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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1947
Page
2
Harrisonburg high school defeated Handley 46 to 28 in a league game as the Jaycees won 20 to 16 on the junior varsity. Handley started strong but Harrisonburg pulled away after halftime with accurate shooting to secure the win.
Reports say the Commodity Credit Corporation plans open market export competition daily. Oats stayed firm and corn held steady as opening prices listed: Wheat Jan 2.14 1 4 1 2, Mar 2.05 1 44 1 2, May 1.94 1 4 1 2, July 1.78 1 4. Corn Jan 1.31 1 4 1 8, Mar 1.28 7 8 1.29, May 1.27 3 4 Ju ly 1.26. Oats Mar 74 7 8 75 1 8, Mar 68 5 8 3 4, July 63 8 8 1 2, Sept 59 3 4 7 8.
In Elizabethan times candle sticks often resembled human figures holding sockets for lights in their extended hands. Grand pre’s line likens the horsemen to steady, upright figures as if they were lit by fixed candle holders.
US DA quotations from Baltimore show cattle, hogs, and sheep activity with week-to-week changes. Receipts rose sharply for fed steers and beef cows, hogs and lambs fluctuated by weight class, with top loads around 26.00 for fed steers and lambs 23.50-25.50 for 80-110 lb lambs.
Four month old Amy Marie Sargent daughter of Eloise Smith and Adrian Sargent of Reliance and formerly Pennsylvania died in Hayfield during the night. Survived by two half brothers and two half sisters at home. Funeral at Jones Funeral Home Winchester Monday at 2 p.m. Further arrangements to follow.
The school funds bill has been amended by the House schools and colleges committee to add 1.5 million dollars to the 5.552 million dollars urged by Governor Tuck. The measure funds teacher salary increases over 18 months.
Funeral services for Abner Holstone a colored Clarke county farmer who died Thursday at his home will be held Sunday at 2 o clock from Zion Baptist Church Boyce with Rev Herbert Johnson officiating. Interment will be at Millwood.
Washington January 11 Bernard M Baruch elder statesman resigns as U S representative on the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission saying he has come to the end of his furrow He plans to sit by and let time pass Col Reynolds dead Warrenton Virginia Col Stephen Clark Reynolds 66 former quartermaster remount station chief at Front Royal veteran of WW I awarded the DSM and Silver Star for service in the Fifth Division
Alto was the highest male voice part reaching falsetto tones near the female range. Contralto is the lowest female voice, not a part name, spanning about two octaves from upward and lower than mezzo-soprano.
A chimney fire in a tenant house on Rose Hill at the Glass estate was put out this morning by Lupton Orchard Service truck with no damage reported. Earlier this week a separate chimney fire on the estate caused about 25 dollars damage and Lupton’s truck responded Monday.
School officials led by Mr. Quarles show Winchester spent 37.51 per pupil from local tax money for 1944-45, below the state average of 54.40 and behind 16 of 24 cities. Capital outlay has been minimal for a decade, with the last major project in 1930, and teacher salaries average 1582, well below statewide 1946 levels.
The page lists correct quiz responses: 1 Secretary of the Navy. 2 February 1915 and 1947. 3 Oliver. 4 New York Giants 31, Washington Redskins 0. 5 James Fenimore Cooper. 6 Seventeen days. 7 Musical instrument. 8 Eighteen. 9 Does. 10 Cattle.
Local firemen battled a large blaze at Charles Will’s farm near Quicksburg on January 11 but could not save 2200 chicks that perished in the fire.
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