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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1952
Page
6
A Veterans Administration estimate projects about half of the 200 million dollars in 1952 National Service Life Insurance dividends will be cashed this year. Reasons include failure to apply in writing and holders letting checks sit as credited premiums.
Aged 90 this year, Amos Alonzo Stagg born August 16, 1862 in West Orange is celebrated as Football's Grand Old Man. The coach logged 268 wins and 141 losses across Yale and other programs, later retiring at the College of the Pacific and setting new records.
Minutes summarize the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association origins with a 1902 July 4 event in Winchester Virginia to form the group. Officers named include president W R Kline secretary Joseph E Kriger and treasurer W R Richter with a convention planned at Hagerstown Maryland.
Protesters on Sado Island oppose the planned shutdown of Japan's famed gold vein that was struck 351 years ago. The mine once employed 100000 men and sustained a town of about 10000, but current Paydirt has dwindled and a company decision to close looms.
Mrs Haag of law and daughter visit Unger family in West Virginia. A. C. Unger II, Roy Decker guests at home near Johnstown Pennsylvania. Eileen Dick and Joe McAboy call on Troy Dick. George Omps Jr builds a pond on Troy Dick’s land. Harley and Glen Shirley visit Alan Dick. Hot weather advice: stay in shade and keep cool.
Reginia Canada reports more rattlesnakes as irrigation expands. Fred Bard of the provincial museum links the shift to flooded lands in Alberta driving snakes east along the South Saskatchewan River. J J Deck, a rattlesnake hobbyist, says he killed about 50 snakes in under an hour near the river.
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