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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1949
Page
2
A Lent season devotional reflects on the Cross as the mystery of love redeeming the world. It urges unity through Christ and asks believers to take up the Cross, seeking peace for all people while noting grasshoppers’ limited harm when natural controls stay sparse.
Sales Directory note shows auctions on April 16 at 1 p m for J. W. Baker estate at 214 S Braddock St with antiques autos and personal property. On April 20 at 1 p m Wm Fogle man at 309 S Cameron St with household goods. On April 21 at 1 p m B H Potts seven miles south of Winchester on U S 11 with furniture and household goods.
A list of church services across Brucetown Burnt Factory Capon Bridge Rock Enon and surrounding towns with morning and afternoon worship times led by various pastors including Rev E S Ellmore Rev J S Duckwall Rev R K McDonald and Rev Roy Coulter. Easter sunrise and communion observances noted with multiple denominations represented.
Easter observances listed for multiple churches include Sunrise services at 5:30 a.m. on Montague Ave and Mt. Pleasant with Sunday school and worship times varying by church. Francis Asbury sub district hosts Easter activities on the steps of a high school with reception of members after the 11 a.m. service.
Police Chief J Thomas Boyd Capt F M Pumk Pvt George Conard and Ted Pangle among hundreds lining the Potomac yesterday to catch herrings running in the river. Their tally reached about 250 fish.
Pvt Wilmer O Lupton of Highview West Virginia killed January 27 1945 in Belgium will be reinterred at Timber Ridge Christian Church three p m Monday Rev Robert A Whitten of Winchester to officiate Pallbearers include Romney American Legion members Remains arrive in Winchester Monday morning then proceed to Carrier funeral home Lehew for services Lupton son of William Lupton and Ollie Lupton survived by widow Wilda and daughter Judy Lane plus three brothers and five sisters He had worked for Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider and Vinegar Co before enlisting January 1943 aged 21.
The United States demanded the immediate release of Vlasta Vraz, an American relief worker held by Czechoslovak police for a week, after Prague authorities detained her. The case drew diplomatic notes as Washington pressed for access and due process.
Baltimore reports mixed livestock bids with cattle and hogs uneven. Calves steady to strong, hogs unsettled with several loads up to 19.75, produce futures steady, eggs and butter markets steady, Chicago noting slow hogs then firm, cattle 26.50 average top for fed steers, vealers weak, sheep scant and prices soft amid weak sentiment.
The Star lists corrected local market prices for flour corn meal and grain goods, including No 2 yellow corn at 1.30, various barley and feed items, egg mash, cracked corn, broiler and turkey feeds, and butter fat values, with retail and wholesale rates noted. The text preserves scattered OCR errors and inconsistent formatting from a historical market page.
A second straight drought year in eastern Sudan threatens tens of thousands of tribesmen with starvation. The crisis endangers camel and herd herds, jeopardizing livelihoods across KHARTOUM and surrounding areas.
Pacific Northwest's $15 million earthquake struck two days ago and caused bricks to spill onto Seattle sidewalks. Eight deaths were attributed to the quake four from cascading bricks and walls three from heart attacks and one from a stroke. More than 60 people in Western Washington cities required treatment for injuries.
In Cleveland on April 15 a $725000 suit claims Glenn L. Martin Co sold Northwest Airlines five defective planes. One plane carried 36 people who were killed. Martin, the company president, called the suit a quarrel between insurance companies and not affecting them.
Robert Swiger of Cleveland Ohio received six months in jail after arraignment before Judge W Erle Edwards in Poli court on unauthorized use of an automobile. Swiger was arrested April 12 at Leesburg and originally faced larceny of a car charge from Roy A Miller.
Graham Dougherty Sr. and Beverley Byrd are elected joint masters of the Blue Ridge Hunt succeeding A Mackay Smith who served since the war. Previously William Bell Watkins and Dougherty were joint masters.
Miss Gene Hawkins daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Hawkins of Boyce represents Clarke county as an honorary fire warden at the Apple Blossom Festival firemen parade on April 28.
Answers to the daily quiz are listed with correct options: Citric acid for question one, Los Angeles for two, True for three, Eugene ONeill for four, The lion for five, a quoted sentence about piano practice for six, Morbid dread of precipices for seven, Montana for eight, a reddish tint for nine, and 50 years old for ten.
City and county Republican leaders urge GOP voters to attend an 8 p m Monday meeting at the courthouse to elect delegates for the Republican State convention in Richmond on April 23. A 6 30 p m dinner at the Jefferson Hotel honors National Chairman Hugh D Scott.
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