Officials Prepare For Draft Registrationboards named
Mayor C R Anderson and County Clerk Lee A Whitacre assist Col Mills F Neal state Selective Service director to organize the initial draft registration on August 30. Neal says forms will be shipped next week with boards to open offices by August 16. six names recommended for city board and two attorneys for appeals. Registration sequence covers men born 1922 to 1930 with staggered dates and five day sign up after turning 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Anderson
Lee A. Whitacre
Col. Mills F. Neal
Selective Service
Neal
Anderson
Tuck
Elliott Marshall
Frederick County
Court House
Council
Board of Supervisors
Vandals Damage New Dwelling Units
Juvenile suspects blamed for extensive night vandalism at Battle Ave residences under construction by Fred Glaize Jr. Damage includes cut sash cards, damaged window facings, holes in beaverboard siding, police investigator Capt. F M Funk reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Glaize Jr
Battle Ave
Glaize
F. M. Funk
Truck Survey Starts In Richmond
The State highway department resumes its routine check up for overloaded trucks starting Tuesday. Two crews will begin work, one performing routine weighings on major highways and the other launching a ten day survey of truck movement across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Aug
State Highway Department
State orders rejustification to weed surplus workers
Gov. Tuck launches a survey of all state jobs to root out excess staff and align salaries. The plan begins with welfare and institutions, abolishing positions unless backed by law and reclassifying roles to fit budgets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Tuck
Charles J. Duke Jr
Department of Welfare and Institutions
Duke
General Assembly
Americans sweep Olympic water events with multiple titles
United States swimmers and divers dominate the pool with Joe Verdeur winning 200-meter breaststroke, Ann Curtis setting a freestyle mark, Jimmy McLane taking 1500-meter, and a broad U S win in women and men events. Track finals suffer a baton disqualification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Uncle Sam
Water Wizards
Mel Patton
Britain
Patton
United States
Philadelphia
Joe Verdeur
Blonde Ann Curtis
San Francisco
Denmark
Karen Harup
Jimmy McLane
Andover Academy
Akron
Ohio
Kiwanis to Run Opening Night of Hospital Fun Fete
Plans near completion for the hospital fun fete opening Monday at the old airport on Route 50. Winchester Amusement Co. rides and concessions expected to arrive tomorrow with setup by 7 45 P M. Kiwanis night opens Monday with members staffing stands to raise funds for the Winchester hospital building fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
Hospital
Winchester Amusement Co
Winchester Hospital Building Fund
B. F. Arthur Jr
Ellis Harbaugh
Alan Peery
Amos Shryock
Wendle Goode
C. A. Robinson
John Warner
Joseph Butler
H. W. Butler Jr
Ralph Yount
Exchange
Rotary
Lions
Quota Club
Mellwee
Middletown Fire Co Captures Top Prize in Parade
Middletown Fire Co won the $30 first prize as the best appearing department in the Strasburg parade. South End Fire Co received $10 for best equipped and appearing pumper. Hundreds watched the parade tied to the department's annual carnival with other entries from Friendship Winchester Capon Valley Wardensville Stephens City Front Royal and Harrisonburg No 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Strasburg
South End Fire Co
Friendship of Winchester
Capon Valley FC
Wardensville
Stephens City
Front Royal
Harrisonburg
Toms Brook
Jackson
New Market
Whitten Elected Conference Head
Rev. Robert A. Whitten, longtime Winchester Congregational Church pastor, has been elected president of the Valley conference at a centennial meeting near Harrisonburg. He succeeds Roy A. Larrick, who served ten years as president. New officers include Rev. R. E. Newton, Rev. S. E. Madren, C A. Phillips, and Dr. W. Andes. Past presidents attended the anniversary. reports from Winchester and Timber Ridge churches were read. Notice: Hale Haven Peaches available this week from E. & Conner Stephens City Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Whitten
Winchester Congregational Christian Church
Valley Conference
Antioch Church
Harrisonburg
Whitten
Roy A. Larrick
Winchester
Larrick
The
Valley Fruit and Candy Co
R. E. Newton
Luray
S. E. Madren
