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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1948

Page

3

Sunday Church Services and Programs Across Braddock Street Area

A listed survey of numerous churches on Braddock Street and nearby streets shows services across denominations. Parishes include Braddock Street Methodist with worship at 11 and candlelight 7:15, Centenary Reformed, Christ Episcopal, Nazarene, Congregational Christian, First Assembly of God, First Baptist, Grace Lutheran, Highland Ave Presbyterian, Mount Carmel Baptist, Sacred Heart Catholic, and Winchester Presbyterian among others. Details include Sunday school times, worship and sermon slots, youth and choir activities, and special events like Christmas programs and cantatas.

Braddock St. Methodist Wm. Archer Wright J. J. Hawse Board of Education Montague Ave Edward A. Plunkett Macedonia Round Hill

Men's Bible Class Notices Hooulder-Kern Market St Methodist

Hoover Kern Bible class of Market Street Methodist church will worship at 9 45 tomorrow. Wesleyan Men's Bible class also noted without full details.

Men’s Bible Class Hoover-Kern Market St Market St. Methodist Church

Apple and Peach Orchard Survey Planned for 1948 Virginia

Virginia agriculture officials announce a 1948 survey of apple and peach trees to track numbers by age and variety and to estimate production. The study aims to aid marketing, aid future plantings, and compare with the 1937 data, with mail questionnaires followed by in person follow ups.

State Horticulture Society Henry M. Taylor Cooperative Crop Reporting Service Taylor Washington Arizona New York Illinois Tennessee Maryland West Virginia Virginia VPI Department of Horticulture

Sheepbreeders Set January Meetings in Virginia

Blacksburg dispatch notes Virginia two sheep breeders organizations plan annual meetings in the third week of January. The Valley Northern Virginia Purebred Sheepbreeders Association will meet in Staunton with C. C. Funkhouser of White Post serving as president of the association.

Blacksburg Virginia Valley-Northern Virginia

How often to turn a mat tatress

A solid mattress should be turned every week and an inner spring mattress every two weeks according to authorities. It is advised to clean a mattress monthly with a vacuum or soft brush.

City And County Realty Transfers Snapshot

A sequence of land transfers shows Annie A Massie selling two lots near Step hens City to H C Racey while Isaac Hodgson transfers property in Back Creek near Mt Falls to William Burgess. Other deeds include Twin Springs filling station parcel to Gilbert Whit and various properties around Winchester, Stephens City, and Opequon with multiple owners and improvements.

Annie A. Massie H. C. Racey Stephens City Isaac Sidney Hodgson William Burgess Back Creek Mt. Falls Phillip Loy Gilbert Whitacre Twin Springs Fannie B. Frazier Raymond S. Butler Main St John M. Feltner R. Cc. Carter Winchester Joel C. Jones Fair G. Butler Elmer Strosnider George Fletcher Marlboro German Sts Stephens Ity Charles Beard Mary V. Beard Opequon Cedar Creek Frank M. Hardy Cora B. Hardy Kernstown James A. Cather Ira G. Eaton Stonewall Wayne D. Nixon Laura V. Marple Richard G. Orndorff Hogue Creek Winona Ford Erle L. Ford Warren F. Glascock

Five Tuberculosis Fatalities Listed In Ten Months Here

Tuberculosis claimed five Winchester residents in the first ten months of 1948, per the Virginia State Health Department vital statistics. The statewide death toll reached 879, compared with 1,223 for the previous year’s twelve months.

Winchester Virginia State Department On Health Division of Vital Statistics

Slaying Ties To AWOL Soldiers Questioned in Erie

Two hitchhikers Harold Sweet and Ira Howell admitted robbing and bludgeoning 80 year old landlady Mrs Lucille Harwold at a Toledo rooming house. They were stopped six miles from the Ohio line and blood on their clothes led to confession. Howell said he struck with an iron bar.

