Avisco to Play Park. Rivalry Renewed at Winchester Park
Avisco and Park of Front Royal renew their heated baseball rivalry Sunday at 3 PM before a likely large crowd. Ogle to pitch for Avisco with Keller behind the Park battery. outfield includes Ritter Yeakle Abner Johnson. Attendance 60 cents. schedule through August 17 listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Park
Avisco
Front Royal
Park
Philadelphia
Mentzerill
Brumbaugh
Westphal
Ed Burch
Washington
Ogle
Keller
Battery
Stotler
Martinsburg
Blair A
Enine
Patton
Richard
Stephens City
Emmatt
Luby
Miller
Chester Miller
Ritter
Yeakle
Abner Johnson
Hagerstown
Plane Crash Kills Newspersons and Pioneer Pilot on Washington Flight
A Capital Airlines plane en route from Chicago to Washington crashed in the Pine Ridge area of Virginia, killing pilot Capt. Horace Stark 46 veteran of 26 years and two crew members including stewardess Margaret Wall and co-pilot Robert N. Creekmore. Passenger details note a 17 year old Margaret Kueppers of St. Paul on her first airplane ride as a graduation gift. The crash occurred about 65 miles from Washington after takeoff at 1 45 p m EST. An emergency search followed aided by a mail carrier sighting flashes in the night sky. The aircraft Capitalliner Baltimore had entered service June 15 1946 after military conversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Kueppers
St. Paul
Horace Stark
Stark
Robert N. Creekmore
Arlington
Margaret Wall
Washington
Creekmore
Capital Airlines
Army Air Service
Transport Command
Miss Wall
Gunterville
Ala
Pine Ridge Mountains
Shenandoah Valley
Franklin
Chicago
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Virginia Horse Country
Capitaliner
Baltimore
Patton’s Widow Reflects On Flying Husbands Career
Mrs. Patton of Petersburg West Virginia expresses unease about her husband Donald Patton’s flying while noting their daughter 13 enjoys it. Patton, a Handley alum with early music interest, led his Swing Boys who have long performed locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Landis
Petersburg
West Virginia
Auction Listings for June 21 in Stephens City and Middletown
At 10 a.m. Leroy Frank Lin location two miles east of Stephens City sells pony dairy cows farm machinery trucks and household goods. At 1 p.m. Elizabeth Su Piper of Middletown Va offers furniture and personal property.
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Leroy
Franklin
Stephens City
Elizabeth Supinger
Middletown
Mrs L W Kersey to Head Church Education Work
Mrs. L W Kersey of Winchester is named summer educational director for First Baptist Church. She leads Bible school as principal, with departments directed by Ruby Green, Gladys Coulter, and Betty Baker. Dr. Clark plans Gospel of Mark class, recreation, hikes, picnics, and Skyline Caverns visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther W. Kersey
Winchester
First Baptist Church
E. T. Clark
N. B. Habel
Boykins - Branchville
Southhampton
University of Richmond
L. W. Kersey
Ruby Green
Portsmouth
Gladys Coulter
Tappahannock
Betty Baker
Clark
Reverend P L Gerhard To Speak At Centenary Church
Dr Paul L Gerhard of Lancaster Pa a veteran professor at North Japan College Sendai in the Reformed church missionary service will be guest speaker at 11 am tomorrow at Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church. He has joined his brother Rev William S Gerhard who is recuperating at Memorial Hospital from injuries in an automobile crash that killed his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul L. Gerhard
Lancaster
North Japan College
Sendai
Missionary Service
the Reformed Church
Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church
Gerhard
Winchester
William S. Gerhard
Memorial Hospital
Pastor Certified Wedding At Clarke County Court
The Circuit court of Clarke county grants a testimonial to Carroll Clinton Goodridge of the White Post Methodist church to celebrate marriage rites. A $500 bond was posted with W. H. Racey as surety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Clarke County
Carroll Clinton Goodridge
White Post
Methodist Church
W. H. Racey
Bible School Begins Monday at Two Churches
Vacation Bible school for boys and girls from Montague Avenue and Macedonia Methodist churches starts 9:30 a m Monday at the Montague Avenue church. Classes run Monday to Friday 9:30 to noon with teachers for kindergarten through intermediate grades. Ages 4 to 14 in the area may attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague Avenue
Macedonia Methodist
John Teter
Preston Place
Vance Wittaker
Emory Hammack
Dr Alfred D Henkel Memorialized As Beloved Physician
The Star memorial tribute honors Dr Alfred D Henkel who died May 27 describing him as a beloved physician. Memorialist W G H quotes Ecclesiasticus praising physicians and divine healing, noting the Lord created medicines and gave men skill to heal and ease pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred D. Henkel
Stines Chapel Bible School enrolls 77 pupils
Stines Chapel Vacation Bible School led by summer pastor John R. MacKinnon operates at Stines Chapel with daily study worship and recreation. Students from Sunnyside North Frederick Terrace and Apple Pie Ridge Road attend ages 3 to 15. First week enrollment reached 77 with an average of 64. program runs through June 20 with a large roster of teachers and helpers.
