Apple Juicer Attracts Eyes Of Orchardists
A demonstration of a home apple juicer will be a highlight at the Appalachian Apple Service annual meeting in Hagerstown. H. Clay deGrange of Virginia notes growing interest among growers, with financing plans under consideration. The event opens at 10 am with reports and crop prospects, and an afternoon talk by Donald R. Richberg.
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Appalachian Apple Service
Hagerstown
H. Clay deGrange
Virginia
Apple
C. Purcell McCuz
Donald R. Richberg
Washington
deGrange
Hotel Alexander
I. Fred Stine
Walker McC. Bond
Frederick County Fruit Growers Association
Four Veterans in Berryville Class Lead Commencement Week
Four World War II veterans are part of 29 Berryville high school graduates preparing for commencement week. Baccalaureate services take place Sunday at Grace Episcopal Church with Rev. Henry G. Lane delivering the sermon. The graduation program, run by the seniors, is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday on the high school campus. Robert Allen McDonald will be class orator, Elaine Sehner is valedictorian, and Jimmy Berlin is salutatorian. school glee club to provide music.
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Berryvile High School
Grace Episcopal Church
Henry G. Lane
Robert Allen McDonald
Glee Club
Elaine S*ehner
Jimmy Berlin
40 From Winchester Area Recall D-day in Normandy
Winchester area veterans recount D-day landings on Omaha beach with names of local soldiers and units. Highlights include Pvt. B Beverly Byrd of Berryville and Sgt John Whalford of Winchester among those engaged. Cherbourg dispatch notes broader Allied breakout and casualty figures across divisions.
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Winchester
Normandy
Berryville
Omaha Beach
Pvt
B. Beverly Byrd
82Nd Airborne Division
England
Stonewall High Plans 21 Graduates for Tuesday
Stonewall High announces 21 seniors will graduate this year led by ex servicemen Rudolph Hepner James Huyette and William Lewis. The baccalaureate is Sunday at 8 p m with Rev F P Fulcher and music by the glee club. Commencement Tuesday features addresses by Vernon Rexrode and Dorothy Morrison with diplomas awarded by Principal Bryant R Harper.
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Rudolph Hepner
James Huyette
William Lewis
Margaret Anderson
Betty Boden
Hilda Boyd
Lucy Bragg
Betty Lou Carpenter
Helen Crim
Nancy Inskip
Anna Belle Jobe
Anna Kerns
Winifred Knight
Doris Dean Morrison
Dorothy Jean Morrison
Betty Owens
Mildred Rudolph
John Cole
Vernon Rexrode
Herbert Brooke Taylor
John Stickles, Jr
Boyce High School Holds Baccalaureate Sermon
The Boyce high school baccalaureate service takes place at the Methodist Church Sunday at 8 p.m. Rev. O W Lynch of the Rappahannock Methodist charge will deliver the sermon. Other ministers include Rev G Peyton Craighill, Rev Dargan Lucas, and Rev J A Figg. The graduation address is set for next Friday by Rev C T Shelton.
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Boyce High School
Methodist Church
O. W. Lynch
Rappahannock
Boyce
C. T. Shelton
Millwood Episcopal Church
Boy Recovers Lost Dog After Three Day Search
Five year old Billy Roach of Winthrop Massachusetts reports he outwitted a girl who loved his dog more than him. They met by chance and bonded over the shaggy pet until she took the dog. Billy tracked her down three days later and reclaimed his dog.
