Market St. Women's Society Fetes Mrs Sloat on 102nd Birthday
Mrs Elizabeth Sloat celebrates her 102nd birthday with an open house at Maplewood Nursing Home. Co hosts include Mrs John DeHaven and Mrs A C Halvosa of the Market Street church Christian Service group. The event runs 2 to 4 p m with friends invited. Her son Ernest C Sloat may not attend due to illness. wife Rose Sloat is in Winchester.
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Elizabeth
John DeHaven
A. C. Halvosa
Women’s Society For Christian Service
Market St. Church
Halvosa
Rose Sloat
Winchester
Lou Grimm
Front Royal Rd
Peterson Classic Bowling Tourney Opens in Chicago
Chicago January 14 The Louis P Petersen classic bowls its $44 800 prize pool with 1 792 entrants from 25 states over 18 days. First prize is 5 000 in a field also featuring the $26 000 De Vito meet with 3 000 for the champion. Former Petersen winners like Ned Day Ad Carlson Frank Kartheiser Buddy Bomar Clair Edinger Emil Wansa Billy Williams Thurman Gibson Russ Gersonde Hank Marino Frank Benkovic and Tony Sparando return. Detroit’s Williams won 1949, Sopko led 195? last De Vito. Top challengers include Junie McMahon Andy Varipapa Connie Schwoegler Joe Wilman and Billy Sixty.
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Chicago
Louis P. Petersen
Petersen
Dom
de Vito
Ned Day
West Allis
Wis
Ad Carlson
Frank Kartheiser
Buddy Bomar
Clair Edinger
Emil Wansa
Billy Williams
Thurman Gibson
Detroit
Russ Gersonde
Hank Marino
Milwaukee
Frank Benkovic
Kansas City
Tony Sparando
Woodard
Gasoline price cut by Standard Oil of Ohio
Standard Oil of Ohio announced a half cent reduction in retail gasoline prices. The new price for standard X-70 is 24 cents per gallon and for Ohio Supreme is 26 cents. A separate Q and A mention the common flea Pulex irritans and its jumping height.
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Cleveland
Pi— Standard Oil of
Ohio
Ohio Supreme
In Memory of Bertie L. Farmer
In loving memory of Bertie L. Farmer wife and mother who died nine years ago today January 14 1941. The family recalls a silent grave and a love that lingers in their hearts with tender memories and constant thoughts of her. Charles Pred Farmer and Children.
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Bertie L. Farmer
Charles Pred. Farmer
Gehrmann Faces Eight Top Milers In Washington Test
Don Gehrmann of Wisconsin meets eight premier milers in the Washington Evening Star games opener. Among rivals: Alf Holmberg of Sweden and Yale's George Wade. Other notable entrants include Browning Ross Villanova John Towmey Illinois A C and Herb McKenley Olympic star. The program also features 600 and 1000 yard races and a two mile.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Don Gehrmann
Gehrmann
Willy Stykhuis
Sweden
Alf Holmberg
Holmberg
Big George Wade
Yale
Browning Ross
Villanova
John Towmey
Illinois
A. C
Pre Andresen
Norway
Alfred University
Joshua Tobey
Brown
Bob Palmer
Maryland
Penn State
Billy Mitchell
Georgetown
Bill Fleming
Notre Dame
Pro coaches tease fans with basketball critique in round of jab
New York Jan 14 Pro football coaches visiting college peers joke about the game with more passing and less running as Johnny Michelosen predicts changes next season. Ed Danowski may not sign Fordham in 1950 while Bob Woodruff starts Florida duties and Bobby Brown pursues Tulane degree. Lee Sala earns 5000 after three knockouts in 12 days.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Johnny Michelosen
Johnny
Ed Danowski
Fordham
Bobby Brown
Yankees
Tulane
New Orleans
Bobby
Don Gehrmann
Wisconsin
Tennessee
Alf Holmberg
Washington
Bob Woodruff
Florida
Bob
Holy Year May Inaugurate Century of Change at Holy Sepulchre
Franciscan plan backed by the Vatican envisions interdenominational access to the Holy Sepulchre for all Christ followers. The reform would assign separate chapels to Catholic Greek Orthodox Russian Orthodox Armenian Syrians and Copts with the tomb jointly held. The initiative aims to ease long standing disputes over rights and titles and requires extensive interchurch negotiations over a century.
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Eric Gottgetreu
Jerusalem
Christendom
Vatican
Golgotha
Associated Press
Christ
Holy Land
U.N
Holy Sepulchre
Monsignor
Testa
Palestine Mandatory
U. N. Special Committee
Sunday church schedule and church listings
A long listing of local church services and activities including Apostolic, Braddock Street Methodist, Centenary Reformed, Christ Episcopal, Congregational Christian, Grace Lutheran, Church of the Nazarene, Cork Street Christian, Highland Avenue Presbyterian, Elm Street Pull Gospel, and other congregations. It details pastors, Sunday school times, worship and sermon times, choir rehearsals, youth groups, and midweek activities. Community churches coordinate in a Week of Prayer with Grace Lutheran.
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Braddock St. Methodist Church
Wm. Archer Wright
John J Hawse
Miflin B. Clowe Jr
Crusaders
Church Board of Education
Charles Wesley
Congregational Christian
Robert A Whitten
Ralph Pugh
Grace Lutheran
Winchester Presbyterian
Ronald
Wilson
Stewart Bell Jr
Women of the Church
McFaden
Ivy Room
Workers’ Conference
Marriage Institute
Bible School and Worship Times Across Garland Areas
Listings document Sunday services and weekly programs for multiple churches including Garland Whitlock Methodist Montague Arg. Methodist Mt Carmel Baptist Sacred Heart Catholic St Paul AME Winchester Presbyterian and others. Activities span Sunday schools worship sermons choir practice Bible classes youth groups and revival services with varied times and pastors.
Senator to Introduce Gas Regulation Bill in Virginia
State Senator Harry C. Stuart of Russell county plans to push a bill to enact recommen dations from a study commission on oil and natural gas regulation. The measure would create a Virginia Commission on natural gas and oil resources within the Department of Conservation and Development and authorize an oil and gas inspector. It would adopt regulatory patterns similar to West Virginia.
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Richmond
Harry C. Stuart
Russell County
Stuart
Senate
General Assembly
Department of Conservation and Development
Commission On Natural Gas and Oil Resources
Commission
Virginia
West Virginia
Ton Units Across Systems
A ton varies by system, equaling 2,000 pounds in the U S context, 2,240 pounds in the long ton, and 2,204.6 pounds in metric terms. This note outlines the three common ton definitions used in trade and measurement.
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U. S
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Shenandoahh Valley National Bank
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Stippur
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