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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1946
Page
9
Firefighters found the blaze nearly out at the home of Leslie White Jr. Spare-time neighbor Eugene Holmannshaw watched with a garden hose. In the basement 1,100 rounds of shotgun and rifle ammunition exploded as the fire sparked popping noises and smoke.
The revival services sponsored by Church of the Nazarene at Friendship Fire Hall continue through Sunday night, June 9. Services begin each evening at 8. Evangelist Rev. James Boshell of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, delivers forceful messages inviting all to worship.
June 5 report notes guests visiting from Hagerstown and Stephenson to the Snapps. The Bean party with Miss MacNeill from Washington visited the former’s farm over the weekend. Several families from Washington, Winchester, Chanbersville and nearby areas joined Mr. and Mrs. Brew er, Rosier and others for Sunday visits and dinners.
Jaoe Moore, 15, a Sacred Heart player, collapsed and died after a fall into the Mackenzie Field bleachers during a seventh inning chase of a fly ball. Dr. Zielinski cited asphyxia from tracheal rupture. The Holyoke game vs St. Jerome was halted with the score tied 2-7.
The Winchester VA announces a weekly itinerant contact service for veterans and dependents in Front Royal Strasburg and Leesburg starting this week. Edward C Goss will travel to these towns with locations at Front Royal U S Employment Office Strasburg U S Post Office and Leesburg U S Post Office to assist with VA benefit applications. Goss has served as VA contact representative since May of last year previously at Fredericksburg and Winchester units.
Area boys aged 14 to 17 are urged to enter the Virginia Junior Amateur Golf Tournament in Richmond on June 25. Sponsored by the Virginia State Junior Chamber of Commerce, the 36 hole event offers four entries per club with the winner and three runners up advancing to the National Junior Amateur in Spokane August 5 to 10.
Community sale notices list events from June 6 to June 22 at various locations including Rest Virginia Middleburg Staunton Albin Berryville and Augusta. Items include antiques modern furniture household goods livestock and farm equipment with sellers Hattie Cuyett Joe Jolliffe Geo Wright Mrs Luttrell and others.
Feller’s early pace hints at a record season as he nears the 343 strikeouts set by Rube Waddell. With only 12 games pitched for the Cleveland Indians, about 30 percent of a typical 40 start schedule, he could reach and surpass the modern big league mark if his early pace continues.
Associated Press notes Bobbyer has 118 strikeouts in 107 innings, far ahead of rivals as Witch Hal Newhouser’s 1944-45 hall record looms distant. The report positions Rapid Roberts as the only genuine challenger to the pace.
Airborne captured the 163rd Derby at Epsom Downs by a length over Gulf Stream with Radio Therapy third. The long shot, ridden by T Lawrence, beat the favorite Gulf Stream as the Royal Family attended the first derby postwar return on a rain soaked track.
Five Stephens City High School graduates received special honors at Monday night’s ceremony led by Principal Robert EE Avier. Himelwright earned a Readers Subscriptions prize for top scholastic standing and FFA membership.aver expressed won the best FFA award for the year. Bailey received the American Legion Auxiliary presented honor. Frears Cooper was named a winner in another award. James Brum, a junior, earned a free attendance at a government short course at W. P. T.. Harold Whette, an eighth grader, won a forestry course at Appomattox State Camp. Leslie D. Kline spoke on citizenship with invocations and benediction by Rev. Booze and Rev. Day.
Boxing observers in Paterson New Jersey say Joe Louis seems to push his punches in sparring as he nears a heavyweight title bout with Conn. Louis completed six rounds of work, bringing his total to 92 in training, while Conn did not work out at his Greenwood Lake camp yesterday.
The study states that alcoholic addiction is reportedly seven times more prevalent among men than among women.
A meeting of all interested in forming a softball team in Stonewall District is set for Friday evening June 7 at 8 o clock in the Grange Hall at White Hall. Former Stonewall District players and new prospects are urged to attend.
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