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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1946
Page
2
Stephens City Independent Hose Company members vote to erect a house addition at the fire hall after Tuesday night meeting. The action signals an expansion project for the local fire department.
A committee led by Richard Clem and P E Lineburg will secure materials and supervise a storage building behind the hall to house a company car. At a Wise county zoning meeting in Winchester the fire district backs a plan to divide the county into zones and pledges to handle southern fires with Middletown. Representatives H R Mills Dan Brumback David Petvie Richard Clem and G W Lemley will attend. The group sends 25 to the Sarah Zane Company for a new truck and forms a committee to explore obtaining a government fire truck as auxiliary equipment. The new siren will be connected to the telephone company and ready in a few days.
Answers to the Daily Quiz list responses to ten questions.Pacific depths 34 400 feet and a note on Guy Fawkes abortive plot are included along with names such as Senator Pulbright Emanuel and places Nebraska Arizona and South Dakota.
Chief Hollis outlines rules banning dangerous crackers near moving cars and pedestrians. Firecrackers cannot be fired after 6 p m except near midnight on New Year’s Eve. Firearm noise disallowed within city units and all hospital zones remain off limits.
Health unit reports homemaking efforts and rural youth as 1947 project. Youth committee notes $460 prize money distributed. Poultry committee cites Winchester Rockingham Poultry Cooperative plant starting early next year with $75,000 collected. Fire planning includes a Gainesboro Gore mass meeting for a local fire company. Conservation progress details cover contouring 300 acres and 35 farm ponds total. Livestock group highlights three sales totaling $63,966.92 and a feeder calf sale top results. Baby beeves win at Atlantic Rural Exhibition in Richmond.
The Salvation Army Advisory Board will meet at the Salvation Army Hall on Friday December 13 at 12 30 p m A luncheon will be served and all members are expected to be present.
Mrs Gertie Anderson Whitacre wife of Douglas Whitacre of Gore died last evening after years of ill health. Born July in Frederick County she leaves eight children including Madeline Oates Capon Bridge Hershel Oates Winchester Charles Whitacre Boyce Ethel Pugh Gore Willetta Whitacre Paw Paw Ralph Whitacre Lynchburg and Hugh Whitacre now in the Vanilla Islands Pacific. Surviving siblings include Turner Anderson Gore Walter Anderson Winchester Nora Larrick Kernstown Bonnie Largent Hayfield and two half brothers D L Anderson Alabama and R P Anderson Whitacre plus 14 grandchildren. Funeral arrangements await word from Hugh B. Whitacre. Body at Giffin Funeral Home Capon Bridge.
William Thomas Drummond of Conkville died yesterday at 3 45 p m at the home of his daughter Mrs Lee Baker in Stephens City after years of declining health He is survived by his children Mrs Lee Baker Mrs Stella Clike Mr Jackson Miss Daisy Drummond Naylor Drummond Down ey and Raymond Drummond a brother Newton Drummond and a sister Mrs Mollie Spitler Funeral services will be Friday at 10 30 a m from Dellingey Funeral Home Mt Jackson conducted by Rev B D Castor Burial will be in St Matthews Cemetery New Market
Elizabeth I. Willingham 34 died last evening at 8 at her home in Charles Town after a seven month illness. She was daughter of Mrs. Laura Simons Willingham and the late William E. Willingham. Survived by her mother a brother John Willingham and two sisters Helen Zombro and Alice Jackson. Funeral Friday at 2 o'clock from John H. Enders Funeral Home Berryville. Interment Green Hill Cemetery Berryville.
Rescue efforts from nearby rooftops continued as police cordoned streets after a building collapse. Among the missing were Edith Dirica, 31, and her three children Charles 12 Margaret 5 and Mary six months. The disaster followed a fire at 12 10 a m with a nearby resident reporting an earthquake like tremor and the terrible screams of children. Firefighters recovered several victims from the rubble.
New York Dec 12 Moderate selling trimmed prices after early stability. Morning advances near a point were reduced to losses by the fourth hour with fractions down. Profit taking and year end tax selling weighed on the index while hopes for a December rally persisted. Investors remained cautious amid labor department developments in major industries. dividend declarations offered the only positive note with Woolworth Allied Chemical Santa Fe and Cerro De Pasco resisting the trend.
Chicago grain prices opened firm on December 12 with gains supported by the government's wheat export program. Wheat futures rose with Jan at 2.13 1 4 1 3, Mar 2.04 and May 1.94 1 4, July 1.79 3 4. Corn for Jan 1.33 4 1 34, Mar 1.32 1 2, May 1.31 1 4 1 8, July 1.30 1 4. Oats Dec 83 83 1 4, Mar 75, May 69 3 4 70, July 65
In Frederick County Virginia the court assigns guardian ad litem and refers the Robert C. Garrett Sr estate to Master Commissioner Raymond E. Perrine to report on real and personal property heirs lien priorities and tax assessments. A publication notice is required for two weeks in Winchester. December 27, 1946 at 2 PM set for execution at 137 North Main Street Winchester Virginia.
Baltimore market notes dull produce demand light with varied apple prices and steady eggs. Livestock quotes show higher cattle and hogs with steady receipts and mixed calf and sheep values.
Police records show $155 in parking meter fines collected since Monday. Three warrants issued for no shows, 14 tickets unpaid warranting action, and violators face at least $2.50 plus costs if convicted. Officer Wisecarver collected coins from meters this morning.
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