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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1947
Page
3
About 245 pupils at Miller school were sent home for a pre Christmas holiday after the heating plant failed. County Superintendent Leslie D. Kline said workers are installing new equipment and the building is expected to reopen Monday. The county Christmas break runs from December 23 at noon to January 5.
The union prayer meeting of the colored churches of Winchester will be held at 8 30 p m tomorrow at Mt Carmel Baptist church. Rev E H Jackson, chairman, announced this and that the John Mann Methodist Church trustee board will meet at 8 p m Friday at the parsonage.
The Winchester Legion post basketball team will play the Merrick club of Washington at the armory at 3 p m Sunday. It follows a season opener loss two weeks ago to the Washington Cliftons and marks the club’s second strong district foe this season.
Herbert Lee Lewis of 113 W. Boscawen St speeding fined $19.25 Theodore Haines 1215 S Braddock drunk fined $10.75 Mose Lynn Miller Needmore WV drunk and disorderly fined $15.25 Edgell Davis Litten Timberville speeding fined $14.25
Lesson In English by W L Gordon discusses common word errors and mispronunciations. It highlights recurrence versus reoccurence winter dialogue and emphasizes building vocabulary by mastering one word daily. Transcendent is defined as surpassing others in excellence with an example of transcendent beauty in nature.
Harrisonburg board discusses scheduling and travel limits as district winners meet in late November. Covington and Staunton games set for October and November with a championship game between District 5 and 6 winners. Wilson Memorial joins schedule. Augusta County consolidation to compete in District II. March 6 district basketball at VMI gym. district track site chosen for April submitting details in Harrisonburg.
Handley high school set seven 1948 district football dates at a Harrisonburg meeting. The Judes open Sept 24 at Wilson Memorial near Staunton with two new district entrants, War ren County schedule uncertain. The opener may be Sept 18 non league at home. Nov 12 and Martinsburg date still tentative with Martinsburg likely Thanksgiving. Other district games include Oct 1 at Waynesboro and Oct 9 Lexington here.
The Dutch passenger ship Van Huetz raided by Chinese pirates yesterday sailed again today for Swatow with seven armed guards aboard to defend against further attacks. The 4522 ton vessel carried 1600 passengers. pirates looted valuables valued at about $500 000.
John E. Wood Sr., 70, longtime editor and publisher of the Halifax Gazette, died in South Boston on December 16. Wood led the paper for more than four decades, shaping local reporting and community coverage.
A weekly newspaper reports the death of a prominent figure described as a close associate of Governor Tuck in a late night bereavement.
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