Festival Ticket Sales Lag as Public Entertainment Plans Unfold
Director Charles Pine of the ee Festival warns ticket sales are weak for Queen's Ball Square Dance Stag Lunch and Parade Seating. Advance sales end Wednesday at noon at Molden Company with booths open afterward. New events include a May 2 show and public square dance at Lpton Orchard and teenage dances at the George Washington Hotel.
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Charles Pine
Ming
Molden ‘ Company
Pine
Lpton Orchard Service Company
George Washington Hotel
Teens Sought for Apple Blossom Festival Presentation
Festival officials seek a teenage boy and girl to present Winchester apple blossom festivities when Dan Johnson visits. Contact festival headquarters in the George Washington Hotel within two to three days. The Van Johnson autograph album is on display in the Capital Theatre lobby.
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van Johnson
Capital Theatre
Oldén
Saarache Company
The
Valley News
How's Your I. Q. Answers Buffer State
A fragment lists quiz prompts and a response placeholder. The readable text hints at a humorous or meta exchange about intelligence testing. No clear event or person is described. The line shows a playful tone without concrete facts or entities.
Connally Appeals To Senate For Bipartisan Foreign Policy
Senator Connally urged the Senate to join in a non partisan foreign policy to advance world peace as debate opens on a 3.372 billion foreign aid bill. He warned against partisan appeals and called for unity with Republicans ready to cooperate with Truman on policy.
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Washington
D-Tex
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Taft
Ohio
Senate Policy Committee
Bridges
GOP
Chiria
Associated Farmers Hold a Virginia Meeting
The Associated Farmers of Virginia met at Stephens City to hear B A Naegely of Winchester Milling Corp discuss farming's future. President Marshall Golliday led a later business session, with members including veterans and extension trainees. The next meeting is set for May 17 and similar groups form in Gainesboro and Gore.
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Associated Farmers of Virginia
Lastight
Stephens City
B.A. Naegely
Winchester Milling Corp
Virginia
Marshall Golliday
Gainesboro
Gore
Allamong Services Held Yesterday
Funeral services for Brandon Allamong were conducted yesterday at the First Baptist Church with Dr. E. T. Clk officiating. Burial followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers included O. W. Morris J. W. Morris Lemon Stotler Barly Malick Miller Rosenberger Malick Oza Swisher Lois Malick Herbert Luchs Raymond Racey Benjamin Clevenger C. A. Marple and F. W. Danley.
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First Baptist Church
E. T. Clk
Mount Hebron Cemetery
O. W. Morris
J. W. Morris
Lemon Stotler
Barly Malick
Miller Rosenberger
Malick
Oza Swisher
Lois Malick
Herbert Luchs
Raymond Racey
Benjamin Clevenger
C. A. Marple
F. W. Danley
Fashion Experts Argue Over What U S Women Should Wear
New York fashion commentary features designer Raymond Marinelli claiming women imitate movie star body lines with the universal uplift bustline. Cynthia counters that natural looks prevail and bras and girdles remain essential for comfort and grooming.
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U.S
Hal Boyle
New York
Raymond Marinelli
Marinelli
Universal
Cynthia
President Signs Major Housing Bill Into Law Today
President Truman signed a multi billion dollar housing bill expanding federal loans and mortgage guarantees by nearly 4 billion dollars and turning over about 150 war built housing projects to local authorities. The measure rejects the cooperatives plan and aims to aid low and moderate income families with about 43 000 units under Public Housing Administration control.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
House
Public Housing Administration
Hereford Steer Wins Show Award at Richmond
A light Hereford Steer owned by Patsy Wolfe of Berryville Ave. extended was judged Reserve Champion Hereford at the Richmond Junior Fat Stock Show. The 930-pound animal later was named Grand Champion at the 4 H Club Baby Beef Show here Tuesday and sold locally for 39 dollars per hundredweight.
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Richmond
Patsy Wolfe
Haven Wolfe
Berryville Ave
Powell Services Set for Saturday
Funeral services for Edward Nixon Potter Powell, 80, who died at home on Kent Street, will be held Saturday. Friends and relatives meet at 1 p.m. at the Funeral Home and proceed to the Methodist Church at West Virginia for rites conducted by Reverend William Archer Wright. Interment will be in the adjacent cemetery. Pallbearers listed: Marshall Hutchinson, Art Lupton, Powell, Elmo Ruckman, and Carl Bates.
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Terday Powell
Kent St
Proto
Methodist
W. Va
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Paube Harvey
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Art Lupton
Powell
Elmo Ruckman
Carl Bates
Recovering Wayne Whitham Receives Operation Update
Wayne Whitham a former Winchester resident and brother of Gordon Whitham is recovering from surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He had been living in Alexandria since leaving Winchester.
