Winchester Day Nursery Monthly Board Meeting Report
The Winchester Day Nursery board met at Mrs. J. D. Shockey’s home on Tennyson Ave. New directors joined standing committees including Admissions and Grounds. Treasurer’s report showed average monthly expenses. Shenandoah Motor Co. donated a rocking horse. The Christmas party featured a Nativity pantomime and carols by children.
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Winchester Day Nursery
J. D. Shockey
Tennyson Ave
Garland Quarles
James Snider
Food && Commodities
Dan Leatherman
Fred Rit
Police Court Drunk at 510 North Loudoun Street
Luther Kern of 510 North Loudoun Street faced the police court on a drunken conduct charge. He paid a $10.25 fine as sentence.
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Luther Kern
Loudoun St
Political Dynasty Set in Motion By Huey Long
Washington notes that Huey P. Long's political dynasty remains formidable 28 years after his 1935 assassination. Earl Long, Russell Long, and George Long hold steady posts. Russell a U.S. senator, George a congressman, Earl governor, all shaping Louisiana politics with echoes of Huey’s power and his struggle with Roosevelt.
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Huey Long
Washington
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Huey
Earl
Russell
U. S
George
Baton Rouge
Richard Leche
Leche
Penitentiary
Senate
Congress
White House
Russell Long
Roosevelt
George Long
Margaret Dixon
The
Final Prayer Week Closes Despite Weather
The Winchester Ministerial Association wrapped up its Week of Prayer at Grace Lutheran Church with fair attendance the week. Thursday’s service was cancelled but Sunday and Wednesday drew good crowds. Theme was The Pilgrimage of Prayer with nightly offerings for the Ministerial Union. Speakers included J Calving Dugger, G Raymond Womeldorff, S L Flickinger, Millard Lewis, and Robert Witten.
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Winchester Ministerial Association
Grace Lutheran Church
Ministerial Union
J. Calvin Dugger
G. Raymond Womeldorff
S. L. Flickinger
God
Millard Lewis
Robert Whitten
Mr. Whitten
W. Holt Louder
Two Prison Farm Escapees Nabbed in 100 Mile Chase
Dinwiddie Virginia state troopers arrested Alonzo Sprouse age 21 and George Bay age 22 after a 100 mile per hour pursuit when they refused to stop for a traffic check. The suspects, identified as Southhampton Prison Farm escapees, were charged with fugitives from justice and auto larceny and sent to convict camp No. 27.
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Dinwiddie
Southampton Prison Farm
Earl F. Mays
J. M. Hutcherson
Alonzo Sprouse
George Bay
Fire Destroys Five-Store Block in New Jersey Blaze
A half million dollar fire in West New York reduced five stores to charred rubble. Firemen from six communities battled the flames for two hours and confined damage to the block opposite Midtown Manhattan. Five families were evacuated but most returned. three firefighters were injured lightly. The blaze reportedly started in a drug store and spread along a shared ceiling, gutting an A and P supermarket among others.
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New York City
Benefit Dance By Air Squadron 22 Nets For March of Dimes
Air Squadron 22 of the Boy Scouts held a teen age benefit dance at Christ Episcopal Church Parish House benefiting the March of Dimes. Over 100 teens danced to a juke box. Ralph Peterson called the event a success with Don Fowler and Dickie Goode in charge of entertainment and Eugene Line handling refreshments. Mr and Mrs Peterson and Mr and Mrs Jim Blackburn served as chaperones.
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Air Squadron 22
Boy Scouts of America
Christ Episcopal Church Parish House
Ralph Peterson
Don Fowler
Dickie Goode
Eugene Line
Peterson
Jim Blackburn
Tax Rebel Poujade Fined for Slander in Campaign
Paris reports a French court fined tax rebel Pierre Poujade 500 000 francs for slander during the election campaign in which his followers won 52 National Assembly seats. The judge ruled campaign accusations against former Assembly Speaker Pierre Schneiter were defamatory. Schneiter received symbolic damages of one franc and Poujade must cover court printing costs in five newspapers chosen by Schneiter.
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Paris
Pierre Poujade
Frances
National Assembly
Poujade
Assembly
Pierre Schneiter
Schneiter
Housing Hearing Set After Harrison Testimony
Congressman Burr P. Harrison testified about home financing difficulties and prompted a public hearing by the House Committee on Veterans Affairs in Virginia. The panel plans field hearings next month to investigate veterans’ loan obstacles and discount practices nationwide.
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Washington
Burr P. Harrison
Virginia
House Committee On Veterans Affairs
Olin E. Teague
Dtex
Harrison
Edith Nourse Rogers
R-Mass
Ed Edmondson
D-Okla
Edmondson
Teague
Shenandoah Valley
Veterans Administration
Virginia Baptists Report 17 661 New Members in 1955
The statewide Baptist conference on evangelism reported that Virginia Baptist churches admitted 17 661 new members in 1955, a record total reflecting church growth across the state.
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NEW Baptists
Roanoke
Baptist Conference On Evangelism
Virginia
Five Missing After 180-Foot Bridge Section Collapses
Hope faded for five men missing after a 180 foot center section of a new bridge collapsed into the Brazos River seven miles south of Hempstead Texas. Four others were injured two seriously when a 150 ton mass of steel failed as a concrete pier corner gave way. Three men escaped uninjured. Haskel Lowe of the Austin Bridge Co. said there was no hope of finding the five alive.
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Hempsted
Tex
Hope
Brazos River
Here
Haske! Lowe
Austin Bridge Co
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Edward G. Robinson Czar
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