Girl Scout Camp Closes Tomorrow With Special Program
The Winchester Frederick County Girl Scouts close a three week camp tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Lions Club shelter in Recreation Park with a camper planned program for parents and friends. Activities include basketry, fire, circus acts, bear hunt prizes, and swimming at Rouss pool. 64 girls attended with staff and senior aides listed. camp supported by the Winchester-Frederick County Community Chest.
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A. Seeeener
Gishbcout Coun
Girl Scout
Coun
Lions Club
Recreation Park
Rouss Pool
Douglas Stickley
Pauline Haymaker
Dorothy Eisenberg
Diane Hunt
Edward C. Baillie
Barbara Eeler
Joyce Quick
Ann Adams
Patsy Carper
Rene Hauptman
Nancy Jones
Ann Weatherholtz
Betsy Anderson
Helen Garner Edmonds
Millie Sanderlin
Winchester-Frederick County
Doctor to Speak at Rotary Luncheon in Winchester
Randolph T. Shields will be guest speaker at the Winchester Rotary Club luncheon at the George Washington Hotel. His topic is Big Game Hunting in China. He spent years in China as a medical missionary and later served as pathology assistant at Chapel Hill and at the Medical School in Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph T. Shields
Winchester Rotary Club
George Washington Hotel
China
Wikemester Sant Pance
Statnes
Chapel Hill
N. C
Tennessee
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Charles Hofee
Ronald 8. Wilson
Local Council approves water extensions and county link
The council sent the matter to the committee with a power act for further consideration. Officials said the plot appeared orderly but not presented in time for full review. They approved water connections for Bellview Avenue Extension as Clinton Ritter advances a large development leading into the county.
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Bellview mAve
Clinton Ritter
Librarian Attends Virginia Reading Workshop
Carrie Lee Brumback, librarian at Middletown High School, attends a two week workshop at Madison College Harrisonburg July 3 15 with 31 Virginia librarians. Discussions focus on helping exceptional children and guiding reading for advanced and retarded pupils under Dr Haynes McMullen and Madison College library staff.
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Carrie Lee Brumback
Middletown High School
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Brumback
Virginia
Madison College Library
Haynes McMullen
Education
Psychology
Migrant Labor Needs Discussed at State Office
J Marvin Powell state farm placement director visited the Virginia State Employment Service office to discuss migrant labor needs for the apple harvest. Current estimate indicates about 400 workers will be required from outside the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Marvin Powell
State Farm
Virginia State Employment Service
Gas Franchise Talks For Winchester Natural Gas
R A Ransom consulting engineer for Shenandoah Gas addressed Winchester Council about a franchise to provide natural gas. He urged rapid advertising to allow project progress and described a distribution line from a south pipeline to reach Martinsburg and Front Royal. O H Simonds, Shenandoah’s utility consultant, said the company plans to file with the Federal Power Commission within two weeks and aims to complete the project by mid 1951 despite Korea conditions.
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R. A. Ransom
Shenandoah Gas Company
Winchester Council
Ransom
Winchester
Here
Martinsburg
Front Royal
O. H. Simonds
Shenandoah Gas
Federal Power Commission
Simonds
Korea
Air Attacks Isolate Koreans From Bases
North Korean Fifth Division probes toward Hamchang as it holds Chungju and outflanks the Eighth Division. Elements of the 15th Division move east to join forces at Chunju while terrain halts enemy advances. U S Fifth Air Force bombers hit bridges near Ansong and rail yards. Australians claim eight tanks and five trucks in good weather.
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Chunju
Yangyang
MacArthur
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Ansong
Red Troops Move Toward Manchuria Reported
Continued movement of Chinese Communist troops from South China toward Manchuria was reported in Nationalist dispatches today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Manchuria
South China
Army drafts to begin mid-September at Fort Dix and others
Drafts planned to bring the Army to its 630000 ceiling may be raised. First draftees will start toward induction centers in mid September. Army strength stands at 593000 and inductees will train 14 weeks at Ft. Dix Ft. Knox Ft. Riley or Ft. Ord with near home placement and equal advancement opportunities. After training each draftee gets a week furlough before posting in the United States.
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Selective Service
Ft. Dix
Ft. Knox
Ft. Riley
Kans
Ft. Ord
Calif
Army
United States
Winchester council weighs water supply costs and options
The study shows bringing all springs to a single plant would cost 931000 dollars, with further spring development not recommended. North Fork remains the preferred source, while Shenandoah River Opequon Cedar and Hogue back creeks require costly dams and pipelines.
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Klegerman
Winchester
North Fork
Shenandoah River
Cedar Creek
Opequon Creek
Hogue
Back Creek
Shenadoah River
Clames Neck
Brownton and
Senseng Road
Senseng Rd
Hogue and
Back Creeks
Hogue Creek
Nain
City
Manassas
Middletown
Stephens City
How's Your 1 Q Answers on Page Four
Quiz page provides multiple choice responses from Civil Aeronautics Board queries. It lists items including Crimean War and Detroit with direct answers such as I consider it my duty to go and large bat. Other entries reference Philadelphia and Burbank alongside a financial figure of one half of one percent.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Detroit
Philadelphia
Burbank
Great Plains
Survivors recount savage Korean battle on hillside
A small band of American GIs, exhausted and battered, fought off North Korean tanks and infantry in a hill battle two days after they were pushed from their encircled positions. Lt. Edward James and Pvt. Freddy Pickens describe night moves, fog, and brutal close combat as Reds swarmed their line.
