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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1949
Page
9
The Almanac for 1949 is ready for mailing. It offers calendar pages and a wealth of reference information including the new Congress members and the new governors. Send 25 cents via the coupon to UNCLE SAMS ALMANAC 1949.
As Truman begins a new term a proposed constitutional amendment to limit presidents to two terms advances through state legislatures. Twenty one states have ratified. fifteen more are needed before it becomes law. Several states are meeting in coming months with varying party control affecting prospects.
Clarke County advances a full scale March of Dimes drive with a $1765 quota. J W Olcott says cards mailed to the county phone list and school campaign lead to strong responses. Berryville principals report earnings from rooms and pupils as local events plan benefits. An all star charity basketball game and a LaHigh fundraiser are set for January in Berryville with proceeds aiding the march. Nearly 100 collection boxes have been placed across the county under Ralph M Ware and William B Clagett.
R. S. Wright was elected chairman of the board of directors at Massanutten Bank of Strasburg. F. C. Stover named president. Other officers include Dr. C. S. Grove Edwin Morow and F. L. Mc Williams.
Harrisonburg easy 39 to 20 win over Waynesboro in District 5 basketball game. Blue Streaks controlled the contest from start to finish and secured a solid district victory.
Funeral services for Mrs Edna L Largent were conducted yesterday at First Brethren church with Rev Paul Dick officiating. Interment followed in Mount Hebron cemetery. Pallbearers included C A Doyle Guy E Coffelt Frank Artrip Holmes Fletcher Frank Kremer and Alva Frye. Numerous floral tributes marked the service. She left six children and seven grandchildren.
East games featured DePaul defeating St Johns 61 58 and Holy Cross beating Manhattan 65 54. West games saw Virginia Tech 81 over Shepherd 48 and Connecticut 66 Hampshire 37. Midwest highlights include Notre Dame 60 over Butler 58 and Cincinnati 46 over Miami Ohio 36.
A Milwaukee barber, Daniel Saloupis, built a 40 by 15 foot concrete anchored ship on a hill near Milwaukee. The ship cannot float and is meant as a home to be finished next spring, costing about 300 dollars so far.
Final 1948 campaign finance reports show Republicans raised 962 201 and spent 926 371 for House and Senate races, while Democrats raised 67 027 and spent 64 824. Democrats won nine Senate seats and 75 House seats, giving a 262 to 171 edge in House seats. Reports exclude candidate funds and outside groups.
Ohio sees partly cloudy skies with a sharp drop in temps to around 15 in the northwest and 20 in the east and south. Kentucky reports fair conditions but much colder tonight with 15 to 20 degrees in the west. Virginia Maryland partial clearing and colder. West Virginia mostly cloudy and colder. Western Pennsylvania shifts from southwest to northwest with gale, snow flurries, and very cold conditions today and tonight.
A kangaroo can usually jump as high as five feet. An especially hunted kangaroo has been known to clear a nine foot fence.
The Democratic House campaign committee reported receipts of 12 202 and expenses of 11 913, highlighting campaign finance activity from the period.
Thirty governors including Republican Earl Warren of California and J. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina accepted invitations to President Truman's inauguration. Dewey said he cannot attend. Ten GOP and four Democratic governors declined. Maine New Hampshire New Jersey Vermont GOP. Kansas Democrat sending secretary of state.
Coffey Gable Coffey appointed manager of the Winchester Greyhound terminal succeeding Skell Link who entered military service. He is a Tennessee native and former Bristol ticket agent and a veteran of the late war.
The Miller school PTA schedules its regular meeting for Thursday of next week replacing tomorrow. A Smithsonian note notes Eskimo children observed chewing tobacco very young, sometimes while nursing.
The Forest Service reports rabbits are starving deer by overbrowsing shrubs and saplings in Appalachian areas. To restore plant life, officials suggest rabbit hunting in overbrowsed zones, noting deer excluded sites allowed plant recovery.
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