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Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1951
Page
8
Gloucester embezzlement trial centers on school fund losses
The Commonwealth accuses Mrs. M Elsie Kemp of diverting 11616.50 from the Gloucester County School textbook fund over 12 years. Evidence includes admitted statements, signatures questioned as Kemp's, and seven cancelled checks totaling 1699.89 from the general fund to publishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Commonwealth
M. Elsie Kemp
Gloucester County
Kemp
D, DN. Forrest
Stanley T. Gray
Duval
Gray
E. B. Brown
Wallace Fletcher
Bowling League Tightens Half in Town Circuits
The first half ends with Phil Grim Night Owls and Brack Strode Yankees tied atop the Men’s League. Aces led by Charles Minghini and Robert McDonald’s Senators trail. Carr Publishing Co. dominates Winchester C League before the second half. Draft-age locals enlist, with Donnie Thompson, Paul Barbour and Phil Grim Jr. joining the Air Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Golightly
Night Owls
Phil Grim
Air Corps
Winchester
Carr Publishing Company
Francis Hudson
Sam
Robert McDonald
John Anders
Billy Glacock
Garland Brown
Donnie Thompson
Paul Barbour
Phil Grim, Jr
Martinsburg
W. Va
Lynn Dofflemyer
Clarke County
L. G. Bowman
Brent
Stephens City
Bowman
Carey Brown
van Deventer
Edith Rodgers
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Eye St. N. W
Washington , D.C
United States
West Point
West Point Iron and Cannon Foundry
ES. U
Harry Lauder
Scotland
Harry MacLennan
Portobello
Edinburgh
MacLennan
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