Clarke County All Stars Set for Labor Day Baseball
The Clarke County All Stars meet Winchester Park at 3 p.m. on Labor Day weekend with Clarke’s nine aiming to upset Winchester Legion. The Legion schedules both Sunday and Monday games, facing Strasburg AC on Sunday before a Labor Day home game in Winchester.
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Face Park
Legion
Strasburg
Clarke County All-Stars
Winchester
Clarke Nine
Winchester Park
Winchester Legion
Park
Es Town
West Firemen’s Assn
Ed Parnell
Washington Heurich Brewers
Wes
Scrivener
Charles Town
Takien
Leon Pope
Lee Weett
Martinsburg
Clarke
Batery
Strasburg AC
National League standings and results recap
Brooklyn leads the league with 79 wins and 49 losses. St Louis 70 55 and 560, Boston 71 57 555, New York 64 60 516, Cincinnati 61 69 469, Chicago 56 70 444, Pittsburgh 53 73 421, Philadelphia 52 73 416. Yesterday American League results include New York 4 Washington 3, Detroit 6 St Louis 4, Boston 2 Philadelphia 1, and Brooklyn 6 New York 3 with Chicago at Cleveland rained out and Boston 9 Philadelphia 2.
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Brooklyn
St. Louis
Boston
New York
Cincinnati
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Yesterad
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
White Sox to Play Stanley on Labor Day
The Winchester White Sox schedule a 3 p.m. Labor Day game against the Stanley Red Sox in Stanley. Local team members must meet by 12:15 p.m. Monday for the trip.
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White Sox
Stanley
Winchester White Sox
Stanley Red Sox
Tema
Baker Rites Sunday for Edinburg Man Tobias Baker
Funeral services will be held at 2 30 p m Sunday for Tobias Baker brother of Clyde Baker of Middletown who died yesterday at Cora Miller Hospital Woodstock A resident of Edinburg he leaves his widow and four children.
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Tobias Baker
Clyde Baker
Middletown
Cora Miller
Woodstock
Edinburg
Church to Observe 100th Anniversary in Stephens City
Emmanuel Baptist church marks its centennial with a week of guest speakers. The schedule lists Rev. J. S. Swann of Berryville Tuesday, Rev. James Tracy and chorus of Round Hill Wednesday, Rev. Eugene Baltimore of Kernsville Thursday, and the Marvenia Wellington gospel singers of Hagerstown Friday.
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Emmanuel Baptist Church
Stephens City
J. S. Swann
Berryville
James Tracy
Chorus
Round Hill
Eugene Baltimore
Kernsville
Marvenia Wellington Gospel Singers
Hagerstown
Home Ec Meet Concludes With Plan for Next Year
The Northern Virginia home economics teachers conference ended at 1 p m after approving a school term program and a resolution to hold a similar conference next year. The final speaker was Miss Nettie Yowell assistant supervisor of vocational training for girls.
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Northern Virginia Home Economics Teachers’ Conference
Nettie Yowell
Winchester pageant crowns top beauties at parade
The event featured finalists near the end of the pageant including Mrs. Jacqueline Olcott and Miss Vivian Ritenour among others. Judges from out of state evaluated grooming posture and expression while Lee Master of Ceremonies and Lions president C. E. Miley Jr. presented prizes.
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Handley
Glee Club
Booster Club
Monitor Commission
Willow Lawn Pool
Jacqueline Olcott
Winchester
Jewel Box
Vivian Ritenour
Strasburg
Branner’s
Kathleen Mantz
Woodstock
Get Together Club
Ann Hatch
Lee
Edward B. Lee
C. E. Miley, Jr
Lions
Rinker
Miss Carson
Kerns
Apple Land Band
Philip Hunter
Jane Lee Seiler
Baltimore
Old Dominion Quartet
Berryville
Valley growers seek wage plan for imported Bahamans
The Board considered growers and statements and proposed wage rates for Bahamian labor arriving about Oct 1 for apple harvest. Rates include 12 cents per hour per crate for apple pickers and 60 cents per hour for men and 50 cents for women, with packing, truck loading, corn work and other farm tasks paid similarly. Full board members and speakers urged REA and rural programs.
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H. W. Butler
Ralph N. Dorsey
D. K. Russell
Ralph Marxer
I. Fred Stine
John White
Nelson County
Harrison
Valley
Virginia
Bendix Trophy Race Opens Amid Thunderstorms in Van Nuys
The Bendix Trophy Race began in Van Nuys California with a $25 000 prize while thunderstorms delaying schedule caused the first day at the national air races to be cancelled after 1 p m local time.
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van Nuys
Calif
Cleveland
Return to pulpit by Dr Ronald E Wilson at Londoun church
The Londoun 1st Presbyterian Church pastor Dr Ronald E Wilson returns to his pulpit Sunday after several weeks away. He will begin a series of special youth sermons. Tuesday Bell Jr and Stewart along with Rev Joseph Ducknall travel to Richmond for the Synod of Virginia meeting.
