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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1952
Page
2
Hayfield resident Luther Larrick, a route mail carrier, builds and installs colorful bird boxes in his Mountain Falls Road garden. After last year’s wrens and bluebirds nested, he plans higher boxes for martins and lower ones for wrens and blues, inviting any birds to move in.
December 19 sales at Kurte Furniture Cameron and Boscawen Streets with remaining furniture and office equipment auctioned by E. T Snider. December 19 auctions near Winchester on Red Bud Road including cattle horses hogs truck farming implements and feed by W. D. Orndorff. December 20 at White Post Railway Station Lot furniture and household goods by W. D. Orndorff. January 10 estate sale in front of Frederick Court House three Back Creek District parcels of real estate by Byron C Brumback.
Taft of Ohio announced his candidacy for floor leader as Republicans take control of the Senate on January 3. In Richmond Maurice Dozier predicted Republicans will fill Virginia posts including two U S marshals and two district attorneys. In Frankfort soldiers in Germany are preparing gifts for Santa Claus to give German children a happier Christmas after the war.
A $15,000 damage suit against two Pittsylvania County officers alleging negligence in a prisoner's death was expected to reach a Circuit Court jury in Chatham Virginia today.
Virginia State Highway Department reports nearly seven percent more traffic on the rural primary highway system last month than in the same month of 1951.
The Refuge Church Christmas program on December 24 at 7 30 p m features 35 children and 15 perfect attendance awardees. Refuge Sunday School enrollment is 199 with 84 in morning service, a recent high. Raymond Conner plays trumpet with his mother on piano. includes choir, children, group songs, a pantomime, recitations, prayers, and various performances led by Rev. Walter A. Bowman.
Santa Claus actors in the San Francisco Bay area secure a $25 weekly raise, earning $100 for a five day 27 1/2 hour week this season. Ernie Fast of the AFL American Guild of Variety Artists notes many Santas are old vaudeville performers.
Ralph Owen Hamilton Jr. 14 of West Augusta died when his car overturned on State Route 736 North of Churchville in western Augusta County last night.
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower choose the National Presbyterian Church on Connecticut Avenue in Washington as their place of worship. The Rev Dr Edward L R Elson, who served with Eisenhower in World War II, is the church’s minister. A private family service is planned for Jan 20, with Elson to confer in New York on details. Presidents who worshipped there include Jackson Pierce Polk Cleveland Buchanan Grant and Benjamin Harrison, and the church is noted for its long President’s Pew.
Two women attempted a stickup at a service station in Oklahoma City. When the first thief reached for the money, an attendant slapped the gun from her hand. One suspect remembered the weapon and ran to fetch a revolver from her car. Brown punched her and took the gun, after which the pair begged for its return but fled when police were mentioned.
Dainty Dotty a 42 year old Ringling Brothers fat lady died Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles. In private life she was Mrs Swen Jensen wife of a circus tattoo artist. Her weight had declined from the circus peak in recent years and she made medical history in 1949 with a Caesarean birth of a 9 pound 4 1/2 ounce son. She is survived by her husband and a son Richard Strindberg 21 from another marriage.
E. C. A. was sentenced to prison on February 1, 1931, and began serving at the New Mexico Penitentiary in Santa Fe on July 20, 1931. He was released on May 10, 1932, after a brief confinement related to the Teapot Dome scandal.
Helen Edmonds of Handley High School and Ruby Sheldon of James Wood won first place in the SVMA essay contest marking tours of Winchester and Frederick County plants and banks. Presentations were at school assemblies with tours and speeches by SVMA officials. other Handley and James Wood students won cash prizes and will attend a SVMA dinner January 19 at the George Washington Hotel.
The Opequon Group churches schedule Christmas services with Sunday School programs on December 21 at 6 7 and 8 p m and December 28 at 7 30 p m at Opequon Memorial Second Opequon Burnt and Round Hill. A joint midnight service will be on Christmas Eve at 11 p m in Second Opequon led by Rev. Robert Bradford with choir music and carols.
The Timber Ridge Congregational Christian Church near High View West Virginia will present a Christmas Eve program at 7 30 p m on Wednesday December 24 The Sunday school group in charge includes Mrs Leone Anderson Miss Nancy Kump Mrs Helen Triplett and Mrs Madeline Whitacre.
President Eisenhower and his aides examined wage-price controls in response to a miner protest connected to the coal industry. The resignation of Wago Stabilization Board members followed the action, and House members discussed options with the President without reaching a decision as economic consequences loom.
Hollywood reports Marilyn Monroe says she will sue if a plastics maker sells bar trays and glasses using the nude calendar photo. The manufacturer claims consent and plans to market the items for about 15 dollars each in bars and similar venues. The studio vows legal action against unauthorized commercial exploitation of the Monroe photographs.
At Washington a coalition of senators plans to begin the new Senate session on January 3 with a move to scrap Rule 22 and curb filibusters aimed at blocking civil rights measures. Sen. Humphrey leads talks with both parties ahead of a December 30 conference to discuss new rules. The effort seeks quicker debate closure by a simple majority.
Hearings are planned as one of the first major acts of the new Republican House, focused on redrafting the Taft Hartley labor law. The move signals early labor policy attention in Washington as Republicans outline agenda.
For sale on the tenth day of January 1953 at 11:00 P.M. in front of the Frederick County Court House three parcels of real estate in Back Creek District formerly owned by Benjamin C. Hulver deceased and now authorized to be sold by power of attorney from his heirs.
Marion Franklin Peer 79 of Shenandoah County died early this morning at Shenandoah Memorial Hospital Woodstock. Born March 28 1873 in Toms Brook to William and Elizabeth Peer he was a farmer who operated a saw mill and threshing outfit. Surviving children include Boyd Peer Star Tannery Wilbur Early Peer Mrs Richard Dailey Connecticut Mrs Claude Brill Mrs Marshall Conner Washington Roy Peer Woodstock Owen Peer Mt Ranier Md and Charles Peer at home. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
James Wood Colonels travel to Luray for a District 5 matchup after a 61-42 win over Broadway. Coached by James Wood aims to push above .500 with Patterson Swartz Hilderbrand Taylor and Hoover in the opening lineup.
Page 2 provides the quiz answers for the questions. Identified correct responses include John the Baptist not a disciple Hungary Wisconsin magazine rifle a person with one white and one Negro parent War Between the States True Texas and the League of Nations Cinderella.
A scrambled list of clues and partial answers appears to be from a vintage crossword or puzzle page. Entries include terms like Goddess of infatuation and Assam silkworms with scattered numbers and partial phrases.
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