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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1950
Page
9
In Blue Nile Province Khartoum area villagers recount a 1935 tale of a woman accused of turning into a crocodile by a wizard. She allegedly vanished with a beast near Aba Is and along the White Nile. Investigators find little doubt about her identity despite her evasive answers.
In the Rev. Few S. Drumheller’s absence on vacation, C. P. McVicar will be the guest speaker at the Court Street Christian Church Sunday morning. The service begins at 11.
For sale a seven room house on Route 522 northwest of Winchester with two acres and outbuildings. Priced to sell. Contact Tommy D. Lockhart at 109 North Loudoun Street or call 7470.
This excerpt encourages cultivating a pleasing voice to boost social and business influence. It outlines three steps: note three admired voice qualities, list three disliked ones, and listen to one’s own speech. It promises increased self confidence and notes a self improvement booklet available through the National Newspaper Service.
Margaret Hickey of Ladies Home Journal told the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs convention in San Francisco that women will seek equal status with men in military, economic, and civil defense work. She said women will not be satisfied with minor assignments and have shown they can handle tough planning tasks with success.
The United States Savings and Loan League notes lower rates today with 4 1/2 to 5 percent ranges and veterans around 4 percent. Mortgage terms have extended from one to five years in 1900 to 15 to 30 years now with equal monthly principal and interest payments. The U. S. Geological Survey says only Massachusetts and Rhode Island are adequately mapped.
Berryville social notes list visiting relatives from the University of Maryland Washington and Harpers Ferry trips. Birth announced for Olin Glaize daughter June 25. extended travels to Croton on the Hudson and Ross Hill. Hospital patient Randolph Singhas in Visalia Fresno Veteran Hospital after an accident. multiple families hosting guests and returning from trips.
Hattie McDonald visited relatives in Detroit and Lima while Mr and Mrs Joshua Huff hosted a picnic on their lawn with guests from Berryville Martinsburg Boyce Florida and Maine. Other weekend guests included Richard Puller Reginald Fuller and Miss Winters among others. A reader asks how long a bee would take to make a pound of honey and learns it would take about 64 years.
New admissions to Winchester Memorial Hospital include Mrs Alvin R Smith Route 3 Mr Robert B Dunham 311 S Braddock 81 Laurence Fletcher son of Mr and Mrs Cecil Fletcher 1122 Orchard Ave Mrs J Earl Metz 1216 Valley Ave Mrs Wallace Dill 22 Jackson Ave Van Camp 257 Park Mrs George Ware Strasburg Mr Luther H Funk Waterlick Mr Henry Jennings Charles Town W Va Mrs Clifton E Atkins Kimball Mrs Fred Landers Ransome W Va Mrs Herschel C Pangle Stras ure Mrs Arthur J Derflinger Albin Thomas Pembroke Maphis son of Mr and Mrs Benjamin Maphis Stephens City Mrs Omer T Webb Clearbrook Mr Laurence Stotler Berkeley Springs W Va Mrs Albert Kerns Gore
Penn Yan, N Y cookie a black cocker spaniel ignores her master M Andrew Newton Jr built her a new dog house Cookie turned her nose and howled Newton this classified ad for sale newly built dog house never used As a result of the famous brass key kite incident in 1752 Benjamin Franklin is credited with founding the study of static electricity
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