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Stine’s Chapel
John R. MacKinnon
Sunnyside
North Frederick Terace
Apple Pie Ridge Road
Pansy Butler
W. B Hicks
Martha Graham
Earl Place
Libby Anderson
Thelma Newbrough
Bertha Stine
Sam Dick
Etna Kern
Leonard Butler
Frances Kern
Jean Baker
Evelyn Godlove
Purcell Dick
John MacKinnon
Ada G. Baker
Mrs. Eubice Lupton Rites Planned in Kernstown
Funeral services for Mrs. Eubice Lupton, wife of Charles Lupton of Kernstown, who died after an extended illness, will be held Sunday afternoon at St. Pauls Lutheran Church. Interment follows in the adjoining cemetery. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eubice Lupton
Charles Lupton
Kernstown
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Raymond Booze
Robert Snapp
Percy Hershman
Emmett Taylor
Thomas Gatewood
Eugene Lupton
Harry Hawkins
Pawcett Gap
Frederick County
Marshall
Mary Bayliss
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Cedar Creek
Jones Funeral Home
Lad Admits Theft by 15 Year Old in Winchester
A 15-year-old Winchester youth was turned over to juvenile court after allegedly stealing two radios valued at 36.95 each. The theft was reported by the Montgomery Ward manager and the youth admitted the act to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Monntgomery Ward
Wild water fowl shot and dies in Talbot yard
A wounded wild water fowl of unidentified species landed in the Talbot residence yard yesterday. Catherine Scott found the bird and authorities reported it died from a breast wound likely caused by a gunshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talbot
Catherine Scott
Winchester Legion To Play Tomorrow At New Market
The Winchester Legion nine will play at New Market at 3 p m with Pence or Fawcett as probable pitchers. Team members are instructed to meet at the Legion home at 11:30 and a bus has been chartered for the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Legion
New Market
Pence
Fawcett
Legion
Blonde Admits Nude Photos in Court Martial Case
In Hamburg on June 14 a blonde Miss X testified she spent weekends in a British colonel's mess and identified photographs taken outside the house. The prosecution charged Col. R N J Burgess with taking nude pictures of the tall Danish woman among bushes in the mess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Germany
Miss X
Col. R. N. J. Burgess
Red Cross Board Meeting Scheduled in Winchester
Winchester Red Cross chapter calls a board meeting for 8 p.m. Monday at the headquarters on E Piccadilly Street. Executive secretary Mrs Susan Kabler returns from Cleveland with important matters to present. All branch members are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Red Cross Chapter
E. Piccadilly St
Susan Kabler
Cleveland
Rence
Bicycle Impounded After Double Riding and Officer Disobedience
Charles E. Smith Jr. of 17 East Germain Street had his bicycle impounded for 10 days for riding a bicycle double and failing to obey an officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Smith, Jr
East Germain Street
Parachute Jump Planned by Local Stuntman Dick Hockman
Dick Hockman, a local stuntman, will perform a parachute jump Sunday afternoon around 5 at Winchester airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Hockman
Winchester
Police Court fines and sentences in Judge Rice docket
Five men were convicted for having no city auto tag and fined $1 plus costs. Others received varied penalties including suspended sentences, fines up to $150, and jail days for offenses such as assault and battery, drunken driving, speeding, and improper registration. Notable names include Joel Jones, John Henkel Jackson, Douglas A. Cather, Leonard Miller, H A Cannon, Wesley Dunn, Lee Roy Milton, Will Oscar Fincham, Boyd Bell Fries, Charles E Orndorff, Cameron Jr, Vernon LaRue Fox, Theodore Morris, Charles E Allen, and Rodney Mauck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rice
