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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1950
Page
2
In Father Theodore’s account, Anthemus plans to parade his eighty one sisters, selecting the beautiful Maryam to impress the Khan. The scene hints at a lavish, secretive household with whispers of paternity and a hidden slave history behind power and privilege.
Walter and Tristram, two English explorers, meet Kyrios Anthemus in a bustling eastern caravan hub. Anthemus tests them as potential agents to Europe in exchange for passage to Cathay while a striking blue-eyed sister observes amid hushed courtly intrigue.
Millwood residents are invited to attend a devotional service at Millwood Methodist Church tomorrow evening at 7 30. The note mentions an Aspirations gathering and lists answers to questions on Page 4 including names and topics such as boxing and a race destruction reference.
The bus plan lists routes in Stephens City including Dunkard Lane and 522 corridors, with start times around 7:30 to 8:15 for high school and elementary pupils. It covers Barley’s Lane, Double Toll Gate, Kernstown Camp, Opequon, Marlboro and Kernstown areas, and Winchester area pickups for Round Hill Bryarly and Bartonsville Road.
Private James M. McDaniel nephew of Mr and Mrs Ira Smith of 437 Highland Avenue Winchester has been assigned platoon sergeant with Service Battery of the 67th Armored Field Artillery Battalion a Third Armored Division training unit. He reenlisted earlier this month after a WWII service with the American Division in the Asiatic Pacific Theater.
The Cairo Rome flight operated by TWA crashed near Tanta 22 miles southwest of Cairo killing 55 people. Crew included Capt Walton B Webb and Hal don Hammitt with Har ley Hackett Melvyn House Herbert Stiles Jose Bernard Jeanne Lorenzie. A passenger pilot and his family also died. The crash followed an overdue report and search found wreckage five hours after first contact. The disaster ranks among the worst in world commercial aviation.
Ridings Chapel Evangelical United Brethren Church south east of Stephens City schedules homecoming services Sunday. Sermons will be delivered by Rev. Arthur Carper of the Reliance Charge and Rev. B. W. Coe of Montague Avenue Methodist Church.
The Brucetown run will start about 30 to 40 minutes earlier and the Stephenson run also ahead of last year. Buses will visit Opequon Creek after Brucetown before turning, with service from Old Charles Town road to Red Bud Road and York's Cabin Camp, starting about 30 minutes earlier than last term. Morrison bus to Stonewall and White Hall at 9 a.m. is discontinued. Colored Schools buses will follow last year’s schedule, per Aylor.
A Frederick County sales directory lists auctions and estates with dates and locations. Items include personal property antiques near Boyce Pyletown, real estate on Indian Hollow Road, Heal estate at 315 E Piccadilly Winchester, and other front of county court house sales including Larrick trustee on Front Royal Road.
Petticoat government in Clintwood ends as Mayor Minnie C. Miller and four women councilors leave office. Kenes B. Baker, a 23 year old war veteran, and three new councilmen take seats after a term noted for street openings, parking meters, a new fire truck, garbage disposal plan, and a bonded water system upgrade funded by new taxes and fines.
The first successful rubber footwear was developed by Lavarette Candee who founded the Candee Shoe Factory in Connecticut in 1842. Earlier efforts failed to make durable shoes.
The Virginia State Employment Service warns of a potential 3000 worker shortfall in late vegetable harvests, prompting recruitment of southern migrant farm workers. West Point area plants report slight shortages of mato peelers, with no crop spoilage, while housing shortages hinder in migration. Peach harvests are nearly done with small yields, and tomato work is 75 to 80 percent complete in several counties.
Five new polio cases were reported to the State Health Department raising the season total to 558. A Warwick County case was removed after re diagnosis. Today's patients include a 6-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy from Amelia County, a white female from Petersburg, a 5-year-old white girl in Prince William County, and a 3-year-old white girl in Norfolk City.
Edward S. Overman spoke at the University of Virginia Workshop on Public Welfare Administration about consolidating community thought and action. He urged welfare administrators to collaborate with other public and private agencies and promote teamwork through formal agreements and information sharing.
Astronomers refer to a local star galaxy as part of the same group as the Milky Way, indicating shared galactic neighborhood and gravitational association. The term highlights proximity and common origin within a local group.
Police sought a 23 year old Ecuadorian woman to help describe the man who beat and raped Miss Eva Moscoso near the Fairlington development. She was hospitalized and released. A third man was released after four hours of questioning. Rewards totaling $1,000 were posted.
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