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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1952
Page
5
At midway point five teams hold unblemished records Kansas 13-0 Iowa 12-0 Duquesne 11-0 St Bonaventure 10-0 face tests this week. Iowa meets Indiana while Kentucky 11-0 faces Georgia Tech. North Carolina State 7-0 leads the ACC with West Virginia 6-1 chasing.
New York Yanks franchise sale moves toward completion as Giles Miller and Texas Textile money arrive in the East. NFL to finalize sale with Bert Bell while denying player trading. Bill Collins exits pro venture with Ted Collins. NFL keeps 1951 TV policy, rejects round robin schedule and extra point changes. no roster moves planned.
The well known pipe associated with General Douglas MacArthur is a corncob model named Missoun Meerschaum, commonly seen in portraits and anecdotes about his public appearances.
In the Evening Star Ladies League Bell Clothes Stores and GAA No 1 each won three games to lead the standings after the second half opener. Bell Clothes posted tallies 478 506 460 for a 1464 set with Frances Anderson 112 and Miriam Clevenger 114 leading scorers. GAA No 1 swept GAA No 2 472 473 479 as Corinne Carskaden 319 in the set and Frances Crisman 114 paced the winners. Team totals show Bell Clothes 1464 top, followed by Jasper’s Meat Market 1452 and GAA No. 1 1424.
Golfers on the 1952 PGA winter trail head to Phoenix and Palm Springs after rain and cold in California. Jimmy Demaret at Pebble Beach Bing Crosby event Tommy Bolt wins Los Angeles Open and San Diego Open battles rough weather. Pro am at Thunderbird Golf Club sets stage for next weekend Phoenix Open.
A dish that tickled pioneer palates appears on Alberta hotel menus for a few weeks. Buffalo roasts steaks and stews are served from animals killed in the recent thinning of the herd at Elk Island National Park, Calgary.
An overheated stove started a chimney fire at Miss Lucy Dodson’s home 301 South Cameron. Saturday at 4 45 PM Laurens Jones, owner, reported there was no damage.
Dick Groat of Duke, idle last week, continues to lead the Southern Conference scoring race with 245 points in six league games. Dwane Morrison of South Carolina stays second with 27.0 average and Furman's Frank Selvy is fourth with 213. Several teams posted outside wins as North Carolina State, NC State, fell to Villanova 86 71 outside the conference.
The Lakewood Open Golf Tourney in Long Beach California neared completion with Lloyd Mangrum Cary Middlecoff and Julius Boros tied for the lead after the third round. A separate note recalls Hall of Fame inductions and notable sports honors from past decades.
Luray defeats Winchester 3 1 in a Valley League bowling meet. Luray built early leads with strong frames from Bill Bradley and Troy Rhea, then held on as Winchester rallied in the final games. Howard Johnson Coffee Shop moved ahead late in the third game but Luray still posted a 17 pin advantage in total pinfall.
The Lee Memorial Journalism Foundation at Washington and Lee University created a fund honoring Frank H. Puller chief of the Richmond AP Bureau since 1927. A $500 gift from Douglas Southall Freeman was announced at the Virginia Press Association dinner. Halley’s comet predicted by Edmond Halley appeared on Christmas Day 1758 after his January 1742 death.
A two car crash on North Kent Street yesterday at 5 40 p m caused 100 dollars in damage with no injuries. A 1947 Hudson sedan driven by Charlies Ray Sanderlin of 413 Smithfield Avenue, Winchester, and a 1939 Oldsmobile driven by Julian Elwood Anderson of Stephenson were involved. Officer John H Wert of the Winchester Police Department reported the Hudson started from a parked position on the wrong side and failed to see the Oldsmobile pulling out in front.
L C Ellis and Robert Pidgeon of Southern States Winchester Cooperative will represent Winchester at a two day farm service conference for managers and personnel of Southern States Cooperative Service in the Baltimore area beginning January 31. All sessions occur at the Lord Baltimore Hotel.
A grass fire burned briefly at the south end of Shawnee Avenue yesterday at 1 45 p m. Firemen reported no damage and offered no explanation for how the blaze started.
Don Gehrmann sprinted to two wins over Fred Wilt in weekend indoor and city meet duels. Gehrmann clocked 4:09 and 4:10.2 to edge Wilt by a yard, earning the Thomas J. Fitzgerald Memorial Trophy as outstanding athlete.
Cecil Renner of Southern States Winchester Cooperative will attend a two day farm service conference for managers and personnel of Southern States Cooperative Service Agencies in Richmond starting January 28. The event will be held in the Southern States auditorium.
Workers return to the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation plant in Aliquippa after a 24 hour shutdown that idled 13 000 employees amid a labor dispute.
In eal High Schools will slow play this week with one game until Friday when Hartley James Wood and Clarke County resume action. The Judges ride a six game win streak facing Shepherdstown at home while the Attorneys meet Capon Bridge in a 7 pm prelim. Handley 44 West Virginians 25 earlier this year eyes eighth win. James Wood idle Friday hosting Waynesboro. Clarke County veteran squad may challenge Strasburg in a Friday night home game.
Like new 49 Plymouth 6 door low mileage one owner at Chapman Motor Co. 330 W. Boscawen St. small car ads highlight trade ins and low prices. Public sale ad style implies limited stock from a used car dealer in an era of midcentury advertising.
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