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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1950
Page
6
Winchester Kiwanians visit Northern Power Co. tomorrow for lunch and a tour of the new Riverton plant. Io Wa club members depart George Washington Hotel at 11 45 a.m. A round table meeting for nonattendees will be held at 12 30 p.m. at the hotel.
Hollywood star Blondie completed a six month theater tour starting in Miami and visiting Chicago Baltimore Hartford Youngstown Indianapolis Toledo Kansas City and Columbus. Penny Singleton says the road show gave her a new outlook and fans treated her like kin. She recalls a Kansas City moment with a milk bottle house and a boy in a polio ward walking for the first time after her kiss.
Mrs H E Grover hosted the Woman's Society of World Service gathering. Visitors included Mrs Mary McKayashington and relatives from Martinsburg W Va. Mr and Mrs Clem from Martinsburg honeymooned in Florida en route home. Local residents Mr Clark Dovell and Eidom among those sick. Easter service at 7 am.
B. Shingleton owner of Sanitary Dairy at 27 EB Gerrard Street has permission to erect an adjacent office and sales room. Construction is estimated to cost 5000 dollars.
A literary critique notes Star Money mirrors Forever Amber in author and wealth, but set in modern times. Shireen, a restless, beautiful heroine, romps through multiple lovers while her WWII husband Ed is away. The piece praises limited realism yet finds the plot shallow and primarily bait for readers.
High View residents note Easter visits across several households. Mr. and Mrs. Chambers Greene Jr. spend Sunday with Leroy Henry family in Strasburg. Washington's Miss Thressa Koenig joins Paul Koenig Sr. at home. Easter guests include Aus tin Conner and son Guy Frank Hartell Norman White Jr Hattie White and James Orndorff. Carlton Cadwalder and two children visit Irvin Williams family Richmond guests also attend.
Funeral services for David P. Wingfield were held at 11 a.m. yesterday at Jones Funeral Home with Dr. W. A. Wright presiding. Mrs. Lester Johnson and several others sang hymns. Burial followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers named.
In a brief note a planet Pluto appears only as a faint starlike object even through large telescopes, indicating its small size and great distance. The report confirms Pluto is not easily resolved and requires powerful equipment for visibility.
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