Softball Takes Prominent Place In Winchester Sports Picture
The Winchester City Softball League gained exclusive use of new diamonds on Senseng Road after City Council approval. Virginia Gregory led the effort to clear and prepare the area at a cost of about 350 dollars. Since May the schedule has grown to over a hundred games including City, Senior and Junior Church leagues and independent teams from Keyser Martinsburg Washington and more.
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Park
Winchester City Softball League
Senseng Road
City Recreation Depeat
Virginia Gregory
City Recreation Department
White Sox
Keyser
Martinsburg
Washington
Sales Directory Aug 29 to Sept 5 in West Virginia listings
A sequence of estate sales and auctions listing times and locations. Mrs. La Fayette Shiley holds two auctions on Aug 29 near Boyce and 3 miles northeast of Double Tollgate for household goods and antique furniture. Additional sales on Aug 30 at Crowser's Storage cover miscellaneous furniture. Sept 3 near Reynolds Store list real estate and personal property. Sept 5 near Shepherd Airfield MAR burg lists dairy cattle farm equipment and machinery. Nelson B. O'Neal listed as contact.
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Lafayette Shiley
Boyce
Double Tollgate
Crowser’s
Reynolds Store
Howard Reynolds
Shepherd Airfield
Marburg
W. Va
Nelson B. O'Neal
Rainfall totals and averages from Winchester study
The record lists present and past rainfall figures with 24 hour, August to date, and year to date totals. It also provides a 33 year average annual rainfall of 36.49 inches and monthly averages, courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
City Recreation Directors Propose Active Softball Committee
The directors say after diamonds were scraped, players laid out fields mowed grass and erected backstops. No 1 backstop came from O Sullivan and Virginia Woolen teams. No 3 from the White Sox. Mr Gee faults committee selection and urges an active crew to oversee diamond upkeep, facilities, and equipment. He thanks the City Council and Miss Gregory for support.
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City Recreation Department
O'Sullivan
Virginia Woolen
White Sox
Gee
Winchester
Gregory
Local Landlords Cooperate on Rent Controls
Rent control officials at the Winchester OPA office report the new law keeps regulations the same as June 30. Landlords who raised rents during the no controls period have adjusted back to the old level and evictions inquiries remain common but no legal action has been needed yet.
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Winchester
OPA
Amputee Veterans' Free Auto Forms Ready In Two Weeks
The Veterans Administration announced two weeks for ready to use forms for amputee veterans applying for government funded autos. VA contact representatives and field offices will issue the forms. Car price must not exceed 1600 dollars including attachments and taxes. Veterans may not buy a pricier car and pay the difference.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Chicago Grain Quotations
Opening prices for Wheat Corn and Oats listed for various contracts at Chicago on August 28. Wheat March at 1.93 1/4 to 1/4, May 1.92 1/4. Corn January 1.33 1/2, March 1.32 1/2 to 1/4. Oats Sept 0.7375, Nov 0.7158, Dec 0.715, March 0.7131 to 0.714.
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Chicago
Baltimore Market News Bulls and Hogs Lead Mixed Quotations
Market notes from Baltimore and Chicago report dull apple activity but firm poultry and eggs. Cattle, hogs, and calves show mixed shifts with small gains for some classes, beef cows steady, and hogs inching up. Chicago buyers push prices higher across weight categories amid active sales.
Stock Market Report Sees Selective Rally Turn to Losses
New York stocks opened with selective gains then tumbled to multi year lows amid heavy selling. Major names like Bethlehem GM General Electric and Du Pont led declines as pessimism over foreign affairs labor and inflation weighed on prices.
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New York
Bethlehem
General Motors
Goodrich
U.S. Rubber
Woolworth
Virginia Livestock Market Auction Prices Reported
The August 27 1946 Virginia livestock sale lists steer prices from 19 to 21 for good to choice and 13 to 14.50 for plain, heifers 16.50 to 19, fat cows 13 to 15, bulls 13 to 13.75, veal calves 20 to 23, butcher hogs 16 to 17, sows 12 to 15, shoats 18 to 20, lambs 20 to 20.25, sheep 5.5 to 7, and fresh cows with top 225 per head.
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Baltimore
Bu.bas
U. S
Baltimore Livestock
USDA
Chicago
Unclear Lamb Market Reports Mixed Prices and Bids
Early sales show scattered activity with native spring lambs priced around 3.50, city butcher bids at 18.50 to 19.00, early packer bids near 16.50 for well finished lambs. Several shipments held above 20.00 while other markets show no action.
Birthplace Of President To Be Marked By Earp
Everett Earp of Lamar Missouri plans to erect a Truman birthplace marker near a tall pine tree next to the house where the president was born. He will also open a real estate office on the lot and charge visitors to view the Truman room. Estimated cost is about 125 dollars.
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Earp
Lamar
Everett Earp
Chamber of Commerce
President Truman
White Farm
Clyde
American Chosen Teacher Of Crown Prince
Mrs Elizabeth Gray Vining a Philadelphia author was chosen by the State Department to tutor the Crown Prince of Japan in English language and American literature at a Peers school in Japan. She spoke of the opportunity to foster peace and understanding and will begin after assessing the prince’s current study level.
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New London
N. H
Japan
Washington
Longfellow
Elizabeth Gray Vining
Philadelphia
State Department
Vining
Peers’ School
Sons of Peers
Ahaa
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Winchester City
Evite
Cloverdale
Cloverdal E Springs CO
Newvill
D. A. Gordon Co
Loverdale
Purch Club Soda Ile
MEER
Chicago Livestock
Stock Market Report
Virginia
Farm Bureau Life Insurance
Farm Bureau Life Company
G. L. Craig
N. Loudoun St
Roy W. Earl
Valley Ave
Lewis McDonald
Acorn Heights
Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co
Columbus 16
Ohio
Truman
Europe
Crown Prince
MR. X
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Baker and Anderson Electrical CO
N. Braddock St
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Zoo
Firestone
Five Star Specia
Tith
S@Sylare
Frestone
Bob
Serge
North Braddock St
Pirestom
Sherwin-Williams
Evameloud
ITC
Dales Quickly
Miller’s Hardware and Household Supplies
N. Loudoun St. Winchester
Sherwin-Williams Paints
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