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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1945
Page
3
Williams achieves 141 in high individual game and Boyd 134 while Crnmbanene Bell Clothes 131. High series led by Boyd G A A 352 and Worth 338 with Cunningham 328.
The Virginia Woolen Company interdepartmental league opened its second half as All Stars swept the first three games over the Weavers led by John Thornton with 134 and Doug Chaney 126. Arston Clevenger led the office with two wins over the Gremlins and Hazel Whitacre topped 114 for the Comets.
A reader asks how long chinchill as live. The reply states that chinchillas live about fifteen to twenty years in captivity with proper care.
Hollywood gossip notes Faye Emerson returning to the Hotel Berlin company with the Roosevelt family on honeymoon tour, joking about gags and fan inquiries. She recalls Grand Canyon trek with Elliott Roosevelt and says her in‑laws are charming. Also memorial for Thurman Potts and quick Q&A on veterans benefits and small state capitals.
Resolutions from the Founders Day banquet honor Richard Ernest Owen and Benjamin Thurman Potts for their Army service and sacrifices in World War II. Owen served with the 101st Airborne and 506th Paratroopers, posthumously awarded the Purple Heart. Potts, Handley High School graduate, rose to First Lieutenant with Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
J. W. Olcott announces 1945 soil conservation payments up to 112.50 per farm for establishing contour strip rotations on sloping cropland. Farmers must file with the A A A County Committee for approval and will receive help in layout. Contact the A A A office in Berryville to prepare patterns for contour strips or safety belts for sloping fields before plowing.
The Exhauster Roosters, an association of former Winchester Junior Board of Trade members, organized with about 20 initial members. Fred Ritter named Exuberant Gizzard president, Wendell Barney vice president, and Ralph Yount secretary treasurer. The group adopted a national constitution and planned monthly meetings with the next session on February 19 or 21.
Civil and Police Court disposed cases include Judge John Rice settling charges for several individuals. Names such as William L. Clark from Church Hill and Charles Clingempeel of Winchester faced fines from 5 to 10 dollars plus costs for drunkenness.
The term home means any dwelling of not more than four family units or any combination dwelling and business property primarily used by the veteran as his home. The Western Finns are Caucasian. Eastern Finns show Asiatic origin, with Finn used in several senses.
In Frederick County Virginia a divorce action Hilda Rudolph Malone vs Howard G Malone proceeds by publication due to nonresidence. The order requires appearance within ten days after first publication and publication weekly for four weeks in the Winchester Evening Star, with notices posted at the courthouse and mailed to defendants.
A review praising Friedrich Hayek for his book The Road to Self and its call to reconsider authority and liberal plans. It notes Hayek, at times Austrian by birth and British citizen, critiques fascism and socialism and urges thoughtful reading of his analysis now available at The Handley Library.
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