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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1947
Page
9
Rudolph clan gathered at Intermont near Wardensville for a Sunday reunion. Jack was elected president to host the 1948 gathering at the same location and date.
Fanie Isabelle Weaver Ban is granted a bed and board divorce from Lucien Thomas Bannister on cruelty grounds. The couple married in Winchester in 1942.
A well known citizen testifies after five years of gas swelling and misery. INNER AID, a 12 juice formula from Nature's Plants, is promoted as the cure all for stomach trouble and cleared gas when taken before meals. Sold by all drug stores.
The Roanoke Cortet peach crop shows fair demand and a market slightly weaker with sales for shipping point. Elberta U S No 1 peaches 2 inches and up mostly fetch $3, price affirmed by E P Bean in Winchester today.
The draft calls for labeling aggression, collective measures, and a hemisphere defense zone from Arctic to Antarctic. It proposes immediate action against external attacks, and self defense within the hemisphere, with prior peaceful steps like arbitration and court recourse. Canada may join defense efforts.
In sad memory of Minnie Alice Rush who died Aug 25 1946. The verse recalls arrival at heaven Gates, fond memories, tears, and farewell, signed by her husband and eleven children with loving devotion.
About 100 members and guests attended the Tri County IOOF meeting at Madison Lodge hall last night. The program featured a piano interlude by Wilbur Kerns, an invocation by Edgar Mason, and remarks by association president Taylor Bar and Rep. Burr P. Harrison. The next meeting will be in Bentonville in November, with talks by E Holmes Newcome and C L Jackson, plus performances by Historic City Four and Chauncey Snapp.
Workmen redecorate the county court house office building as the interior is repainted. Commonwealth Attorney Joseph Massie Jr moved into his newly painted offices. painters finish the treasurer’s office and proceed to the county clerk’s office. The board of supervisors awarded the project to B. J. Carter of Stephenson.
An oil stove explosion at a Cedar Creek Grade residence caused smoke damage to the entire house. Mrs. Warner had just taken the baby outside when the blast occurred, and two nearby workers dragged the stove to the porch. Mr. Warner said the damage is insured.
Co. P. Marks, manager of the Winchester office of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co., will be guest speaker tomorrow at the Kiwanis weekly luncheon. He will be introduced by Ben Arthur, program chairman.
James A. Farley will address cattlemen from across the state at the annual Hereford field day at Ivy Hill the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Thomson on September 6 at 2 p.m.
Woolens shrink because each tiny fiber has a hard outer surface and a soft core. When wet the fibers expand and contract at different rates, pulling the fabric together and causing shrinkage.
An illustrated explanation of bile flow from the liver through the gall bladder into the small intestine, with a valve preventing backflow. It lists symptoms of torpid bile flow and promotes Calotabs taken at bedtime with plenty of water as a laxative and bile flow stimulant.
In Highland Park Illinois a 26 year old nurse Mrs Elsie Margrethe Gerland shielded a three month old baby Laurie Ann Moses from an intruder entering the Moses home. She fought off the tall armed prowler who struck her and bound her with a bandana knot before stealing two rings. The infant was found unharmed in a living room chair and the attacker fled. The family was returning from Charlevoix Michigan when the incident occurred.
A Winchester police bust in a rear alley by Railway Express Co. ended a dice game. Judge John Rice convicted three players: Paul Earman 20 of 2208 Kent St. paid 25.25 for gambling and drinking in public, Marion Keither 22 of R1 Winchester also 25.25, and Fred Shoemaker 22 of 450 N. Kent St. paid 15.25 after being found guilty only of gambling.
Announcement lists the contest judges as Peter L. Austin from outside the territory, Mrs J Edwin Nell from Washington, and Walter Edwards from Baltimore. Reserved seat sales have been rising as the event date nears.
McKlwee's Municipal band will play for the VFW yard party at 5 p m next Tuesday. The event is sponsored by the land auxiliary with co chairs Mrs W S McClintock and Mrs Harry W Butler in charge. Lucy Ping Ley Marshall is publicity chair. Menu includes chicken and ham sandwiches cake pie ice cream soft drinks and coffee and soup if warm. A new Buick will be awarded at the yard party.
An amendment to the charter of Armstrong and Co Inc approved changing the principal office to Winchester and limiting real estate holdings to 5 000 acres. Frank Armstrong serves as president.
An authoritative source says Griswold urged political unity for the U S aid mission after a meeting at Sophoulis's home. Rep Eaton warned both sides will back their positions to the limit with potential disastrous consequences as chaos looms in Greece.
Alien philosophy described the United States as striving for genuine world peace while asserting Russia pursues a policy alien to US thinking. The speaker claimed Russia would welcome a rubble-filled world to rule over it, framing a stark ideological divide.
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