Christmas Program At Galilee Church Of Christ
The Galilee Church of Christ will present its annual Christmas program on December 22 at 8 oclock, six miles north of Winchester on the Well Town road. The service includes a pageant with readings led by Harry Mason and Betty Hawkins, solos by Charles E. McVay and Louise Leight, a Booster Choir, recitations by Nancy Gardner and Donald Leight, and a Santa Claus offering for Benevolence.
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Galilee Church of Christ
Winchester
Welltown Road
Harry Mason
Louise Leight
Carol Gent
Israel
Pageant
The
Booster Choir
Betty Hawkins
Marlyn Gardner
Charles E. McVay
Jesus
Mary Fisher
Booster Girls
Nancy Gardner
Donald Leight
Richard Fishel
Louise
Chicago Grain Quotations Open Lower on Broad Selloff
Chicago grain quotations show futures down from yesterday's close with weak undertone across most deliveries. Nearby corn and oats rise fractionally while wheat and other contracts fall, with notable figures for Mar and May positions across corn oats wheat.
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Chicago
Campbell Elected VP of Valley Officials in Lexington
Carl L. Campbell, Winchester post office employee and World War II veteran, elected vice president of the Valley Officials Association of Lexington, Virginia. New officers include E. J. Deavers as president and Capt. Robert Littrell as secretary-treasurer.
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Carl L. Campbell
Winchester Post Office
The
Valley Official’s Association
Lexington
E. J. Deavers
Robert Littrell
VMI
Campbell
Ray Garrabrandt
H. D. Robinson, Jr
Winchester
Carlton Emmart
Berryville Man Ordered Fined and Jailed in Unlawful Sale
Ralph Jones of Berryville was indicted on two counts for unlawfully selling alcohol on October 6. Clarke County Circuit Court sentenced him to 30 days in jail and a $50 fine plus costs on the second count. The court also overturned Trial Justice convictions for transporting liquor in excess of one gallon and for which he had earlier been fined and jailed.
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Berryville
Ralph Jones
Berryvile
Clarke County
Jones
Trial Justice Court
Circuit Court
New Furnace Being Installed at County Court House
Workmen began assembling a new furnace for the county court house and expect operation by week’s end. The building has lacked a central heating plant for some time after the broken furnace was replaced per a contract awarded to Mervil Adams by the Board of Supervisors.
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County Court House
Mervil Adams
Board of Supervisors
Union chiefs discuss wage adjustments and industry responsibility
At a three union chiefs meeting, Murray stated the talk focused on mature consideration of the economy and the industry's ability to pay amid contract demands. The leaders urged upward wage adjustments to secure prosperous times ahead.
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Murray
Marriage License Filed by Clifton Lovejoy and Doris Happy
In Asotin Washington a marriage license application was filed by Clifton Lovejoy and Doris Mae Happy. Four youths captured near Baltimore after a high speed car chase involving a stolen vehicle and goods. In Springfield Illinois the first all woman circuit court jury was sworn for an automobile damage suit but failed to reach a verdict after arguing through the night. In Richmond Virginia Mrs. Claude E. Eley of Suffolk has been nominated for state president of the Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs by the nominating committee.
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Asotin
Wash
Clifford Lovejoy
Doris Mae Happy
Baltimore
Rome. N
York Road
Here
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Baltimore County
Rome
Springfield
Iil
Sangamon County
Richmond
Claude E. Eley
Suffolk
Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs
Edwin C. Bryce
Controversy Over War Pipelines Reaches White House
The question before Attorney General Tom Clark concerns permanent use of 24 and 20 inch gas conduits built for war. Analysts warn about possible oil industry monopoly if natural gas transport is authorized. House Surplus Property Committee favored moving gas from Texas to New York and Philadelphia.
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Washington
Tom Clark
House
Surplus Property Committee
Texas
New York
Philadelphia
Munger Predicts Varied Offenses For 1947 Penn Foe
Pennsylvania coach George Munger, reflecting on a 8 game season with losses to Army and Princeton, says 1947 offenses will diversify. He foresees shifts from T to single wing and rapid plays to outpace defenses, noting Navy set the 1946 style.
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Piladelphia
Pennsyvania
George Munger
Munger
Army
Princeton
Navy
Rector Franks Leaves Berryville for Jackson Episcopal Church
Rev. Vincent C. Franks D D rector of St. Pauls Berryville announces he will leave Richmond to become rector of St Andrews Church in Jackson Mississippi. He calls the Jackson post a missionary call not a promotion noting St Pauls is larger than Mississippi Episcopalians and he will depart at month end.
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Vincent C. Franks
D. D
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Berryville
St. Andrew's Church
Jackson
Miss
Franks
Richmond
St. Paul's Church
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Episcopal Church
St. Paul's
Mississippi
Watch Congress Green Tells His Union Chiefs
The AFL urged its 7,000,000 members to oppose new Congress labor measures feared to curb union rights. AFL President William Green warned of efforts to limit legitimate labor activities and asked locals to contact Congress on anti labor votes. He cited potential illegal union shop rules and civil liability for strikes, referencing a feared Case bill. President Truman vetoed the Case strike control bill.
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Washington
AFL
Congress
William Green
Green
Truman
Edison Favorite Songs Reveal Personal Musical Tastes
Among Thomas A. Edison's favored tunes were The Sweetest Story Ever Told Kath leen Mavourneen When I'm Gone You'll Soon Forget I'll Take You Home Again Kath ee and Would That We Two Were Maying The list shows a mix of sentimental ballads popular in his era reflecting his leisure listening.
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Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Kathleen Mavourneen
Katheen
GOP Chairman Proposes Ten School Reforms in Virginia
I. R. Dovel, Virginia GOP chairman, asks Governor Tuck to consider a state school overhaul in the extra legislative session. Proposals include elected state schools officials, local board abolition, mandatory teacher pay cited at 100 a year, multi year contracts, more high school consolidations, free textbooks, vocational courses, and an interest free student loan fund for the needy.
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Luray
I. R. Dovel
Tuck
Board of Education
Dovel
Congress
Virginia
Two Officers Shot in Murfreesboro Barricade Siege
A Black man opened fire, wounding two police and two others before authorities closed in. He had barricaded himself in a house, triggering a siege that lasted for hours before he was removed.
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Murfreesboro
Tenn
Tuck Seeks Labor Bills to Outlaw Strikes and Right to Work
Governor Tuck proposed two labor reform bills to the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council. One would outlaw strikes in public utilities and the other guarantee a right to work regardless of union membership, signaling a push for broader anti union measures in Virginia.
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Richmond
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
Tuck
Auction Notice Near Martinsburg at Myer’s Bridge
On December 19 at 10 30 a m auction for livestock and dairy equipment will be held 8 miles northeast of Martinsburg West Virginia at the Myer s Bridge with WW Grove listed in the official notice.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Myer
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Exacto
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Eastman
Graflex
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Victor
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