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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1951
Page
12
The second annual Middletown Firemen's Carnival, held a week before last, was called a financial success by Secretary G. W. Borden. Rain affected two nights but receipts were satisfactory. The feature parade drew a large crowd, and Fire Company and Ladies Auxiliary members thanked contributors.
Radio and television listings show WNEW Channel 4 WTTG Channel 5 WMAL Channel 7 and WTOP Channel 6 with programs from 6:00 pm to 11:15 pm including Footlight Theater Ernie Kovacs Twilight Song News Caravan Wild West Show TV Theater Break the Bank Stars Over Hollywood General MacArthur Shop the Town Space Cadet Captain Video Hollywood Newsreel Pin-Up Wife Documentary Theater Shadow of the Cloak Cavalcade of Stars Sports Wakeman Frontier Theater Fighting Marines Telenews Sports Reel Chance of a Lifetime Adult Education World Series of 1946 Bill Gwinn Show Quiz of Two Cities Wrestling G Back Sports Sign Off Temple Sagebrush Yesterday's Newsreel News Edwards TV's Top Tunes Arthur Godfrey and His Friends Strike It Rich The Web All-Star Sports Revue Mug and Gong News Sports Playhouse 9 Dreaming.
The listing outlines a daytime program with Kiddies Hour segments followed by a westward discussion at 6 18 and a threaded news comment segment by three speakers at 7 00. It notes a Waxworks feature and a daily commentary lineup before dinner details.
General Douglas MacArthur speaks to a joint session in Boston and the event is broadcast live on MBS at 9 EDT and telecast by NBC from a kinescope at 11 EDT. CBS-TV plans no Saturday football in color this season, but will feature a top Sunday film and color nine college games on Saturdays. An NBC rodeo program airs at 8 EDT and ABC leases the Little Theatre in New York for TV use. The piece notes no evidence that smoking is more harmful to women than men.
Cases heard by Police Judge John W. Rice resulted in fines and costs for eight defendants. Included were improper mufflers for Asbury Adam Boyce and Harry Gilbert Catlett, speeding for Francis Edwin Long Vincent Eugene Assalone and Marjorie Lee Coran, a Virginia vehicle code violation for William George Slonaker, no operator’s license for William Shanholtz, and additional fines totaling.
Richard Copeland director of the Welfare and Institutions Department says he is satisfied with current state law restricting welfare relief roll inspection to local welfare boards and county boards. He commented as a Senate bill would allow federal funds to continue if rolls were opened to public inspection.
A report states Mrs Caruso and her daughter the former Ghioria Caruso are still alive. The note confirms Enrico Caruso's wife and child remain living.
Mrs John Whitacre notes an organ recital by H C Mc Murtry of Winchester at Redlawn Methodist Church Sunday August 12 at 8 p m. The church hosts a two week Daily Vacation Bible School ending Thursday night with a program at 8 p m. About 60 children from Whitacre and nearby communities attend. Edith Braithwaite is at Morris Harvey College.
Norman Braithwaite and family from Harrisonburg visited Mrs Hollis Braithwaite in Charleston. Mrs George S Whitacre improves at home with son Lee Whitacre. Master Sergeant Douglas W Dolan of Whitacre, stationed at Eglin AFB, received a certificate of achievement in Washington for meritorious service during the atomic maneuver on the Marshall Islands.
The notice requests readers on vacation to call phone number 3424 to receive The STAR newspaper during their break. No further details provided.
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