Charles Town Nine Here Tomorrow To Meet Park
Charles Town nine, a strong local team, visits Win Park for a 3 30 p m game tomorrow. Gilbert Miller a recent Athletics tryout member is expected to pitch for West Virginians while Scrivener faces Park. Park has several wins and an unknown starting lineup until game time.
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Charles Legion
Win Park
Toorrow
Charles Town
Visco
Gilbert Miller
Philadelphia Athletics
West Virginians
Scrivener
Park
Ryland Conner
Park Battery
Keller
Winchester
Duffy’s Tavern
Blairton
Westphal Hose Company
Heurich Brewers
Public sale of county real estate in Frederick County Virginia
Special Commissioner will offer three parcels of land at public auction in Winchester Virginia on July 12 1947 at 1130 am The properties include a 202 acre Home Place near US Highway 50 a 24 acre lot with a two story dwelling and a 94 acre mountain tract near Marlboro Terms require one third cash with remaining balance in two equal annual installments at 6 percent interest secured by deed of trust and bond. Clerk confirms bond posted.
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Circuit Court of
Frederick
Virginia
Sarah Belle Pingley
Francis Wiley Pingley, Jr
Winchester
Francis W. Pingley
Amanda P. Milburn
Frederick County
Marlboro
W. E. Edwards
Coleman Dunn
N. Whitacre Clerk
Community News Roundup and Soda Pop Invention Fact
Community events note a summer schedule with class sessions at the community hall and a yard party hosted by a ball team amid rainy weather. Local visits include Williams and Feeley families and neighbors in Opequon Winchester Midlothian, Baltimore and Detroit. The piece ends with a soda pop origin fact credited to Dr Philip Syng Physick and Townsend Speakman in 1807.
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Will Himelright
Fred Watts
Dianne
Ray Daniels
Jimmie
Feeley
Daniels
Mary Watts
Detroit
Opequon
Fannie Williams
William L. van Arsdale
Leonard William
Ernest Ashwood
Delilah Bell
Marie Feeley
Russell Feeley
Russell
N. C. Williams
Harry Fauver
Bufflick Road
George Carver
Tevalt
Middletown
HDC
Northern
Winchester
James Allamong
Margaret Ann
Carson Allamong
Community League
Planne
Philip Syng
Philadelphia
Townsend Speakman
Speakman
Land Auction In Chester Virginia From McFarland Estate
Special Commissioner W. E. Edwards will sell at public auction in Chester Virginia on Saturday July 12 1947 at 11 o clock the 99 34 acre parcel lying about 7 miles northwest of Chester. The tract includes a dwelling and outbuildings and was part of Carter G McFarland estate. Cash on day of sale with balance in two equal installments plus 6 percent interest semi annually. Purchaser bonds secured by deed of trust and fire policy.
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Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
Arthur McFarland
Luther McFarland
Winchester
Chester
Carter G. McParland
Dodgers Top NL as Spirit and Sting Carry Team
Brooklyn rides fierce hustle and clutch hitting to grab first place led by Burt Shotton’s management and stars Ed Stanky Pee Wee Reese and Dixie Walker. Ralph Branca wins his 11th game as Dodgers beat the Giants 11 3 in a nine run fourth inning and hold a one game edge over the Braves.
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Associated Press
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Burt Shotton
Leo Durocher
Pete Reiser
Ralph Branca
Ed Stanky
Pee Wee Reese
Dixie Walker
Giants
Brooks
Branca
Boston Braves
Hubmen
Phillies
Skeeter Newsome
Harry Walker
Phil Masi
Anton Karl
British Star Phyllis Calvert Keeps England Home
Hollywood notes report Phyllis Calvert ending her J Arthur Rank contract but plans to commute between England and the United States. She will not settle in America and will make one or two films in the six months she can stay each year, preferring her country home in England. Other items: Joseph Cotten returns to RKO for The Harder They Fall, Eddie Dmytryk’s directing debut, Forever Amber to open in November in a 1000 theatre road show, Rex Harrison’s UK trip for Cape Fear project, The Jolson Story contracts stir discontent for Larry Parks and Evelyn Keyes, Jimmy Durante cancels English tour plans.
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Hollywood
Phyllis Calvert
J. Arthur Bank
England
Phyllis
U. S
Paramount
Joseph Cotton
RKO
Budd Schuuberg
Cotton
Eddie Dmytryk
Forever Amber
Johnston
Otto Preminger
Rex Harrison
Rex
Lilli Palmer
Paramount Tests Push Price for Deanna Durbin in Yan
The article notes Deanna Durbin may star opposite Bing Crosby in A Connecticut Yankee but quotes high salaries as a barrier. It also mentions Paramount paying for expensive tests and Dana Andrews seeking a strong independent project.
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Paramount
Bing Crosby
Deanna Durbin
Deanna
Dana Andrews
Chinese Suggest Mississippi Flood Relief Is in Order
Shanghai July 3 The Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury editorialized that a China campaign for Mississippi river flood relief may start soon. The piece notes the Mississippi is at its highest point in a century and mentions a $100,000 anonymous contribution in banknotes from a Chinese national.
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Shanghai
Shanghai Evening Post and
Mercury
Mississippi
China
Chinese Nationaleer
Whitacre Heirs Suit Seeks Partition of Estate in Virginia
In a chancery matter in Freder ick County Virginia the court seeks heirs at law of D J Whitacre late of Freder ick County and to partition the realty or order sale of the property with proceeds distributed to entitled parties. Nonresident defendants Roy Whitacre Elsie Boxwell and Floyd J Whitacre must appear within ten days after notice. Lee N Whitacre Clerk Herbert S Larrick P Q.
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Ration Court
Herbert S. Larrick
Arthur
Randall
Arthur S. Randall
Laura J. Halsted
Evelyn Stevenson
Margaret E. Randall
Circuit Court OF
County OF
Frederick
Virginia
Russell J. Whitacre
D. J. Whitacre
Frederick County
Roy Whitacre
Elsie Boxwell
Floyd J. Whitacre
Lee N. Whitacre
P. Q
Warrenton Job Set For Vint Hill Farms Barracks
A $948,200 contract for construction of barracks and mess facilities for 500 men at Vint Hill Farms station Warrenton Virginia was announced today by the War department.
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Washington
Vint Hill Farms Station
Warrenton
Contract Awarded to Laburnum Construction Co.
A contract was awarded to Laburnum Construction Co of Richmond. The text notes that the tortoise lacks teeth and has beaklike horny plates with sharp cutting edges.
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