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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 27, 1947

Page

7

Sioux Travelers to Perform at Handley Court Tonight

The Garber Ice Cream Company basketball team hosts the Sioux Travelers tonight at 8 p m in the Handley high school gym. Sioux stars include Spec Blacksmith Willie Blacksmith Everett Little Tail and Calvin Valandra with noted court skills. Ed Shokes and Red Garber start at guard with Hunter Maddox and Hugh Crisman calling the game. Admission is 50 cents.

Garber Ice Cream Company Sioux Travelers Handley High School South Dakota Spec Blacksmith Willie Glamour Boy” Blacksmith Everett Little Tail Calvin “Thriller Valandre Carl Kicko Iron Shooter Seth White Owl Valandra Winchester Ed Shokes Red” Garber Hunter Maddox Hugh Crisman

Bessie Harris 37 Dies in Winchester Memorial Hospital

Bessie Virginia Harris aged 37 died early Saturday morning in Winchester Memorial Hospital. She worked for the late Dr. O W Carper and Mrs Carper for years. Survived by mother Carey Thompson, son Wilson Harris Riverton, brother John Thompson Riverton, sister Edmonia Thompson New York City. Funeral at Williams Chapel Church tomorrow at 2 with Rev H C Vaughn. interment Good Hope Cemetery. Body at Scott's Funeral Home until 2 tomorrow.

Bessie Virginia Harris Winchester Memorial Hospital O. W. Carper Carper Riverton Ross Thompson Carey Ford Thompson Willie Harris Wilson Harris John Thompson

Chicago Grain Quotations Open Lower On Board Of Trade

Grains opened with minor losses as commission houses led selling on the board of trade. Opening prices listed for Wheat and Corn across March May and July contracts with small declines noted.

Chicago Board of Trade

Fragmentary Crop Figures From Historical Ledger

Readable OCR shows brief crop price and month figures for oats with numbers like 1.25 1-4 74 73 7-8 May 67 3-4 5-8 July 60 Sept 58. Limited context. no clear event or names available.

Brown Re-Elected Head Boy Scout Shenandoah Area

Horace C. Browne of Winchester was re-elected president of the Shenandoah Area Council Boy Scouts of America at the annual meeting in Martinsburg attended by about 150 people from nine counties. Officers elected included vice-presidents G. William Ropp Martinsburg A B Honts Pront Roy al Va, treasurer D McFadden Winchester and council commissioner C Hartman Winchester with an executive board including Philip H Hunter Charles Town H M Crim Strasburg L G Sjostrom Winchester and district representatives B A Poland F Maphis Roy E Potts B F Arthur Jr Sydnor.

Horace C. Browne Winchester Shenandoah Boy Scouts of America Martinsburg Joseph W. Byron Hagerstown G. William Ropp Potomac A. B. Hants Pront Royal A. B. Honts Fred Maphis Two Rivers Roy E. Potts B. F. Arthur Jr Shawnee B. A. Poland Henry M. Sydnor

Potomac District Names and Scout Honors

Potomac District lists members at large including Ben Belchie and W. W. Baker among others from Virginia towns like Berryville and Woodstock. Harold Rowe earned the Scoutmasters Key, Phil Hunter received the Skipper's Key, and Ralph Gemmill plus eleven Silver Beaver recipients were noted. The Shenandoah Council received the Walter W. Head Acorn award with a congratulatory letter from Elbert K. Fretwell.

Ben Belchie W. W. Baker E. B. Cooper C. Vernon Eddy Burr P. Boseley Springs T. A. Lowery S. H. Stone Charles Town Hobson McGehee J. A. Moore Archie F. Robertson Berryville J. C. Morris Woodstock Rowe Harold Rowe Troop 9 Winchester Phil Hunter Ralph Gemmill Front Royal Clarence Urffer Philadelphia Walter W. Head Acorn Shenandoah Council Elbert K. Fretwell

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