Community news from Green Spring area and neighbors
Aug 16 residents attended a yard party at Mt Pleasant U B Church. Mrs Carter Luttrell visited Mrs Strother. Luttrell family reunion held in Hockeysville Virginia. Seaman William H Hottle of the U S Navy visited family. Mrs Lloyd Milburn and children visited Mrs Lester Ware in Gainesboro. Mrs Martha Pots of Gary India staying with her sister in Cumberland visiting Mr and Mrs Janey Milburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenspring
Mt. Pleasant U. B
Carter Luttrell
Lester Ware
Gainesboro
Martha Pots
Gary
India
Wiee Eyin
Wien
Aher- Sae
Cumberland
Janey Milburn
First Taft Ancestor in this Country
The first paternal ancestor of President William H Taft in this country was Robert Taft who came from England and settled in Braintree Massachusetts in 1678.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Howard Taft
M.W.R
William H.”Taft
Robert Taft
England
Braintree
Massachusetts
Dollar Value Drops Since 1939 Across 13 Cities
An Associated Press survey shows 1939 dollar buying power at about 500 cents today with wide regional differences. Meat, butter, eggs, and clothing rise vary greatly. Chicago shows highest meat prices, Minneapolis lowest overall. Milk remains relatively steadier under subsidies and controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
United States
Minneapolis
Chicago
San Francisco
St. Louis
Denver
Department of Justice
OPA
Spe
Philadelphia
Dallas
Atlanta
Boston
Kansas City
New York
Seattle
Wage Variations Cited From 1946 to Postwar Period
Report notes payments differed from June 1946 levels with increases ranging from five to ten dollars in other cases. No additional context provided about who received the changes or where.
Shoe Center Set For Opening Next Thursday
The Winchester Shoe Center, Inc. at 1-3 S Loudoun St will open next Thursday after extensive remodeling. The Virginia firm offers two stores for men and for women and children with 12 000 pairs of shoes in stock along with hosiery and handbags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Shoe Center, Inc
S. Loudoun St
James R. Wilkins
W. Boscawen and
S. Loudoun Sts
Wilkins
Sunday Church Notices and Services Update
A compact listing of church services across several congregations. Includes Sunday school times, morning worship, and special events at Nazarene, Winchester Presbyterian, Highland Avenue Chapel, Stines Chapel, Loudoun St. Church of Christ, Centenary Evangelical and Reformed, Apostolic Church, Braddock St. Methodist, Montague Ave. Methodist, First Baptist, Congregational Christian, Grace Lutheran, Cork St. Christian, and Market St. Methodist. Also notes scripture prompts and guest preaching arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Lutheran Church
William E. Eisenberg
J. William McCauley
Salem
Cork St. Christian
William J. Hadden
The
Capon
Rock Enon
Market St. Methodist Church
Lewis F. Havermale
Greenwod Chapel
Berryville Sermon by Dr Vaughan At Presbyterian Church
Dr E D Vaughan pastor of Mispeh Presbyterian in Richmond and former Berryville pastor will preach at Berryville Presbyterian Church at 11 a m tomorrow. He is guest of Mr A L Withers and Mr and Mrs J C Glascock during his Berryville visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churches of Christ
Isiah
E. D. Vaughan
Mispeh Presbyterian Church
Richmond
Berryville
Stones Chapel
Tomorow
Berryville Presbyterian Church
Berryvile
Vaughan
A. L. Withers
J. C. Glascock
Deacon A T Gaskins Announces Sunday Service Schedule
Mt. Carmel Baptist church pastor Rev. A T Gaskins outlines the Sunday schedule honoring John Jones a senior deacon and financial secretary. Morning service at 8 00 a m and morning sermon at 11 00 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Gaskins
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
John Jones
CIO Unions in State Study New Labor Law
In Lynchburg Virginia on August 16 more than 125 CIO officials and staff from Virginia locals met at the call of Rev Charles C Webber to discuss the Taft Hartley Act and party primary results. Ernest Pugh announced a Sunday meeting to set future policy for CIO organizing and union formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
CIO
Virgina
Charles C. Webber
State Cio Council
Virginia Pac
Ernest P. Pugh
Pugh
Police Protection Given Negro Tenants At Housing Project
Chicago authorities dispersed a crowd estimated near 3000 after 118 people were arrested for disorderly conduct during protests against the admission of Negro tenants to a new south side housing project. Stones shattered windows and a brick struck a policeman, with 1000 officers at the scene at peak.
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Chicago
New South Side
Perseid Meteors Expected Early August Peaks
The Perseid meteor shower may be seen from the first to the second of the month, with the highest rates from the ninth to the thirteenth.
Segregation and Housing in Postwar Project Tenancies
Forty white veteran families and several Negro families were admitted to tenancies in the project. The note adds traffic death rates in the U S, declining from about 20 per 100 million motor miles in 1925 to under 10 in 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
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Jane Page
Wilmette
Ill
Jane
Bill Odom
International Soundphoto
Radio Sales & Service
E. Boscawen St
Ivanhoe
Adams
N. Cameron St
Northern
Frank Vogel
Bell Gardens
Calif
Hilda
Church of the Nazarene A. L
Winchester Presbyterian Church
Ronald S. Wilson
Women’ S Auxiliary Meeting
Highland Avenue
Joseph &. Duckwall
Stines Chapel
John R. MacKinnon
Burnt Church
Loudoun St
Centenary Church
Evangelical and Reformed
L. Fuckinger
the Apostolic Church
H. L. McGolerick
Braddock St
T. J. Hawkins
Montague Ave
Ogton Nin Sen Gre
John Teter
First Baptist Church
E. T. Clark
J. W. Simmons
Congregational Christian Church
Robert A. Whitten
Bible School
Christian Science
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
F. G. Senger
Winc
Felowship
Mary
Jesus
H.H. A
Joachim
Anna
House of David
Union Vesper Services
Friends Meeting House
Piccadilly St. and
Fairmont Ave
Montague Ave. Methodist Church
Mcilwee Municipal
Baptist Church
Yank
William Lutz
Oakland
Cali
Sheik Lutz
Saudi Arabia
International
Mitchell
Mitchell Room
Ias
Kotex
Kotex Sanitary Belt
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
COCA
M. M. Adams Republic
Amherst & Boscawen
Sta
Firestone Stores
N. Braddock ST. Winchester
Haldeman’s
Winchester’s Shopping Center
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