City Methodists Hear Bishop in Winchester Service
Congregations of Winchester three Methodist churches welcomed Bishop W. W. Peele of Richmond at Braddock Street Church for a sermon. He noted no successor has been chosen to fill the late District Superintendent Thomas post. The service drew an almost full auditorium and featured two choirs and prayers from Market Street and Montague Avenue pastors. The bishop warned against overusing talent, urging care for weaker nations.
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Winchester
W. W. Peele
Richmond
Braddock Street
Thomas
May Shirey
South Braddock Street
R. Frank Barr
T. J. Hawkins
Market Street
Montague Avenue
United States
E S Arnold Dies At LaGrange Ind
Word comes from LaGrange Indiana of the death last month of 89 year old E S Arnold. He formerly lived in Frederick County where he taught school for many years.
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E. S. Arnold
LaGrange
Ind
Arnold
Frederick County
Quiz Answers Page Four Summary
Correct responses list for questions: iceberg, large ferocious African, True about orchid value, James F. es as Secretary of State, 440 days, parts of speech for grammar, Cubs, economic and technical aid for Greece and Turkey, Gabriel Heatter, Sacred Cow.
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James F. Es
Greece
Turkey
Gabriel Heatter
Mrs V E Vaught Succumbs at 47 in Winchester
Vern ie Elizabeth Vaught 47 died 2 30 am at Memorial Hospital from a heart attack after recent surgery. Born February 20 1899 in Frederick County Virginia she lived in Winchester after marrying Edward J Vaught of Front Royal. Survived by husband seven children three sisters and seven grandchildren. Funeral 2 pm Wednesday Jones Funeral Home. Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Vernie Elizabeth Vaught
Memorial Hospital
Frederick County
Virginia
Charles
Maggie Showalter Hardy
Vaught
E. Kern Street
Winchester
Edward J. Vaught
Front Royal
United Brethren
Mt. Rainer
Maryland
Rosie Ruble
Jones Funeral Home
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Injured Pastor Mends At Hospital
The Rev. William Seibert Gerhard of Middlebrook Staunton suffered a fractured left hip Friday when a right front tire blew out on U.S. Route 11 near Middletown. His wife, Jesse Clara Gerhard, 68, was killed. Trooper J. S. Fant said the car veered off, hit a telephone pole, and the tire failure caused the crash.
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William Seibert Gerhard
Middlebrook
Staunton
Middletown
Memorial Hospital
Gerhard
Jesse Clara Gerhard
J S. Fant
Plan Organization Of Scout Cub Pack
All parents of boys ages 9 10 and 11 are urged to attend a meeting at 8 p m tomorrow at the First Evangelical United Brethren Church. Curtis Blye directing the pack will speak and Herbert Wilkins scout executive will show motion pictures on scouting.
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First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Curtis Blye
Herbert Wilkins
Scout
Sales Directory Listing from Clarke County Area
June 6-11 public sales announced with dates and times. Wilton Hass items at Berryville location on Charles Town Pike include stock, farming implements and household goods. June 7 Mrs C L Lockhart at Winchester address offers Nash automobile and household furniture and tools. June 7 Adelaide Fuller estate at Piccadilly Street features furniture and appliances. June 11 M D Adams at old Pierce Home Place lists horses cattle sheep and implements. June 11 J C Williams east of Winchester lists livestock implements and household goods.
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Wilton Singhass
Berryville
Charles Town Pike
C. L. Lockhart
Greenwall Ave
Winchester
Nash Automobile
Adelaide H. Fuller
E. Piccadilly St
Adams
Old Pierce
Clarke County
J. C. Williams
Berryville Pike
Educators Tell Ya Commission Of School Needs
The Moses McCue Virginia Commission to study ideas for state education facilities met in Culpeper on Saturday. School officials and others from 24 counties presented testimonies on needs and funding. Frederick county was represented by Miss Annie Starling Layton Stockdale C Irvine Cather Mrs Anna Paughman Mrs C D Dye and B F Strother. Winchester delegates included Mrs John Carl Morgan Mrs Victor Wheeler Mrs McSherry Lupton and Mrs Richard Lewis from the AAUW education committee.
