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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1949
Page
12
Postmaster Marlin Eckerd of Martinsburg will head the annual Community Chest drive. The goal is $25234, slightly higher than last year, funded by a paid Boy Scout executive and a paid Girl Scout director with USO added as a participating agency.
Chipper Charley Chappel age 102 and senior vice commander of the Grand Army of the Republic plans to fly to Indianapolis for the organization's final encampment. He is among the last old soldiers and aims to help wrap up business quickly and return home.
Television schedules across channels WNEW Channel 4 and WBAL Channel 7 show a lineup of classic programs including Kukla Frand and Ollie, Hopalong Cassidy, Newsreels, Game Room, Front Row Center, Key to the Missing, Think Fast, Treasure Quest, and This Is Broadway with various film shorts and sports recap sections. Aired times span late afternoon to ten o clock in the evening with notes on newsreels and drama segments.
Rotarians heard J Pinckney Arthur discuss Shenandoah Apple Cider and Vinegar Co founded 1910 by Thwaite Weems and Robinson Sr with east of the Mississippi markets. Frank Armstrong Jr described National Fruits Products Co organized 1908 with vinegar plants in Alexandria and Winchester. Harry Lovett spoke of Lovett Brothers shoe retailing noting women spend seven times men. he moved to Winchester in 1922 and served in the quartermaster corps in India.
A late summer radio schedule lists evening and late night time slots from 6:15 to 12:00. It names networks CBS and ABC references with shows such as News, Commentary, dramas, music acts, and variety programs including Paul Lavalle Band and Dance Band Time.
Senator Kilgore announces a $50,000 Agriculture Department grant for emergency flood relief in West Virginia's south branch watershed near Petersburg and Moorefield. A second grant funds work to clear 137 miles of clogged channels, repair banks, and restore tributaries. Army engineers fix Moorefield and Petersburg flood walls. forest service restores roads and bridges in the Monongahela National Forest.
Rome report says Roberto Rossellini, 43, seeks to wed Ingrid Bergman, 34, if she divorces Dr. Peter Lindström and agrees to marry him. Bergman’s circle notes she plans to marry Rossellini, while his family confirms a past Hungarian divorce, finalized in Italy, and notes he has two sons and Bergman has a daughter.
Julian A. Moore of Front Royal and Ruth S. Taliaferro of Harrisonburg are among 164 candidates who passed state bar exams in Richmond, marking successful licenses across the state.
Evangelist Lyle J. Fries will deliver Bible chart lectures at 7 30 p m Sunday in Kernstown tent meetings. A song service is included on the program.
In Fredericksburg Virginia August 3 1949 Paul Bailey Adams sues Beryl Marie Adams for divorce on desertion after two years. It is shown the defendant does not reside in Virginia and she must appear within ten days after publication to protect her interest. Clerk SEE N WHITACRE.
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