McKown Elected Grace Episcopal Church Trustee
Gilbert McKown was elected trustee of Grace Episcopal Church in Berryville at the annual Congregational meeting held Sunday afternoon. He fills the vacancy from Joseph E. Moore’s retirement. Vestrymen and officers were named, plans discussed to enlarge the Parish House and Church, with drawings and cost estimates shown by Albert E. Lowe and Albert FE. Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert McKown
Grace Episcopal Church
Berryville
McKown
Joseph E. Moore
Charlottesville
A. P. Osbourne
Ralph N. Dorsey
Benjamin Crampton
Edward McC. Williams
Henry G. Lane
Chaiman
HB. Harris
Ralph N Dorsey
Teasurer
Church Endowment Fund
Charles Bowerman
Parish Aid
Emily McCormick
J. D. Griffine
Evening Guild
George B Ashe
Altar Guild
Albert Lane
James M. Thompson
Gilbert C McKown
L. B Wilson
H. B Harris
Albert FE. Long
Ralph Snapp
Edward McC Williams
Ralph W. Dorsey
George B. Ashe
H C. McGehee
Reginald Morrison
Glenn Sanderlin
J. W. Olcott
J. P Williams
Joseph F. Moore
Mule Survives 40-Foot Plunge After Long Rescue
A mule named Boyd fell 40 feet into a well and landed in five feet of water. Rescuers spent two and a half hours using a tow truck to lift him. Though thought dead, Boyd regained movement and walked a mile to his stall with owner G. B. Bell asserting the animal was “the best mule I got.”
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N.C
Boyd
G. B. Bell
Gee
Bailey Defends West Virginia Groundhogs Forecasters
Rep. Bailey of West Virginia argues that his state's groundhogs are superior to Pennsylvania's as weather forecasters. He told a reporter today that West Virginia groundhogs are in a higher class.
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Washington
Bailey
WVA
West Virginia
Pennslvania
Trial Justice Court Docket Highlights Local Cases
Trial Justice W Erle Edwards recently heard cases including Walter Pardoe fined 2425 for speeding. Lionel Mason fined 26 for public drunkenness and resisting arrest. Ellie Miller 12.35 for assault and battery on James Sampson. Thomas Headley 17.35 for abusive language. John Nixon 9.25 for operator's license. Paul Brathwaite 16.25 for underlicensed operation. Walter Foley 14.25 for public drunkenness. Sam Board 104.25 and 30 days suspended for drunken driving. Gladis La Follette 76.50 for reckless driving. Wilbur Keeler 35.50 for unauthorized operation and public drunkenness. Jack Rigglemen 34.25 for reckless driving. L O Lichliter 17.75 for bad check with 39 days suspended.
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Erle Edwards
Walter B. Pardoe
South
Cameron St
Lionel
Mason
Winchester
Ellie Miller
Middletown
James Sampson
Thomas Headley
John Nixon
Amherst
Paul W Brathwaite
Cross Junction
Walter McCafbey Foley
Front Royal
Sam Henry Board
Gladis
la Follette
Wilbur Keeler
Jack E. Rigglemen
Rt. 2
L. O. Lichliter
Police Court Jess Dunham Faces Waverly Fine
Jess Dunham appears in police court on a drunk and disorderly charge in Waverly. He was fined $31 with an additional $14.25 assessed, reflecting court costs and penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Dunham
Berryville Socials and Town Notes Highlight Weekend Activity
berryville readers note visits from local families and guests across Clarke County including Mr and Mrs Rozier Emmons and others in Washington Richmond and Alexandria. several residents move homes attend church events travel for family visits and a Berryville Baptist Church plans a fall kindergarten with limited enrollment and a small fee.
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Rozier Emmons
J. C. Towson
Bill Boyce
H. R. House of
Washingon
Louise Huyette
Mae Hall of
Alexandria
Ann Kidd
Harrisonburg
Richard Beardsworth
and Daugter
W. E. Shafer
Richmond
Thomas Dix
Mary Frances Dix
Cooley House
Church St
James Longerbeam
Ben
Gilbert Longerbeam
Harrisbore
Linden Bush
Charles Town
W. Va
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Bush
Hilda Collie
Clarke County
Garland Potts
Wilmington
Dela Wer
Roy E. Potts
Sr. Academy St
Agnes Thompson
Washington
Ernest Woodworth
L. H. Windsor
Rebekah Lodge
David Donovan
New York
David
Billy Miller
Fairfax
William F. Zarbock
R. B. Beavers
Beverly Whiting
George Pope
Henry Reynolds
Famly
David H. Allen
James Thomson
Balcutha
H. B. Whiting
Sidney Moulsdale
Emily McCormick
Gloria Buckner
Baltimore
Robert Buckner
Berryville
Administration Seeks Extension of International Wheat Pact
The Truman Administration urges extending the international wheat agreement set to expire next year. The pact stabilizes world supplies and prices via export import quotas and price bands and involves forty two importing and four exporting countries with the U S as the top exporter.
