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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 29, 1954

Page

5

Realty Transfers in Winchester Show Multiple Property Deals

City of Winchester records reveal numerous transfers including C E Holsinger to Isaac C Thomas Jr and wife on Jefferson Street, and Theodore Miller to Wilson Dickson Jr on Virginia Avenue. Other deeds include Frank Clevenger to Howard Carper on Gray Avenue, and various parcels along Oates Avenue Route 522 and surrounding roads with sums listed for estate and bank administrations.

Winchester C. E. Holsinger Isaac C. Thomas, Jr Jefferson St Theodore Miller Wilson C. Dickson, Jr Virginia Ave Frank Clevenger Howard N. Carper Gray Ave Commercial and Savings Bank Arthur C. Oates Fred P. Nelson Oates Ave Commercial & Savings Bank Admr Orville L. Bloom Frank J. Schaefer City of City of Winchester, Va., Strip of Land On the East Side of Shenandoah Ave LeRoy Vinal H. Randolph Stipe Miller St

Land transfers in Frederick County district deeds

Frederick County transfer notices show John C. Gold to Russell Wentworth Patterson and wife for 170 acres south of Winchester between Highway 11 and 644, Alfred M. Kipps to Vernon B. Unger for 3 lots on U S Route 22 in Stonewall District, Susannah Solenberger to Harry L. Ritter for a tract about 4 miles south of Winchester on U S Route 522, and Fred L. Kirk to Norman Peter Ruble for 1 2 acre near U S 52.

Winchester Asa L. Smoke Leola Mac Crabill Bloom Annie M. Harris Maud A. Stotler Stephens City Macedonia Church Roy L. Bageant Warren L. Harrison Reynolds Store Gainesboro James P. Reardon Loring Funkhouser Little North Mountain Frederick County John C. Gold Bertha Williams Carl C. Whittaker Holmes Junior Anderson Stonewall Harry Coffelt Beatrice Carter Stipe Allison Ave Russell Wentworth Patterson Alfred M. Kipps Vernon B. Unger J. P. Darlington Susannah Solenberger Harry L. Ritter Shawnee Fred L. Kirk Norman Peter Ruble U. 8S

Lightning rods reduce but do not guarantee protection

The National Bureau of Standards says when rods are installed to standard specifications, a lightning strike is likely to cause no harm to the building, with odds about 100 to 1 in favor of safety.

National Bureau of Standards

Western Frederick Bank Report of Condition 1954 Gore VA

Report of Condition of Western Frederick Bank of Gore Virginia as of April 15 1954 filed with the State Corporation Commission shows assets including cash balances with banks government obligations and bank premises with furniture and fixtures valued at 1 002 002. Total deposits amount to 814 419 91. Liabilities and capital accounts total 913 864 49.

Gore Virginia State Corporation Commission United States State of Frederick Lucille L. Seldon Notary Publicly Commission State Bank NO Middletown State Bank, Inc Middletown State of Virginia Herbert 8. Jones

County Churches Schedule Diverse Sunday Services

A detailed church roster lists services for multiple congregations across Brucetown and surrounding areas. It records ministers, Sunday School times, worship hours, and special programs at Ebenezer Capon Bridge Rock Enon Salem Calvary and several Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren churches with varied schedules.

Christian Church Group S. J. Goode Ebenezer Capon Bridge Rock Enon Church of the Brethren Salem J. F. Wine W. L. Riggleman C. R. Wolfe Stephens City Calvary Front Royal Road Student Christian Movement Bridgewater College Evangelical United Brethren Church Winchester John E. Oliver Pleasant Valley Red Bud Mt. Pleasant CBS Opequon Group of Presbyterian Churches Robert C. Bradford, Jr Opequon Memorial Round Hill Reliance Evangelical United Sunnyside Presbyterian Church G. Raymond Womeldorf Olen Lowe

Icebergs and Ocean Currents Meet Off Grand Banks

The text explains how Greenland’s glaciers feed icebergs that drift toward the Grand Banks where the Labrador Current meets the Gulf Stream. It notes the extreme temperature contrasts, most iceberg mass hidden underwater, and the Titanic disaster prompting the International Ice Patrol with radar and patrols to steer ships away from bergs.

Greenland Newfoundland Grand Banks Labrador

Founder of Mother's Day Still Living No

Miss Anna M. Jarvis died in 1948 at age 84 after years of seclusion and later illness. She was found in a Philadelphia hospital in 1943 poor, blind, and almost deaf, and a committee sent her to a sanatorium where she passed away.

Mother's Day Anna M. Jarvis Philadelphia

British interest in Suez Canal origins and cloud types

The canal opened in 1869 and Britain did not gain an ownership stake until 1875 when 176,602 shares were acquired from the Khedive of Egypt. Cloud classification recognizes 10 main types across high middle and low levels with further subdivisions.

Suez Canal Khedive of Egypt

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