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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1951

Page

2

Farm Bureau to Hold Frederick Clarke Picnic With Speaker

Executive secretary of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation in Richmond will be the principal speaker at the annual Farm Bureau outing for Frederick and Clarke Counties. The all day event at Lions Shelter Senseny road starts 10 a.m. with Mr Hubbard speaking in the afternoon. Children’s entertainment includes games and stunts with prizes for winners.

Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Richmond Farm Bureau Frederick and Clarke Counties Lions' Shelter Senseny Road Hubbard

Services Tomorrow For Edwin Shepard

Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2 30 p m for Edwin H Shepard who died Sunday about 4 45 from a heart ailment at the home of his mother near White Hall Interment will be in Mt Heron Cemetery The Rev Claude Barrick will officiate assisted by the Rev S J Goode Pallbearers are Roy Bageant Leon Smith Bruce Muse Charles Brown Wilmer Anderson Grover Teets Honorary pallbearers are B M Sullivan Thomas Brown Lohr Dick and Walter Anderson

Edwin H. Shepard White Hall Roy Bageant Leon Smith Bruce Muse Charles Brown Wilmer Anderson Grover Teets B M. Sullivan Thomas Brown Lohr Dick Walter Anderson Mt. Heron Cemetery Claude Barrick S. J. Goode

Mollie Clem Dies In Winchester Home After Illness

Mollie C. Clem 1876 193? wife of David H. Clem died at 308 N Braddock St after a two day illness. She grew up near Edinburg Hamburg, married in 1906, and belonged to Bethel Lutheran Hamburg. Survived by husband daughter Hilda Hitt and granddaughter, sister Wallie Clem. Funeral at Dellinger Funeral Home Woodstock then Bethel Lutheran Church with burial in church cemetery.

Mollie C. Clem David H. Clem N. Braddock Street George Painter Hamburg Edinburg Clem Bethel Lutheran Church of Hilda Hitt Winchester Wallie Clem Washington, D. C Clems Taylortown Dellinger Funreal Woodstock Bethel Lutheran Church G. W . Zivperer Forestville Lutheran

Vacation Sunday at Centenary Church

Centenary Church and Sunday School staff will observe a day of rest and change this Sunday July 29. The pastor asks all to attend worship at a church where services are held.

Centenary

Answers to the Quiz on Page Four

The page lists answers to a quiz with ten items: 1 Ben Hogan 2 Yes 3 A rattle 4 Mineral 5 The Duke of Wellington 6 Newcastle 7 Linen industry 8 Brunei 9 New York City 10 Geisha.

Ben Hogan Mineral The Duke of Wellington Newcastle Linen Industry Brunei New York City Geisha

Boy Scout Auction Sale at Va Livestock Market

Listing of July 25 auction at N Kent Street extended with numerous items from the Boy Scout sale. August 3 auction at Winchester County Court House offers valuable city business and residential property.

N. Kent St County Court House Winchester

Daily Crossword Across and Down Clues

A dense clue list includes across and down hints such as Hole-piercing foot Salt and Craze, with many short entries like 9 Climbing vine 12 Amid and 20 Banish. The puzzle integrates varied terms including Greek letter 17 and Chief deity Babyl. 46, plus down clues like Soon 1 and Gain 2, indicating a large themed grid with multiple cross references.

Former Clarke Man Dies In Washington

Beverley R. Pulliam of Silver Springs Maryland formerly of Clarke County died Monday in Garfield Hospital Washington D C. He was a retired Washington contractor. Survived by daughter Thelma Reynolds two sons Beverley A Pulliam and Barrett F Pulliam both of Washington. Funeral Thursday at 10 am EST from the Deans Funeral Home Washington with interment at Green Hill Cemetery Berryville around noon EST.

Beverley R. Pulliam Silver Springs Clarke County Garfield Hospital Washington D.C Randolph Pulliam Berryville Esi Dea Washington Green Hill Berrville

Millwood Resident Walter C Strange Dies in Winchester Hospital

Walter C Strange of Millwood died Sunday morning at Winchester Memorial Hospital. He was a member of the IOOF lodge and long served as a gardener on the Carter Hall estate. Survived by son Walter C Strange Jr of Charles Town and three sisters all of Washington DC.

