Jewel Box Wins 5 Game Rolloff for Commercial League Title
Jewel Box built a five game total pinfall victory 2469 to 2427 over Newberrys to clinch consecutive Commercial League championships. Selene Swiggett led with 531 and Jenny Fox added key scores as Newberrys battled back from deficits but fell short in the final frames.
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Jewel Box
Selene Swiggett
Virginia Vance
Virginia Leach
Mary Hawk
Jenny Fox
Newberry’s
Newberrys
Peel
Mrs. Swiggett
Betty Ryan
Newberry
Betty Miller
Pearl Lake
Miss Fox
Jewel Box Keglers
Is Your Baby Gaining Steadily With Nestlé Milk
A Philadelphia infant thrives on Nestlé's Evaporated Milk praised for easier digestion and added vitamin D for teeth and bones. The ad urges parents to ask their doctor about Nestlé's quality milk and its suitability for table use.
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Philadelphia
Nestlé
Nestlé’s
Nestle
P.S. Nestlé
Keglers to Banquet At Hotel May 4
City bowling banquet set for May 4 at the George Washington hotel after a banquet committee meeting. Kenneth Windle to provide music from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Team captains to distribute tickets starting April 18 with another planning session on April 26.
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George Washington Hotel
Heath Center
Kenneth Windle
Peoples Cleaners Take Third in Blue Ridge Bowling Standings
Final standings show Peoples Cleaners of the city finishing third with 75 points. Palace Keglers Martinsburg 59 and Bowling Center Waltersville 57 follow, with Northpole Clothes Frederick 45, Everedy Co. Frederick 36, and Bowling Center Waynesboro 32. Peoples Cleaners posted the year high team game 717. Clevenger led with a 120.28 average over 63 games. Banquet planned tentatively for Wednesday at Big Springs dining room south of Martinsburg.
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Blue Ridge
Winchester
Peoples Cleaners
Palace Kegelers
Martinsburg
Bowling Center
Waltersville
Northpool Clothes
Frederick
The
Everedy Co
Waynesboro
Clevenger
Big Springs
Butler to Train At Woodstock Field
The Butler farm team of the Detroit Tigers arrives in Woodstock tomorrow for a 3 week spring practice session. They will find a new club house with shower baths and lockers built especially for them. The Hagerstown Owls in the Middle Atlantic League arrived in Martinsburg and have begun daily drills at the Municipal Athletic Assn. park Pikeside.
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Butler
Detroit Tigers
Woodstock
Hagerstown Owls
Martinsburg
Municipal Athletic Assn.park
Pikeside
Lions Club and No Va Power lead in mixed and league bowling
In the A League O Sullivan Plant tops with 571 team game and 1594 team set while Lions Club and No Va Power Co trail. Individual highlights include Bud Miller 135 and Bodle Lillis 134 for Independents, Charlie Shewbridge 352, Clem Babb 351, and Dennis Dill 43 for the Giants. The Mixed Doubles roll off begins tomorrow at 8 p.m. with Delicious facing Yorks after a season of strong showings.
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Lions Club
Ae An &M
Ae Dill
Marvin Weaver
Charley Shew
Bridge
Lions
Edwin Cle
B&s Poultry
Buncutter Tire Co
Julian Buncutter
B& S
Elliott Motor Co
O'Sullivan
O’sullivan
Northern Virginia Power Co
O’sullivan Plant
Bodle Lillis
Clem Babb
Mehrile Slifer
No. Va. Power C
Home Beneficial Life Insurance
Independents
Insurance
David Fahnestock
Jimmy Shiflette
Lawrence Grim
Caroll Mason
Delicious
Jean Steele
June Lemonis
Beverly Bailey
Jack Owens
Yorks
Dot Rice
Corinne Carskaden
Brack Strode
Ralph Gore
American Legion Ind
Wallace Dill
Bud Miller
Ind
Charley Shewbridge
Home
Benif. Life Ins
No. Va. Power Co
Valley and Local Team Scores From Indoor Meet
Valley Fruit and Candy 1227 Snapp's Foundry 0 39 Ind. game El Keller 142 Abner Johnson 131 Red Baker 128. Ind. set El Keller 377 Alonzo Whitlock 367 Bill Boden 358. Team game South End Fire Co 580 and 573 Glaize and Bro 576. Team set South End Fire Co 1671 Glaize and Bro 1619 Coca Cola 1539. Jea Glaize and Bro 3 Valley Service 0 South End Fire Co 3 Clearbrook Woolen 0 Coca Cola 2 Valley Fruit and Candy Bell Clothes 3 Snapp's Foundry Va. Woolen No 1 Va. Woolen No 2 Postponed Columbia Baking Elks Club Postponed.
