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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1949
Page
5
Georgia voters rejected a 46 million dollar plan to fund school and state service improvements. Result tallies from most counties show 183214 against and 61899 for, with a sales tax implied as the tax method and Gov. Talmadge ordering an emergency economy drive.
Winchester dentists plan to attend the 80th annual Virginia State Dental Association meeting opening Monday at the Hotel Roanoke. About 550 Virginia dentists are registered for three days of lectures clinics golf and a banquet on Socialized Dentistry with Dr. Orville O. Van Deusen and Dr. Alfred P. Haake among speakers. Dr. Clyde E. Minges presides at the banquet and Dr. Leon J. Walton will take office as president-elect. A separate note reports 1947 ends with 182,500,000 life insurance policies in the United States.
About a hundred women from the Winchester Presbytery gathered at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church for a two day annual meeting. Mrs R K McDonald of Berryville presided with Mrs Ronald S Wilson reporting on the year’s work. District chairmen from Keyser Charles Town and Romney addressed and hostesses under Mrs Frank Bailey planned entertainments for out of town guests.
Town guests attend in their homes as Mrs. Bailey presides at the opening. Committees include Mrs. Wendell Goode, Mrs. Robert Underwood, and Mrs. George Snarr. Bible study led by Mrs. Hugh Day, a message by Miss Eleanor Foxworth, and an 8 p.m. address by Rev. Joseph R. Woody. Installation follows Holy Communion led by Dr. Ald S. Wilson and Rev. R. K. McDonald tomorrow.
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Charles Feldman Crawford 67 a former employee of the Herman Hable theatre company at Winchester He died Sunday at his Silver Springs home after a long illness He had previously served as manager of the Gem theatre in Washington.
Madeline McC Sargent is granted a bed and board divorce from David W Sargent after a 1945 Hagerstown marriage. Ruby N Marinel receives an absolute divorce from Winthrop Marinel, with a Madison marriage in Sept 1946. Ida Mae Smith Culver is granted a full divorce from John Fraser Culver on grounds of de-
The mother received custody of two children with Mr Culver directed to pay $100 monthly for their support.
The life span of red blood cells averages a few weeks. Each second perhaps as many as 10,000,000 are produced, keeping the total number in the trillions.
An ad promotes FASTEETH a pleasant alkaline powder that holds false teeth firmly for easier eating and talking. It claims no gummy taste and helps with denture odor, urging readers to buy FASTEETH at any drug store.
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