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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1949
Page
7
An advertisement seeks a small farm near town. Contact Star Box 33 care W Braithwaite. Phone 5149. Dated April 21 1931.
A Delaware farm owned by Mrs Inez Brennan draws crowds after she admits plotting the deaths of two men met via Lonely Hearts correspondence. Her son Robert 15 awaits murder arraignment while Raymond 23 faces accessory charges and George is held in Texas. A guard surrounds the barn and pigsty linked to the killings.
Winchester Eagles will hold a class initiation at the home 123 N. Braddock Ba at 2 p m tomorrow. A new team and a buffet luncheon will follow, with Carol Mason as steering committee chair in charge of the evening events.
S L Grant of Winchester invites sealed proposals for jail cell work with separate bids. Plans and specs cost 15 dollars for bidders, with deposits refundable to contract bidders upon return of documents. Bid bonds equal five percent required. bid validity 30 days. owner may reject any bid.
Gloucester County educators threaten to refuse contract renewals to force a 15% pay hike for teachers principals and supervising teachers. County officials say funds are unavailable and the budget already set cannot provide the raise. The group sent a resolution to the school board as the county faces May 4 sentencing in a federal case over school desegregation directives.
The passage notes white teachers in the association pushing a salary increase, recalls county-wide equalization for white and Negro teachers a year earlier in federal court, and answers that Social Security checks cannot be garnished for non-payment of groceries.
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