Braddock Street church listings and Sunday schedules
A dense roundup lists multiple churchs and pastors with Sunday school times worship and services across Braddock Street and nearby avenues. Includes Braddock Street Methodist Christ Episcopal Congregational Christian Nazarene EUB Grace Lutheran Highland Ave Presbyterian and others with pastors supts and service times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Episcopal
Charles N. Tyndell
Highland Ave. Presbyterian
Joseph S. Duckwall
Elwoon Willey
Lee Rinker
Montague Ave
Edward A. Plunkett
Round Hill
Macedonia
South Braddock St
Quarles to Address Bible Classes at Braddock Church
Winchester schools superintendent Garland Quarles will speak at 9:45 a.m. tomorrow at Braddock St Methodist church in a joint meeting of four adult Bible classes. Bernard Groves presides, with a quartet from the group providing music and participation from the Young Adult Fellowship Comrade class and Margaret Collins Denny class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland Quarles
Winchester
Braddock St. Methodist Church
Bernard Groves
Comrade
Margaret Collins Denny
Middleburg Four Coming for Program at Church
The Helper and Hand quartet of Middleburg will present a program at 8 30 p m Friday at John Mann Methodist church. The quartet is sponsored by Mrs Mary Laws and Miss Hazel Green. Rev E H Jackson is pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helper& Hand Quartet of
Middleburg
John Mann Methodist Church
Mary Laws
Hazel Green
E. H. Jackson
Pastor and wife to speak on China mission trip
Rev. and Mrs. L. F. Havermale of Winchester, former missionaries to China, will speak at Grace Methodist church in Middletown at 7 p m Sunday. They will display relics from China and discuss Chinese life and customs.
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L. F. Havermale
Winchester
China
Grace Methodist Church
Middletown
Reynolds Store Social Notes and Mount Everest Spiders
Reynolds Store notes list visitors from Winchester Washington and nearby towns visiting Ed Shenk and family and others during January. A Q A section asks about animals living at extreme heights and cites small black jumping spiders found at 22 000 feet on Mt Everest as the highest permanent inhabitants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Dick
Robert Hughes
Washington
Rosa Hughes
I. W. Dick
Tussie Dick
Lee Crossen
Charlie Brannon
Winchester
T. Brannon
Earth
Theodore H. Savory
Mt. Everest
Gulf Oil Dealers Receive Decade of Service Plaques
Fourteen independent Gulf Oil dealers in the Winchester area were awarded plaques for ten or more years with the company at a George Washington hotel ceremony. C. E. Hofer presented the honors, with plaques bearing each dealer’s name and a message of appreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Oil
Gulf Oil Corp
Winchester
George Washington Hotel
C. E. Hofer
R. W. Baker & Co
Summit Point
L. F. Carrier & Sons
Lehen
W. M. Cline
Clearbrook
M. P. Custer
Bunker Hill
Dellinger Bros
J. P. Everly
Middletown
Goode Bros
Charles Town
E. Glen Lewis
Darkesville
J. S. Locke
Leetown
A. A. Orloff
Front Royal
Margaret May Ott
Mannings
B. K. Smith
W. C Whitacre & Sons
Whitacre
W. D. Wisecarver & Sons
Berryville
Municipal Band Orders Two Concert Drums for Winter Concert
Winchester Municipal band will receive two concert drums bought with funds from a recent council appropriation. President Dick Bush says delivery is expected before next week's reversal. The band’s members increased by about 10 in a month, mainly from the high school band, with Thurman Mason of John W. Rosenberger and Co. among the new members.
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Winchester Municipal Band
Dick Bush
Rush
Thurman Mason
John W. Rosenberger and Co
Mason
Jimmie Wesser Demonstrates Early Gymnastic Strength
In Los Angeles on January 29, the one year old Jimmie Wesser can hang from a bar for a minute and chin himself four times showing early athletic potential.
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Los Angeles
Jimmie Wesser
Chin
Octopus and Eagle Star in Wild Tales
Moscow reports two daring encounters with giant creatures. Nikolai Chrednikov and Yakov Karpenko wrestled a sunken ship octopus for three hours before freeing Chrednikov. In Nikopol, hunter Andrei Azgrynni and a companion killed a wounded eight foot winged eagle that attacked them after a duck hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Sakhalinsk
Nikolai Chrednikov
Yakov Karpenko
Karpenko
Chrednikov
Nikopol
Andrei Azgrynni
Beards Lose Popularity in Russia, Says Moscow Report
In Moscow a report notes that many Russians now keep clean shaven faces. Barber shops abound, shaving is cheap, and beard-cutting devices are affordable, leading to few beards among the general populace. Churchmen retain longer beards, but overall facial hair has declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
Royal Navy
Peter the Great
Ussr
First use of coiled spring in watches credited to Hooke
The first credited use of a coiled spring in watch mechanisms goes to Robert Hooke around 1660, marking a pivotal advancement in horology. This invention enabled portable timepieces and more accurate timekeeping developments in the ensuing era.
