Navy Mobile Exhibit to Visit Winchester for Apple Blossom Festival
A five-van U S Navy mobile exhibit featuring a phantom jet fighter plane, torpedo, atomic display, radar equipment and guided missiles will be shown along West Piccadilly Street near the post office during the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. The display, seen by over a million people in 35 states, is arranged by Frank Martinovich, festival public entertainment committee chair.
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U. S. Navy
Winchester
Shenandoah
West Piccadilly Street
Navy
Frank Martinovich
Department of Public Entertainment
Charles E. Pifer Dies at Residence in Hampton
Charles E. Pifer 70 a retired bank worker and Hampton Va resident died yesterday afternoon at 402 S Loudoun St Born in Stephens City he was husband of Kathryn Armel and son of the late John W and Levena Bowman Pifer Surviving include widow son Earl A Pifer of Hampton daughter Dorothy Bailey of Winchester six grandchildren Funeral services will be at 11 am Monday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev B W Coe officiating Burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers A R Armel L E Armel W R Armel R S Armel G D Gray J T Funk
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Pifer
Hampton, Va
S. Loudoun St
Stephens City
Kathryn @rmel
John W. and
Levena Bowman Pifer
Earl A. Pifer
Hampton
Dorothy Bailey
Winchester
Jones Funeral Home
Rev
B. W. Coe
Mount Hebron Cemetery
A. R. Armel
L. E. Armel
W. R. Armel
R. S Armel
G. D. Gray
J. T. Funk
Grace G. Clanahan Dies In the City
Grace G. Clanahan, 73, widow of Charles L. Clanahan, died yesterday at her daughter’s Martinsburg home. Born in Frederick County to Frank H. and Sarah C. Hottle Lind, she is survived by one daughter, one brother, and three grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday at Jones Funeral Home with burial in Macedonia cemetery. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace G. Clanahan
Charles L. Clanahan
Charles Harrison
Winchester Ave
Martinsburg
Clanahan
Frederick County
Frank H
Sarah C. Hottle Lind
George Lind
Winchester
Jones Funeral Home
Rev
B. W. Coe
Macedonia Cemetery
Guy F. Lind
Charles Lind
John Lind
Carroll Solenberger
Kemper Rickard
Ansel Solenberger
Roadside Dumping Declared Serious Problem in Frederick County
Frederick County faces escalating roadside dumping, with Highway Department officials calling it a top nuisance. Fines up to 100 dollars may be imposed under state law, and a July 1 crossbow of new misdemeanor penalties expands enforcement on state right of way and nearby private property with owner consent required.
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Frederick County
State Highway Department
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Highway Department
Frederick
General Assembly
Rinard Services Slated for Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie L. Rinard will be held Sunday with friends and relatives gathering at the Jones Funeral Home at 1 p.m. and proceeding to the Wardensville Methodist Church for the 2 p.m. rites officiated by Reverend L. L. Shreck and Reverend F. P. Look. Burial is in Wardensville Cemetery with pallbearers Carl Anderson Clyde Rinard Herod Mathias Floyd Rinard Ralph Reynolds and John Reynolds.
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Fannie L. Rinard
Jones Funeral Home
Wardensville Methodist Church
L. L. Shreck
F. P
Wardensville Cemetery
Carl Anderson
Clyde Rinard
Herod Mathias
Floyd Rinard
Ralph Reynolds
John Reynolds
PTA Meeting at Clarke County High and Berryville Elementary
The Parent Teachers Association of Clarke County High School and Berryville Elementary School will convene in the high school auditorium Berryville at 8.00 Monday. The Dramatic Club led by Mrs. Chester Wedell will stage the One-Act Play Gray Bread.
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Clarke County High School
Beryville
Berryville
Dramatic Club
Chester Wedell
Sunday School and Worship Plan at Albin church
The Presbyterian Church of Albin will hold Sunday School at 10 a.m. with Nelson Carpenter as superintendent. Worship follows at 11 a.m. with Walter Johnson from Richmond Theological Seminary as guest sermonist.
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Burnt Presbyterian Church of Albin
Nelson Carpenter
Walter Johnson
Richmond Theological Seminary
Winchester Post Office Executes One Trip Mail Delivery Plan
The local postmaster outlines changes to switch Winchester city routes from two trips to one. Carriers will start around 7 a.m. and work eight hours, with some mail held overnight or diverted to relay boxes. Substitutes will be reduced to cut costs, and residents may see daily mail delayed until the next day if on end routes. The overhaul targets July 1 1950 with portions of Braddock Loudoun Cameron Piccadilly Boscawen and Rouss Avenue affected in the business district.
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Winchester
Braddock
Piccadilly
Cork
Loudoun
Fairfax
Cameron
Baker
Kent
Boscawen
Rouss Avenue
Postmaster General
United States
Worship and Dedication Service for Japan University funds
The Winchester Presbyterian Church hosts a 4 30 pm worship and dedication service in the Assembly Room to collect money for the International Christian University in Japan. Young people from Winchester and nearby churches participate led by Paul Glass with Braddock Street Methodist Church youth singing and Peggy Ann Long at the piano.