Joel Jones
North Ave
John Henkel Jackson
Montague Ave
Douglas A. Cather
Amherst St
Leonard Miller
Piccadilly St
H. A. Cannon
N. Kent St
Wesley Dunn
Winchester
Maud F. Dunn
Lee Roy Milton
Kent St
Will Oscar Fincham
Washington
Boyd Bell Fries
Bloomery Rt
Charles E. Orndorff S. Cameron Jr
Vernon LaRue Fox
Loudoun
Theodore Morris
Charles E. Allen
E. Monmouth
Rodney Mauck
Stephens City
City Completes 200 Copies of Winchester Code
Two hundred copies of the new code of the City of Winchester, printed by M City Publications, Inc., Charlottesville, have been delivered to city officials. Bound in green morocco and containing 245 pages, the book covers a history of Winchester and its charter along with all ordinances in effect as of last Dec 31. Copies were presented to officials and departments. the remainder will be offered for public sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Winchester
M City Publications, Inc
Charlottesville
Mrs. Sarah Clark Dies at 83 at Home
Mrs. Sarah Clark 83 widow of George H. Clark died at 12 30 p m at her home 314 West Boscawen Street after about six weeks of illness. Born September 12 1863 in Pennsylvania she was the last of twelve Wingerter children. A member of Market Street Methodist Church she left two sons Dr W Clark of this city and Brent Clark of Oklahoma City okla. Services will be held 3 pm Monday Kurtz Funeral Home with Dr L F Haver male officiating. Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Clark
George H. Clark
West Boscawen Street
John
Barbara Wingerter
Pennsylvania
Clark
Market Street
Winchester
Solenberger to attend Red Cross aquatic school
Miss Catherine Solenberger will depart tomorrow for Minnehaha Springs West Virginia to attend the Red Cross national aquatic school starting Monday and running for ten days The program focuses on first aid water safety accident prevention training and covers five major divisions and courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Solenberger
Minnehaha Springs
W. Va
Red Cross National Aquatic School
Allen Entries Sweep Breeding Winners at Charles Town Show
Clarke county breeder Dr L M Allen's Clifton Farm dominated the breeding classes at the Charles Town horse show on Thursday. Clifton's Diana topped the broodmare class, her foal won the year’s foal class, and a chestnut colt sired by Coq D'Esprit captured the yearling colt division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. L. M. Allen
Clifton Farm
Clarke County
Charles Town
Clifton
Diana
Coq D’esprit
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Correct responses list for the published quiz including Betsy Ross Iron Club Robert Louis Stevenson and Herbert Hoover. The answers cover subjects from authors to professions and numbers with true/false notes and a final cue about the length restraint.
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Betsy Ross
Iron Club
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Pending
Duffey’s Tavern
Blairton
Clarke All-Stars
Ida‘s Department Store
Rappahannock
Blair
Rock Wool Insulated Homes
General Insulating Corp
Donald Patton
Is Lott
John W. Rosenberger & Co
P. L. Gerhard
Bible School
A. D. Henkel
Stine's Chapel
Mrs. Chas. Lupton
Lad
Red Cross Board
Springs
Allen
CASH
B. C
Brumback
Rt. 50
West
Tommy D. Lockhart
N. Loudoun St. Ph
Herbert Clark Hoover
Bud Fisher
True
Haldeman’s
Creamery
Philco Radio
Philco
and Anderson
Grove’s
BYLO
Northwest
W. Grove Furniture CO
Loudoun &J
Glaize & Bro
North Cameron St
Ene
Esate
S&f
Cameron St
the Capitol
Jordan
Fairplay Market
Omps Funeral Home
Ford Couve Chapman Motor CO
Pine Motor CO
C. B. Smalts & Son
National Avenue
Electromaster
Bailey & Goodman Contractors
U. S
M. M. Adams Republic Station
Amherst & Boscawen Sts
Myers Water
Myers
Myers Water Systems
C. I. Brumback and Sons
N. Cameron St
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