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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1952
Page
2
Chicago onlookers watched New York welterweight Johnny Saxton overpower Luther Rawlings to remain unbeaten at 29-0. Saxton used a sharp left hook and crowding tactics to push Rawlings into the ropes, while Rawlings suffered his ninth loss in 42 professional bouts.
Answers printed on Page 4 list questions and responses with names and numbers. Key items include Oregon, Alexander the Great, Scottish Highlanders, Ninety six, Hernando Cortes, a public burn, Lawrence, Music, twenty dollars, and erratum.
A serialized notice lists auction dates and properties to be sold by Chas R Duvall and others. Items include grocery stock fixtures real estate store equipment meat packing plant furniture and estate real estate at locations in Winchester Roanoke Clearbrook and surrounding areas with sale times in June July.
Philadelphia hosts the fourth Walcott Charles bout with Charles a 2 to 1 favorite to reclaim the crown. promoters forecast 35 000 fans and 250 000 gate while TV rights total 175 000. Walcott vows to knock out Charles again as Ezzard weighs about 191 and Walcott around 194 195.
The readable portion lists various body measurements such as chest, waist, forearm, biceps, wrist, thigh, calf, and ankle with inconsistent units and digits. Several figures appear truncated or garbled, making precise interpretation difficult.
The Pavlownia, a native of China naturalized in the eastern United States, bears fragrant violent flow ers in dense upright clusters. It was named in honor of Anna Pavlona, daughter of Czar Paul I.
David Franklin Fries former Frederick County resident died of a heart attack at his Floral Park New York home on Wednesday. He was born January 21 1874 in Frederick County and owned an electrical appliance business there for years. Survived by his widow Cora D Goode and many nieces and nephews. Funeral 2 p m Saturday at Omps Funeral Home with Dr William E Eisenberg officiating. Burial Mt Hebron Cemetery.
Loy H Hook 68 died at his home on Millwood Road Route 1 Winchester at 10 15 this morning after a long illness. Born near Edinburg Virginia in 1884 he lived at Capon River for years and moved twenty years ago to his present farm and lumber business. He was a longtime member of Timber Ridge Congregational Christian Church. Survived by wife Kathleen Sherman Hook a son Lester B Hook and two daughters Lillie Virginia Johnson and Margaret Ross Spielman.
The Highland Avenue Presbyterian Chapel moves Sunday morning service to 6 30 PM to enable congregants to attend the baccalaureate sermon at Handley High School.
Philadelphia boxing scene centers on Ezzard Charles vs Jersey Joe Walcott while Sugar Ray Robinson and Joey Maxim loom for June in New York. The International Boxing Club promotes restraint ahead of the big bout, with Charles favored to win though future meetings remain possible.
A PTA backed yard party at Round Hill School begins at 6 p m to raise funds for supplemental readers and a reading chart. Special committees led by Donald P. Austin plan a sale of home made ice cream cakes pies baked goods coffee soup country ham sandwiches and soft drinks.
Presbyterian Church commissioners gather in Charleston for the 92nd General Assembly with 438 delegates from 85 presbyteries. A new moderator will be elected, and debates cover creed changes, marriage grounds, fundraising methods, and a $2 million drive for Negro education including Stillman College.
Lambeth campaign aide for Francis Pickens Miller says Senator Byrd lacks practical political sense and has kept aloof from Washington policy. He contrasts Byrd with other Virginians in policy making and accuses Byrd of not aiding Virginia officials in securing a steel mill loan.
A 47 year old woman, described as blonde but graying, was found dead in the water beside the rocky breakwater at Fort Monroe near the Highways ferry slip. The victim was identified as Mrs. Mary Vincent of Hampton by her landlady, Mrs. P. A. Myers.
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