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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1949
Page
2
A devotional meditation on Revelation and Mark urging renunciation of worldly hopes. It contrasts tinsel worldly futures with a Christ grounded hope and pleads for discipline through the cross to build faith in God’s promised future.
A Martinsburg Martinsburg West Virginia sale directory lists multiple auctions including R W Fry on Wilson Street and R G Wolverton on Loudoun Street. Items span household goods furniture antiques and real estate trucks and automobiles with scheduled times in April around 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at various rural and town locations including Wardensville Williamsport and Winchester.
Rep Burr P. Harrison will be guest of honor at a 6 p m dinner in Harrisonburg. The event is part of a special program observing Army Day.
Correct responses list topics such as mammals and the East River, plus figures John L. Lewis and Charles G. Dawes. The set mentions sea level at the East River, the year 1941, and a comparison of imperial and US gallons. Also cited are The Salvation Army and The Field Museum as part of the reviewed items.
Blue Peter, the Derby favorite at 3-1, is withdrawn from the Kentucky Derby due to an internal ailment. Olympia and Capot emerge as joint favorites at 4-1, both swift three year olds owned by Fred Hooper Jr. and the Greentree Stable, aiming for May 7 glory.
Four University of Virginia boxers and coach Al York arrive in East Lansing for the national collegiate tournament. Entries include Allen Hollingsworth at 130 pounds Grover Masterson at 135 Basil Miragliotta at 145 and Joe Miragliotta at 155 pounds.
Richmond April 6 report William and Mary Indians meet North Carolina Tar Heels at Chapel Hill in a featured Virginia collegiate game. Washington and Lee hosts Harvard in the other top appeal. Rain washed out several games with VMI Harvard cancelled and Hampden Sydney Bridgewater postponed. makeup set for Hampden Sydney May 14.
Baseball updates from spring camps across the United States. Bill Rigney injures knee sliding home as the Giants beat the Indians 8 4 in Lubbock. Stengel cites five ready starters for the Yankees. Cubs target Hermanski Brown Miksis Ramazzotti as Dodgers backups. Vandermeer to pitch for Reds with a regular rotation. Satchel Paige to start for Cleveland against the Giants in Houston. Doby Minoso applauded at El Paso Lubbock meetings. Cardinals end road trip after six straight losses with rain halting stoppage.
Handley High School plans a 40-man track squad with a five meet schedule starting 3 30 p m. tomorrow at Handley with invites from Berryville Stonwall Boyce and others. Veterans Teddy Keller and Jimmy Lawrence lead field events and sprints while eighth and ninth graders prep pole vaulting for next year.
In Atlanta the golf trio of Jones Keeler is joined by a city history of Pop and trade papermen. Dave Williams is set to join the Giants in September for 65 thousand dollars after Atlanta exhibition interest. Georgia Tech unveils a broad athletic program under Bill Alexander. Spud Chandler and Whit Wyatt, famed 1941 rivals, will manage the Atlanta Journal all star high school game on May 25 with Chandler now a Yankee scout.
Wyatt, a Buchanan farmer, meets former teammate Earle Edwards on campus and jokes about coaching. South Africa's Bobby Locke leads Masters chatter after a 66 exhibition in North Carolina. Wes Ferrell to manage Greensboro in the Carolina league. Herman Barron debuts in the Goodall tourney. Fred Hooper keeps a playful racehorse named Dizzy connected to golfing circles.
SAN ANTONIO report: The Pittsburgh Pirates will play another game with the Chicago White Sox tonight. This is the latest baseball action noted from the region with both teams lining up after recent play.
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