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Wayne Whitham
Winchester
Gordon Whitham
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Alexandria
Train Accident Fatality at Jewell Ridge Mine
Marvin W. Messer aged 26 of Richlands was killed when a train of mine cars ran him over at the Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation No 3 mine in Jewell Valley last night.
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Richlands
Marvin W. Messer
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation
Jewell Valley
Dewclaws and diplomatic recognition basic Q A
A quiz format covers dewclaws as functionless toes in deer and dogs with the hallux as the dewclaw. It explains de jure recognition versus de facto, census costs of 1790, naval broadside versus salvo, Cape Cod Canal, tax collection costs in 1949, Harz Mountains details, and Thomas Hickey's execution date.
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Washington
M. McK. A
George Washington Bicentennial Commission
Convict Gets Sentence Added for Drug Charge at San Quentin
Staff at San Quentin Prison praised inmate George Vierra for tending a rock garden he called tea. He was serving time for forgery and received an additional seven years for a drug charge.
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San Quenton Prison
California
George Vierra
Rock Garden
Teen-Agers to Have Their Own Dances
Teenagers will host a semi formal session in the George Washington Hotel ballroom on April 27 28 from nine to midnight while younger dancers attend events at the National Guard Armory. Jack Fretwell and his orchestra play for the teens with festival celebrities expected to attend and Kenneth Patton chairs.
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Tommy Tucker
George Washington Hotel
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Mrs Lonie Hodgson Dies at Middletown Home
Mrs Lonie B Hodgson 86 widow of Charley Hodgson died at 5 p m yesterday at her Middletown residence after 11 years of ill health. A Frederick County native she lived on Merriman Lane with her late husband 20 years. Survived by a foster daughter Elsie Cobert Woodbine Md and nephew Joseph Hodgson Fayettesville W Va with distant relatives in Winchester. Funeral 11 a m Saturday at Oaks Funeral Home Rev E Eisenberg officiating burial Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Charley Hodgson
Middletown
Frederick County
Hodgson
Merriman Lane
Grace Lutheran Church
Elsie Cobert
Woodbine
Joseph Hodgson
Fayettes
Atlantic Ports Association charter issued by Virginia panel
The State Corporation Commission has issued a charter for the North Atlantic Ports Association. The body will include representatives from ports spanning Hampton Roads to Bangor Maine, creating a regional coalition to coordinate port activity.
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Richmond
North Atlantic Ports Association
Hampton Roads
Aeer Land
State Corporation Commission
Fishermen Report Good Catches Here
Local fishermen flocked to Back Creek for the season opening and reported good catches. Five Winchester anglers totaled 27 trout by 8 am while Cedar Creek stocked with 6 000 fish drew larger parties expected to fish into the evening.
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Wendell Seldon
Otis Sargent
Paul Sybert
Harry Carpenter
Lucky Sempeles
Sargent
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Cedar Creek
Fred Glaize
Ss. L. Grant
Jack Brandon
W. H. Lawrence Jr
Clifford Grim
L. @. Sjostrom
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Gene Lurber
Leonard B Sirbaugh
H. B. McCormac
W. W. Baker
Post Office Cuts Called Unnecessary
Representative Gary of Virginia argues against curtailing essential postal services amid budget cut recommendations. He says modern methods and machinery could absorb reductions and only nonessential services should be cut given the current fiscal condition.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Gary
D-Va
Post Office
House Appropriations Committee
Jesse M.donaldson
Community notices discuss withdrawal from the chest group
The article notes a meeting where members approved withdrawing from membership to comply with national policy. F L Largenst Jr., the president, stated that the assembled members voiced their approval of the following action.
Community Sale Diary for Winchester and Surrounding Areas
A sales directory lists auction dates in April May for Winchester Virginia and nearby towns. Items include electric appliances furniture personal property real estate orchard equipment antiques and household goods. Auctions feature listed sellers Gertrude Sumption Sam Brown Hunter Brown Ella Kern and MrsClay Manuel with dates from April 22 to May 13.
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Amherst St
Winchester
Sam BE. Brown
Albin
Hunter
Brown
Clearbrook
George Helsley
Greenspring
Ella R. Kern
E. Boscawen St
Clay Manuel
Valley Ave
Five Point Chest Campaign Proposed For 1950 Drive
The Chest Campaign outlines five points to ensure the Chest survives. Agencies must match effort, publicize services, raise gifts above single agency levels, and instill a dedicated work ethic. An Albin Boys Club membership request from Frederick County will be decided next Director’s meeting as 1950 plans are set.
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Albin Boy’s Club
Frederick County
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