Local Breeding Group Sets January 25 Meeting
The Frederick Clarke Breeding Association will hold its annual meeting Wednesday night January 25 at 7 30 p m in the county courthouse Winchester. I Fred Stine secretary announces a brief business session and a dairy breeding program with two addresses and a film. Three directors will be elected and reports on 1955 work and 1956 plans will be given.
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Frederick Clarke Breeding Association, Inc
County Court House
Winchester
I. Fred Stine
Association
W. L. Baldwin
Qairyman
Daughters of Bulls
W. H. Armstrong
Rocky Mt
Franklin County
Freedom of Speech in Danger Says Presbyterian Leader
Dr James McDowell Richards moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the U S warned that freedom of speech is in danger in the United States He said segregation in the South heightens fear among church and press members who voice convictions. Richards head of Columbia Theological Seminary spoke at a Richmond mass meeting, calling the trend menacing and tied to disillusionment and fear in modern society.
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Richmond
James McDowell Richards
Presbyterian Church
U. S
South
Richards
United States
Columbia Theological Seminary
Decatur
Local Stocks and Quotations Across Winchester Market
White, Weld & Company reports diverse quotations from Winchester firms including American Furniture, Bank of Clarke County, Commonwealth National Gas, Dan River Mill, Farmers & Merchants National, Potomac Edison, Virginia Woolen, and more. Notable prices include Bank of Clarke County at 10.18, Potomac Edison 3.60 for common and 99 15 for preferred, and Virginia Storage at 1 06%.
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American Furniture
Bank of Clarke County
Commercial and Savings
Commonwealth Nat'l Gas
Dan River Mill
Farmers & Merchants Nat'l Sers Egg
George Washington
Edébc
Esha
Green Chemical
Life Insurance Company of
Cs Ws Ie
N & W Industries Commor
N & W Industries
National Fruit
Weissee
Potomac Edison
Vietor
Virginia Woolen
Winchester Storage
Virginia
Speeding Arrests Up 25 000 in Va
In Virginia last year state police arrested 60 017 people for speeding, up from 35 053 in 1954, a 71 percent rise credited to radar. Of the 60 017 speed arrests, 59 296 were guilty, 544 dismissed, 69 not pressed, 18 to other agencies, and 90 pending. Overall arrests totaled 141 225, up 29 970 from 1954. Other categories include drunk driving 3 172, reckless driving 17 708, hit and run property 509, injury 62, fatal 7, revocation 1 492, without license 11 761, inspection 3 345, school bus passing 237.
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C. M. Lindsey
Lindsay
Best High School Photos on Display At Handley School
Fifty prize photographs from the Ninth Annual National High School Photographic Awards are shown at Handley School Art Gallery through January 31. The exhibit features top prize winners James Deane East High School Rochester New York John Ream Notre Dame High School Portsmuth Ohio Carie Ann Hall Muskegon Senior High School Muskegon Michigan Larry Leach Bakersfield High School Bakers field California and Rosalie May Hamilton High School Los Angeles California.
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Handley School Art Gallery
James Deane
East High School
Rochester
N. Y
John Ream
Notre Dame High School
Portsmuth
Ohio
Carie Ann Hall
Muskegon Senior High School
Muskegon
Michigan
Larry Leach
Bakersfield High School
Bakersfield
California
Rosalie May
Hamilton High School
Los Angeles
Burns Fatal to 3 Year Old Girl in Virginia Home
Three year old Hazel Jean Adams of Powhatan County died in Medical College of Virginia Hospital after she struck a match and clothing caught fire at her Ballsville home. She was admitted Wednesday night.
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Richmond
Powhatan County
Hazel Jean Adams
Medical College of Virginia
Ballsville
Lester and
Hazel Bates Adams
Killer dies in electric chair after crime in 1954
Scar faced Henry Lee Boone, 32, died in South Carolina's electric chair for the murder of Agnes Webb, a Cherokee County mother of seven. Her husband Grover C. Webb and son Johnny Webb watched the execution, stating Boone was guilty and deserved it.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Henry Lee Boone
Agnes Webb
Cherokee County
Grover C. Webb
Johnny Webb
Boone
Boys Use Pearls In Bean Shooters
In Lakewood California two 13 year old boys fired bean shooter pellets made from recovered pearls. Jeweler Charles Vel White reported $1,000 of pearls stolen from his home. Deputies found pearls worth $150 and planned to turn the youths over to their parents as the search for remaining gems continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakewood
Calif
Charles Vel White
Sheriff's
Easy as duck soup explained in weather terms
The phrase easy as duck soup means little effort and arises from ducks swimming in mud paddies after rain. It describes tasks that seem as simple as waiting for rain to produce duck watering sites.
Dream Dress Pattern 4684 for Misses Sizes 12 20
Advertising copy for Simplicity style pattern 4684 seeking buyers for a Misses size range 12 through 20. Notes yardage 5 58 yards of 39 inch fabric for size 16 and instructions included. Send 35 cents plus 5 cents per pattern for list mailing to Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept. 243 West 17th St New York NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
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