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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1946
Page
5
A German V-2 rocket rose to a record 111 miles over White Sands New Mexico with a 14 ton missile, achieving 5350 feet per second. Cameras trained on the sky failed to capture clear results as scientists await film evaluation from about 300 devices.
The page lists crossword clues for across and down fill as well as a bowling box score. Frederick defeated Winchester 12 pins in the first game, with Lester Keller and Max Troxell notable, while the Peoples Cleaners posted a 669 total. Box score shows Powell Sparks Catsail Myers Troxell and team totals.
Carlisle wins $25 first prize in a close Odd Pin Tourney with 242 total from games 88 81 and 73. Whitlock takes 238 for second and Keller 231 third. Corinne Carsbaden tops ladies with 179, Lonas marks high game 100. next event set for Saturday with $2 entry and $25 prize.
CLARKE COUNTY News Service lists a 6 room house with 125 ft well cistern and outbuildings on 3 acres, 4 miles from Winchester. Immediate possession offered. Price $5,500. Riley Brothers Dial 7441.
Richmond Va December 17 Col D Griffing state director of Selective Service warned young men reaching their eighteenth birthday that the draft law still is in effect and that they must register with their local selective service board.
Kansas City report notes Owen R. Davidson and G. E. Harvey waiting outside a hospital as they anticipate the arrival of their children. The scene captures a moment of shared suspense among soon-to-be fathers in the city.
Several wills have been admitted to probate in Corporation Court. The Ander son will leaves 200 to a sister and equal shares to Eva Grace Grove Laura May Golightly and Claredia Duckworth. Executors Bond $20 000. Appraisers listed. Grim and Crisman estates appraised at 7 500. Locomotives Juniper and 119 were involved in the Promontory Point meeting marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad.
In a league match, Winchester's Peoples Cleaners swept the final two games to defeat Frederick American Legion and top Blue Ridge League leaders. Jack Larrick led with a 420 series on games of 133 152 and 136, while Kenny Lineburg totaled 383. Two Jacks, Larrick and Sparks.
In the delivery room a couple learns they will have a daughter after a nurse informs Davidson he is the parent of a red haired girl. Ten minutes later Harvey discovers he also has a daughter who is red haired. The couple already has two sons aged 6 and 3 and had hoped for a girl as their third child.
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