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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1952
Page
11
More than 40 girls from James Wood High School will take part in a beauty contest and fashion show at the school at 8 oclock this evening.
Under the Beta and Distributive Education Clubs sponsorship Miss Elsie Hovermale leads the event with Howard Holland as master of ceremonies. Eighteen James Wood girls model about 35 junior and teenage styles from Marianne's Leggetts Es ters Margaret Hodgson Penny's Jay's Montgomery Ward and Wonders with prizes for prettiest girl and best dress.
At the Virginia horticultural Society convention in Roanoke a committee named by President Rea recommended amending the Virginia State Apple Commission Act to levy 22 cents per bushel on apples packed above 200 bushels and 1 cent per 50-pound or 2 cents per 100 pounds on loose apples above 500 bushels. The report cites market promotion benefits and notes Washington growers plan a 6 cent per bushel increase.
Yes cases of furniture related allergies have been reported.
Staunton dining crowd hears Rep Burr Harrison, a Winchester Democrat, claim extremists will persist in spreading doctrines via media and public channels. He warns of a FEPC threat, loss of academic freedom, and control over employment and education under leftist influence.
Mrs Jimmie Winston Pingley 38 was held on murder charges in the fatal shotgun blast that killed her husband Stuart Pingley 33 a bulldozer operator in the abdomen of their Clifton Virginia home. Police said she asked neighbors to call officers after the shooting and that the couple had argued over his whereabouts for three days.
The Calvary Church of the Brethren on Front Royal Road hosts a sacred hymn program Sunday at 7 pm. It includes hymn singing and special music with participants from Mount Jackson Woodstock Wardensville and Reliance. The event is open to the public.
The report lists Charles E. Wilson of Detroit as the forthcoming secretary of defense joined by Gen. Omar N. Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Herbert Brownell of New York as attorney general in President elect Eisenhower's team.
Eisenhower reached Korea at 7 57 p m Tuesday amid a strict security blackout. He did not enter front lines, staying several miles from battle zones with Secret Service oversight. The U N forces face near one million enemy troops as calls for an all out drive grow among some generals and troops.
Allan S. Haywood’s re election as CIO executive vice president follows a brief split in CIO ranks over the contest with Walter Reuther. Reuther vows unity, notes his $11 250 salary, and reveals plans to push broad social changes while preparing for gallstone surgery.
The CIO ballot tally showed 3,079,161 votes for Walter Reuther and 2,613,103 for James L. Haywood, a margin of about 8 percent. Reuther warned against lingering splits while Haywood and supporters feared future dissension within the union during the post election period.
About 600 delegates cast ballots in a CIO meeting with ballots allocated to various unions, reflecting ongoing membership and representation amid the claimed union strength.
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