younger Virginia Conference member.
Washington dispatch outlines Massachusetts Republican leader Martin's non partisan package to reverse the tide toward socialism and unemployment. He urges repeal of wartime excises, tax incentives for small business, a balanced budget, careful tariff administration, and public spending cuts to spur revenue and reduce unemployment.
Great Britain has eleven times as many people to the square mile as the United States, making its population density much higher.
President Truman faces a decision on a controversial natural gas bill as advisers urge a veto. Secretary Ross provided no count on support, noting a return to Washington Monday and awaiting budget and federal department input before ruling. The House passed the measure amid Speaker Rayburn’s urging, with claims it would not raise consumer gas prices.
The watchword of Camp Fire Girls Inc is Wohelo, formed from the first letters of work health and love.
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