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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1955
Page
3
Monday listings from WRC Channel 4 and WTTG Channel 5 feature daytime soap operas Brighter Day and Secret Storm, children programs Romper Room and Hoppity Skippity, news at regular intervals, and prime time fare including Sherlock Holmes, Caesar's Hour, Medic, Robert Montgomery Presents, and Million Dollar Movie with boxing and Signet Theater at late hour.
Channel 4’s daytime to early afternoon lineup lists This Day and Today with Garroway at 7 and 8. News airs at 7:45 and 8:45 followed by Kitchen Cupboard and Recipe Tips. Inga’s Angle, Ding Dong School, Way of the World, Home, Ernie Ford, Feather Your Nest, People Playhouse, Hayloft Hoedown, D. C. School, The Greatest Gift and One Man’s Family fill the rest of the day.
Local listings show WMAL and WTOP channel lineups with programs from 4:00 PM to 3:30 PM the next afternoon including news, theater, variety shows, dramas, comedies, and game shows. The schedules feature classic hosts and series such as Kukla Fran and Ollie Ella Raines I Love Lucy Perry Como Burns and Allen and The Big Payoff.
Program listings show at 1 45 hour sign on, 2 00 cover to cover, and 3 00 Paul Dixon segment. Details focus on timing and host sequence for the broadcast block.
Channel lineup lists 8 30 cartoon capers 9 00 breakfast club 10 00 movie club 11 30 cartoon concert 12 15 cartoon concert 1 00 1 OClock Theater 2 00 Hollywood Matinee 2 45 News 3 00 Just for Pun 3 30 Modern Woman.
The page lists WINC radio programming for Monday and Tuesday with lineups from News to Music and ABC shows. It also raises a question about how many full blooded Indians remain in the United States and notes that many Indians are in government service, with an estimate of 150,000 to 200,000 full-blooded individuals.
Rockingham County issued building permits totaling 2.573 million dollars, led by the Keister Elementary School project in Harrisonburg and a Sunnyside Home project at Massanetta Springs. The year saw 165 dwelling permits, a rise in home construction across Harrisonburg, Broadway, Timberville, and Plains District, with several large projects shaping the annual total.
Hollywood reports Fred Astaire, grieving wife Phyllis Astaire who died of cancer at 46, remains committed to two film projects at Fox and MGM but vows only to take roles worth while. He reflects on his loss, saying activity helps, yet personal sorrow blocks his future plans as he continues to work on Daddy Long Legs.
Bing Crosby signs two hour shows with CBS TV with one film already in production and a second due in February. Eddie Cantor plans filmed Comedy Theater specials costing about 54 000 per half hour featuring stars such as Brian Aherne Don DeFore Pat Crowley Jimmy Gleason Eddie Fisher and Billie Burke. Harry James and Betty Grable rumored to launch a TV series. Range Rider Jack Mahoney booked for five more co starring roles after fan mail on Loretta Young show. Motorola TV promotion ends with local dealer Molden Electric Co. 485S Loudoun St. Ph 4169.
Two hundred twenty enlisted men, 14 officers, 4 fliers, and 10 scientists head for the Antarctic aboard the icebreaker USS Atka. They carry special cold weather gear some tested on Mt. Washington, N. H.
The Shenandoah Valley National Bank will hold its 89th annual shareholders dinner meeting tomorrow night at the George Washington Hotel starting at 6 30 p m Harold G Brown bank president said a new feature will be added to the program and directors will be elected Approximately 215 shareholders and family members are expected to attend Annual reports will be heard with the dinner to start promptly at 6 30 p m
Marion Carson Lichliter faces a 30 day suspension and a 104.75 dollar fine for driving drunk. Arthur A. Fleck is fined 10.25 dollars for operating on a restricted permit without glasses. Harry Keckley pays 10.25 dollars for drunk conduct. Robert Mayhew charged for drunkenness at 23 West Cork. Delmar Taylor Keeler from Winchester drinks and pays 15.75 dollars. Charles Henry Thomas faces 15.75 dollars and 30 days for drunk disorderly and property destruction. Joe Smith fined 14.25 dollars for drunkenness. Eugene Willingham pays 10.75 dollars and serves 39 days for drunk and vagrancy.
Boy Scout Troop No. 2 of the Presbyterian Church held a mid winter swim Friday evening at the Hagerstown Maryland Y M C A. Robert Button Douglas Cather Jr Andrew Button George Glass and Robbie Hetzel completed their first class swimming requirements. Other Scouts in the party included Paul Sybert Dennis Rhodes Eddie Rusk Jerry Triggs Dennis Reed Richard Ryan David Elsey Lloyd Renner with Lewis Boyer D A Cather R L Sutton Fred H Neumann accompanying the trip.
Three pairs of pistols linked to the 1804 Burr Hamilton duel have been located. One pair resides in a Newburg museum, another in a New York City bank vault, and the third in Los Angeles. An expert regards the NYC vault pistols as the most likely authentic.
The Rev and Mrs C H Gilner called on sick neighbors last Monday. Mr and Mrs Jack White visited the Wileys last Sunday. Mr and Mrs Frank Shipe and daughter Oneita Shipe called on Mrs Bertha Crowser recently. Mrs Carlton Ramey and Mrs Donald Ramey visited Mr and Mrs Fred Boxwell on Wednesday. Families Larrick and Lucas shared visits with relatives in town and Michigan before returning home.
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