Walter C. Strange Millwood Dolly Pendleton Strange Winchester Memorial Hospital Ioof Lodge Gardner Carter Hall Walter C. Strange, Jr Charles Town Louise Johnson Bell Williams Martha Strange Washington, DC

Death of Cattle Still a Mystery

In Amarillo Texas 38 head on Sam Holford’s Sherman County ranch died within 24 hours in a pasture near an old gas well. Veterinarians could not determine a cause after tests at a Dallas lab and plan further examination of internal organs. Hydrogen sulphide gas is suspected by some chemists though oil men say fumes would need confinement to be fatal.

Amarillo Tex Sam Holford Wolford Sherman County Charles Thompson Dalhart Dallas Chemical Laboratory Thompson Amarillo Oil and Gas Men

Winchester Days Prices List From Area Stores

Winchester Days continues with a cooperative price drop across many merchants. The special marked down section lists A N Store Adeline Shop Baker and Anderson Bayliss and Patterson Bell Clothes Buzzella's Caldwell Sites Capper's Jewelry Cather's Clowe's Jewelry Esthers Firestone Stores BF Goodrich W T Grant G M Music Center Gray and Eddy Grove Furniture Hill's Toy and Novelty Gardner Hillyard Hodgson Huntsberry's Jays The Jewel Box Johnston's Jewelry Kinney Shoe Store Leggetts Lovett's Shoe Dress Shop Macy Marriane's McCrory's Miller's Hardware Milady's Shop Miller and Anderson Modernage Molden Electric Montgomery Ward Mowery's Jewelry Mulvey's Haberdashery Newberry's Peoples Drug Store J C Penney Philips Specialty Shop Pifer Printing Company Reed Shoe Store Rhodes Jewelry Schewel Furniture Sears Roebuck and Company Hi C Sheetz and Son Sherwin Williams Paint Company Shoecenter Swimley Furniture Triangle Shoe Company Valley Shoe Salon Weiner's Wenders Apparel Shop Western Auto Associated Stores Winchester Furniture Company Winchester Television Corporation The Woolen Company Workingman's Store Worth's Young Men's Sport Shop.

Winchester A & N Store Adeline Shop Baker and Anderson Bayliss and Patterson Bell Clothes Buzzella’s Caldwel Capper’s Jewely Cather’s Clowe’s Jewelry Esther's Firestone Stores B. F Goodrich W. T. Grant Company G & M Music Center Gray & Eddy Mowery's Jewelry Mulvey's Haberdashery Newberry's People’s Drug Store J. C. Penney Company Philips Specialty Shop Pifer Printing Company Reed Shoe Store Rhodes’ Jewelry Schewel Furniture Company Sears-Roebuck and Company Hi. C. Sheetz and Son Sherwin-Williams Paint Company Shoecenter Swimley Furniture Triangle Shoe Company

Senators Push for Clarity on Army Expansion Beyond 3.5 Million

Senators press for more information on Truman’s call to grow the armed forces beyond 3,500,000 men. Morse supports the expansion to deter Soviet aggression while Sparkman and others caution that any hike requires solid justification and clear prospects of trouble elsewhere.

Washington Truman Morse Rore Oregon Russia Congress Korea Senate House Conference Committee Sparkman D-Ala H. Alexander Smith RNJ Eisenhower Europe Senate Russell D-Ga Senate Armed Services Committee Byrd D-Va Armed Services Committee

District Nurse Office Moves to New Winchester Address

The District Nurse Association and Winchester Tuberculosis Association moved their joint office from 22 S Loudoun Street to 206 N Cameron Street. The change was announced today.

District Nurse Association Winchester Tuberculosis Association S. Loudoun Street N. Cameron Street

Virginia Witnesses Protest Tax Hike

William Neff of the Vance Company and Frederick A Eustis of the Virginia Smelting Co testified before a Senate Finance Committee as House tax bills would raise Virginia company taxes by about 62 percent. Neff urged pay-as-you-go defense funding and local spending cuts while noting stores would be taxed as a single entity. Eustis warned his firm would lose 62 percent of earnings to federal, Virginia and local taxes.

