Firemen Reelect Boyd Director for Parade Apple Blossom Week
Representatives from Winchester and Frederick County fire companies met at the George Washington hotel to elect officers for the 1949 Apple Blossom Festival Firemen’s Park parade. John A. Boyd was reelected parade director with a slate including Harry Rainsberger and Bernard Grove as assistants and Harry A. Nelson as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reelect Boyd
Winchester
Frederick County
George Washington Hotel
Sarah Zane
Reuss
South End
Friendship
Clearbrook
Stephens City
Middletown
John A. Boyd
Harry ‘Rainsberger
Bernard Grove
Harry A. Nelson
Fireworks
Howard Hart
John Hawse
Winton Pope
Loryn Crabill
Sara Zane
Robert Legge
William Armel
Lawrence Lichliter
Marion Anderson
Harry Rainsberger
Eston Tevalt
Douglas O’connel
Clear
City Recreation Dept. Trains 57 Kids in Arts at Church
Sponsored by the city recreation department three Saturday art classes run at First Baptist Church. Miss Marnye Reinhart of Harpers Ferry, a junior fellow from the Richmond Museum of Fine Arts, directs. Enrolled are 57 children in three age groups 10 11 and 1 p m. Lessons cover tempera colored chalk crayons and collage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Marnye Reinhart
Harpers Ferry
Mountain View Birthplaces of Bishop Meade and Family
William Meade later the third Bishop of Virginia married Mary Nelson in 1810 at age twenty and seventeen. He built Mountain View on his Lucky Hit tract near White Post where he spent most of his life and raised three sons. The home featured lime kiln bricks and imported trees, now owned by the Larricks. Special sale advertises gabardine coats at Modern Age Shoppe.
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William Meade
Virginia
Mary Nelson
Philip
Sarah Burwell Nelson
Long Branch
Mountain View
White Post
Col
Richard Kidder Meade
Lancaster
Bishop Meade
Ilip Nelson Meade
L. T. Larrick
S. Loudoun
Senators Ready For Health Bill
Senator Pepper said he and two colleagues seek Truman’s go ahead on a broad public health program linking national health insurance with related proposals. The plan would add hospital construction aid medical research nursing recruitment dental care and expanded Public Health Service with payroll tax financing. The group has discussed the idea with Oscar Ewing and faces opposition from Congress and the American Medical Association.
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Washington
Pepper
Truman
Florida
Muray
D-Mont
Humphrey
Dminn
Oscar R. Ewing
U. S. Public Health Service
Congress
American Medical Assn
Bottled Note Traveled From Whitby to Denmark
Twelve year old Richard Day tossed a bottle into the North Sea from Whitby in October. It carried a note that reached Finn Nielsen a 16 year old in Hjorring Denmark who found the bottle near his home.
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Whitby
Yorkshire
England
Richard Day
Finn Nielson
Hjorring
Denmark
Snake Dinner Fatal in Australian Poultry Incident
A man in Gympie Queensland reports a pullet died after swallowing a small brown snake its head protruded from the crop and the snake forced its way through the skin. The snake was lead.
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Sydney
Australia
Gympie
Queensland
Winchester Chamber Plans 1949 Projects In Brief
The Winchester chamber outlines 1949 goals including a City-County Health Unit revival, reestablishment of the City and County Historical Society, and a Customer Appreciation Week. Plans cover highway improvements on Route 50 and 522, convention site interest, Christmas lighting and Santa parade, and membership drives for 100 new members.
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Winchester -Frederick County
City and County Historical Society
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Battaile
R. 50
R. 522
T. G. Scully
Joseph Schroth
Winchester
E. E. Harbaugh
C. P. Marks
P. G. Ireland
Curtis Fray
Retaiil
W.nelson Page
Benjamin Belchie
Winchester , Fredericggx County
Bond
Walker McC. Bond
Gene Sakers
Lakers
Schroth
Scully
Seal Sale Reaches $4733 With Returns Still Arriving
Returns are still coming in for the 1948 Christmas seal sale, and Winchester residents are reminded to acknowledge any overlooked letters. C. F. Schenck, chairman, announced receipts total $4733 and stressed that despite a Dec 25 closing, the Winchester Tuberculosis Assn remains a year round effort and new funds are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
C. F. Schenck
Winchester Tuberculosis Assn
Collection Stresses Many Old Headaches
Laurel Delaware January 13 A R Perry amasses odd items in a wide hobby list including an old trundle bed a powder horn a C 54 model airplane a survey wheel a bell linked to Paul Revere and a cache of 80000 bottles 50000 of which held headache powder.