Elkton
C A. Phillips
Broadway
Or. W. Andes
W. T. Walters
Jacksonville
Fla
Ben Joe Earp
Highpoint
N. C
R. L. Williamson
Charlottesville
Timber Ridge
Hale Haven
E. &. Conner
Stephens City
Virginia polio totals rise to 128 with Roanoke case
The Virginia State Department of Health reports a new polio case, bringing the year total to 128. The latest patient is a 25-year-old Roanoke County man, with two cases reported yesterday a four-year-old girl in Portsmouth and a 27-year-old woman in Roanoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Department of Health
Virginia
Roanoke
Portsmouth
America Appeals For Austrian Seat On Danube Board
In Belgrade the United States warned that the Danube would stay split for traffic if Austria is denied a seat on the Danube Control Board. Ambassador Cannon urged realism as the Danubian conference voted 7 to 1 to base talks on a Soviet draft for a new Danube pact. France opposed the procedure. the U.S. and Britain abstained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
United States
Danube
Europe
Austria
Danube Control Board
Cavendish Cannon
Britain
France
Berlin blockade sparks new Soviet demand for all German talks
In Moscow the Literary Gazette argues only Soviet proposals on Germany can resolve the Berlin crisis and enable lasting peace. The piece cites Potsdam and Warsaw as guiding all German talks, while Western Allies demand Berlin talks without preconditions. Four power negotiations continue with no immediate new meetings expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Literary Gazette
Germany
Berlin
Europe
Victor Nekrasov
The
Gazette
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
Potsdam
Warsaw
America
England
V. M. Molotov
London
Army and Air Force Enlist 21 Men in Winchester Area
The Winchester Army and Air Force Recruiting Office announced twenty one enlistments from Winchester and surrounding area as part of a record surge of applicants aged 17 to 35 seeking military service. Enlistees include Kenneth Presgraves W G Slonaker E S Hepner A C Fox C D Fox C L Caldwell W A Rudacille C C Reynolds R B Knight H L Willis J H Cole B W Pitcock J A Jones C W Foreman J E Will R W Spiers W K Teabo C D Cunningham R L Glascock and John Calvin Moore Jr a Coast Guard veteran. Commander M Sat Crabtree notes the current position mirrors 1940 with many volunteers rising through ranks to non commissioned and commissioned officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Army and Airforce Recruiting Office
Winchester
Kenneth Presgraves
W. G. Slonaker
E. S. Hepner
A. C. Fox
C. D. Fox
C.L. Caldwell
W. A. Rudacille
C. C. Reynolds
R. B. Knight
H L Willis
J H. Cole
B. W. Pitcock
J. A. Jones
C. W Foreman
J. E. Will
R. W. Spiers
W. K. Teabo
C. D. Cunningham
R. L. Glascock
John Calvin Moore Jr
Coast Guard
M. Sat. Crabtree
Army
Airforce
Better Than No Law GOP Housing Bill Passes to Truman
Congress sent the GOP version of the housing bill to President Truman after passing 352 to 9 in the House. It provides limited federal aid for low cost homes and rental projects, but omits subsidized public housing or slum clearance. Democratic senators plan to fight for price controls in the anti inflation bill remaining before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
House
Monroney
D-Okla
Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
Big Powers Asked To Quit Quarrel Over Germany
United Nations secretary general Trygve Lie appealed to the major powers to end their quarrel over Germany and urged urgent action to stop a race to develop and stockpile lethal biological and chemical weapons. In his third annual report to the General Assembly Lie placed the German issue at the top of world peace obstacles and criticized both the United States and the Soviet Union for current U.N. activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.N
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
U. N
Avisco Employees Approve Front Royal Contract
Union members at the Front Royal Avisco plant voted to accept wage proposals for a 15 cent across the board raise. A mass meeting drew over 1000 attendees as C. E. Leachman outlined negotiations with union officials in New York covering seven plants. Concurrently in Nitro West Virginia workers rejected a company plan for wage increases and a new incentive pay scheme pending ratification by seven Viscose plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal Avisco
