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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1945
Page
3
Mrs. Booth former Ann Tucker McQuire leads a house to house drive that ends Sunday to raise 10 000 pounds toward a 50 000 pound quota for clothing for war relief. Ralph G Hengevel praises her radio appeal urging citizens of Winchester Frederick County to donate all usable clothing for Europe and babies born with nothing to wear.
A warm appeal notes a fleet of volunteer driven trucks and Scouts aided by the Junior Board of Trade to collect clothing and bedding. Citizens should place contributions by 1 PM Sunday and a Handley High School band tour is planned Saturday afternoon to draw attention. M. D. Weaver of the Lions Club arranged the program.
State Auditor J Gordon Bennett commends Danville clerk Stuart Wheatley and Staunton City Clerk Kathryn Taylor for well prepared audit records. He notes Hopewell Circuit Court clerk J Hamilton Hening and Winchester City Clerk P J Marshall also maintained good books. Audits cover 1943 1944 years for Wheatley and 1944 year for the others.
Representatives from five teams met at the City Recreation Department to discuss plans and a schedule for the upcoming Winchester Softball League season. Sponsors include Virginia Woolen Company Star Publishing Capitol Restaurant O Sullivan Rubber Company and Royal Crown Bottling Company with room for one more club.
Sam Ensogna, manager of the White Sox, announced a Sunday afternoon practice with the Park team. Players are urged to meet at the Rouss Party Diamond at 1 o'clock. He previously held a practice last Sunday and has nine players ready with no reserves yet.
The American Viscose Plant colored team will face the Winchester Red Socks on the Red Socks' diamond along the Front Royal pike Sunday afternoon April 29 at 3 o'clock. Manager P. Burkes will pitch for Winchester. The Viscose squad includes many top valley players and a good game is anticipated. The public is invited.
The Jordan Star Quartet from Baltimore will give a third appearance at Boyce. They perform at 3 p m and 8 p m for the Zion Baptist Sunday School benefit. Miss Frances Burwell sponsors and the Rev H C Johnson leads Zion Baptist Church as pastor. Everyone is invited.
The undersigned will appear before the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board on Thursday May 10 1945 to apply for a license to retail beer and wine over 3.2 percent at Green Garden Lunch Room. Mrs Mae Diehl and Son Nat Diehl operate on Valley Pike Route 11 with beverages to be consumed on and off premises.
New York April 27 market notes show rails and liquors lifting shares amid moderate volume. Gains receded late with investors wary of postwar dividends and asset diversification. Bonds and commodities traded narrowly as news touched on Nazi doom and Allied advances.
Pricing lists for patent and short patent grain feeds, corn meal, and shelled and cracked corn. Includes bag weights, per cwt and per bushel rates, plus dairy, poultry, and livestock values such as steers, heifers, cows, pigs, and eggs with various feed blends and grower formulas. Prices shown for 10 and 25 pound bags, 48 and 98 pound bags, and per hundredweight across multiple items.
The report lists egg quality categories including Grade A whites and Browns Grade B whites and Browns Grade A Mediums and Grade C. The concise market note outlines grade distinctions without further prices or quantities.
Baltimore market notes show unchanged prices for apples poultry fowl and eggs firm prices for eggs with light receipts. Butter and beef prices listed. Baltimore livestock quotations at 11 a m show steady cattle calves hogs and sheep with varied ranges for grades and weights. Chicago section echoes steady to weak tendencies across hogs cattle and sheep with limited supply and higher vealers.
Winchester salvage committee asks citizens to contribute clothing tin and newspaper for war relief. Thirty trucks assigned to ten sections with three per section will collect items Sunday afternoon starting by 1 p.m. Citizens may call 6813 3:30 to 4:30 for pickup. trucks donated by local businesses and individuals are listed.
Chicago April 27 grain quotations show mixed May to Dec futures across Wheat Corn Oats and Rye. May wheat at 1.74 7/8 to 1.75, rye May 1.35 1/2 to 1.36, oats May 67 to 66 7/8, barley May 98 3/8. Market notes influence from liquor holiday hopes after European victory.
Daniel W. Cave a retired Page county farmer died yesterday afternoon at 3 o clock at age eighty eight. Jesse L. Cave of Front Royal road reported the news and funeral services are set for Mt Sion Church in Page county Sunday at 3 PM with burial in the adjoining cemetery. He is survived by his wife and three sons and a daughter.
A report from this city states Chief Warrant Officer Julius Howard Lanham a 32 year old mechanic from Temple Motor Company was wounded He is the husband of Dorothy Allen Lanham of 215 N Columbia Street Alexandria Va and son of Mrs Norman Lanham of 714 Wythe Street Alexandria He is a native of Winchester and attended high school
Handley high school lost to Randolph-Macon Academy 50 to 36 in a close season opener. Sommerfield led RMA with three firsts and anchor on the winning relay. Handley’s J Alson Smith won the 880 and 440, while Clarence Hoover Alton Powell Frank Taylor Godfrey Lake and Donald Cochran reached multiple top finishes.
Mrs Cynthia Chade reports to the War Department that her son Pfc Acrey Nicholson was slightly wounded on April 10 in Germany. Nicholson joined the service April 12, 1944, trained at Camp Croft, arrived in England November 1944, has been in Germany since December 1, and is listed with many local friends. His brother Pvt Arthur Nicholson was wounded March 29 in Germany. He requests letters from friends and lives at 45 Race Street with his mother and sister Colleen.
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