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Moses - McCue
Virginia Commission
Culpeper
Annie Starling
Frederick County
Layton Stockdale
C. Irvine Cather
Anna Paughman
C. D. Dye
B. F. Strother
John Carl Morgan
Victor Wheeler
McSherry Lupton
Richard Lewis
American Association of University Women
Winchester
Barter Theater Stages John Loves Mary in Abingdon Virginia
Barter Theater in Virginia presents Broadway comedy John Loves Mary starting June 9 with multiple repeat performances that week and during the following week. East Lynne is booked June 11 and 12. The production is produced on Broadway by Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan directed. Abingdon marks one of the first out of New York showings outside a New Haven and Boston tryout.
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Robert Porterfield
Barter Theatre
Virginia
Broadway
John Loves
Mary
Richard Rodgers
Oscar Hammerstein
Joshua Logan
New Haven
Boston
Abingdon
New York
Petitioners Seek Revision Of Parking Space Order
Petitions circulated in the county urge the board of supervisors to rescind action from the May meeting ordering Bailey Bros. to vacate their building on the county hitching lot to free ground for parking. The Bailey brothers have operated there for over 40 years. Petitions will be presented at the June meeting next Monday.
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Board of Supervisors
Bailey Bros
Bailey Brothers
Briggs Co. Averts Strike Fears With New Talks
Detroit June 2. Briggs Manufacturing Co resumed negotiations today with the CIO united auto workers to head off a threatened strike by about 20 000 employees. Meanwhile 3 700 members of the Independent Federation Association of America voted to continue a walkout at Ford Motor Co started May 21.
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Detroit
Briggs Manufacturing Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Independent Forment
S Association of America
Ford Motor Co
School Registration Dates Announced for City Students
Registration for children entering city schools in September will be held at John Kerr School on June 3 and 4 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and at Douglas School from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Children must be six by October 31, 1947 and bring a birth certificate. Lola V. Moore, principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kerr
Douglas School
Lola V. Moore
Virginia Ave
Seven More Enter Soap Box Derby Set For July 4
The Winchester soap box derby adds seven entrants for its second annual race on July 4. Entries include Jerry Allen White 14, Larry Neil Leetch 14, Warren Grey Kines Jr. 14, Alvin Dean Baughman 15, Eugene Russell Jr. 15, Roy Cather Jr. 13, and Frederick Lee Rathman 11, with their guardians and home addresses listed.
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Winchester
JET
Jerry Allen White
L. F. White
Berryville Avenue
Miller School
Larry Neil Leetch
K. F. Leetch
Valley Avenue
Handley
Warren Grey Kines, Jr
Warren G. Kines
S. Loudoun Street
Alvin Dean Baughman
Davis L. Baughman
Sunnyside
Stephens City High School
Eugene Russell, Jr
Eugene D. Russell
Morningside Drive
Handley School
Roy Cather, Jr
Roy A. Cather
S. Washington Street
Frederick Lee Rathman
F. W. Rathman
W. Cork Street
Berryville Youth to Graduate From Naval Academy
Midshipman William E. Henson Jr. of Berryville is among eight Virginians in the U S Naval Academy 1947 graduating class. June Week activities opened with the Ring Dance in Bancroft Hall. Graduation is at 11 a m Friday in Dahlgren Hall with Secretary James Forrestal as principal speaker.
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William E. Henson, Jr
W. E. Henson
Rice Street
Berryville
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Bancroft Hall
Dahlgren Hall
Secretary of the Navy
James Forrestal
Four Trees Planted On City School Grounds
The Women's Civic League presented four trees planted across three city schools. Two trees went to Virginia Avenue School due to space at John Kerr. Handley and Douglas schools each received one tree. Each planting was marked with a school program.
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Women's Civic League
John Kerr School
Virginia Avenue
Handley
Douglas School
Park Nine Loses At Boyce In All Star Game
Clarke County defeated Park Clarke 9 2 at Boyce Sunday with Buckner earning the win and Mentzer pitching for Park. Patton injured a knee late in the game may miss the rest of the season. Park Nine travels home to face a Sunday contest next.
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Park Nine
Patton
Boyce
Homes Patton
Clarke County
Boyce &Md
Clarke
Buckner
Mentzer
Park
Iocal
Come From Md to Visit Cemetery
Mr and Mrs Harry L Ritter of Silver Springs Maryland visited Mt Hebron cemetery yesterday accompanied by Mrs Jurlig A March of Winchester. Ritter who works for Capital City Transit in Silver Springs is a Winchester native. Graves include his grandfather James Hamilton longtime superintendent and W A Marsh deceased husband of Mrs March and Mrs I Pulter mother of Mr Ritter.