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Tom Lambert
Korea
Edward James
Columbus
Freddy Pickens
Miss
Doctors Office Zone Discussed in Winchester Zoning Hearing
The next City Council meeting on Tuesday August 8 will include a public hearing on amending Winchester Zoned Area A to allow doctor office buildings on Cork Street and nearby. The Zoning Commission supports offices for doctors if needed for public health and not harming hospital safety, with attorney J Sloan Kuykendall noting possible demand near the new $2 million hospital. Citizens may present views at the hearing.
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Winchester
W. Cork St
Stewart and
Latane
Cork
Stewart
Lee
Zoning Commission
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Council
Bank Gets Permission For Curb Teller On Rouss Ave
The City Council approved the committee recommendation granting Farmers and Merchants National Bank permission to erect a curb teller on Rouss Avenue. It will be the first in this area.
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Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Rouss Ave
Atrocities Prompts Appeal in Korean War
U N secretary-general Trygve Lie urged both Koreas to avoid atrocities after reports of shootings of prisoners and other non humanitarian acts during the Korean War.
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Lake Success
U. N
Trygve Lie
North
Ee Korea
FEPC Bill Dead for New Washington Senate Action
The Senate today blocked all action this session on the administration's controversial Fair Employment Practices Commission bill.
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Washington
The
Senate
Rainbound Nebraska Floods Threaten Crops and Homes
Rain swelled Nebraska rivers across east-central areas. Danbury logs eight inches with Beaver Creek overflows. Beatrice, population 12,000, faces Big Blue River crest. residents flee homes as governor Val Peterson calls the situation disheartening. Nearby regions report showers but no flood danger.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
Danbury
Beaver Creek
Beatrice
Val Peterson
New England
Real Estate and Personal Property Notices Across Winchester Area
July and August m eetings list real estate auctions and personal property sales. Listings include Larrick trust Gainesboro in front court house Winchester, Dunlap near Gore Virginia furniture, Shenandoah Valley Bank estate on W Boscawen St Winchester, Mamie Clowser Cameron St real estate and goods, R Walker Whitlock Ave real estate, Jos B Newlin special commissioner 109 E James St Winchester, Molly Madrigal Ritter Middle Road Hillcrest subdivision, H J Hardesty Berryville farm livestock machinery, M Elston Wharton Berryville Ave real estate and business establishment.
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Herbert S. Larrick
Front Real Estate
Gainesboro
Dise Court House
Winchester Ct
Dunlap
Gore
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Lizzie Blosser Haines
W. Boscawen St
Winchester
Mamie Clowser
Cameron
Real
R. Walker
Court House
Whitlock Ave
Jos
B. Newlin
E. James St
Molly Madrigal Ritter
Frederick County Court House
Middle Road
Hillcrest Subdivision
C.8.t
H. J. Hardesty
Berryville
M. Elston Wharton
Berryville Ave
Philippine Sea Leaves Harbor for Korea War Mission
The carrier Philippine Sea departed yesterday. Navy officers declined to reveal her destination but indicated she was Sicily, which arrived Monday with warplanes for the Korea fighting front, still in port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Philippine Sea
Navy
Sicily
Korea
Mrs Jenni E Copenhaver Buried Yesterday
Funeral services for Mrs Jenni E Copenhaver were held at Braddock Street Methodist Church at 2 p m with Dr W A Wright officiating. Burial followed at Mount Hebron cemetery with pallbearers Preston Clark William Jenkins Eston Te valt David Kater John Carpenter and Lawrence Ludholtz.
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Jenni E. Copenhaver
Braddock St. Methodist Church
W. A. Wright
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Preston Clark
William Jenkins
Eston Tevalt
David Kater
John Carpenter
Lawrence Ludholtz
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Rotary
Harold L. Shelley
Jones Funeral Home
HILCO
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Braddock Winchester
Sam
Buncutter Tire CO
Braddock
Baler
Twine
Per Bale
J.R. Alexander Jr
FEPC
Bill Dead
Hillcrest
Mrs
Coleman Dunn
And
Maytag Sales & Service
Roy A. Lee
Kent
Call Rees
A. F. “Rees, Inc
Mrs. Copenhaver
Lassi
Glaize & Bro
Cameron Street
C. I. Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
Tommy D. Lockhart
N. Loudoun &T
H. N. Lamp
Esskay
ESKO
the Food Center
N. Loudoun St
Omp
N. Cameron §&I
B. F. Goodrich
Loudoun St
Iarive Cb
Hill’s Toy & Novelty
de Soto
Chapman Motor CO
Heatwole Motor CO
N. Braddock
J. H. Riley
R. W. Walker
Singer
General Electric
Bellview Ave
G. E. Vickers
Chas. R. Duvall
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