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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1946
Page
3
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The Bulldogs outgained on rushing 211 to 174 but Martinsburg passed better, completing 6 of 8 for 143 yards while Mand Ley connected 2 of 11 for 49 yards and threw four interceptions. Garber booted a 65 yard punt that rolled into the end zone in the third quarter.
The Winchester People's Cleaners defeated the Frederick American Legion champions 1796 to 1785 at the Frederick Health Center Alleys. Winchester led by 25 in game one and widened to 53 before Frederick closed to 632 in the final game. Troy Rhea led Winchester with 380 pins, narrowly besting Frederick’s Junior Beach by one. Bill Moore added a 376 set for Winchester.
Residents report visitors over the weekend including Ernest Shooks and Mrs Arthur White with Ralph Frye to G L Rosier home. Betty Lou Bradfield and parents over the weekend. Earl William and Mabel Hamilton visitors. John Good and Mary Hodgson and Winifred Ashwood guests of Arthur White. Mrs Edward Clowser building brick house to move soon. Colleen Rosier visiting Clyde Keckley. Barbara Dolphin confined home ill.
Virginia Tech received a Sun Bowl invitation with a tentative plan to play Southern Methodist University if the team votes to accept. Head coach Jimmy Kitts noted the decision rests with the players after Thanksgiving week. SMU also received the bid to face Tech.
The Post Office Department reports 176 postage stamp issues were released between April 1933 and April 1945 under Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency.
Covington High School defeated Tazewell 19 to 6 to claim the western Virginia half-state title as Handley shares the regional crown by default. About 4,000 fans watched Covington’s scoring through three first half touchdowns, with one late score featuring a Brackens end run and a Swartz pass lateral. Regular linemen depart after the season as coach Boodie Albert predicts a solid 1947 squad despite fourteen seniors graduating or becoming ineligible.
The Richmond News Leader observes its Golden Anniversary as a historical review traces the paper’s lineage from the 1896 reorganization of the Evening Leader in Manchester to its 1944 merger and Bryan family leadership, detailing transfers to Williams Sons, the Times Dispatch merge, and later ownership shifts.
A. J. Prince returned from Blue Ridge Sanatorium after about three months, still bedridden but improving. The piece lists many visitors from Stephenson and nearby towns, trips to Hagerstown and Martinsburg, and notes a Baltimore funeral of Gus Blakeley with family ties to Stephenson.
A Charlottesville man hospitalized with a bone infection at a convalescent home is now able to be up and about. Friends report his condition is improving and hope for a speedy recovery. Mrs Emma Harris was visiting friends in the village on Wednesday.
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