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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1950
Page
2
Samuel Jacob Vance 80 died at home in the Anna Snider Vance community. A farmer, he spent most of his life there. His wife Sarah Jane Riffey Vance preceded him in death 11 years ago. Survived by two sons Vane of Baltimore and Mall Vance of Wardensville, two daughters Mrs P A Deanell of ee and Mrs May Stros of Wardensville, and six grandchildren.
Funeral services for Claud P Brownley Jr 62 long time area rent control director since 1942 will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at H D Funeral Apartments The text includes quiz answers printed on Page 4 with obscure references and a date sequence ending in 1948
Real estate near Stephensson and Greenspring farm listings. Carine P. Dyke 8 miles north of Winchester. Dairy cows hogs. Mt. Storm Poultry Farm 2 miles from Gore on Rt. 259 toward Highview. Mrs. C. Yee Stephens City household goods. Wol verton 2 miles east Stephens City Community Sale. George Helga May 4 10 a.m. Va. All day.
The Office of Housing Expediter announces 1 100 workers will be terminated as a one fourth reduction in payroll takes effect within two weeks. Most notices are in New York where state control begins May 1. Officials warn the nationwide rent control program may wind down if Congress does not extend federal ceilings beyond June 30.
A newly appointed Frederick County Planning Commission will meet at 10 a m Friday to organize and plan a program of work. Members named by the board are Grover Teets and Earl Shade four year terms P E Lineburg three years Boyd Ramey two years and John R Cooper one year term.
The second in a series of tryouts for cast and technical personnel of The Common Glory by Paul Green will be held at William and Mary College on Saturday.
Brooklyn lawyer David Margolis who lost his sight launched The Talking Magazine, a weekly half hour show for the blind on WNEW. Broadway stars read magazine articles and a tape transcription format aids broadcast while fans call in. Patricia Morison and Mildred Dunnock led the initial readers with further stars joining later.
James Boyd director of the U S Bureau of Mines told the mining sector to prepare for retrenchment as the 1st Congress limits price support and subsidies. He cautioned that high cost operators may not avoid pressure from economic forces while stockpile programs end and demand stabilizes.
The boll weevil is native to Central America and Mexico. It first appeared in Texas in the early 1890s, and by 1921 had spread over the entire cotton belt. Madame Schumann-Heink was the first woman in the United States to endorse a cigarette in advertising.
A quiz page covers the smallest vertebrate Pandaka pygmaea at 1-4 to 1-3 inch, and discusses automotive patents, census enumerator authority, Last Supper artists, proper lunch periods, and the Septuagint legend linked to Ptolemy. Readers get concise Q and A findings across science, patents, labor, art, and history.
Lucy Jackson Pulliam 87 of Berryville died today at Crompton Nursing Home near Leesburg after months as a patient. Born June 27 1862 in Berryville she was daughter of the late Mathew and Eliza Berlin Pulliam and last of her immediate family. Funeral services will be 2 p m Thursday at John H Enders Funeral Home with Rev Arthur Brown. burial in Green Hill Cemetery.
Newark police issued a warrant for Richard Randolph Myers for absconding from parole. Winchester Police Chief J Thomas Boyd said Myers would be returned to New Jersey once arrangements are made. Myers surrendered to local officers after claiming he forced his wife to jump into the Passaic River. Newark police report no body found yet.
Pvt Charles L Shanholtz of Winchester recently arrived in Japan and has been assigned to Heavy Mortar Company 19th Infantry Regiment on Kyushu. A Stephens City High School graduate and son of Jacob F Shanholtz, he worked as a farmer before enlisting in September 1949 and completing basic training at Fort Knox Kentucky.
Garland H. Baptist of 118 N. Washington St. faces speeding charges with a $14.25 fine. Lena Dyke of Frederick County is charged with drunk and disorderly conduct with six months in jail and a $10.75 fine.
Market activity was not as strong as last week with most prices near steady. Hogs topped at 16.45 for choice weights, sows ranged 11 to 15.50, lambs scarce with sales not completed. Cattle saw butchers up to 27.25 a head for steers and dairy cows to 225. Bulls 19 to 21.60.
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