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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1949
Page
4
In Coromandel New Zealand a half wild cat birthed five kittens in a fowl run and a black hen adopted the brood. The hen guards and warms the kittens day and night and only briefly leaves to allow the mother cat to feed the litter. The cat appears pleased with the hen as a devoted nurse.
Sunday dinner guests included the Stickleys hosting Bennington Brumback Brumback family from Washington and Strasburg. Nearby gatherings saw the EUB church group give a pounding to their pastor and family. Illness updates list Mrs Dorman Lucy Burnette and Arbell Comer.
The Irish River Shannon is identified as the largest river in the British Isles according to the text. It notes Shannon’s prominence among rivers in the region.
I Fred Stine county agent reports the Frederick Clarke Breeding Assn and Culpeper Breeding Assn inseminated over 100 dairy cows in 1948. About 400 cows owned by 60 people are enrolled, with semen from Culpeper station and local veterinarians performing the inseminations. Conception averages around 50 percent. Five purebred bulls and 15 purebred cows were added to Frederick county farms that year.
London reports rising criticism of Foreign Secretary Bevin over Middle East policy as Israel shoots down five RAF planes near the Palestine border. Britain dispatches troops to Aqaba and warships to Malta while awaiting UN mediator Bunche talks at Rhodes.
Hedgesville West Virginia January 12 Mrs Bell DeHaven has returned home after two weeks in the city hospital of Martinsburg with pneumonia. Mr Allen DeHaven has spent three days with his sister Mrs Mabel Kerman of Martinsburg. Mr and Mrs Clifford Sherman of Martinsburg spent Saturday with Mr and Mrs Holis DeHaven. Mr Walter Saville spent Saturday evening with the DeHavens. The funeral of Davis Rooney of Tomahawk was largely attended. Mrs Jennie Shade is ill with a bad cold.
Police court cases heard by Judge John Rice include Ernest J. Hottle of Winchester with a $9.75 fine for drunkenness. James C. Wheeling of Pulaski fined $14.25 for drunken and disorderly conduct. Clayton Mason of Cross Junction fined $10.25 for drunkenness and vagrancy with 60 days suspended.
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