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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1950
Page
3
The Virginia Woolen Company marks a 50 year milestone with a public celebration Saturday. The feature outlines the plant’s wool sourcing, dyeing, blending, spinning, weaving and finishing processes, naming key staff and long-time employees.
Jerusalem reports the government reiterates freedom of worship for all denominations. A letter from Premier Ben Gurion’s office to Protestant leaders addressed a protest over the Hebrew portion of a Protestant service on the Israel Broadcasting Service. The reply asserts Protestants may use Hebrew in broadcasts if not offending other faiths.
Cross Junction residents share visits and family events from recent weekends and holidays. Guests include the Armstrongs and Dennis family from Washington and Ridgeway West Virginia, with reunions and anniversaries noted. Births, travels to White Sulphur Springs and Winchester, and local calls on friends complete the local social bulletin. Five families and several individuals are listed with ongoing community ties and travel.
Mrs. Clara B Keller reports visits from Mr Pitman the Roanoke genealogist and Miss Aimee Pitman with A E Keller and Ida Keller. Several residents take weekend trips to Wheeling and Martinsburg while others stay in Strasburg and Winchester for medical care and rest.
Whitacre North Frederick 4-H Club will meet at the Community building at 7 30 p m Friday A business session will be held and a weiner roast and social evening will follow. Several Whitacre family members are listed as visiting or staying with relatives in Staunton Roanoke Baltimore Jones Springs Winchester McKeesport and McKeeport during the period
Rosenberger and Mrs Brumback from Annapolis visited Mr. Guy Frye over the weekend. Emma Brumback and Hubert Lee also stopped by Cedar Creek Road. Betty Hammock from Middletown visited her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs H A Snapp. Ralph Frye and Alma visited Sunday. I Nesselrodt called at the Frye home recently. Iven Miller has a new GM pickup.
Indian textile merchants in Singapore who profited from Pakistan India trade disruption now face a downturn as Pakistan secures direct border supply while India and Pakistan sign a new trade pact.
Red Bud Evangelical United Brethren Church will hold its homecoming Sunday with Rev. and Mrs. Leslie O. Shirley, missionaries on furlough from Sierra Leone, West Africa. Shirley, a former pastor, will speak at 2 p.m. A basket dinner follows at 12 30 on the church lawn inviting friends and former members.
Authoritative independent sources say there is no basis for reports that 6,000 Afrika Korps veterans serve with the Egyptian army. Foreign military experts and correspondents who traveled with Egyptian units say they have never seen any indication of German units or individual soldiers.
Local items record visits and family ties in Opequon. P L Lofton works in Baltimore. Clagett and Miller families shared time in Strasburg Hagerstown and Ker distant reunion at Kerdstown West Virginia with descendance noted. A science Q A explains basal metabolic rate as the minimal energy to sustain life at rest with no digestion.
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