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Ronald 8. Wilson
Londoun 1St Presbyterian Church
Tuesday Bell, Jr
Wilson, Stewart
Joseph Ducknall
Richmond
Synod of Virginia
Peaches Market Report From Winchester and Martinsburg
Peaches market news notes slow demand and weaker trade for Elbertas at the shipping point. U S 1 to 2 inches and up mostly bring 2 dollars 75 cents per basket. Martinsburg Winchester and nearby areas are cited in the coverage.
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Winchester
Martinsburg
Bas
Elbertas U
Winchester schools announce new teacher meeting and fall registration
A list of teachers and schools appears for Winchester, including Handley, John Kerr, Virginia Avenue and Douglass Colored School. The district schedules new teacher orientation on Sept 5 and faculty meeting Sept 6 ahead of Sept 8 opening. New students must bring birth certificates vaccination proof and prior records. Handley High requires official transcripts for admission. A state rule requires reaching age six before the coming Monday for 1947 48 attendance.
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Iris _. Anderson
Virginia M. Bell
Jane R. Cather
Lois Eaton
Marguerite D. Glass
Sarah L. Johnson
Sybil Hottle
Evelyn Kiser
Mary McCorkle
Ruth D. McFadden
Eleanor Mccartney
Nicholas
Elsie D. Shade
John Kerr School
Dora P. Brill
Mildred C. Danley
Lois Groves
E. Ridgely Jackson
June J. Lemley
Virginia B. Sargent
Sallie E. Scales
Reba Spitzer
Virginia Avenue
Mabel V. Gray
Eula Affleck
Elizabeth Brumback
Lucille C. Corder
Irene Hawkins
Frances B. Orndorff
Margaret Vshenk
Douglass Colored School
Kirk N. Gaskins
Clarence Davis
Francis M. Jackson
Alma L. Layton
Hattie Mitchell Lea
Lovelena Marcus
Effie McKinney
Blanche Moten
Anna Tokes
Margaret Washington
Winchester
John Kerr
Handley School
Douglas
Ceme
Quarles
Handley High School
Box 405
Baltimore and Chicago Livestock Prices Aug 30 Market Summary
Market report shows mixed cattle prices with steady slaughter in Baltimore markets and a shift higher for weighty steers in Chicago. Hog prices declined late week across weights while sows and feeder cattle held or drifted. Sheep and calves varied with steady slaughter and strong vealers in places.
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Baltimore
A. m. Quo
Chicago
Grains Open Firm on Board of Trade Buying
Chicago grain prices opened firmer as commission houses bought small lots. Wheat futures climbed with Sep at 2.55 and Dec 2.54 3 4, corn at Sep 2.42 and May 2.21, oats at Sep 1.11 7 8, Dec 1.10 1.09, and lard at Sep 17.57.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Commission House
Lard
Early education mandate for ages seven to sixteen
The policy required all children to attend school from their seventh birthday until they reach sixteen. It establishes a compulsory schooling period to ensure universal attendance and education.
Fire destroys bank barn of Arlington supervisor Kemp
Damage estimated at about 10000 dollars occurred yesterday when a fire destroyed a bank barn and its contents belonging to Fletcher Kemp superintendent of Arlington county schools. The blaze consumed this year s hay crop and unthreshed wheat and barley.
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Woodstock
Fletcher Kemp
Arlington County
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
A columnist notes the IBRD's origins and aims to fund postwar reconstruction with loans. It highlights slow loan disbursement to France the Netherlands Denmark and Luxembourg, lists major stockholders like the United States with 3.2 billion in deposits and 32 000 votes, and ends with a personal remark on keeping pennies in pockets as a vote.
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New York City
International Bank For Reconstruction and Development
France
Netherlands
Denmark
Luxembourg
Vichy
Pierre Mendes-Prance
Russia
Spain
Argentina
U. S
Panama
Brown
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Answers to the daily quiz list the correct responses for ten questions: 1 Silver Oak leaf 2 Philip B Perlam 3 Governor 4 No 5 Yes 6 Congressional Medal of Honor 7 Carol 8 Two sisters 9 Portugal 10 A duck.
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Philip B. Perlam
No. v
Carol
Portugal
Local Sales Directory Listings For September
September sales set at 1 p m and 10 a m featuring C J Cavalier near Shepherdstown offering Holsteins dairy gear and farming items Philip Kaplan near Stephenson on Summit Point Road with household goods and furniture W F Long near Middletown on Road 627 listing livestock farming equipment and household articles across September 2 13 and 17.
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C. J. Cavalier
Mulberry Hill
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Philip Kaplan
Stephenson
Summit Point Road
W. F. Long
Middletown
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Guy B. Montgomery
Roncervert
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Strong Lewis
K. K. Cavalier
Ed Vickers
Wm. Moore
Glaize & Bro
Bayliss & Patterson Contractors
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Omps Funeral Home
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Winchester FurniTure CO
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King Electric
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