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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1949

Page

2

Missing Couple Feldkamp Jr Marital Mystery in Winchester

Mrs E Feldkamp Jr and an 18-year-old couple married in Winchester and disappeared after leaving the Getty Washington hotel on July 26. A postmark from the city two days later suggested travel. relatives sought police help, interviewing locals and touring tourist spots but finding no clues. Matt Intihar, father of the 18-year-old bride, returned to Cleveland and warned of possible foul play as the couple held about 700 dollars between them.

E. Feldkamp Jr Winchester Gettieeashington Hotel Cleveland Matt Intihar Ohio City

Viscose Lays Off Workers at Front Royal Plant

Viscose Corporation parts of its Front Royal operation began layoffs this week. Spinning and viscose sectors report cuts with more to come in cake wrapping washing, caning and engineering departments. Twenty one spinning machines have been discontinued.

Lean Viscose Corporation Front Royal

Welfare exams set for Sept 10 in Winchester

W B Bailey manager of the Winchester office of the Virginia State Employment Service said the Viri Merit System Council will hold examinations on Sept. 10 for applicants interested in Welfare positions as social or superintendents.

W.bailey Winchester Virginia State Employment Service Viri Merit System Council Bs Welfare

Answers to daily quiz clarified

Answers to the page four quiz list the correct options: Belgian No She made a dessert in which she used whipped cream Yes Civilian James Buchanan Korea Giant False Greece.

James Buchanan Korea Giant Greece

94 Degree Heat Hits Winchester Before Cloud Front Forms

The report notes Winchester reached 94 degrees at 1 p.m before a cloud bank cooled the area. Morning readings climbed from 74 at 9 a.m to 82 at 10, 85 at 11, 89 at noon, and 93 by 2 p.m followed by a drop to 91 as a storm loomed. The AP warned of more eastern high temps and the Weather Bureau cited stationary heat from the Great Plains to the Atlantic. A prior record of 98.7 degrees for the date was set in New York.

Winchester Associated Press Weather Bureau Great Plains Atlantic Seaboard New York Baltimore Henry Marvell Castine Mrs. Stanowoski Coomes Features Syndicate

Senate subcommittee backs compromise farm program

A bipartisan Senate agriculture subcommittee unanimously approved a compromise farm program for next year. It struck out all remaining production payments provisions urged by Brannan after the House killed the trial run. Senator Anderson said the plan will go to the full agriculture committee Saturday, then to the Senate.

Washington Senate Agriculture Subcommittee Secretary of Agriculture Brannan House Anderson D-Nm Agriculture Committee Senate

Frederick-Clarke DHIA Second in June Milk Production

The Eastern Shore Dairy Herd Improvement Association ranked first among Virginia DHIA groups in June for both milk and butterfat. The Clarke-Frederick DHIA posted a June average of 894 pounds per cow, placing it second in milk production.

Blacksburg Eastern Shore Dairy Herd Improvement Assn Virginia DHIA Clarke-Frederick Dhia

Orndorff Rites Set for Cableton J. Orndorff

Services for Cableton J. Orndorff a retired Grimes farmer will be held at 2 30 p m tomorrow at Omps funeral home with Rev Albert Quenzel and Rev Wilbur Reed officiating Interment will be at Mt Hebron cemetery Bearers are Nelson Hensell Jonas Chamberlin Earl Fidler Willie Good D K Russell and Joseph Jolliffe

Omps Funeral Cableton

Plumber Comes to Colcord in Ambitious Revival Tale

Marvell Coomes, a former engineer, returns to plumbing in Colcord after meeting Miss Searle. He plans a fresh start with Brewster's help, lands his first big contract with the Stanowoski family, and encounters a dramatic, pregnant homeowner while rebuilding a bath.

Kit Brewster Colcord Coomes Coates Ellsworth’s Greenes Haskells Turners Cemtery Clarion

City Tackles Polio and Fly Control in Northeast Area

Council discusses limited privy liming and fly suppression as health officials plan home checks and ditch clearing to drain swampy areas. Polio deaths in county 2 since 1935. state rate lower last year. U S polio cases exceed 11 000 for 1949 with 3000 new this month.

Winchester Frederick County Virginia U.S Associated Press

Star mail route to start from Harpers Ferry Monday

Commerce shows operation losing over 30000 dollars annually though freight service continues. Local ticket office stays open for information and tickets from main line points. Express arrangements not yet announced.

Baker Star Mail Harpers Ferry

Weather could curb harvest yield in looming five week window

Production controls extend through harvest with risk that unfavorable weather in the next five to six weeks could reduce output. A wet or dry spell would affect crops, delaying processing and lowering final yields for the season.

Auction Sales Directory for August and September

Listings for multiple auctions across Maryland and Virginia with dates times and venues. Items include farm equipment livestock real estate and household goods with bidders and property locations such as Rockville Norbeck Berryville Millwood Clarke County and Longwood Farm.

Ralph W. Horst Marion J. M. Redpath Rockville Norbeck Dabney Watts Special Commissioner Real Estate Sargent Estate Bufflick Road Louis Merryman West York Lew McDonald Berryville Horse Show Grounds B. F. Lanham North Millwood Longwood Farm W. L. Tavenner Rt. 50 Clarke County Jim Thompson

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