Corner on Sports by Gene Miller
The column notes protests in a new league show healthy disputes. It suggests Winchester oldtimers vs Front Royal oldtimers as a fun exhibition and sketches Charles Town High football practice starting September 5 with a tentative schedule including Romney, Berkeley Springs, Martinsburg, Alleghany, Hagerstown, and Front Royal plus two open dates.
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Charles Charles Town High School
Panthers
Lorenz
Romney
Berkeley Springs
Martinsburg
Front Royal
Park Rally Drives Win Over Culpeper 8 3
A fifth inning burst by Winchester Park produced seven runs to erase a pitching duel with Culpeper Sunday. Brumbaugh held Culpeper to six hits while Hash allowed 13 hits and seven strikeouts in a rough day for the Culpeper pitcher. Patton and Emmett contributed key hits as Park pulled away in the fifth and added one more in the next inning to seal an 8 to 3 victory.
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Winchester
Winchester Park
Culpeper
Herb Hash
Boston Red Sock
Brumbaugh
Park
Power
Tiffney
Patton
Keller
Emmett
Burch
Johnson
Luby
Fame
Hash
Yowell
Weaver
Poulson
Clarke County Deeds Recorded In Various Districts
Several land transfers documented in Clarke county clerk records include Edna L. Young and Ruth Thompson as joint tenants in Battletown District for 105 acres with improvements for 10 plus. A D Henkel as executor conveying Mansfield tract of 534 acres in Longmarsh District. John W Armed et ux selling 80 acres 2 rods 20 poles near White Post in Greenway District for 10 plus. J Lynn Cornwell and Nannie B Cornwell to John A Lloyd for Berryville land in Clarke Milling subdivision Lots 2 and 2 1/2.
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Circuit Court
Clarke County
Edna L. Young
Roy W. Thompson
Ruth Thompson
Battletown
A. D. Henkel
Catherine E. Miller
E. Blackburn Moore
Ralph N. Dorsey
Longmarsh
J. Lynn Cornwell
Nannie B. Cornwell
John A. Lloyd
Berryville
Clarke Milling Company
City and County Realty Transfers Reported for Winchester Area
A sequence of property transfers and leases is listed including Annie Grim and others acquiring 1 4 interest at 716 S Louden St with $10 consideration. Other transfers include Margaret Taylor to Pauline Taylor and others on Fairmont Ave, E W Armstrong seizing 441 N Cameron St, and multiple parcels along Main Street and Shawnee District with small sums. Lease notices cover Irene Slonaker’s 300 acre lease near Wedesville for one year and Gertrude Chamberlin to Novick Transfer Co. for a Winchester strip at $5 monthly.
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City of Winchester
Annie BR. Grim
A. Pearl
S. Loudoun, St
Robert A. Thn
S. Loudoun St
Margaret C. Taylor
Pauline M. Taylor
Fairmont Ave
James S. Grant
E. W. Armstrong
Cameron St
Frederick County
Carmel Boyer
Hilda Lovett
Main St
Stephens City
Harry A. Schmidt
Elizabeth Freed Thresh
S. W
Winchester
Middle Road
D. E. Hawkins
Holmes C. Poole
Kernstown
Irene Slonaker
Garland McFillin
Wedesville
Gertrude Chamberlin
Star Paper Briefs Spotlight Local, National, World News
The Star provides concise briefs across local happenings, national updates, and world events. Highlights include community events, policy shifts, and notable international developments shaping daily life.
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the Star
Kibler Will Probated In Clarke County
The last will of Lester Kibler has been admitted to probate in Clarke County. The will leaves all property to his widow Alma Kibler, who qualifies as executrix under a 3500 dollar bond. Appraisers named are E A Lindsey Jim Pipher Lee Clark and Wheatley Trenary.
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Lester Kibler
Circuit Court of
Clarke
Alma Kibler
Destroyer Escort Fiske Sunk By German U Boat
The 300 foot destroyer escort Fiske was sunk in the Atlantic by a German U boat. About 150 men were aboard with at least some lives lost. Lt. John A. Coffy survived. The loss brings American warship losses to 175 since the war began with 134 sunk, 32 overdue, and nine destroyed to prevent capture.
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Washington
Atlantic
John A. Coffy
Boy playing soldier fatally shoots mother in Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City a four year old boy named Jimmy Hamilton fatally wounded his mother with a .22 rifle. The child, while playing, picked up the rifle his father had used hunting and announced I am a soldier before firing. He and his father were in the backyard at the time.
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Oklahoma City
James C. Hamilton
Jimmy
Allied warships sink five enemy ships near Brittany
London reports Allied warships patrolling the Bay of Biscay and the channel coast around Brittany sank five enemy ships and possibly a sixth in skirmishes Saturday. The Admiralty also announced the loss of the British destroyers Iris and Quorn, three minesweepers, and ten trawlers in invasion operations.
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London
Bay of Biscay
Brittany
Admiralty
Iris
Quorn
Pope Pius XII Meets U S Officials In Private Audience
Pope Pius XII received U S Undersecretary of War Robert P B Patterson and Lt Gen Bhéron 8 Somervell, commander of U S Army Service Forces, in a private audience today.
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Pope Pius XII
U. S
Robert PB. Patterson
Bhéron
Somervell
U. 8 Army Service Forces
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