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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1961
Page
12
Burnt Church at Albin plans a community picnic tomorrow with a supper provided and attendees asked to bring their own picnic. Loring will show movies from a recent Alaska trip during the event.
Shawnee and Stephens City firms placed portable pumps in a cistern while Round Hill shuttled to Kernstown to replenish water. Firemen saved a second frame building but could not save the barn. The Stuart Perry office reported insurance but no damage estimate yet. At 11 p.m. Shawnee was recalled to wet down the rubble.
A 20 by 60 foot frame barn on the Shryock peach orchard west of Kernstown burned around 6 p.m. likely from a cigarette in dry grass. The structure stored crates a bulldozer and furniture. Marcus Brothers leased the property from Stuart Perry Inc. and managers noted peach pickers worked nearby before firemen arrived. Jimmy Feathers reported the fire and Shawnee hoped to fight it with help from Stephens City and Round Hill.
Winchester firemen parade in Hamilton saw the Virginia Lancers win top honors and a 35 dollar prize while the Rouss drum corps led by example received 50 dollars but did not compete. The Rouss Meoacky unit and pumper also took part. Their next appearance is August 26 in the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Convention parade.
Dr. William E. Eisenberg pastor of Grace Lutheran Church will be guest speaker at the Kiwanis Club weekly luncheon tomorrow at 12 15 p m at the George Washington Hotel He will discuss his recent trip to Germany and be introduced by E B Cooper.
Dr Ralph Solecki of Columbia University leads an expedition to Alaska with the Arctic Institute of North America and Columbia backing. They report evidence that early humans reached North America from Asia about 10 000 years ago via an unglaciated corridor between the Brooks Range and the Arctic Ocean, including chipped stone tools.
Offensive guard John Gordy topped the Detroit Lions in playing time last season with 362 minutes across 12 league games.
The Teen-Age Club sponsors a Thursday dance featuring the Solid Cinders at the War Memorial Building from 7 30 to 11 p m. Open to teenagers only with 50 cent admission. Band members include vocalists John Flyn Sadie Brooks and six instrumentalists Harvey Williams Clarence Washington Tuscan Jasper Lucian Banister Thomas Beckwitt and Buddy Daniel. Proceeds support TAC Club projects.
Ed Runge says he would rather work the second game of double headers behind the plate than wear the mask for the first game. He explains he avoids extra fatigue by alternating duties.
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