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Glaize & Bro
Elks Club
South End Fire Co
Bell Clothes
Coca Cola
Valley Service
Columbia Baking
Va. Woolen No. 2
Clearbrook Woolen
Va. Woolen No. 1
Jea Glaize & Bro
Valley Fruit & Candy
JCC Postpones Turtle Derby to April 20
Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce postpones the turtle derby citing need for extra time. The event now targets April 20 with 60 sponsors and 25 new entrants joining a 60 entry list, judged by Mayor M B Clowe Jr J Thomas Boyd and Charles Aikin.
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Winchester
Duncan Bros
Kelly
Windy
Wilts
Sample Boy
Gaunts Drug Store
Rhythm
G & M Music Center
Lucky
Winchester Electric Co
DeSoto
Heatvole Motor Co
Felller bids to quiet Giants bats today
Fort Worth reports Bob Felller of the Cleveland Indians will face the New York Giants after a superb last start against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Fort Worth
Bob Felller
Cleveland Indians
Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Giants
Gainesboro Nine Looks to Rebuild With Four Returnees
Gainsboro high school opens spring practice with 12 players trying out for a 1949 season. Four holdovers include Warren Thompson and Walter Baker. Braithwaite lists roles for Donnie Ramey, Jimmy Hottle, and Lynn Wolfe among others. Pitchers include Taylor, Roger Ramey, and Wayne Miller. Miller may shift to third base.
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Gainsboro High School
Fred C. Braithwaite
Warren Thompson
Donald Taylor
Sophmore
Jimmy Hottle
Donnie Ramey
Braitwaite
Lewis Parrill
Roger Ramey
Donnie Anderson
Jimmy Adams
Earl Sargent
Tyro
Braith- Waite
Taylor
Wayne Miller
Miller
Gainesboro
Braithwaite
Lynn Wolfe
Walter Baker
Baker
Sidney Rogers
Gordon Phillips
Dane Owens
Joe Davis
William Whitacre
Clarence Ruble
Bucky Grove
Billy Stine
Tony Blake
Arnold Dailey
Horsemen Seek to Block Sale of Remoant Stallions
Virginia Horseman's Association plans annual meeting in Warrenton to urge horsemen to oppose the sale of more than 450 stallions once in Remoant Service and now under De-.
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Virginia Horseman’s Assn
Warrenton
Training Camp News Briefs Apr 7 Yankees Athletics Giants
In St Petersburg the Yankees lacked home runs with only three in 24 games as Lindell Coleman and Henrich provided all of them in a 6-1 loss to the Athletics. In Houston Walker Cooper will visit a doctor for his knee as the Giants beat the Indians 10-4 with Gordon and Mize homering. In Orlando the Senators schedule a heavy weekend slate with a workout and rest day before facing the Phillies.
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ST. Petersburg
Ene
New York Yankees
Johnny Lindell
Jerry Coleman
Tommy Henrich
Philadelphia Athletics
Yanks
New Yorkers
Houston
Walker Cooper
New York Giants
St. Louis
Giants
Cleveland Indians
Sid Gordon
Johnny Mize
Victors
Orlando
Washington Senators
Senators
Philadelphia Phillies
Reds Hope For Standout Pitcher In Walther Remark
Pensacola manager Bucky Walters endorsed 22 year old right hander Herman Wehmeier as a potential Reds standout. Cincinnati knocked off the Boston Braves 7 to 0 yesterday and face the St. Louis Cardinals in the next game.
Horse sale policy sparks protest from association
The association claims a new Agriculture Department sale window between now and June 30 is unfair to remount horse agents and harms horse lovers with small breeding programs by limiting access to thoroughbred horses at reasonable stud fees.
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Assn
Drops in a Quart and Birthplace of Humanity
The text states there are 15,360 drops of water in a quart. It also notes that the limestone caves of Southern Africa are considered the birthplace of the human race.
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D. P
Southern
Africa
Five College Games Set Across Virginia Circuit
Virginia hosts Michigan in Charlottesville while Hampden Sydney faces Richmond in Richmond. William and Mary visits Duke Furman travels to Washington and Lee and Elizabethtown meets Bridgewater in a day of college hoops.
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Rich
Virginia
Michigan
Charlottesville
Hampden-Sydney
Richmond
William and Mary
Duke
Furman
Washington
Lee
Elizabethtown
Bridgewater
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ANS
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Columbia Baking-Elks Club
JCC
Winchester Plate Glass CO
Todavt
Miller & Anderson
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporaties
Scranton
Winchester’ S Bargain Center
Winchester Furniture CO
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