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Harry L. Ritter
Silver Springs
Jurlig A. March
Winchester
Mt. Hebron
Ritter
Capital City Transit Company
James Hamilton
W. A. Marsh
March
I. Pulter
Reverend E H Jackson Retains Methodist Charge
The Rev. E. H. Jackson of this city has been returned to the John Mann Methodist Church for the fifth consecutive year by the Washington Annual Conference of the Methodist Church. He also serves as pastor of Arch Chapel Methodist Church at Stephens City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Jackson
John Mann Methodist Church
Washington
Gold Star Mothers Attend Memorial Day at Martinsburg
A delegation of Gold Star Mothers attended Memorial Day exercises at Newton D. Baker Veterans Center Martinsburg with about 200 in attendance. The Rev James B Storey pastor of Charles Town Presbyterian Church gave the principal address. Visitors then toured the hospital and joined hospital staff for dinner.
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Gold Star
Newton D. Baker Veterans Center
Martinsburg
Fom
VFW
Lucy P. Marshall
S. L. Flickinger
Lena Allen
Elise McCormick
James B. Storey
Presbyterian Church
Charles Town
Hospitil
Three Cars Damaged In Rt 522 Collision Near Winchester
Total damage estimated at 100 dollars reported by Trooper J. S. Fant after a 5 30 p m Sunday crash three miles south of Winchester on Rt 522. Drivers were Miss Hakie H. Butler Happy Creek Forest L. Falk Rt 2 Broadway and Ogden B. Lupton Front Royal. No injuries.
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J. S. Fant
Winchester
Rt. 522
Fant
Hakie H. Butler
Happy Creek
Forest L. Falk
Rt. 2
Broadway
Ogden B. Lupton
Front Royal
Chinese Police Crack Down On Student Demonstrations
In Shanghai and other regions, police and military moved to block a nationwide student protest demanding an end to the civil war. About 39,000 pro government students held an anti communist rally and parade in Shanghai despite a government ban, with no general outbreak evident.
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Shanghai
China
Army Air Forces Opens Aviation Cadet Pilot Course for Civilians
The first Army Air Forces aviation cadet pilot training class since VE-Day will start July 1 at Randolph Field Texas. Five hundred cadets will begin a 52 week course leading to a commission and pilot rating with another 500 starting October 15 and a third class March 1 1948. Applicants must be unmarried male citizens 18 to 26 1/2 with two years of college or a passing score on a rigid written test. Cadets receive $75 base pay plus $1 daily ration while in training. uniforms and a $10 000 life insurance policy are provided. Commissioned officers earn $336 to $372 monthly depending on status.
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Army Air Forces
Army
Randolph Field
San Antonio
Texas
Government to buck grain market for future export supplies
Washington report states the government will not fix a top price. It will instead adjust the market for future grain supplies needed for export to control costs.
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Washington
Foreman Rites Held for Gore Resident Harrison Foreman
Funeral services for 75 year old Harrison Fillmore Foreman of Gore were held at Ebenezer Church at 11 a m Saturday with Rev Roy Schumaker officiating. Interment followed in the adjacent cemetery with pallbearers named Shirley Foreman Lohrwood Foreman Hetzel Foreman Allen Mauck Garland Shumaker and Linden Ramey.
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Harrison Fillmore
Gore
Ebenezer Church
Roy Schmucker
Shirley Foreman
Lohrwood
Hetzel Foreman
Allen Mauck
Garland Shumaker
Linden Ramey
Mercersburg Names JV Track Numeral William Henry Lawrence II
William Henry Lawrence II son of Mr and Mrs William Henry Lawrence Jr 319 W Piccadilly street has been awarded his Jayvee numerals in track at Mercersburg Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Lawrence, II
William Henry Lawrence, Jr
W. Piccadilly Street
Mercersburg Academy
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Winchester Furniture CO
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Braddock St
Sharon Lee Luttrell
Ginger Huffman
Jean Lee
Millwood
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Commission of School
Barter Theater
Barr’s Orchard & Farm Supply
Naval Academy
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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Eureka
Molden
Molden Electric CO
S. Loudoun
Riew
Cary
Hte
Army Air Forces Aviation
Civil Patrol
H. F. Foreman Funeral
Keene’s
Glaize & Bro
Cameron Street
McCormick-Deering
C. 1
Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
Chapman Motor CO
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Bell ‘Sronzs
R. S. Brown
Courtney K. Grim
National Ave
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