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Winthrop
Mass
Billy Roach
Billy
Middletown High School seniors win multiple awards at commencement
Charlotte Conner tops graduation with three awards the E O Larrick medal of merit the Balfour key and the Reader's Digest prize William Dalton earns American Legion award for best senior boy Mary Virgia Dicks wins American Legion auxiliary award for top eighth grade girl The address is by Rev H S Roane diplomas presented by Principal H Denis Hoover and the class dedicates the year to Mrs Pauline Norris A large crowd fills Grace Methodist church for the ceremony ROUSS FIRE CO NOTICE meets June 6 with entertainment and refreshments. all members urged to attend B P Arthur Jr president
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Charlotte Conner
Middletown High School
Grace Methodist Church
Miss Conner
E O. Larrick
Reader's Digest
American Legion
William Dalton
Mary Virgia Dicks
American Legion Auxiliary
Middletown
H. S. Roane
H. Denis Hoover
Pauline Norris
Rouss Fire CO
Charley Rouss
B. P. Arthur, Jr
Pepper vows loyalty to Democrats and Wallace led liberal shift
Senator Pepper stated he will stay with the Democratic party through thick and thin and will work with Henry A. Wallace to help form a liberal party.
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Washington
Pepper
Henry AA. Wallace
Forger Sought After Fraudulent Checks Cashed Locally
Police report a man who used the name Wesley W. Hanninen cashed fraudulent checks totaling $230.04 in four local stores. No FBI processing report has been received as of this morning, Chief Hollis said.
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Wesley W. Hanninen
FBI
Hollis
Poultry Sale Notice from Fryers and Roasting Chickens
Local poultry firm advertises freshly killed fryers at 44 cents per pound with delivery service. Phone number 5231 listed. Company name Pree Delivery B and Poultry Co. emphasizes prompt customer service and pickup options.
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B & & Poultry CO
Beauty Shop Open Despite False Closure Report
Blue and Gray Beauty Shop announces it is open as usual after a false report of closure. Rodger Clevenger is the owner and expresses apology for the confusion.
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Blue & Gray Beauty Shop
Rodger Clevenger
America Faces Stern Years foreword at Naval Academy
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal warned in a prepared address to the Naval Academy graduating class that the United States must solve political economic and security problems never faced before to avoid another war. He said future years would be more troubled than any generation since the Civil War and warned against a revival of postwar conditions that produced Hitler. The speech criticized divergent wartime policies and highlighted strains on the world order and the U S economy.
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Annapolis
Navy
Forrestal
United States
Naval Academy
Germany
Japan
Hitler
Confederate Memorial Day Observed in Stonewall Cemetery
The 82nd annual Confederate Memorial Day observance was held in Stonewall cemetery with Col. James M. Thomson as principal speaker. He praised the Stonewall Memorial Association, noted the Civil War as the greatest tragedy and discussed slavery's fade, Virginia's wartime role, and Winchester's border battles.
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Finchester
Frederick County
Stonewall Cemetery
Col
James M. Thomson
New Orleans
Clarke County
Stonewall Memorial Association
Confederate States of America
People of
Handley High School
Conrad Hoover
American Legion
Col. Thomson
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln
Virginia
Winchester
Stonewall Jackson
Richmond's Last Confederate Veteran Plays Drum
Richmond's last Confederate veteran George Bannister, 98, dons a gray uniform and plays the drum from the 13th Virginia Regiment at Winchester Field. He remembers Winchester battles and 3000 Confederate graves as he salutes memory at Stonewall Cemetery.
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Richmond
Winchester
13Th Virginia
Jimmie Patterson
Worchester Continentals
Massachussetts
Bannister
Pickett
Associated Press
Tragic Doppelganger Deaths Near Berryville
In Clarke county two bodies were found in the Shenandoah river two miles south of Berryville near the Perry bridge. The deceased were identified as Julia May Stout and Thomas Ritenour, both tied together with rope and believed to have died by their own actions. Notes in a car dated June 4 called the couple to the riverbank, and authorities from the Clarke county coroner’s office and Virginia state police investigated the scene.
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Shenandoah River
Clarke County
Julia May Stout
C. J. Enders
Berryville
Stephenson
Thomas Ritenour
Comepanion
Julia Mae Stout
Stephens City
Berry's Perry Bridge
Julia Stout
Ritenour
Frank E.tappan
W. Www
Smallwood
Stout
Alvin Wood
Wood
Douglas School Commencement Events Detailed
Douglas School will hold baccalaureate services Sunday at 8 p m with Dr Richard I McKinney president of Storer College delivering the sermon The Douglas colored school glee club provides music Graduation exercises follow Wednesday at 8 30 p m with diplomas awarded by Garland R Quarles superintendent Arthur Gilbert Gaither Jr will give the valedictorian address and Edward Wesley Bartlett the salutatory Class greetings come from Audrey Lee Harris Faye Johnson and Margaret Gaither The program includes a quartet of Ophelia Ford Celesta Carter Colleen Jackson and Wallace Ford Jr plus more music.
