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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1946

Page

2

Judges Beat Handley 29 19 for Second Win

The Judges defeated Handley 29 to 19 as Handley played shorthanded with two regulars out. Garber led scoring with 10 points while Winefield added 5 and Larue 2 as Coach Maddox used two full squads. Handley next meets Hagerstown before the holiday break.

Handley Garber Winefield Lewis Larue Lamb Wis Hunter Maddox Hagerstown High School Hagerstown

Mrs Lichliter 93 Dies. Funeral Friday At First Evangelical United Brethren

Annie R Lichliter 93 of Valley Pike near this city died yesterday at 5 10 PM. She was the widow of D H J Lichliter and a lifelong member of the First Evangelical United Brethren Church. Surviving are three daughters three sons a brother eleven grandchildren seven great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. Funeral services will be Friday at 1 30 PM from the church with Rev Franklin G Senger and Rev T J Hawkins officiating. Burial in Mt Hebron Cemetery.

Annie R. Lichliter Valley Pike William Marker Ego Larrick Marker Rock Enon Springs D. H. J. Lichliter Shenandoah County C. M. Hammack Hayfield Mt. Williams Church of the United Brethren In Christ Evangelical United Brethren First United Brethren Church J. W. Cammer Linden Singhess George Inskip Stephens City William C. Lichliter Lloyd C. Lichliter Dudley C. Lichliter David C. Marker la Mesa Cal Loring Clarence First Evangelical United Brethren Church City Franklin G. Senger T. J. Hawkins Kurtz Walter P. Anderson Silas G. Cather Dean Adams Claude Grove Claude Cammer Edwin Marker Mt. Hebron

Modern Etiquette Q&A on Christmas cards and weddings

Roberta Lee answers etiquette questions about including others on Christmas cards. She says write greetings on the card and ask the recipient to extend them to family. The bride controls attendant attire. A host should not pressure a guest who must drive.

Berryville PTA Holds December Meeting Highlights

Berryville Elementary School students presented Christmas songs and a playlet led by Pat Joyce as Santa and Susanne Blythe as Mrs. Santa. Committee reports covered bus addition, lunch room finances, and plans to improve teaching and supplies.

BERR Berryville Parent-Teachers Association Pat Joyce Santa Claus Susanne Blythe Ellen McDonald Norman Scott Miss Massey Ways and Means Henry Davis Gladys Hart D. B. Allen Board of Supervisors

Lesson In English by W. L. Gordon

Daily language note detailing common misuses pronunciations and spellings. Highlights include antedate defined as dating prior to execution for example the deed was antedated.

W. L. Gordon

Peters Indicted for Wife's Suffocation Death near Ohio University

Jewell Peters, 25, a war veteran student at Ohio University, was indicted by a special grand jury in Athens on second degree murder for the suffocation death of his wife Leah Mae Peters in their trailer home near the campus on December 2. He will be arraigned tomorrow.

Peters Athens Jewell Peters Leah Mae Ohio University

Rock slide at Bolger Heller Slate Co. kills worker

A massive rock slide at the Bolger Heller Slate Co. quarry in Wind Gap collapses into a 350 foot shaft killing Francis Chuc ra, 63, of Pen Argyl and critically injuring Harry Sargent, 35, while two other workers escaped. Coroner D F Bachman says heavy frost likely loosened the rocks.

Wind Gap Bolger- Heller Slate Co Francis Chucra Pen Argyl Harry Sargent D. F. Bachman Northampton County

Norristown Wife-Killer Confesses in Public Slaying

In Norristown Pennsylvania Mrs Helen Grant a 34 year old waitress and mother of four was shot to death in a crowded shopping district as onlookers watched Police Chief Robert Reilly said Thomas Grant a 46 year old brewery worker was charged with murder after entering a police station three blocks away and declaring I just shot my wife I am sorry that taxicab driver she was running around with wasnt there I was going to shoot him too.

Norristown Helen Grant Robert Reilly Thomas Grant Reilly

Fredericksburg Names Acting Postmaster After Death

Lem W. Houston is appointed acting postmaster of Fredericksburg to replace Horace F. Crismond who died recently. Representative S. Otis Bland of Newport News announced the change. Houston will serve until the Civil Service Commission holds an open competitive examination.

Fredericksburg Lem W. Houston Horace F. Crismond S. Otis Bland Newport News Hannagan Houston Civil Service Commission

CANDIDATE ENDORSED FOR VIRGINIA HOUSE IN DEC SPECIAL

The County Democratic Executive Committee unanimously endorsed W. R. Broaddus Jr former commonwealths attorney for the House of Delegates in the December 28 special election. Broaddus announced he would seek the office.

Martinsville Democratic Executive Committee W. R. Broaddus House of Delegates Broaddus

Hollywood Papas Sayes Performance Speaks For Itself

Hollywood reacts coolly to Harvard criticism of film families as a synthetic childless population. Prof Carle Zimmerman called Hollywood parents a disinterested group. Fathers like Bing Crosby Eddie Cantor Don Ameche and Ronald Reagan commented on the issue while others stayed silent.

Hollywood Harvard University Carle Zimmerman Harvard Boston Congregational Club Betty Grable Mickey Rooney Birmingham Ala Bing Crosby Eddie Cantor Don Ameche Robert Young Ronald Reagan Qual- Paul Henreid Glenn Ford

Bitter cold grips Western Europe as Siberian wave bites

Bitter cold numbed fingers and toes from Belgium to Italy as a Siberian cold snap swept Europe. A Paris death and hospitalizations were reported while freight barges halted on frozen canals and villagers peeled reconstruction loan posters for fuel. Wild hogs fled toward French villages and the Riviera saw snow and ice.

London Europe Belgium Holland Italy Siberia Paris Pyrenees Riviera

Feud Behind Paris Massacre on St Bartholomew Day

The massacre of the Huguenots in Paris on August 24, 1572 arose from a feud between the House of Guise and Catholics on one side and the House of Condé and the Huguenots on the other.

Paris N. M House of Guise House of Conde

George W Miller Honored at FMS Waynesboro

George W Miller a Fishburne Mill School Waynesboro student was appointed Staff-Sergeant Color Guard in a general order by Col R G Sherman Inf head of the school's ROTC unit. Cadet Miller a third year senior is the son of Mrs George F Miller Montague Avenue.

George W. Miller Fishburne Mill School Waynesboro R. G. Sherman Miller Stu George F. Miller Montague Avenue

Funeral Services For Mrs Eaton Held Here Today

Funeral services were held for Mrs. Lillie Bell Eaton wife of Loy Eaton of Millwood Avenue. The cortege left Omps Funeral Home at 10 30 a m for High View Christian Church where Rev Courtney H Anderson conducted services at 11 30 a m Interment followed in the adjoining cemetery Pallbearers were Henry Seldon Clinton Oates Lester Seldon Lohn LaFollette Raymond LaFollette and Elray Seldon

Lillie Bell Eaton Loy E. Eaton Millwood Avenue Omps Funeral High View Christian Church Courtney H. Anderson Henry Seldon Clinton Oates Lester Seldon Lohn LaFollette Raymond LaFollette Elray Seldon

Bowen gets suspended year in Clarke County assault case

George Bowen is sentenced to 12 months suspended jail by Circuit Court Judge Elliott Marshall after striking Albert McFarland with a beer bottle. The two claims were heard in Clarke County with Bowen placed under two years of probation supervision.

the Star Berryville George Bowen Elliott Marshall Albert McFarland Marshall

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