Winchester Girl Scout Camp Plans For 1952 Decided
The Winchester Girl Scout Camp Committee announced plans for a fifth joint camp with girls from the Eastern Council of West Virginia in 1952. Dudley Lichliter chaired the 1951 advisory meeting and a new advisory group will include representatives from each council and Miss Foreman as camp director to set the budget and finalize an agreement.
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Winchester
W. Va
Council of T
Eastern
Dudley Lichliter
Martinsburg Fire Kills Five Children in Alleged Negligence
In Martinsburg West Virginia jurors ruled five Martin Price children aged 2 to 9 died in a house fire caused by neglect after parents allegedly left them alone for at least three hours. Prosecutor Sencindiver said verdict opens door to possible criminal prosecution of the parents. The mother cited job duties at a city dump and the father said he was separated from his wife.
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Martinsburg
Eleanor Holm Wins $700 Weekly Alimony From Bill Rose
New York socialite and former swimming star Eleanor Holm was awarded weekly alimony of $700 from her husband, showman Bill Rose, in a settlement that underscores their high profile divorce case.
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New York
Eleanor Holm
Today
Bill Rose
Band swirls into Denver with veteran players for jazz group
Denver mortician Ken Raynie forms a six member jazz combo drawing on veterans from World War I and World War II. Members include Bob Storovich who is paralyzed after war service and Leon Kraft, a Navy veteran, plus Penny Sipser and others as they rehearse in Denver.
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Denver
Ken Raynie
Raynie
Sioux Falls
Bob Storovich
Leon Kraft
Storovich
Aurora
Austria
Kraft
Great Lakes Val Hospital
Penny Sipser
Wandeered
Hollywood Column notes on actors and record label chatter
Gene Lockhart hears Capitol Records pursuing a different Les version of a song as the World Is Waiting for Suarwee. Arthur plays a key part in Stanley has fate as Madge Kennedy returns to stage after 28 years away from silent films and recent film role as a judge in The Marrying Kind.
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Gene Lockhart
Capitol Records
Peetelty
Melremer
Stanley
Arthur
Madge Kennedy
Man Charged In Knife Slashings
State police hold 54 year old Chesterfield County man Creighton Moore Chandler on the charge of slashing his wife Ella Chandler 39 and her mother Nannie Jordan 79 at their Providence Road home. Ella is out of danger at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital while Jordan is in critical condition with multiple injuries.
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Richmond
Chesterfield County
Creighton Moore Chandler
Providence Road
Nannie Jordan
No Record Kept On Taft Campaign Funds in Ohio Case
A former handler for the 1950 Taft for Senate campaign in Ohio testified he kept no records for about 100000 dollars passed to subsidiary groups and did not list that sum on his group’s financial report. The National Production Authority estimated North American newsprint production at 6.6 million tons for 1961, up from 6.2 million.
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Washington
Ohio
National Production Authority
North America
Charles Kingsley the Poet Novelist and Clergyman
Charles Kingsley was a poet, novelist and clergyman who became chaplain to Queen Victoria in 1859. He served as professor of modern history at Cambridge from 1860 to 1860 and held a canonry at Westminister.
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Charles Kingsley
Queen Victoria
Cambr
West
New Yorkers Proud After First A-Bomb Alert
New Yorkers claim orderly behavior during the first A bomb alert as residents follow survival patterns. Reports note the city’s public calm contrasts with earlier wartime expectations and cite general compliance amid global air raid anxieties.
Douglas School News Football Says Season Ended Basketball Opens
The Douglas School reports football season closed and basketball season starting with strong practice. Players urged to keep scholastic averages and good conduct. Christmas carols from primary and elementary cheer a holiday mood while new school addition nears completion. Community support requested to improve programs for democracy.
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Douglas
Inventor of the Spoon Mat Linked to Chocolate Bar Claim
The fragment attributes the chocolate bar origin to W. C. LePetrie of Oak Pan dating June 13 1948. It notes he joined Walter M. Lowney Co Ltd in 1887 at about age 22 and later rose to vice president level.
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Mat W. C. LePetrie
Walter M. Lowney Co. Ltd
Com
Prayer Service Set for Wednesday
A local community announces a midweek prayer service next Wednesday at the church. Residents are invited to attend, with details including time and location likely to be published in forthcoming notices.
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