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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1950
Page
5
W J Lockhart runs a large farm near Winchester employing 30 portable roost feeders that move weekly. Each feeder holds about 12 tons of feed under a roof, keeping turkeys near food to reduce wandering and losses. He raised about 20 000 turkeys this year and also operates two broiler houses with 50 000 birds.
An explosion on the Big Inch gas pipeline near Sarahsville, five miles north of Caldwell, sent flames 50 to 75 feet high. The early morning blast shook nearby homes, destroyed an unoccupied farmhouse and an old barn, but no injuries were reported. Crews worked to block the line and extinguish the fire while patrols closed area roads.
From October 16 1940 to October 1945 the Justice Department investigated about 350000 cases of alleged violations of the Selective Service Act. These led to 13000 convictions and 15727 cases pending on September 30. Sentences exceeded 34000 years and fines totaled 1089181 dollars.
Publicity Officer Douglas Butler of VFW Post 2123 Winchester says the VA now guarantees loans for homes with unfinished exterior work, allowing veterans to occupy homes before completion. Lenders may charge a flat 1 percent of loan or minimum $50 instead of itemized origination costs on straight first mortgage GI loans at 4 percent.
In Hayfield on January 20 Mr. William H. Clowser is improving after illness. The column lists numerous visitors and guests at homes in the area, including families and friends from Clarke and Arlington counties, plus remarks on a toe injury and a Q A about mantel origins.
Middletown notes report Betty Bourne returning to Bluefield West Virginia after visiting relatives, and Harry McCauley a radar man aboard USS Goodrich sailing from Europe. Residents Virgil Batman, Silas Henry, Daisy Pope and others are noted as visiting, ill, or recovering, with church groups meeting tonight at Sperry and Rhodes homes. The column adds a historical question about early White House staffing with Benjamin Harrison hiring Miss Alice B Sanger in 1890.
Members of Braddock St Methodist Church Junior and Primary Departments plan to share Junior Church in the Church School building for six weeks. The opening session at 11 a.m. Sunday will be led by Mrs. Bennie L. Watkins with department leaders. Missions in Japan will be studied.
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