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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1950
Page
3
Stuart Perry finished a 1000 foot Winchester and Nestern Railroad siding to his Hill Crest quarry enabling the shipment of crushed stone and sand for road building to distant points under the expansion program.
The largest adobe building is visible in Santa Fe New Mexico, cited as Curieto Bey. Completed in 1931, it preserves the character of 17th century Spanish missions while reflecting later construction.
Frederick County Virginia adopts a zoning ordinance restricting land around James Wood Consolidated High School to residential uses only. The measure defines a 2000 foot wide buffer along U.S. Route 50 and Virginia State Highway 621 with permitted uses including single family dwellings churches parks hospitals schools and professional offices within limits. Violations carry up to 300 dollars fine or 30 days in jail with nonconforming uses limited and nonstorefront advertising banned.
Girl Scouts at Camp White Rock construct a reflector oven fireplace at the Bluff Unit. In the lineup standing left to right are Joan Dorsey Patsy Carper Miss Ann Barnes Betty Lowrey Louise Robertson and Peggy Larimer. Seated are June Spring Susan Larrick and Lynn Cooper.
Brownie Scouts performed a circus style program at Camp Shawnee as part of a three week session sponsored by the Winchester Girl Scout Council and Recreation Department. The event featured listed scouts and staff aides with activities including basketry and fire building and a swimming outing at Rouss Park.
Governor Battle reappointed Dr. William T. Graham of Richmond to the State Board of Health and A Fleet Dillard of Tappahannock to the Virginia Commission for the Blind with terms to June 30, 1957. New and renewed appointments followed to the boards of Optometrists Pharmacists and Veterinary Examiners including Dr. W. R. Carper Roanoke for Optometry term to 1955 Harold L. Beamer Pulaski to Pharmacy term to 1955 and Dr. Taylor P. Rowe Richmond to Veterinary Examiners term to 1955.
Frank Clevenger at 330 Kern St receives permit to build an 1 1 2 story dwelling at 457 Gray Ave with estimated cost 7000. County permits issued to Billy W and Geneva M Dunlap at 505 Highland Ave for a temporary dwelling soon to be garage on road from Red Bud Rd to Jordan Springs, cost 600. Also to John S and Anna C Lineburg of Stephenson for a private garage on Charles Town Rd.
House with seven rooms sits northwest of Winchester on Route 522. Two acres and out buildings included. Priced to sell.
Preaching announced for Galilee tomorrow morning. Locals attended White Hall yard party and Bible Camp at Powells Fort. Mrs. Edgar Gordon of Bunker Hill visited relatives. The Pomona Grange met at White Hall. Touring Baltimore and Washington for an inspection were Brooke Taylor and associates. Various residents made business calls and visits. Wheat harvest is finished. oats and barley threshing to begin.
In Louisville a campaign to bar children from taverns begins after three year old Joyce Shouse disappeared from a tavern where her mother drank with a male companion. The girl's decomposed body was found near the tavern and police seek James Irvin Robinson as a person of interest. An alcohol control official vows a personal drive to keep minors out of drinking establishments amid questions of possible sexual assault.
Esso Standard Oil Co. reaches a compromise of 1750 dollars in a damage suit by John P. Lowery seeking 10000 for injuries from a May 14, 1949 gas explosion at the Valley Fruit and Candy Co. ripening room. The court directs payment into court and dismisses Esso as a party while keeping the matter on the docket to determine rights of Lowery and Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co. in the fund.
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The article outlines uniform pay per grade across Navy Air Force and Marines with Army examples. It lists enlisted pay from Recruit to Master Sergeant, lodging allowances, and dependent rules post 1949 wartime changes. It notes no wartime dependent benefits for new enrollments and potential restoration if guards are mobilized.
Mrs. W. L. Rush of 114 Greenwall Ave reports discovering clusters of small green tomatoes on her potato plants in her garden. The strange phenomenon has been noted in the area before and this instance occurred this week with the plants growing opposite sides of the garden.
The Uncle Larr diamond weighed 40.23 carats when found by accident in Arkansas in 1924. After cutting it measured 18 1 16 by 7 16 inches. It remains the largest diamond discovered on the continent.
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