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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1950
Page
3
Unfavorable weather reduces 1951 crop prospects for cotton peanuts and major tobacco types. A Brannan Plan would expand marketing quotas to all crops, raise price supports, and require full compliance with soil conservation programs to qualify for subsidies.
Junior Chamber sponsors with B and M Chevrolet announce a June 15 party at Willow Lawn Pool for 1950 entrants. Drivers aged 11 to 15 will mingle before the July 4 Jail Hill derby, with swimming and cars on display. Parents must sign entry blanks. no charge. Local winner could win a $5,000 college scholarship or a new Chevrolet at Akron. Winchester champion’s expenses paid. The pepper vine note is irrelevant.
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Additions costing 250000 dollars are under way at the M. J. Grove Lime Company plant in Stephens City including a 70 ton daily kiln and a limestone sand mill. A second 70 ton kiln may be added in 1951 at 75000 dollars. The plant aims for 340 tons daily output when completed, up from 200 tons.
Berryville advisory board and farm home advisory committee members and spouses meet at 7:30 PM in Batlettown Restaurant to plan the Berryville 1950 Southern States Cooperative Annual Membership meeting. Nomination of candidates to fill vacancies on the board and advisory committee will also occur.
Pirates in the Straits of Malacca attacked a junk 30 miles southwest of Penang, stealing cargo worth 5000 dollars on a voyage from Indonesia. Earlier, on January 30, another junk was stripped of rubber and quinine valued at 660 dollars.
Cadets Walter Duncan Harold B Phillips and Avon Richard Omps all juniors at Virginia Polytechnic Institute will attend ROTC Summer Camps for six weeks starting June 17. Duncan goes to Fort Belvoir Virginia Phillips to Fort Monmouth New Jersey Omps to Fort Meade Maryland.
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