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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1946
Page
7
Handley high school track team opens the 1946 season with a meet in the Handley bowl this Saturday at 2. Teams from Berk eley Springs Stonewall and Hed gesville join Handley in the warm up event planned as a lead into the district meet at VMI on April 20.
An advertisement from Winchester promotes ERB HELP claiming it cures bloating constipation and digestive misery. It asserts the product cleanses bowels removes fat from the stomach improves liver and kidney function and restores energy with twelve herbs. It targets women and urges purchase at all local drug stores.
Handley’s 1946 track squad, defending Class B state champs, plans a May 10 11 state meet after district results. The district meet determines state qualification while Handley hosts the sixth annual Handley Invitational April 27 and competes May 4 at Washington and Lee. Five nearby schools received invitations for the local meet.
The White Post baseball club resumes activity for the 1946 season with six veterans back. Key players include Lester Oliver, Lee Oliver, Bob Sargent, Harold Buckner, and Lawrence Buckner, plus regulars Estep Dearmont Burtner Kent Brown Huff Tomblin Pierce and newcomers. Games are planned at Boyce High with home dates on the first and third Sundays. managers M. W. Dearmont and Giggy Estep invite teams to schedule games in White Post Virginia.
Six teams in the Winchester Evening Star sponsored Frederick Clarke Baseball League start the 1946 season with opening games featuring Middletown versus Boyce Gainesboro versus Stonewall and Berryville against Stephens City Gore has a bye The Middletown High School nine begin play with many regulars absent The league plays Tuesdays and Fridays and ends May 24 with a May 30 all star game The Star will award a trophy to the league champion.
Virginia Gregory director of the City Recreation Department attends the Virginia Recreation Association annual conference in Richmond at the John Marshall Hotel April 7-9. The event features talks by John Neasmith on Goals For Our Recreation Association and Arthur Jones on Achievements of State Recreation Associations.
Legal holiday closures affect two banks with maturing papers payable on the following banking day. The 1946 notice from Commercial and Savings Bank lists John I. Sloat as cashier and Farmers Merchants National lists J. H. Yost as cashier. The 1948 notice from Shenandoah Valley Bank lists Harold G. Brown as cashier.
An advertisement promotes Crompton's New Modern Truss as a safe relief for hernias and ruptures. It emphasizes full fitting, continued adjustments, and teaching proper wear. Offers expert service by E R Crampton at Fitting Days, Winchester and Martinsburg locations with a lady attendant.
The Associated Press notes William and Mary baseball has 37 runs in three games, beating Randolph Macon 10-2 and 2-1 against Yellow Jackets, plus 16-4 and 19-1 versus Cheatham Annex. The tennis squad, after Kalamazoo’s strong showing, defeats North Carolina 8-1. William and Mary faces Virginia in Williamsburg midweek as part of a packed spring schedule.
A list of employees at the Virginia Woolen Mill receiving Standard and Advanced First Aid certificates under supervisors Miss Virginia Nixon, J. W. Sumption, Wayne Ritter, and George Dove. Names include Norman W. Bean, Haywood G. Butler, Mabel Davis, Madeline Holland, Thelma Kibler, Thurston Timbrook, and others. several have been added to the First Aid Detachment.
A long reader list enumerates names including Homer A. Butler, David H. Bucher, Mabel B. Davis, John C. Edwards, Marshall W. Ely, Harry R. Farmer Jr., James M. Ford, Ethel R. Keller, Iva G. Newbrough and others as part of a community remembrance. The page gathers names without additional biographical detail.
Thomas Smallwood Charles D Symons Thurston A Timbrook W B Pope James A Seabright 8 W Wilson Perry Whitmire named in the document as signatories or involved parties.
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