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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1949
Page
7
Frederick Circuit County grand jury indicted Paul Miller of Front Royal on four counts of bad check violations. He forged the name George Helsley Sr to a 12.75 dollar check and forged Smith on an endorsement and uttered a forged check and endorsement. Miller received 12 months on each count with sentences to run concurrently, suspended, and was placed on two years probation.
Mixed classified items include sale of Kalart flash gun and soap box derby wheels, multiple rental notices for rooms and houses, short contact lines with phone numbers, and ads for nursing instruction and diesel training. Includes a 1949 Hudson Commodore sale offer with cash contact.
A father and mother recall the death of their daughter Catherine Preffitt Hershman two years ago on July 19 in a remembrance note. Otto and Lucy S. Preffitt express enduring love and sorrow, noting the world forgets but their love endures.
In Frederick County Virginia Circuit Court a show cause hearing is set for August 2, 1949, on the accounts of James P. Reardon as executor of Minnie G. Unger, deceased. Creditors and interested parties must appear at the Winchester court to contest the estate distribution as detailed in the filed report.
Stephens City hosts a yard party at the high school on a Saturday afternoon featuring Virginia country ham and fried chicken great aromas from the auxiliary led by Mrs. Julian D. Steele. An auction of donated items by local merchants will run during the event with Byron O. Brumback conducting sales. Fire company president Howard E. Massie and Mrs. Massie are away in New York as Lions International delegates.
A yard party is set for Saturday July 23 at 7 p m at Relief Methodist Church on Middle Road. Food includes country ham and chicken sandwiches and homemade cake.
A church event at Greenway EUB Church at Double Toll Gate hosts a meal on Wednesday July 27 starting 6 PM with sandwiches soup cake and ice cream. In case of rain the event moves to Thursday night.
Brucetown and surrounding towns see a steady stream of visitors. Charles Hyer and daughter from Washington call on Lee Collins and family in Brucetown. Alexandria residents Mary Casico and others visit Baltimore, Winchester, and Middleway guests. Mrs. Calvin Cain and children from Winchester visit relatives in Brucetown.
The article notes Louisa May Alcott and her sister valued their hair as a possible resource for need but never sold it. It states the time never came to use this “treasure.”
As of June 1948 Hawaii's civilian population stood at 540,500 with an average density of 84 persons per square mile. Of the total population 63 percent were native born.
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