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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1952
Page
2
Orndorff, 26, wife of Ward W. Va. official, died en route to hospital after being ill for 24 hours. Cause of death undetermined. She was assistant at Capon Valley Bank in Wardensville and active in local affairs.
The Frederick County Board of Agriculture reports quotas met for fruit and pasture contests with only one more entry needed to reach the Corn Club goal of 50. County Agent I Fred Stine notes latest fruit contest entrants bring total to 25, naming several residents from Winchester and nearby routes.
On Route 277 Stephens July 19 at 1 pm real estate sale led by Duvall auctioneer near White Hall. July 19 at 11 am at Frederick County Court House real estate on Ave Winchester conducted by Pioneer. July 19 at 1 pm Mrs Janie Millwood Virginia furniture and household goods with W D Orn dorff auctioneer. July 26 at 11 am W B Ed Trustee of Frederick County five miles NW of Winchester handles real estate sale.
Republican decor change planned for Chicago Convention Hall with vertical red white and blue bunting replacing the old horizontal material. The new pleated nylon fabric aims to create a formal festooned appearance for the event.
A grass fire behind a house at 420 N Kent St was extinguished today. The property owner is Mary Lathorne Endlend. Firefighters contained the blaze with no injuries or further damage reported.
Answers include Sicily Elbert Hubbard and John J. Pose questions touch random facts with terse corrections. The fragment lists items like false statements about card games and a quirky quote about a new job yesterday.
The United States lines new superliner enters the North Atlantic with a speed record, beating the Queen Mary’s eastward run by wide margin. It completed the voyage in about three days ten hours forty minutes, averaging 34.581 knots. This marks the first transatlantic speed record by an American passenger ship in a century.
News reaches here of the death of Irvin Grim of 206 East North West Street Washington D C He is survived by his father Grove Green of Middletown two sisters Ruby Mills Careholte of ther Lee Grim of Maryland and a sister in law Mrs Frances Whittington The funeral arrangements have not yet been completed.
Senator Richard Russell of Georgia predicts the Democratic platform will include a civil rights plank that satisfies most party members. He cautions some liberals may be unsettled, but he expects a unified platform at Chicago.
RICHMOND seven pageam slashes payroll cuts reduce regional operations staff and funding across offices. Officials warn service delays may occur as positions are eliminated and restructuring takes effect this quarter.
The Rev. William Kenneth Cummingham, 44, pastor of Swain Memorial Methodist Church on Tangier Island, died today in a Richmond service. A funeral will be conducted at Calvary Methodist Church. burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Cummingham served in Cuba until 1932 and held pastorates in Appomattox, Emporia, Woodstock, Capeville, and Tangier Island.
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