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Richard I. McKinney
Storer College
Harpers Ferry
Douglas Colored School
Douglas School
Glee Club
Garland R. Quarles
Arthur Gilbert Gaither, Jr
Edward Wesley Bartlett
Audrey Lee Harris
Faye Johnson
Margaretta Virginia Gaither
Ophelia Ford
Celesta Carter
Colleen Jackson
Wallace Ford, Jr
Anti-Communist Leader Arrested In Bulgaria
Bulgarian opposition leader Niklat Petkov was arrested in Sofia on charges of conspiring against the Communist government. The episode occurred as Balkan reports depict Russia challenging the Truman Doctrine and moving to solidify influence in Eastern Europe.
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Bulgaria
Balkans
Russia
Europe
Hungary
Matyas Rakosi
United States
Balkan
Petru Grova
Romania
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Niklat Petkov
Agrarian Party
Sofia
U.S State Department
Truman
Soviet Union
Ferent Nagy
Budapest
United Nations
Campbell Soup strike averted with wage pact
In Philadelphia on June 6 a 14.7 cent hourly wage increase prevented a 9,000 worker strike at Campbell Soup. The deal followed 32 failed conciliator meetings between the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Workers union and Campbell Soup, avoiding possible tomato production disruptions worth millions.
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Philadelphia
Campbell Soup Company
Food, Tobacco Agricultural and Allied Workers
CIO
Company
Five Day Virginia Weather Forecast Notes Warm Trend
Temperatures June 7 to 11 average five to seven degrees above normal with little trend. Scattered showers expected late Saturday or Sunday and again Tuesday or Wednesday. Total rainfall projected from one tenth to three tenths of an inch.
Hershey's Drive-In Restaurant Opens On Route 11
Hershey's Drive-In Restaurant is now open daily from 7 a.m. to midnight and Sundays. The venue features a fountain service, ample parking, and courteous staff just beyond the Coca-Cola plant on Route 11.
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Coca- Cola
C-54 Skymasters Grounded for Tail Fittings Check
The Army Air Transport Command halted its worldwide fleet of C-54 Skymasters as a safety precaution to inspect tail fittings after routine reports showed bolts and vertical stabilizer attachments were loose or sheared in some aircraft. Planes expected to resume service within a couple of days.
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Washngton
Army
Airy Transport Command
ATC
Petition Drive to Save Old County Hitching Yard Store
Frederick County residents urged to sign a petition to keep the store and shop at the former hitching yard in Winchester. Citizens are asked to mail their wishes to N C Hensell box 128 Winchester Virginia at once.
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Frederick County
Old County
Winchester
N.C. Hensell
P. O
Truman Flies To Kansas City For Reunion
President Truman and General Eisenhower arrived at Fairfax Airport Kansas City for the 35th Division reunion, greeted by about 25 World War I veterans including Battery D 129th field artillery. The Sacred Cow carried the party departing at 7 42 A M EST to attend memorial ceremonies for the division’s dead.
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Kansas City
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
35Th Division
Fairfax Airport
Kas
35Th
129Th Field Artillery
Ralph Truman
Public sale tomorrow at front of court house
Auction set for 10 AM to settle Adelaide H. Puller estate with electrical appliances and furniture. Joseph A. Massie Jr. administrator. Also notes a big barn dance on Saturday night June 7 at Roller Skating Rink Ridgeway West Virginia featuring Paul Miller and His Rhythm Rangers with admission of six cents.
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Adelaide H. Puller
Ridgeway
W. Va
Paul Miller
Rhythm Rangers
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