Sermon Warns Social Respectability Masks Evil
Rev. Paul Hardin Jr at Week of Prayer sermon "Satan in Masquerade" urges testing life by Christian standards. He cites 2 Corinthians 11 14 and warns liquor ads masking evil. He says Satan hides in respectable settings and urges vigilance and fruits testing. Tonight Rev E A Plunkett presides with Mrs Hoye Riley at organ.
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Paul Hardin Jr
Market St. Methodist Church
Satan
Hardin
Paul
America
E. A. Plunkett
Hoye Riley
Braddock St. Methodist Church
L. F. Havermale
Ministerial Association
Draft Physical Examinations Halted in Virginia
Col. Asher Wa Harman, state selective service director, ordered indefinite halt to physical examinations of Virginia men. No induction calls will be made in February and March. local boards to stop sending men for physicals after today. Harman stated 256 Virginians will be inducted January 25 and 26, most from examinations last month. If April calls occur, exams would resume in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ae Peon
Asher Wa Harman
Selective Service
Virginia
Pia
Harman
Visic Clean-up Progress at Shenandoah Spurred by Izaak Walton Dinner
Clarke County Izaak Walton League elects William E. Clevenger president at annual dinner and notes progress in American Viscose cleanup of Shenandoah River. Virginia Water Control Board reports animal life returning below Avisco plant and March deadline appears achievable. Morton Co Jr read the report. officers and directors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
Izaak Walton League
William E. Clevenger
American Viscose Corp
Shenandoah River
Avisco
Water Control Board of Virginia
U. S. Wildlife Office
Washington
Mississippi
Morton Co _Jr
Ralph Dorsey
George Greenhalgh
Clevenger
Oscar Ramsburg
Melton Bean
First National Bank of Berryville Elects Officers
At the Berryville bank directors meeting J Edward Thomas became chairman Ralph M Ware was elected president A M Kerfoot vice president Lewis F Stolle cashier and Norman C Scott assistant cashier At the stockholders meeting directors were re elected including Thomas Kerfoot A B Hummer A C Buckley William D Burtn er Leonard H Bell Hugh N Ritter Richard B Smith Jr and Ware Ware reported a gain in undivided profits and growth in deposits and assets a 10 percent dividend was paid on 25000 capital stock Employees include Miss Leona Grouse note teller and bookkeepers Mrs Dorothy C Schenk and Mrs Collgen Jenkins
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
Berryville
J. Edward Thoma
Ralph M. Ware
A. M. Kerfoot
Lewis F. Stollecashier
Norman C. Scott
Thomas Kerfoot
A. B. Hummer
A. C. Buckley
William D. Burtner
Leonard H. Bell
Hugh N. Ritter
Richard B. Smith, Jr
Ware
Leona Grouse
Dorothy C. Schenk
Collgen Jenkins
VEW Post Gains In Membership Plans Election
Winchester post of Veterans of Foreign Wars reports membership nearing quota with 235 paid members for the year and a deficit of 135 to reach 1949 goal. Commander Holmes Patton names a nominating committee for March election. Building committee reports no site found for a post home and new kitchen installed on Rouss Ave costing about $500. Members close with a shrimp ham and oyster feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Post of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Richard Eddy
Eddy
Holmes Patton
Roy Earle
Harry Anderson
Elwood Willey
Boyd Grayson
Ansen Marple
James Himelright
Earle
Rouss Ave
Chiang Regime Near Collapse Faces Financial Ruin
Nanking reports China’s national government edges toward bankruptcy with funds scarce, ministries exhausted, and power shifting to provincial leaders as Chiang Kai-shek's grip weakens. Loss at Suchow and fading central control threaten defense of Nanking and the Yangtze line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold K. Milks
Nanking
China
George C. Marshall
Hsien
Chiang Kai-shek
Suchow
Tu Li-Ming
Yangtze River
Darby Supports Scott for GOP Chair as Omaha meeting nears
Kansas committeeman Harry Darby said he expects Hugh D. Scott Jr. to stay as Republican National chairman. Darby floated a possible bid but won't oppose Scott at the January 25 26 meeting in Omaha, urging a free handed chairmanship not favoring Dewey allies.
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Washington
Harry Darby
Kansas
Hugh D. Scott Jr
Darby
Scott
Omaha
Dewey
Clarence B Kelland
Arizona
Philadelphia
Bank of Clarke County Reelects All Officials
Stockholders reelected directors E. G. Coiner as chairman J. G. Burch J. M. H Claggett J. C. Glasscock Dr. C. Had en H. C. McGehee E. Blackburn Moore Roy E. Potts W. R Phereapine and A. Garland Will munds. Officers reelected Coiner chairman and vice president Potts president and cashier McGehee vice president J E Keller assistant cashier and assistant trust officer A Garland Williams trust officer. Charles T. Hardesty and Lelia Van Deventer.
