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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1949
Page
11
Elm S and T will hold a baptismal service at 3 p m Sunday at Solomon s Bottom left of R 50 west Rev Irvin L Stonesifer will officiate.
William B. Ford 58 judge of the Page Rockingham Circuit court died yesterday of a heart attack while in his Luray yard. A Vanderbuilt graduate with a University of Virginia law degree he served in World War I and was appointed to the bench in 1947 succeeding Judge H W Bertram. His widow and a daughter survive.
The Francis Asbury district Methodist youth rally runs 4 to 10 p.m. tomorrow at Kernstown Methodist church. Rev. H. B. Roane leads recreation, Mrs. Harry Rickard oversees worship, Rev. R. A. Craig instructs the community service class, and Donald Jackson coordinates World Friendship with Mrs. John Hawse assisting. A 6:30 p.m. picnic, 7:45 p.m. vesper led by June Cammer with guest speaker Rev. F. B. Oglesby, followed by group singing, folk games, and a Friendship circle with a lighted cross.
Surveys show women spend more time listening to the radio than men during daytime periods and on Sundays, indicating a gender gap in listening habits.
The Back Creek district annual Sunday school convention is set for 2 p m Sunday at Mt Olive UB Church. Rev Floyd Wine of Mt Pleasant UB Church and Mt View Sunday schools will discuss Christian training in public schools. Also speaking are Revs W P Goode and Donald P Austin with several Sunday schools. Special music is planned.
Calcutta reports a renewed plague outbreak with 50 deaths among 366 cases so far this year, following a 42 year absence since 1906. Last year saw 254 cases and 14 deaths in the 17 weeks to July 31. in 1899 about 60,000 died in Calcutta alone.
Stephens City Methodist church laymen’s program set for 7 45 with C O Watson leading singing and Joseph Horwath of Refuge Church reading scripture T A Grim of Stephens City to lead prayer music and a charge for the meeting at the church campus
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