Detroit man wins trapshooting crown at grand American
Karl Maust of Detroit won the North American city target championship at Vandalia Ohio, beating 500 shooters in the second day of the 32nd grand American handicap. He tied at 199 and then broke 150 straight in a shoot-off to finish 349 of 350. Jeanette Jay won the North American women's title in a shoot-off with Mrs. Crisby. Tobe Parks, Ned Lilly won junior, and Joe Fincel took sub-junior honors.
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Associated Press
Vandalia
Ohio
Karl Maust
Detroit
Maust
Gus Payne
Oklahoma City
Portland
Ore
George Slaughter
Benton Harbor
Mich
E. L. Botts
Waverly
Troeh
Botts
Slaughter
Jeanette Jay
Iowa
Miss Jay
E. Crisby
Oklahoma
Miss Jay Broke 25 Straight To Mrs. Crisby
Tobe Parks
Houston
Ned Lilly
Stanton
Parks
Michigan
Joe Fincel
Dubuque
Stickley
Western Wins Close East West Match 1953–1952
Breaker 173 and C B Stickley of Vaucluse starred as Stickley contributed to an east-west win for the Western team. The final score was 1953 to 1952 in a tight contest.
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C. B. Stickley
Vaucluse
Stickley
Ellis Maloy Tin Horn Poem Recalls Local Milkman
A Winchester Times poem about Ellis Maloy, a Greenwood dairyman, recalls his brass tin horn that woke dawns for local customers. Written by Harry W. Hyde, it honors a morning horn that marked daily milk deliveries along the route from Cork to Market and Brad dock to Main.
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Ellis Maloy
Winchester Times
Maloy
Greenwood
Winchester
Robert Neal
the Times
Harry W. Hyde
Cork
Braddock
Main
England and the idea of a low mood debt reduction
A quoted remark by Sir Robert Tasker suggests a belief that a year of national malaise could halve the country’s debt, implying a drastic economic reform or austerity concept. The line reflects political humor about financial burdens and public sentiment.
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England
Sir Robert Tasker
Last Rites for Daingerfield Lewis Held at Cleve Manor
Funeral services were held at Cleve Manor in Fredericksburg for Daingerfield Lewis 80, oldest direct descendant of Col. Fielding Lewis and Betty Washington. He died Monday and lived in the Northern Neck where his family helped develop the region. Surviving relatives include three nieces Ellen Wallace Smith, Imogen Lewis and Ellen Lewis and a nephew Judge H. Lewis Wallace.
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Fredericksburg
Dangerfield Lewis
Col. Fielding Lewis
Betty Washington
Cleve Manor
Ellen Wallace Smith
W. T. Smith
Ellen and
Imogin Lewis
King George County
H. Lewis Wallace
J V Arthur Speaks on Prospects at Winchester Kiwanis
J Victor Arthur local insurance agent addressed the Winchester Kiwanis Club on business conditions and prospects citing passages from the Blue Book of Southern Progress. He noted signs of improving mood and better days ahead as the club plans a September 29 teachers' banquet with District Governor Rev Berry Plummer as guest speaker followed by a dance.
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Winchester Kiwanis Club
J. Victor Arthur
Arthur
Nate Carpenter
R. McC. Glass
Winchester Public Schools
Berry Plummer
Bishop Cannon’s Executor Account Tied to Political Funds
Senate disclosures reveal Bishop James Cannon Jr used executor funds to establish a political account. Six checks totaling 9500 dollars drawn from a Washington political account were deposited into Cannon’s personal bank in Richmond between 1928 and 1929. Separately, the body of missing Seven Mile banker William L Shaffer was found on a railroad track, prompting murder and suicide inquiries.
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James Cannon, Jr
Crewe
Virginia
Mary C. Moore
Dill
Bishop
William L. Shaffer
Seven Mile
Hamilton
Shaeffer
Farmers National Bank
Body of Banker Found On Track Suspect Murder
A banker identified as Shhaeffer vanished from home Monday and was last seen on Oxford streets that evening. Relatives say he often carried large sums, leading to suspicions he was robbed and slain on the Oxford track.
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Shhaeffer
Oxford
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