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Bank of
Clarke County
E. G. Coiner
J. G. Burch
J. M. H Claggett
J. C. Glasscock
Dr. C. Haden
H. C. McGehee
E. Blackburn Moore
Roy E. Potts
W. R Phereapine
A. Garland
Coiner
Potts
McGehee
J. E. Keller
A. Garland Williams
Munds
Charles T. Hardesty
Lelia van Deventer
Taft Advocates One Package Labor Reform Plan
Senator Taft predicts a single package approach to Taft Hartley repeal and Wagner Act restoration, opposing two step actions urged by AFL CIO. He says major sections of Taft Hartley will survive and cautions that Senate rules allow amendments on any repeal bill. The discussion centers on Truman's push to overhaul labor law before new contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Congress
AFL
CIO
Ohioan
Senate Labor Committee
Truman
Organized Labor
Senate
Husband Admits Helping Dispose Of Headless Body
In Bland Virginia two brothers Sam Newberry and Ralph Newberry waived preliminary hearings on murder charges in the beheading of Katherine S. Newberry. Sheriff Price said Ralph signed a statement admitting he helped dispose of the body while the husband denied involvement. The pair move to the March circuit court grand jury.
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Bland
Trial Justice Court
James P. Kegley
Sam
Newberry
Ralph Newberry
Circuit Court
W. M. Price
Katherine S. Newberry
Price
Hoover Report Urges Powers For President
Hoover urges Congress to grant the president broad authority to overhaul the government. He says current disorder costs the nation heavily and that stronger reshuffling powers are needed beyond measures in 1939. The commission’s letters to Congress warn against limits while calling for decisive reorganization.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Truman
Roosevelt
Hoover
Senate
House
United States
Egypt and Israel to hold first face to face armistice talks
United Nations mediator Ralph Bunche summoned Egyptian and Israeli representatives to a direct meeting to urge swift armistice negotiations. He stressed the session is not a peace conference or settlement of political issues but a peaceful step toward ending the Palestine war, hoping it set a positive example for other Arabs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodes
United Nations Palestine Mediator
Aes
Ralph J. Bunche
Palestine
Egypt
Israel
Bunche
Byrd Warns Budget Talks Include More Than Taxes
Senator Byrd cautioned that the budget includes far more than a $4 billion tax rise. He highlighted $1.7 billion payroll taxes for social security, $260 million for socialized medicine, and $150 million for higher postage, noting total new taxes exceed $6 billion and urging retrenchment and economy before any tax increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Byrd
Virginia
Witness Scores Those Who Label Him Appeaser
Dean Acheson defends his fitness for secretary of state before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He says claims of appeasement rely on misreadings and rejects subversive influences around him. Edward Stettinius and others praise his candidacy as President Truman considers the nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dean Acheson
Russia
Acheson
Vandenberg
George Marshall
Ormer
Edward R. Stettinius
Truman
FDR
Stettinius
Roosevelt
Connally
Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Three Marines Arrested in Guam Rape and Murder Case
In Guam the U S governor named Pvt Calvin Dennis 26 of Frederick Md Pvt Herman Dennis 20 of Indianapolis and Staff Sgt Robert W Burns 32 of Spokane as suspects in a Dec. kidnapping rape and murder. Ruth Farnsworth 27 of San Francisco died after being assaulted in a jade shop and left unconscious in a jungle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Ruth Farnsworth
Calvin Dennis
Frederick
Herman Dennis
Indianapolis
Robert W. Burns
Spokane
Calvin
Herman
Farnsworth
San Francisco
Crenshaw Named to Senate Nomination for Virginia
President Truman sent Stuart L. Crenshaw to the Senate for confirmation as lector of internal revenue for Virginia. The notice appears in a January 13 dispatch. Also listed are local classified ads selling a 1948 Buick Roadmaster and poultry delivery services at nearby addresses and phone numbers.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Stuart L. Crenshaw
Internal Revenue
Virginia
BUICK
Col. Braddock
Boscawen
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City Recreation Dept
North Sea
Commerce Body
Sly Devil
Pastor
Walton
W. B. Clagett
T. B. Byrd
B. B. McKay
Graham Dougherty
Charles Bowerman
Ed Lane
W. B. Watkins Jr
Richard Funk
Greenhalgh
First National
VEW Post
Chiang
Spencer Moosa Peiping
By Jack Bell
Alger Hiss
Senate Foreign Committee
Sen
Crenshaw
Thurs. & Pritt
B & 8 Poultry CO
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