Washington Virginia Senate House William Neff Vance Company Frederick A Eustis Virginia Smelting Co West Norfolk Neff Senate Finance Committee Eustis

Bradley Hoops Fix Scandal Claims $6,200 in Bribes

District attorney details a gambling scheme involving Bradley players from 1948 to 1950 with bribes totalling about 6 200. Players including Melchiorre Mann Grover Preece and others reportedly received varying sums for outcomes and margins. Investigators questioned four players in Peoria and Tony English was arrested. The Bradley squad voted to skip Madison Square Garden post season amid fixing taint.

Gan Hogan Preece Mann Grover Unamed Bradley Bowling Green Melchiorre Bradley Field House Vincent A. G. O’ Conor Peoria

Sentencing and Smelter Workers Fined Over Mine Road Blockade

Sentencing continued from Page 1 with Smelter Workers and Local 890 each fined 4000 dollars for ignoring an injunction to keep the road to the Empire zinc mine at Hanover open. A sound truck near the courthouse voiced opposition to Sheriff Goforth, Police Chief Roach, and Governor Mechem's martial law threat. No violence was reported and Roach said National Guard unlikely.

Empire Zinc Hanover Court House Grant County Leslie Goforth Joe Roach Govern_ Mechem Roach National Guard

Stars vary greatly in size from Earth scale to enormous

The discussion notes that some stars are very small, even smaller than Earth, while the largest known stars reach about 3,000 times the sun's diameter.

Child pulled from Opequon Creek after wandering incident

Rescue crews worked to revive two year old Dale Golightly who wandered from home and fell into the Opequon Creek near Millwood Pike. Family members and the Friendship Fire Company assisted with artificial respiration before a mechanical respirator arrived.

Opequon Creek Dale Golightly Douglas Golightly Millwood Pike Friendship Fire Company Robert Golightly

Portland man parades 100-pound cougar as harmless pet

In Portland Oregon Chili the 100 pound cougar returned home after a police zoo hold. Owner Kendall Hockensmith dismissed danger claims saying the animal is playful and only sometimes rough with dogs. Neighbors disputed the claim and a state official noted a $50 bounty on wild cougars, not Chili.

Portland Chili Louis Miller Zoo Kendall Hockensmith Hockensmith State Game Commission

British Plane Reports Arctic Flight Crossing North Pole

The Air Ministry announced a Lincoln Aries long range bomber is flying from Iceland toward the North Pole and expected to land at Eielson Field near Fairbanks after 17 hours of nonstop flight covering 3558 miles. The mission, part of Arctic training by the R A F College at Manby, England, will return Thursday on a 4128 mile nonstop flight back to Manby.

London Air Ministry Iceland North Pole Fairbanks Alaska U.S Air Force Eielson Field R. A. F P. College Manby England

Senator Foresees Cushion If New Fund Is Cut

Russell, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the money could serve as a cushion should the new fund be cut. The group may sit in on hearings held by Connally's Foreign Relations Committee.

Russell Senate Armed Services Committee Connally Foreign Relations Committee

Allies Take Command in Korean Cease Fire Talks

UN advance headquarters report a shift in momentum as Allied delegates gain initiative in Kaesong talks. Vice Admiral Joy signals a stop to foreign troop withdrawal debates, warning the Reds to choose between peace or renewed conflict.

U. N Korea United Nations Kaesong Matthew B. Ridgeway Adm Turner C. Joy U.N Reds Jong

Mississippi Democrats Plead Innocent to Federal Conspiracy

Eight Mississippi pro Truman Democrats pleaded innocent today to federal charges of conspiring to sell government jobs. The defendants face accusations tied to trying to trade official positions for political favors amid postwar national politics.

Jackson, Miss Mississippi

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Farm Bureau Speaker M A Hubbard Edwin Shepard Mos Winchester Centenary Church Mantell Morgan John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc Braddock St Daily Crossword Amid Wayfarer's Puget Sound Egypt Clarke Barr’s Farmer’s Hardware N. Cameron St Madison Square Garden Chtembenr GOWEN Order of the Golden Rule Order Jones Ezal Home Bulletin Swift C. J. Brumback & Sons Joy Glaize & Bro Chapman Motor CO Desoto Heatwole Motor CO Mervel W. Adams N. Cameron D.S.T R. Johnston Bittner Waynesboro, Pa Buncutter Tire CO S. Braddock Studebaker America Cather Motors, Inc E. Piccadilly St
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