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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1957
Page
9
The Whitacre family of Mountain Falls Route known as Max Wayne and the Harmony Family will make their third appearance on Cheyenne Dale Burnett's Ranch House Tales tomorrow from 10 30 a m to 12. The show will air on Channel 6.
The Whitacre family trio from Round Hill will sing on Channel 6 in Richmond at noon. Mrs Wilda Whitacre leads six children Max Wayne Ann Betty Joan Loretta, with most children in school except Loretta who works as a secretary at Winchester Memorial Hospital School of Nursing.
St Louis police arrested John G Murray 40 manager of a Posio Mo loan firm on his brother's complaint of embezzling 30000 dollars. He was seized downtown as he met a business contact and a loaded gun was found in his car glove compartment. He is booked on concealed weapon suspicion.
An overfull oil heater sparked a minor house fire last night at the Creswell residence east of town near Routes 522 and 50. Shawnee and Round Hill fire companies responded after the alarm was placed by Mr. Creswell. Firefighters cautioned spectators and motorists to keep clear of fire trucks and pull over when sirens are heard.
Channel 6 features Milland Show at 8 00 pm followed by hit parade and Xavier Cugat. Evening boxing Holly Mims versus Jimmy Beecham and late News. Channel 7 presents Brave Eagle Town & Country Time Jim Bowie Crossroads Duckpin Derby News Weather Sports and Person to Person paced by Murrow. Channel 5 shows Cisco Kid Annie Oakley Beat the Clock West Point Dick Powell Theater and Shark River in color.
A compact listing shows Channel 4 from noon to six with True Story Detective's Diary Brooke Johns Show Cartoon Circus Circle 4 Ranch and classic plays. Evening features regional shows Encore Playhouse Lonesome Trail and sports Dugout Chatter Washington vs Baltimore plus postgame 4th inning. Channel 5 offers Lightning Raiders Frontier Theater Eddy Arnold Time Clown Corner and The Goldbergs.
Channel lineup lists 12:00 Big Top 1:00 The Lone Ranger 1:30 Boston Blackie 2:00 Saturday Matinee Sis Hopkins Judy Canova Bob Crosby Susan Hayward 4:00 Pick Temple's Ranch Hawk Raiders 4:30 My Little Margie Gale Storm.
A Red Cross Bloodmobile visit at VFW Post 2123 yielded 122 pints of whole blood, part of a 175 pint quota. Recruiter Harry Lake led the drive with 24 first time donors, bringing local donors to 2,625 and total donations to 7,207. First timers included Mrs. Barr and Miss Borrell among others. several donors hit multi gallon milestones.
Washington County prosecutor Robert Carr said a warrant charging embezzlement was issued at the request of Herman Sklar of Boone County, owner of Washington Finance Co. Sklar audited the firm's books after Murray was absent two days and reported $30,000 missing.
Virginia War Memorial chairman says the artist Herman Perlman has no valid grievance after adding his name to the World War II and Korean War memorials. Wicker states Perlman was not a contractor but a sub-sub contractor and that his commercial credit was rejected to protect the memorial’s purpose.
The Air Force will keep monthly B52 production at 15 aircraft rather than 20, extending the program about six months and pushing completion to late 1959. The plan favors a model improved version with greater range and performance without changing the total of 603 planes.
An expert from Detroit will treat the Canadian lightship Huron anchored 32 miles out in Lake Huron near Sarnia. The foghorn has been reduced to a whisper due to suspected air diagram trouble, and the U S Coast Guard will send a technician to assist.
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