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Winchester Presbyterian Church
International Christian University
Japan
Churches of
State Superintendents Conference Trip
R E Aylar, superintendent of Frederick County Schools, and George W Burton, Clarke County Superintendent, will leave Monday for a State Superintendents conference at Roanoke and return to their offices on Wednesday.
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R. E. Aylar
Frederick
Reunion planned in Harrisonburg for 80th Blue Ridge Division
Shenandoah Valley veterans of the 80th Division meet at Fire Station No. 4 in Harrisonburg for a supper to plan this year’s National Reunion. All who served with the unit in World War I or II are invited to help establish a Shenandoah Valley post to host the August 3-6 gathering. advance supper reservations are urged through R. L. Stultz at the Chamber of Commerce.
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Blue Ridge
Shenandoah Valley
R. L. Stultz
Chamber of Commerce
Fred Smith Rites Held Yesterday
Funeral services for Fred O. Smith were held yesterday with a service at Macedonia Methodist Church led by Rev. B. W. Lee. Burial followed at adjoining cemetery. Pallbearers included Ray Nickleson Franklin Smith Lee Walker Gene Walker Jesssie Donald and Charles Ritenour. Flower girls were Margie Smith Pauline Smith Nettie Nickleson Nancy Nickleson Virginia Snapp Jeannette Walker Louise Walker and Katherine Owings.
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Fred O. Smith
Jones Funeral
Macedonia Methodist Church
B. W. Lee
Ray Nickleson
Franklin Smith
Lee Walker
Gene Walker
Jesssie Donald
Charles Ritenour
Margie Smith
Pauline Smith
Nettie Nickleson
Nancy Nickleson
Virginia Snapp
Jeanette Walker
Louise Walker
Katherine Owings
Charles Tait Named Republican Head
Charles Tait elected president of the Winchester Frederick County Republican Club. Officers named at a Thursday night meeting at Mrs. Dorothy Hockman home include W. O. Grove and Mrs. Louise Williams as vice presidents, Mrs. Jean Womeldorpn secretary, Belle Hockman treasurer. Directors are Ansel Solenberger, Mrs. Winslow Porter, C. F. Germelman, Miss Virginia Curry, Mrs. Mable Pangle and Robert Grim. The group unites former city Republican factions and will meet again May 13 20.
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Charles Tait
Winchester-Frederick County
Republican Club
Ther
Dorothy Hockman
W. O. Grove
Louise Williams
Jean Womeldorpn
Belle Hockman
Ansel Solenberger
Winslow Porter
C. F. Germelman
Virginia Curry
Mable Pangle
Robert Grim
Ees
Pastor to Conduct Services at Stephens City Church
The Rev. A. A. McNeer of Culpeper Methodist Church will conduct Sunday night services at Stephens City Methodist Church at 7 30. He and Stephens City pastor Rev. Charles A. York have led nightly Evangelism Week services which ends today.
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A. A. McNeer
Culpeper Methodist Church
Stephens City Methodist Church
Mr. McNeer
Stephens City
Charles A. York
Court Parking Fines in Local Judge Sessions
Judge W Earle Edwards hears Kenneth W Taylor of Cross Junction and Hillary Brant Jr of Martinsburg Pike for improper parking with fines of 9 25 dollars. Judge John Rice handles Ralph Bursey of Winchester and William Charles Brown of Millwood for overtime parking failure to obey officer and altered sticker charges with fines 9 25 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trial Justice Court
W. Earle Edwards
Kenneth W. Taylor
Cross Junction
Hillary Brant Jr
Martinsburg Pike
John Rice
Ralph Bursey
Winchester
William Charles Brown
Millwood
Boxer is Shot in Huntington Clubroom Death of Harry Banks
Harry Banks a 28 year old amateur Black boxer from Huntington and Charleston was shot and killed early today in a Huntington clubroom. Police reported no motive or suspects as the case began to unfold in the tense city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Harry ‘Baby Banks
Charleston
Officers receive $6 million bonus and stock awards
General Motors Corp. announces 61 officers or directors will share a cash bonus totaling $6,035,248 plus 24,338 shares of common stock as part of a 1949 bonus plan disclosed today.
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New York
General Motors Corp
Thirteen Injured In Route 19 Collision Near Washington
Thirteen people were injured in a fog shrouded crash involving a bus a truck and an auto today on Route 19 about five miles north of Washington Pennsylvania authorities said the accident disrupted traffic in the southwestern corner of the state.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Russian Relations Add Significance During Truman Visit
At Elgin Air Force Base US policy advisers downplayed new tensions with the Soviet Union. They noted Truman’s Fort Benning and Elgin visit had been planned weeks earlier, despite Moscow rejecting a protest over the Baltic Sea shooting incident.
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Elgin Air Force Base
Fla
Russia
Truman
Moscow
State Department
Baltic Region
Mr. Truman
Fort Benning
Investigators Hold Up Decision Today in Lattimore Case
Senate investigators deferred a decision on subpoenaing witnesses in the Lattimore case. Senator Tydings said no action before Monday. Lattimore defended his loyalty as not a Communist and rejected Budenz’s testimony alleging a Communist cell aimed at betraying China to Russia.