Erie Mich Toledo Ohio Anol Lucille Harwold Edward Mongeon Harold Sweet Johnstown Ira Thomas Howell Beckley Mongeon Harwold Sweet Howell Harold

Plasma Administered Driver Hurt in Route 11 Crash

Joseph A. Badusci of Fords New Jersey suffered multiple lacerations and a shoulder injury when his 1947 Chevrolet collided with a southbound 1946 Chevrolet driven by James William Wayne of Rising Sun Maryland on Route 11 near Stephens City. Each car sustained about $400 damage and both were towed to B and M garage. Wayne was to be discharged soon and Badusci received plasma after admission.

Joseph A. Badusci Fords N. J Stephens City Baduski C. A. Seale New Jersey James William Wayne Rising Sun E. B. Mitchell Mitchell Wayne Winchester Transportation Vehicles Inc Brooklyn B & M Garage

Date formats in U S and British style

The common US format is month day year while World War II led the Army and Navy to use day month year The English standard follows day month year per the Author's and Printers' Dictionary

United States Army Navy England

Byrd Criticizes Air Force for Missing Payroll Total

Sen. Byrd, chairman of the Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures, faults the Air Force for not knowing its manpower. The October civilian staff rose to 887,130, with 1,563,000 in uniform, meaning more than one civilian per two servicemen.

Washington Byrd Air Force Joint Committee Executive Branch

Low Pressure Hydrogenation of Coal Investigated

Government scientist Dr. Henry H. Storch heads the Bureau of Mines research on synthetic fuels. He told the Pittsburgh American Chemical Society that combining several developing procedures could cut coal derived liquid fuel costs. Bruceton labs are investigating cheaper processing refinements.

Pittsburgh Henry H. Storch U. S. Bureau of Mines’ Research and Development Office of Synthetic Fuels American Chemical Society Storch The Chemical Society U.S. Bureau of Mines Laboratories Bruceton

New Approach to Synthetic Liquid Fuel via Direct Hydrogen

A study outlines a basic strategy for producing synthetic liquid fuels using direct hydrogen inputs. The concept emphasizes hydrogen coupling with carbon sources to generate fuels, signaling a potential shift in energy chemistry research without detailing implementation milestones.

Fragmentary note on coal processing temperatures and pressure

A fragment describes coal treatment involving higher temperatures and moderate pressures. The text hints at a process change or study but lacks full context or outcomes.

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Centenary Reformed Dr L Flickinger Christ Episcopal James B. Roe Christian Science Cork St Church of the Nazarene A. L. Lepley W. T. Swisher Robert A. Whitten Bible School Cork Christian Disciples William J Hadden Jr Claude M. Grove Elm St I. L. Stonesifer First Assembly of God M. N. Zezzo First Baptist E. T. Clark First Brethren Paul E. Dick C. Frye First Evangelical United Brethren Carl W. Deiser Edwin F Ritter Grace Lutheran William E. Eisenberg Highland Ave. Presbyterian Joseph S. Duckwall Elwood Willey Lee Rinker John Mann Methodist E. H. Jackson Onna Robinson Loudoun St. Church Lewis F. Havermale Carl S. Horner Mt. Carmel Baptist C. M. Somer Garfield Prather Sacred Heart Catholic Julian Bullock South Braddock St Winchester Presbyterian Ronald S. Wilson Russell Joyce c S. S. Council Mary Bittinger WINC G. Adams Seiberling Battery Jnce Cammer Tire CO Handley School U.S Model U. S E. Boscawen St Anderson Eta Aia Po Frederick County William C. Miller Jack Stern S. Stewart St Willis J. Anderson Hattie V. Anderson N. Cameron St Helen Ransom Charles D. Anderson Als Orville L. Bloom Donald F. Smith Shenandoah Ave Farmers & Merchants National Bank C. A. Robinson Tennyson Ave Denier Leggett Winchester’s Sen Shenandoah Valley National Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation American Flyer & Marx B. F. Goodrich Loudoun St Colonial Beauty Colonial Beauty Shoppe B. Piccadilly St Candle Light Club Martinsburg, W. VA ED Curry Martinsburg Chofce Peng Claston Shoes Shoes Royal Burgundy the Shoe Center, Inc
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