C. E. Leachman
Front Royal
New York
NITRO
W. Va
American Viscose Corp
Parkersburg
Sunnyside's Ninety Homes Typical Of Modern Suburban Development
Sunnyside near Winchester has grown from a 20 acre hillside to a 90 home community serving about 300 residents. By 1940 it boasted 46 houses two filling stations and a population of 175 with real estate valued around 150000. Today most residents own cottages or bungalows and work in Winchester with schoolchildren bused to Miller and Stephens City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnyside
Winchester
R. 7
Bryan Stotler
J. W. Grove Furniture Co
Clark Purcell
Annie Foreman
Stotler
Katie Chapman
Miller School
Stephens City High
Bloomery Star
Neffstown
Shirley's
Combs’s
Stines Chapel
Apple Pie Ridge
North Frederick Rd
Presbyterian
D. E. Leatherman
Middleton Raynal
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Special Services To Rejuvenate Brucetown Methodist Charge
The Brucetown Methodist charge launches evangelistic services aimed at adding about 60 members. Youth outreach targets ages 12 to 23 with over 70 enrolled this week. Notables include speaker Joseph Reynolds, 18, a June high school grad entering college, and district superintendent Dr. F B Oglesby slated to preach next week. Rev. Emory Ellmore leads the Bruce town congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brucetown
F. B. Oglesby
Jay H. Lowden
Mary Eloise Russell
Emory Ellmore
Morningside Drive
County School Case Seeks Rehearing In Equal Pay Ruling
Gloucester and Chesterfield counties seek a rehearing on a court order to provide equal educational facilities and to pay Negro teachers on a parity with white teachers. The Chesterfield board set a starting salary of 1850 rising to 2350 after ten years, citing merit gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Sterling Hutcheson
Anothroe
Gloucester County
Hutcheson
Chesterfield
Fredericksburgs
City
King George
Staffor
George P. DeHardyt
Gloucester County School Board
DeHardyt
United States
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chesterfield County School Board
Yard Party at Cross Junction on August 7
A Yard Party is planned at Cross Junction this Saturday hosted by DS Winchester Canton No. 13 and Rebekahs No. 21. Tickets or times not fully listed in the readable fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cross Junction
Ds.t. Winchester
Rebekchs
Mystery Witness Quizzed In Spy Ring Probe
Rep. Nixon says a three man HUAC subcommittee questioned Alexander Koral in New York as part of the Soviet spy ring probe. The witness, identified only as a New Yorker, is expected to testify in Washington. Brock Browder Chambers Perio are named as other witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Calif
House un-American Activities Committee
Alexander Koral
Nixon
Federal
Koral
Rep
F. Edward Hebert
Dla
House
Washington
Karl E. Mundt
Earl Browder
Communist Party
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Victor Perio
Perio
War Production Board
Ast Wean Oy
Ban Chambers
House Committee
Browder
Washington Times-Herald
Mundt
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Old Bethel Baptist Church history and current trustees
The article outlines the 1808 to 1931 history of Bethel Baptist Church in Clarke, noting its origin at Bethel Meeting House and 1833 36 brick church on the site. It lists long associated family names and praises Beverley B. McKay for stabilizing finances and leadership. Present trustees include A Mackay Smith, Beverley B. McKay, Col C T Wiley, Alfred M Kerfoot, and Mrs Henry E Hawkins. Memorial services are set for Sunday August 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Meeting House
Bethel
Old Bethel
Kerfoot
Sowers
McKay
Harris
Burch
Bowen
Morgan
Green
Davis
Earle
Clarke
Beverley B. McKay
Millwood
A. Mackay-Smith
Col
C. T. Wiley
Alfred M. Kerfoot
Henry E. Hawkins
Adele Harper
Washington, D. C
Ann-Paw
Leicester Street
Braddock St
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Winchester Star
Kern St
Picker's
Henry Print Shop
Maynard Wisecarver
Crisman Cleaners
St. Kent St
Sherwin-Williams & Floor
Margaret L. Hodgson
Richard W. Copeland
Department of Public Welfare
Department of Corrections
Olmpic Water
U.S
Middletown Fire Co
Air Force
Wallcott
Big Powers
Avisco
Methodist
OLD Bethel Church
Ualf Price
Margaret J. Hodgson
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