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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1950
Page
2
A meeting at Aig tbla will discuss flood control hydro power and pollution abatement per Col George T Derby district engineer. Separate Virginia items note Tuck appeals governor letter on strike date Feb 11 and a Fairfax murder trial final arguments. In Danville indictments and salary increases for teachers announced.
The board of agriculture outlines meeting dates for dairy live stock and Corn Club committees. Planned events include an all day livestock school on February 23 and a February 8 Corn Club gathering. Resolutions urge a lab at Front Royal remount station, promote high analysis fertilizer, support calf vaccination costs, and seek pay as you go government funding. Brumback proposes studying Byrd’s plan to shift county school functions. Lunar eclipses are noted for 1950 on April 2 and September 26.
A sequence of sale notices lists auction dates and locations for real estate livestock and farm equipment in Clarke and Frederick counties. Items include Real estate on Front Royal Road Berryville farms near Winchester Middle Road Farm equipment Purebred Hampshire s and various livestock and machinery consignments.
William F. Baylor Jr. named field executive for Shenandoah Area Council of Boy Scouts, to serve Berkeley Jefferson Morgan counties in West Virginia from Martinsburg. He is a Richmond native with Navy service and a political science degree from the University of Richmond. John S. Moore shifts to Two-Rivers area. Basil F. Starkey retains overall supervision and district responsibilities.
Winchester Historical Association directors discussed a possible historical division for the Apple Blossom Festival parade. President Benjamin Belchie led the meeting in the Chamber of Commerce office with C. Vernon Eddy T. G. Scully Walker McC Bond Lewis Barton and Stewart Bell Jr present. Plans were set for the annual meeting on January 26 and preservation reports on shrines records and Winchester’s old stories were heard.
Evangelist Magdalene Craft age 21 from Wilson North Carolina conducts revival meetings at Pentecostal Church of God on South Brad dock Street extension starting at 7 45 each evening. She plays several instruments and sings. The Rev J S Shade is pastor.
Answers list correct quiz responses with ten items covering topics from fruits to the Civil War. Items include categories, points, and entities like Lewis Stone and a Pacific Ocean crossing.
A 1941 hospital project in Virginia plans a 5 story rear addition plus a 2 story Cork Street annex, all fireproof with colonial exterior. The expanded facility could reach 500 beds and 275 adult beds upon completion, funded by Hill Burton Priest Act adjustments and a public campaign plus a $500,000 gift from Frank N. Hack.
Mr. Rosenberger and Mr. White led the tributes praising hospital personnel for faithfulness during trying times. The hospital executive committee includes Harry F. Byrd Jr. and other officials such as Dr. B. B. Dutton, Fred L. Glaize Jr., Clifford D Grim, and Admiral Morton C. Mumma.
The Senate armed services committee reversed itself and will question Secretary of the Navy Matthews about the defense policy row before acting on Admiral Forrest P. Sherman for chief of naval operations. The move followed a prior 5 to 5 split and heated exchanges between Tydings and Knowland.
Lawmakers including Hunt and supporters Sear Ators Bridges Gurung Saltonstall Morse form a voting bloc. The text notes shifting party alignments and signals a push for Knowane, while a statistical line mentions Java's population growth from 9,000,000 to about 50,000 in the past century.
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