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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1949
Page
7
Berryville residents welcomed relatives and friends from Arlington Lynchburg Washington Philadelphia and beyond for Christmas weekend. Many visits included Char les Ki t Shenandoah Takoma Park Md Danville Front Royal and Winchester with christenings hospital updates and travel to Georgia Ohio New Orleans and New York areas noted.
Mr and Mrs Roy E Potts Jr entertained a group of young people with Christmas carols Friday night at Byrd Avenue home. After singing they moved indoors for refreshments and socializing in the Potts residence.
Local table of Christmas visits shows many Clarke County residents hosting relatives from Maryland Virginia and Pennsylvania over the holiday weekend. Names include the Clarks Mallorys Ritters Dodges Ponts and many others visiting from Berryville Martinsville Winchester Richmond Greenbelt Bethesda and New Kensington.
Miss Dorothy Clevenger and Miss Helen Clevenger returned to Richmond after Christmas with their father Herbert Clevenger and with them was Miss Dorothy Clevenger of Upperville. Miss Marion Levi of Washington spent Christmas with her mother and sister Mrs. George H. Levi and Garnet at the Crows Nest apartment. Mr. and Mrs. George Kercheval returned from Washington where they visited their son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rives and granddaughter.
Jakarta will become the capital’s new identity Batavia is the historic name meaning strong city. The change follows Indonesia's move to rename Batavia to Jakarta and distinguishes it from Jogjakarta which serves as the sultanate seat and former capital.
Thomas E. Dewey said he would not pursue the Republican presidential nomination in the near term while continuing as Governor of New York. He appointed Charles B. Breiv... to the State Supreme Court, fueling speculation about a private life after December 31, 1950.
Paint does not stop decay but protects wood from weathering and adds decoration. It shields surface moisture and wear, yet deterioration from biological decay remains possible beneath coatings.
The Rev. J. Clyde Mohler of Prentis Park Presbyterian church Portsmouth accepts a call to Berryville Stone's Chapel and Clearbrook Presbyterians. He seeks transfer to Winchester Presbytery and will move early January occupying Berryville manse, succeeding Rev. R. J. McDonald. Mohler holds A B Hampden Sydney and B D Union Theological Seminary degrees and was ordained in 1932.
Elizabeth City county supervisors rejected State Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. proposal to shift school board duties to the county board. The board unanimously opposed the measure and directed Delegate-elect Victor P. Wilson of Hampton to vote against it if it reaches the House floor.
James W. Gardner remains unconscious at Winchester hospital following a December 23 accident. He was critically injured in the crash and has shown no improvement.
The modulus of city blocks differs but the average city street can park about 18 cars per block diagonally from the curb and about bumper to bumper.
The speaker notes his wife buys hats as tonic mood lifters and contrasts his own harmless impulse buys like a new briar pipe. He reflects Buck Howell copes by blowing a neglected clarinet, concluding people respond differently to simple pleasures such as hats, pipes, sodas, or beer.
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