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Robert Hooke
Baptists Plan 1949 Build for Aged Home in Culpeper
The Virginia Baptist Home for Aged in Culpeper will rise this year with ground breaking imminent. Fred B. Fuqua of Lynchburg chosen to oversee construction of three buildings costing over $300,000 excluding equipment and utilities. Over 100 residents to be served. $200,000 cash on hand, with reach for church donations to complete funding. Baptist Sunday schools asked to make a special donation tomorrow.
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Virginia Baptist Home For
Culpeper
Fred B. Fuqua
Lynchburg
The
Baptist Home
Baptist Sunday Schools
President backs study of GI housing loan bill
President Truman told a West Virginia delegation he will study a bill to stimulate GI loans for veterans housing. Senator Kilgore said the President is determined to ease the housing shortage, but did not commit on a uniform GI FHA loan rate. The Hedrick bill proposes federal backing for West Virginia housing plans and a 4 percent GI loan with 50 percent guarantee and 4.5 percent FHA loan with 100 percent guarantee.
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Washington
Truman
West Virginna
Kilgore
D-Wva
Rep
Hedrick
West Virginia
West
Grants to States Grow Bigger and Worry Authorities
Washington reports grants of federal money to states are rising yearly sparking concerns that aid undermines state independence. Truman’s 1950 budget proposes large increases in education and general assistance though some urged cuts. Critics say grants distort burden sharing and force standards on local programs.
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Washington
Congress
Chicago
Truman
James E. Webb
Republic
Federal Bureau of the Budget
Council of State
Federal Grants and Tax Policy Debate
The article argues neither the Council nor the Governors want to abandon grants for social programs but prefer minimal levels. It discusses states raising own funds, federal withdrawal from some tax fields, and concerns about revenue adequacy for existing programs. Critics expect a gradual shift to increased grants-in-aid rather than complete withdrawal.
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Council
Miss Virginia Diveley Dies in Meyersdale Pennsylvania
Mrs Annie Hawkins learns of the death of her granddaughter Miss Virginia Diveley of Meyersdale Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Diveley and grandchild of former Miss Margarete Hawkins of Winchester. Survived by a brother Buddy and sister Elizabeth Ann Deist. Funeral Monday at Meyersdale.
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Annie Hawkins
Highland Ave
Virginia Diveley
Meyersdale, Pa
Miss Diveley
Jack Diveley
Margariete Hawkins
Winchester
Buddy
Elizabeth Ann Deist
Meyersdale
John Grubbs
Loring Anderson
Martinsburg
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Wm. Archer Wright
John J. Hawse
Golden Rule
Mon
Wed
Sunshine Club
A. Taylor Ritter
Cork St
Centenary Reformed
L Flickinger
Congregational Christian
Robert A. Whitten
Bible School
Bungzle
Christian Science
Ewigese
Church of the Nazarene
A. L. Lepley
T. Swisher
Elm St
I. L. Stonesifer
EUB
John E. Oliver
Pleasant Valley
Mt. Pleasant
Red Bud
First Assembly of God
M. N. Zezzo
Evance Gay Benson
Lancaster, A
First Baptist
E. T. Clark
First Brethren
Paul E. Dick
Richard Sudduth
A & YF
Wed. S
First Evangelical United Brethren
Carl W.isser
Edin F. Ritter
Edward Miller
Curtis Bly
Grace Lutheran
William E. Eisenberg
John Mann Methodist
Scholoo
Onna Robinson
Loudoun St. Church of Christ
Nathan Williamson
Guirland Whitlock
Market St
Mt. Carmel Baptist
C. M. Somer
Garfield Prather
Sacred Heart Catholic
Julian Bullock
Winchester Presbyterian
Ronald S. Wilson
Russell Joyce
S. S. Council
Mary Bittinger
Bittinger
Christian Science Monitor
ABC
Norway St
Boston
Mass
U.S.A
Elty) A
Ore Firestone
N. Braddock St
Quarles
Braddock Church
Reynold’s Store
Linda
Tyrone Power
Linda Christian
Santa Francesca Romana
Rome
Msgr
William Hemmick
Washington, D. C
St. Peter's
Holy See
Order of the Knights of Malta
Alcide de Gasperi
Municipal Band
Babe
Octopus
Eagle Star
Grove’s
Crosley Shelvadors
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
Loudoun St
Baptists
Foss
Winchester’s Bargain Center
Virginia Dively
Pennsylvania
Wv. Ae
Coerire
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporatio
Bell
Winchester Front Royal
Hotpoint
Calrod
Molden Electric CO
S. Loudoun St
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