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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1950
Page
2
Kiwanians hear a Baptist pastor discuss Christian faith and plan a future visit to Front Royal for noon on Wednesday. They will dine at 1 Royal, tour Virginia Power Company’s new plant, and discuss a children’s program under Committee Chairman Charlies Pine.
At the Winchester Elks Lodge weekly meeting officers were installed including Lee A. Ebert exalted ruler and other posts. Afterward the annual Bik Club Incorporation stockholders meeting elected a board of governors led by Ebert and Campbell with Bailey Butler Johnston Wright on the group. Scotland’s population is noted as 5 000 000.
Short auction and property sale fragments from Winchester Virginia area listings. Items include land near Rt. 50 in Valley and Holstein property details with dates and times of viewings. Commissioner and other officials referenced in sparse OCR snippets.
A historical account traces Ebenezer Church in Lower Timber Ridge from 1771 land grants by Lord Fairfax to John Routt and early log meetings led by Elder Christy Line. It details the 1876 church dedication, key ministers, construction on Whitacre land, and community life up to 1950.
In Rio de Janeiro an Easter holiday train jammed with travelers fell into the Indian River when a bridge collapsed. Early reports estimated about 100 dead and 200 or more injured as locomotive and cars plunged into dark floodwaters.
A 12 inch television set will be given away at 9 p.m. Friday at the Rouss Fire Hall for the drum and bugle corps fundraiser. Proceeds will fund uniforms for local Crescent Club members under Paul Barr and Frank Dicks with nine majorettes. The Rouss Drum and Bugle Corps will join Apple Blossom Festival parades. The event follows the fire company meeting.
Funeral services for John Luther Taylor of 422 Haddox Street will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Shiloh Baptist Church with Rev. Ralph Laws presiding. Born in Manassas Virginia he was employed at Warner Bros Capitol Theater in Winchester before illness. He is survived by his mother Ada Robinson four brothers and seven sisters. Interment will follow in Orrick Cemetery.
At least 19 people were killed and more than 100 injured when the Oviedo Madrid express derailed near Pala de Lena Spain amid floods. A separate incident saw a train of Easter holiday travelers plunge into the Indian River at Tangua injuring about 200.
Mrs Sara Grayson was inadvertently left out of last night’s Flag Presentation program at the Round Community Center where she serves as president.
State Auditor J Gordon Bennett reported the accounts and records of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court for 1949 were in good order after review. The finding signals proper financial handling and compliance with audit standards.
Pfc. Robert Lash aged 19 was killed by an automobile on a boulevard near the Norfolk Naval Air Station. The incident occurred as he was on active duty, with authorities investigating the accident to determine fault and circumstances surrounding the death.
Whittaker Chambers plans to visit Winchester on April 13 to speak at the Rotary Club luncheon at the George Washington Hotel. He will answer questions for fifteen minutes, amid ongoing federal deliberations over possible perjury prosecution related to his Hiss dispute. Chambers, living on Pipe Creek Farm near Westminster Maryland, has a noted history with Alger Hiss and a pending $75,000 damage suit in Baltimore courts.
A quiz key notes a pipeline question the alewife fish answer nine geographic oceans and three. references a failed quotation and lists United Auto Workers as the union.
Pfc. Kenneth C. Cammer 21, son of Jesse C. Cammer of Winchester, has arrived in Japan and is assigned to the Fifth Air Force at Yokota Air Base. He serves as a remote control turret mechanic in the 13th Bombardment Squadron after training at Lowry and San Antonio.
Winchester Exchange Club will enter an artistic parade float in the Apple Festival. John Jones city auditor and Robert J. McNally Jr. of Shenandoah Valley National Bank selected to attend the State convention of Exchange Clubs June 16 at Williamsburg. Randolph and Fred Larrick as alternates. New members Garner Edmonds William H. Hanckel and Eugene Kight joined the club.
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