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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1950
Page
13
A mid mood guide urges early prep for holiday entertaining. Plan outfits and accessories in advance, decide on hair, makeup, and grooming, and finish styling early to avoid last minute stress. Authors advise a calm, collected look to match the season’s spirit.
Simple tips by John Robert Powers on daily grooming and organization to save time. Advertises a booklet showing six face type specific hair dos modeled by Powers models, with guidance to determine personal type and adapt a style. Request for 10 cents and SASE to National Newspaper Service, Michigan City Indiana.
Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non aggression pact in Moscow on August 23, 1939. Ribbentrop represented Germany and Molotov the Soviet Union.
Town wide activity notes report two teams tied for first in the national C and John Anderson Men's Doubles League. A new electrical appliance store opens in the former Grim’s grocery building run by Roy B. Pyle with a repair shop rear. Route 12 land rights advance but weather delays progress. Christmas displays brighten Main Street as a pageant and Manger Service are planned at the Episcopal Church Sunday at 3. Birth of Bonnie Gay to Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Garver at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Various local visits and travels involve the Willingham, Garver, Brown, and Zombro families. Burglaries at Clarke County Service Station exceed $50 in silver. multiple thefts noted with culprits unfound.
Washington reports a uniform air raid warning system by the Federal Civil Defense Administration. A red alert triggers three minutes of siren or horn blasts, while all clear is three steady one minute blasts with two minutes of silence between. Also notes a 184-pound pumpkin grown in Saline County with eight pumpkins totaling about 1,200 pounds.
Poultry market operator Edward Archino dropped 1200 in a green bag into a trash can. The can and contents were dumped at a city dump before Public Works workers in Ecorse recovered the cash after a two hour bulldozer and pitchfork search and returned it to Archino.
Hopewell spent the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Clark. The brief social outing was noted as a cordial family gathering.
Birmingham police search for poisoners of Lis the seeing eye dog after a blind Marine veteran laments at home. John McDowell 25 vows to pause law studies at the Alabama School for the Blind until a new guide dog is obtained.
The Ohio Women's Christian Temperance Union reports a truckload of $3,000 worth of assorted fruit juices collected for servicemen overseas who reportedly dislike beer. President Ester M. Madsen asks the Armed Forces to cover shipping costs, with the WCTU prepared to pay if needed.
Copy reader Bob Cross of New Jersey offered a 100 dollar reward for the dog’s killer after editing the Birmingham News story. McDowell added another 100 dollars. Lis fell ill Sunday and died Monday night. A veterinarian said she was poisoned. McDowell said she was allowed to roam only in his neighborhood among his friends.
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