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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1949

Page

9

Luttrell Family Plans 1950 Ridge Reunion

Luttrell family members met at Ridge West Virginia for their 29th reunion and reelected officers. Ford Luttrell of Winchester presided as more than 100 cars joined attendees from Ohio and Indiana. The event featured hymns, vocal selections, a poem, and sermons by Rev E C Day, Rev Edward Kyle, and Rev Charles Ambrose.

Luttrell Ridge W. Va Ford Luttrell Winchester Richard L Luttrell Ohio Indiana Risler Sisters E. C. Day Richard Luttrell Darlene Luttrell Eppa L. Luttrell Edward Kyle Charles Ambrose Robert Luttrell Tipton Ind Posa Band of Ungers

Harrison Outlines Five Step Plan at Farmers Meeting

Burr Harrison told the Shenandoah County Farm Bureau picnic in Woodstock that price supports and crop controls are temporary aids to help farmers compete. He urged reducing the number of government subsidy plans, warned against creeping socialism, and proposed five actions to restore a free economy including stricter anti trust enforcement and extended reciprocal trade pacts.

Burr P. Harrison Shenandoah County Farm Bureau Woodstock Wwe United States Harrison Wine Senate

Touring Casanova Faces Divorce Suit

Mrs. Nelta Marie Monroe files for divorce from traveling salesman John Edward Monroe alleging 68 intimate affairs with 11 women across 12 cities in five countries between 1943 and 1948. The allegations span Edgarstown to Los Angeles including Belleview Sydney Manila Kyoto Ensenada Long Beach Santa Monica and Chicago. The 29 year old plaintiff cites the tainted marriage as the reason for dissolution.

Los Angeles John Edward Monroe Edgartown Mass Belleview Fla Sydney Australia Manila P. I Kyoto Wakayama Japan Ensenada Baja

Funeral services and community notes from Grimes area

The Aug 25 Grimes report notes Caleb J. Orndorff's funeral in Winchester and a well attended ten day Galilee meeting. It records visits by Chas E. McVay of Williamsport, Rev Wilbur A. Reed and family returning to Pittsburgh, and relocations within the area. Peach harvests are underway with about 100 workers as rains slowed ripening.

Jonah Goo John Atkins Apple Pie Ridge Winchester Jack Mills Donald Leight C J. Orndorff N. B Orndorff Washington Clayton Harry McCauley Lawrence Orndorff Clearbrook George Wright Brucetown N. B. Orndorff C. J. Orndorff W. A. Orndorff Stephens City John W Eugene McCauley Nineveh

Poison ivy range extends into Canada and Mexico

Poison ivy poison oak and poison sumac are North American plants. Their range runs from the United States into Canada and Mexico with poison ivy described as early as 1609 in Jamestown Virginia.

United States Canada Mexico Jamestown Virginia

Coal Industry Wage Talks On Hold For September

White Sulphur Springs W Va August 25. Union miners east of the Mississippi plan to keep the three day work week while talks with Coal operators continue. A CIO steel industry pattern may shape a new coal contract as a presidential board weighs steel industry views with a report due August 30. Labor Day week remains undecided for mine operations scheduled for two or three days.

White Sulphur Springs W. Va United Mine Workers Mississippi John L. Lewis Southern Coal Producers Assn Bluefield UMW CIO Steel Steel Industry Thomas E. Kennedy

Home Law Book offer and New England diet note

An advertisement promotes a revised Home Law Book, a 48 page guide on marriage and divorce laws naturalization contracts property promissory notes wills and more available for 20 cents postpaid. Also a reader asks where early New England settlers sourced food noting maize corn ground nuts pumpkins squash steva beans and sunflowers with some dispute over cucumbers and watermelons.

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