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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1950

Page

6

Real Estate Transfers and Improvements Across Winchester Area

Property transfers list numerous deeds and lots in Winchester and surrounding areas. Transfers include buyers and sellers such as Fleenor, Smith, Rees, Trish, Steward, DeHaven, Renner, Clevenger, Fleet, Jenkins, Stotler, Mason, McCarty, Feltner, Fauber, Whitlock, and others. Parcels cover addresses on Purcell Ave, Braddock St, Gray Ave, National Ave, Baker Knight St, Senseney Road, and Pennsylvan ia Ave, with several tracts described as improvements on coupled lots and road-front parcels. The document notes values and locations across Frederick and Clarke counties, including Route 522 and Stonewall District.

Purcell Ave Rachel C. Fleenor James Donald Smith Boyd Ave Lloyd Rees Lydia W. Trish N. Braddock St Effie M. Steward Mamie B. DeHaven Gameron Cora Ellen Fleet Frank Clevenger Gray Ave Charles W. Fries Aljourn F. Jenkins National Ave Hattie W. Purcell Ester Williams Baker-Knight St Lloyd E. Smith Edward M. Spellacy S. Kent St First Assembly of God Church E. Leicester Stonewall Robert K. Woltz Wilbur M. Feltner Frederick County Clarke Senseney Road Co. D. Dye D. W. Fauber Winchester C. D. Dye Oliver W. Kitzmiller Cecil L. Whitlock Wincheses Dye Lutherwart, Or

Kernstown News Highlights Local Visits and Camp Wakanda

Kernstown residents share weekend visits to Cynthiana and W Va. Camp Wakanda participants include Patsy Barton Joanne Logan and others from the Kernstown Methodist Church. Troop 70 members head to Rock Enon for two weeks while yard party plans and family dinners appear among local families.

Wayne B. Warren Kernstown Loring Ritter Peony Holtnae Harrison Keckley Pikeside W. Va Kernstown Methodist Church Camp Wakanda Patsy Barton Joanne Jean Logan Helen Rinard Phyllis Tysinger Bradford Rinard Charles Barton Clyde Logan Roy Penner Ralph Rinard Rock Enon Melvin Sandy John Burch Moorefield W. Av W.W. Lupton Robert Kiester Cumberland Marion Funkhouser T. O. Snyder Dorothy Marlow Front Royal Wayne Warren Methodist Church Melvin Davis

Hollywood Stunt Man Talks Risks and Rewards of Blue Collar Glamour

The veteran stunt man Gorss, 41, details a 23 year career with stories of breakaway props and near misses. He describes top pay around $20 000 yearly, long layoff periods, and the thrill of precision timing while avoiding serious injury.

Tal Saul Gorss Black Hills Errol Flynn Robin Hood Ace Archer Howard Hill Hill Gene Kelly

Military Sea Transportation Service organized on October 1 1949

The Military Sea Transportation Service commanded by Rear Admiral William M. Calaghan was established on October 1, 1949. It provides, under one authority, operation and administration of ocean transportation for armed forces and other government agencies, replacing the Naval Transportation Service and parts of the Army Transportation Corps.

Military Seabee Service Military Sea Transportation Service William M. Calaghan USN Armed Services Naval Transportation Service Army Transportation Corps

Virginia University Rejects Swanson for Graduate Admission

The University of Virginia trustees voted to deny Gregory Swanson, a Norfolk attorney and Howard University graduate, admission to its graduate law program claiming Virginia’s Constitution and laws prohibit teaching white and colored together in the same schools. Attorney General Almond had questioned whether state school segregation law applies to graduate schools, noting recent Supreme Court rulings affecting Oklahoma and Texas.

University of Virginia Barron Black Norfolk Gregory Swanson Virginia Swanson Howard University Washington Martinsville J. Lindsay Almond, Jr Colgate Darden, Jr Almond U. S. Supreme Court Oklahoma Texas

Depth water should reach for plant roots

Experts say water must penetrate to at least four inches to reach plant roots. For shallow rooted plants, moisten soil to that depth and stir the surface to judge penetration.

Winchester Visitors and Local Updates

Stephens City and Winchester residents are noted returning from trips to Colonial Beach Dundalk and Niagara Falls while others host guests from Dayton Ohio Arlington and Oakland. Several illness and hospital visits are mentioned including Mrs Lucy Driver and Mrs Garland Strickler with a funeral attendance for Charles Headley.

Ith Don Grego Winchester Walter Seifert Huntington Russell Reid Elwood Mauck Virginia Harrell Colonial Beach Obie Punk Wilbur Pence Dayton Ohio Gilbert Davidsons Arlington David Crocker Oakland Julian Steele Mary Graham Jewett Eugene Adams Winchester Miss Graham E. O. Graham Trinity Lutheran Church Leonard Shead Charles Robert Junior Lemley Washington Charles Headley Roy Wisecarver Gervis Lemley Edythe Orndorff Niagara Falls Canada Garland Strickler Winchester Memorial Hospital

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