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Washington
Senate
Owen Lattimore
Tydings
Louis Budenz
Lattimore
China
Russia
Local Photographer Starts 16 mm Color Film on Pipeline
Hugh Peters, a local commercial photographer, leaves for Zanesville to begin production of a 16 mm sound color film on a 420 mile Kentucky to Buffalo gas transmission line for H C Price Co. He returns from Hollywood after finishing a film about a line from Clendenin to Rockville titled The Toughest Inch and plans a Dallas premiere next month.
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Hugh Peters
Zanesville
Kentucky
Buffalo
N. Y
H. C. Price Co
Peters
Hollywood
Price Co
Clendenin
W. Va
Rockville
Dallas
Estate Appraised At $17 917 Here
Estate of the late Jerry N. Clark left in a trust for Chestnut Grove Methodist Church appraised at 17 917 by appraisers C H Harper B M Sullivan and H W Copenhaver. The will directs debts and funeral expenses paid then sale of remaining estate with Shenandoah Valley National Bank to establish a trust for the church trustees.
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Jerry N. Clark
Chestnut Grove
To Build House Charles E Boyd Gets Permit
Charles E Boyd of Woodstock is granted permission to construct a five room concrete block and brick bungalow between Red Bud Road and Jordan Springs Road at an estimated cost of 7500 dollars.
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Charles E." Boyd
Woodstock
Red Bud Rd
Jordan Springs Rd
Starzel Refuses Cooperation on Flash Service Censorship
Starzel of New York says the Associated Press offered cooperation with the attorney general and Florida authorities to verify any link between racing results transmission and bookmaking access. The company claims an exhaustive probe found no evidence of leakage to illegal operations and declined to submit to censorship. It invites any evidence the AG can produce.
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Starzel
New York
Associated Press
Attorney General
Florida
Race info controls spark pushback from Florida officials
Florida Attorney General Richard W. Ervin and Assistant AG George E. Owen testified on efforts to curb horse racing result leaks. They discussed Florida bookies, racketeers, and lay off gamblers tied to Triangle Press and Continental Press. AP objected to cutting flash results as a press freedom issue.
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Los Angeles
San Diego
Joe Adonis
New York
Frank Erickson
New Jersey
Mickey Cohen
George E. Owen
Florida
Triangle Press
Associated Press
Continental Press
Richard W. Ervin
Ervin
Frank Starzel
Fire marshal officials lead grand parade entries coast to coast
Four chief Taylor Barr and four city fire wardens head the first division with Cadillac official cars for C S Mullen Jr state fire marshal and Frederick Layman Jr deputy state fire marshal plus parade marshals. The second division includes Grand Marshal Fulton Lewis Jr Miss Ann Lewis Clarke Cooper and WFTR rep. visiting majorette Miss Shirley Selby and Rouss Drum and Bugle Corps. Additional entries include Gary High School Band Miss Madeline Heatwole and South End Fire Co marching units with honorary wardens, and multiple fire departments from Maryland Virginia and West Virginia including Riverdale Washington Grafton Vienna and Bluefield groups along with supporting bands and trucks.
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Taylor Barr
C.S. Mullen, Jr
Frederick Layman, Jr
Douglas J. O’connell
Raymond Campbell
William Shull
Richard Clem
Gene McHugh
N. Y. Daily News
Joe David Brown
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Ann Lewis
Clarke Cooper
WFTR
Shirley Selby
Staunton
Rouss
Sally Pratt
Winchester
Patsy Dolan
Friendship Fire Co
Gary High School
Gary
W. Va
Madeline Heatwole
South End Fire Co
Arlene Weakley
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Arlington County Dept. of Recreation
McIlwee
Zetta Rhae Bray
Frederick County
Middletown
Aline DeHaven
Stephens City
Doris Morrison
Clearbrook
John Philip Morris
Good Cheer Clown Band
Washington, D. C
Mummers Group
John Jones
Winton Pope
Mummers
Knob Jr
Princeton
Riverdale
Riverdale Fire Dept
Co. L
150Th Infantry
Martinsburg
Grafton Fire Department
Grafton Fire Dept
Grafton
Charles Town
Citizens Fire Company
Citizens Fire Co
Vienna Fire Dept
Vienna
Bluefield Jr
Bluefield
New Market Fire Dept
Hamilton Fire Dept
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Navy Mobile
B. D. Fleenor
Fleenor
Richmond
Rinard
PTA
Christian Science Society
Winchester, Virginia
Harry B. McRae
C.S.B
Dallas, Texas
Mother Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
George Washington Hotel
Philco
N. Cameron St
Lamp Motor CO
Smithfield Ave
Harrisonburg
Fred Smith
FiuAky
Ing
Acon
Cy Lata
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Grove’s
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
Loudoun St
Good Housekeeping
Acetate
Elaine
H. T. French
WINC
Winchester Adventist Church
Virginia Aves
Winchester’s Shopping Center
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