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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1946
Page
5
Italian voters reported at 1:30 a.m. gave the Christian Democrats 7,598,783 votes out of 21,002 tabulated, with the Socialists at 4,512,333 and the Communists at 129,222. Based on current tallies, the CD party expects to win about 556 seats in the new parliament as Italy plans a new constitutional institution.
Summer sewing pattern news offers Pattern 4886 jacket and skirt options in sizes 14 16 18 20 32 34 36 38 40 42 with 3 yards of 39 inch fabric. Send twenty cents to Winchester Star Pattern Dept New York for the book with free printed directions.
President Truman undertook to reconcile Army Navy merger differences after a 90 minute White House meeting. The single chief of staff proposal, backed by the Army, was reportedly dropped, with circulation suggesting Truman favored the Navy on this issue.
Stephens City will hold an all write in municipal vote on June 11 with Floyd B. Cadwallader as mayor and six council seats on the ballot. Middletown mayor Fred J. Larrick and five council members face re election, while Stephens City and Middletown both plan street repairs if materials and labor are secured.
County School Superintendent Leslie D. Kline said the board chose a site off Northwestern Grade for the consolidated school. The State Board said students cannot miss classes for apple harvest except illness with a doctor’s note. First graders must have six birthdays by September 1 to enroll. Three buses ordered last summer will be delivered. Faculty changes include Clara D. Keller, Ellen C. Keller return to Gravel Springs. D. L. Perrault to teach commercial subjects at Stephens City. E. Geneva Kahne to Gore. Helen Hook reappointed. Llana Keller assigned countywide. Funds gaps block textbook state matching for primaries. E. R. Kern named Gore janitor. extra pay for janitors after graduation. Next meeting June 19.
Clarke County news is highlighted daily in Clarke’s Daily newspaper The Star, providing residents with local updates and stories from the county. The feature showcases community events, notable residents, and ongoing local developments.
Clarke County Chamber of Commerce elected twelve directors in a Berryville meeting. Named were Edward P. Berlin, Dr. William Don Jr., Ralph N. Dorsey, Dr. C. H. Iden, Ernest F. Locke, Roy E. Botts, Archie Robertson, Herbert M. Smalley, Stacy B. Lloyd and Joseph F. Moore, Graham Dougherty reported progress on a Living Memorial for World War II veterans and an addition to the Community Building memorial to World War I veterans.
White Hall Subordinate Grange members voted to hold a covered dish supper at the Grange Hall on Wednesday night. D Lewis, Master, announced a District Softball Association meeting set for June 7 at 8 p.m. at the Grange Hall to reorganize the association. President B F Strother urges all players and interested persons to attend.
The Winchester Rotary Club will host a weekly meeting with the theme Club Service. Dan Leatherman will preside and short talks titled Rotary As I Like It will be delivered by I. Fred Stine Philip Glaize Paul Rosenberger and Stewart Bell Jr. The session begins at 1 p.m. at the Sarah Zane Fire Hall.
Three stories explain how Bloody Point on Chesapeake Bay got its name. One claim cites a massacre of Indians by white settlers during a parley. A second attributes it to a fight in the Claiborne era. A third ties it to the hanging of a notorious French pirate captured at Norfolk.
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