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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1949
Page
2
A church bulletin outlines the debt of gratitude through communion and thanksgiving during the Lenten season. It recalls biblical verses and the Christian call to share in Christ's suffering and glory, while noting the Duchess of Bedford's tea origin.
Apr 16 1 pm sale at 214 S Braddock St features antiques auto personal property Apr 20 1 pm sale for Wm Fogle at 309 S Cameron St includes household goods Apr 21 1 pm sale for B H Potts located 2 miles south of Winchester on US 11 offers furniture and household goods
Washington April 14 The administration seeks housewife backing for a new farm policy promising cheaper food. Brannan says pork purchases will hold prices, potatoes are removed to keep prices high, and eggs may drop under a new plan while government pays farmers to continue production. Congress urged to approve changes.
The Berryville Social Notes report the wedding of Miss Nancy Lippitt Fox to Captain David Frederick Vierce US Army at the bride’s aunts home with attendees Col James Thomson and Rear Admirals Morton Mumma and John Beardall among others. Also notes multiple visits and social engagements of local residents and relatives across Washington and Clarke county.
Beatrice Farish, trapped in a loveless marriage to Porter, navigates a looming divorce and a dangerous attraction to David Jordan. As Beatrice preserves her family, threats from boss Mr. Ramey and loyalty to daughter Marianne push her toward a perilous emotional turn.
Castleman and Miss Mae Castleman with Mrs. Frank Gibbs and Mrs. Starke Moyer of Standersville travel parties. Mrs. Carl Lewis and Mrs. John Hardesty visit Baltimore on business. Local men Jack Hardesty Kenneth Hardesty Buddy Hardesty and Richard Cochran attend the Ayershire show and sale at Huntington Pennsylvania last week. Admiral John R Beardall USN Ret and Mrs Beardall host their son Jeff Beardall a University of Virginia student visiting with them for several days.
Route 43 toward Peaks of Otter from a bridge on Route 11 near Buchanan Virginia is flooded by rising James River waters and roped off. The water level is the highest since 1936. In Covington the Jackson River is receding.
A survey shows more than 68 percent of U S families own one or more passenger cars, highlighting rising ownership. The finding reflects shifts in mobility and consumer access to automobiles.
Answers to the daily quiz list the key solutions: 1) 37th anniversary. 2) Dry air from lighter water vapor. 3) President Lincoln. 4) True. 5) To emphasize the union object to Dr James Boyd as Director of the U S Bureau of Mines. 7) 88 Titanic. 8) Ethiopia Abyssinia. 9) About 148 millions with timeline 11 years 8 months 1 week.
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