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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1947
Page
6
J Rex Bowen, baseball scout for the Brooklyn Dodgers, was reported in Winchester recently investigating leads on promising talent. He spoke with Abner Johnson who offered to furnish Bowen with addresses of youths in the city for potential scouting.
The Court of Trial Justice W. Erle Edwards disposed cases including Nelson R. Clevenger of Stephens City for speeding with a $30 and costs penalty, Delmar C. Chapman of Rt. 3 Winchester for speeding at $15 and costs, Marvin T. Massie of 21 Purcell Avenue for drunken driving at $100 and costs, Madge Elaine Coffman of Edinburg for reckless driving and no operator’s license at $15 and costs, and Mitchell Lloyd Good of Gore, Va.
Improper registration and no operator's license result in $10 and costs. Lewis A. Estep of Luray cited for reckless driving with $20 and costs. James Edward Robertson of Martinsburg Pike cited for failure to stop at a stop sign with $5 and costs.
The record lists two estates appraised recently. Mary E. Cather is valued at 22374.46 with appraisers John C. Blackburn, E. G. Rusk and Leonard B. Sirbaugh. R. W. Anderson is valued at 12671.36 with appraisers J. H. Yost, S. D. McFadden and Claude M. Grim.
Kenneth Crisman, 25, of 811 S Braddock street, arraigned on assault and battery brought by Colleen Crisman. He received a 30 day suspended sentence and was found guilty of assaulting an officer resisting street and dis orderly conduct. Judge John Rice set fines at 50 dollars plus costs. Other dispositions included Paul Parnett Orndorff of Winchester for reckless driving with 10 dollar costs and Holmes Edward Henry of Rt 3 Martinsburg for contributing to the moral delinquency of a minor, five days in jail plus costs.
Funeral services for Edgar David Shull, six weeks old, son of Dick and Catherine Sowers Shull of Winchester, held yesterday at 2:30 pm at Omps Funeral Home. Rev Clyde Tinnsman officiated. Burial followed in Green Hill Cemetery at Berryville.
A rifle match will be held at the armory this evening at seven o'clock with public participation invited and welcomed.
The text notes small companies delivering Edison electric lighting to the public. Engineers and businessmen invested effort and capital, taking risks to bring the lamp to households and businesses. The passage mentions an electric hour program airing Sundays at 4 30 P.M. EST on CBE.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour precipitation of .02 inches and January to date of 1.23 inches. Average annual rainfall over 34 years is 36.30 inches with monthly totals listed from 1913 to 1946 including January 2.45 and December 2.40 inches. Data courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
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