TEEN-AGE TACs Reach Semi Finals In Record Senseny Park Crowd
The TACs and Halltown move to the District Softball Tournament semi finals as Senseny Park draws a record crowd of over 1,350 with 400 to 500 teenagers among the fans. Buddy Grey pitched a three hitter in a 7 2 win over R H Hummer while Grace Bible stars won earlier. The tourney schedule includes Lucky Inn vs Republic Oil and TACs vs Halltown with the winner advancing to Richmond next month.
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Halltown
Tacs
Johnny Adams
Charlie Tait
Senseny Park
Valley Board of Halltown
Senseng Park
Jim Barnett
War Memorial
R. H. Hummer
Buddy Grey
Hummer
TAC
Grace Bible
West Virginians
Phostars
Harold Catlett
Jerry Fink
Bill Longerbeam
Senseng
Lucky Inn
Republic
Richmond
EUB & Clarke County
Esso
Billy Stine
Wendell Dick
Calhoon Singhass
Jimmy Grubbs
Grey
Stine
Jim Snapp
J. T. Clevenger
Pokey Cather
Singhass
Anderson
Kenneth Pitta
Chamber Sponsors Games With Preston I Moffett and Mayor Smalts
The Chamber of Commerce with Preston I Moffett agent for the sponsoring brewing company and Mayor Claude Smalts announces event details to be given during the game.
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The
Chamber of Commerce
Preston I. Moffett
Brewing Company
Claude Smalts
Powerhouse Middletown Plays Here
Winchester faces league leading Middletown at Rouss Park tomorrow at 2 30. Wendell Dick will start for Winchester with Jimmy Orndorff in relief as the club debuts Bet Clothes uniforms and eyes games with Marshall Front Royal The Plains Warrenton and Clarke County.
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Winchester
Rouss Park
Middletown
Wendell Dick
Jimmy Orndorff
Legion
Marshall
Front Royal
the Plains
Warrenton
Clarke County
Everett Kibler
Bill Stine
Fred Donica
Dick Donica
Jim Dix
Bill Shendon
Jim Higgs
Dickie Goode
Wayne Anderson
Marvin Russell
Orndorff
Market Greenhorns Wallop Grace Bible 16-3 in Church League
Market Street powered to a 16-3 win over Grace Bible Greenhorns at Senseng Park in a makeup Church League softball game. Jim Gowdy sat out with a broken thumb. Elwood Patterson was sidelined with a sliced thumb. Jack Burleson relieved for the losers as Mack Horton started. Bill Hickerson pitched three innings for Market.
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Senseng Park
Market Street
Grace Bible Greenhorns
Market
Grace Bible
Jim Gowdy
Elwood Patterson
Mack Horton
Jack Burleson
Bill Hickerson
Jack Billymer
Smith
Jim Hickerson
J. Burleson
Heironimus
Taylor
Virginia bird seasons set by State Game Commission
The State Game Commission announced hunting seasons for Virginia birds. Mourning doves may be hunted for 65 half-days starting Sept. 15 with a bag limit of 10 and possession of 20. Sora, gallinules, and sora season runs Sept. 12 to Oct. 31 with sora bag limit 15 and possession 30. Woodcock season spans 40 days from Nov. 16 with bag limit 4 and possession 8.
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Covington
State Game Commission
Virginia
Three Airmen Presumed Dead After Carrier Crash
Three Quonset Point airmen were presumed dead after a Valley Forge carrier crash off Virginia on takeoff. Pilot Lt Norman Sassi aged 27 from Warwick Rhode Island, co pilot Lt Martin S Kennedy 36 from Healdton Oklahoma, and AEC-3 Clarence A Batchelor 28 from Roswell New Mexico were named.
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Quonset Point
R. I
Quonet Navy
Valley Forge
Virginia
Norman Sassi
Warwick
Martin S. Kennedy
Healdton
Okla
AEC-3
Clarence A. Batchelor
Roswell
N. M
Lions, Rotary claim Little League wins in doubleheader
Herman Willis pitched a two hitter to lead Rotary to a 7-5 victory over Exchange. Kiwanis dropped 11-3 to the Lions as Frank Anderson hit two homers in a late bid. D Hall earned the win on a five hitter for Rotary, while Willis fanned 14 in a losing effort.
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Herman Willis
Rotary
Exchange
Frank Anderson
Kiwanis
Lions
Little Baseball League Diamonds
Senseng Park
Anderson
D. Hall
Weidig
R. Hockman
B. Swimley
Hall
Willis
Legg
Foreman
Ronrtie Clevenger
Siler Man Wins Gold Hammer From Mechanix Illustrated
J E White of Siler Route Winchester earns a 24 caret gold plated hammer from Mechanix Illustrated as one of seven Mr Golden Hammers awards each month. His winning project is a separate hobby shop with a fireplace bathroom and power tools built in spare time. the award issue features his project in August.
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J. E. White
Siler Route
Winchester
Mechanix Illustrated
Mr Golden Hammers
Mr. White
Local Bank Congratulated For New York Account
The Shenandoah Valley National Bank received a congratulatory letter from Ernest H. O Bannon Jr of Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City. Chase thanked the local bank for an account carried for 70 years. Shenandoah Valley National Bank, founded over 93 years ago, opened the account on July 9, 1889.
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Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Ernest H. O’bannon, Jr
Chase Manhattan Bank
New York City
New York Bank
Chase
Soviet Official Calls New York Subways Lousy
Moscow Soviet First Deputy Premier Frol Kozlov criticizes New York City subways as dirty with bad air. He comments while awaiting Vice President Nixon and suggests Governor Nelson Rockefeller should fund a subway rebuild with money slated for air raid shelters.
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Moscow
Frol Kozlov
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Kozlov
Nelson Rockefeller
Rescue Squad Auxiliary Plans For Yard Party
The Rescue Squad Auxiliary will host a yard party with soft drinks and a white elephant sale. Donations of hot dogs hamburgers chips coffee pies and cakes are invited by contacting listed members and officers. Volunteers may work dispatch shifts and obtain radio operator licenses by calling key organizers.
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Numbeers
William Pitcock
Vance Whittaker
Warneta DeHaven
Clatus Goode
Douglas Conner
W. E. Buckner
Robert Hahn
White Elephant
Victor Ridgeway
Elsie Rinker
David Plank
Patricia Royston
Redskins Get World in New York Tower Celebration
A surreal scene unfolds as a party of braves and press agents celebrate the last beam on a Manhattan steel structure. Sulphur sparks ignite a riveter’s forge while winds disperse the smoke into billows. Indians mingle with workers to toast the high rise, famed for hawkish Manhattan sales.
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New York
Manhattan
X15 Rocket Plane Completes Final Ground Test
The Air Force reports the X15 rocket plane passed its final test at Edwards AFB and is ready for its first powered flight within two weeks. The 70 minute captive test checked fuel jettison at a 32 000 pound gross weight with the craft under a B52 bomber.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
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Tars
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Thestars
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DeHaven
Jim Crim
Rifice
Anders
Marty Black
Allara
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Bill Carter
Jimmy Lloyd
Buddy Fuller
Fuller
Washington Senators
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Weasheys
Greenhorns
Blue Grass
Mom
Pop
Stoneman
White Horse Park
Boyce, Virginia
Shenandoah River
Berry’s Ferry
Loser Foster
Exchanges
Siler
N.Y
Redskins
Perry Engineering 90., Inc
Pontiac Sales & Service
Gerrard St
Valley Avenue
Jack Ireland
Sworns
South Lesdoun Street
Mohawk
Miss Flic
Kinger
Northern Virginia Power Co
Berryville, Va
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