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Washington
Truman Administration
Europe
U.S
Market Quotations Near Record Highs With Mixed Advances
The New York market traded near its peak with limited moves. Ashland Oil rose after a 100 percent stock dividend, IBM fell on anti trust news but rebounded, and a broad list of leaders and laggards including American Smelting Western Union Gulf Oil Studebaker General Motors and United Air Lines showed varied activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ashland Oi
Robert Gair
International Business Machines
Miesday
American Smelling
McIntyre-Porcupine
Western Union
St. Regis Paper
Gulf Oil
U.S. Rubber
Douglas Aircraft
Boeing Airplane
Studebaker
Standard Oil
N. J
United Air Lines
General Motors
American Can Don Chemical
American Cvyanamid Homestead
Union Pacific
American Woolen
Farmers Livestock Exchange Market steady on all stock classes
The Farmers Livestock Exchange Market reports a steady tone across cattle calves hogs and sheep. Prices listed include steers 28-30 medium to good and dairy cows up to 262, bulls 28-29, and hogs 16-19 per hundredweight with varied weights and categories in Baltimore and Chicago markets.
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Baltimore
USDA
Live Poultry Prices in Winchester Area
Prices paid for No 1 fow in the Winchester area include Heavy Breed Hens at 4 1/2 cents per lb, Leghorn hens and roosters at various rates, Red broilers around 19 cents, Leghorn broilers about 0.0 19 cents, Heavy cocks about 10.8 cents, Beltsville White Birds and Toms listed, young guineas at 25 cents per lb, ducks at 25 cents per lb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Bubkis
U.S
U. S
Beltsville
Winchester
Crower
White Brothers
Belteville
Local Markets Corrected Daily in The Star
Daily corrected local markets list in The Star shows prices for flour corn meal oats and feeds. Details include bag sizes 6 to 25 pounds and per bushel wheat rates with corn prices per bushel and various feed mixes.
Grains Open Slightly Mixed On Light Chicago Trade
Grain prices opened on the Chicago board with light activity across pits. Wheat and corn futures showed modest moves, while oats and rye posted small changes amid broad market uncertainty. A stray reference mentions Mt. Humphreys in Arizona near Flagstaff in uncertain context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
JV RT
Sovbeyans
Jig
Lord
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Trial Justice Court
Plecadilly
Berryville Socials
Elsie C.olcott
Edith Kendall
G. P. Cadwallader
Boyce
Maynard Tinsman
Bluemont
Cadwallader
Esten Clark
J. E. Rosas
Pahokee
Fla
Ross
Moore & Dorsey
Elsie Kyle Foley
USN Nursing Corps
Bethesda
Clinton Foley
Edith Foley
Lieut Polley
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
James Wood
Jack Martin
Gene Dunn
Ernest Gosnells
Walnut St
Jack Russell
Audrey Jones
Daniel Fletcher
Falls Church
Ralph Harpe
Loring C. Kackley
James McC. Carr
Atlanta
Carr
Town and Country Church
the Presbyterian Church
Berryville Presbyterian Church
J. C. Diggs, Jr
Barbara
Tommy
Sacramento
Calif
F.C. Jones
John O'Bryan
Bullis School
Silver Spring
G O'Bryan
Nora Moore
F. T. von Pippin
Nassau
Bahamas
Floyd McWilliams
Hyattsville, Md
Carl Hughes
Fred Baker
Milton Valley
Baker
Tip Top
Berlin
Church Street
Commonwealth Club
Rice W. Levi
Thomas Simmons
Henry Osler
C. H. Iden
James Lindsey
New Market
James Iden
Ralph N. Ware
Marion Ware
Buncutter Tire CO
St. Braddock St
Farmers Livestock Exchange Market
Agriculture Dept
IU. S
U S&s
Aiccsan
Arizona
Mt. Humphrey
Flagstaff
Mall
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
GMC
Gmcs
Throttte Pressere Thes
Kern Motor CO
Loudoun St
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