Virginia Veepco presents evidence on rural electric lending plan
Virginia Electric and Power Company resumes direct evidence in a case seeking state approval for a 14 1 million federal loan to the Old Dominion Electric Cooperative. Clarke P. Spelman testified the 11 co ops could save money under a Veppco offered contract, while Veepco argues current co op facilities would duplicate Veepco infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Eiectric and Power Company
Old Dominion Electric Co-operative
Clarke P. Spelman
Vepco
SCC
Old Dominion
Dominion
Webee
Sterday
Wepco
Oldminion
Woman Drowns in Fairfax Fish Pond During Party
A 25 year old woman drowned at a Fairfax fish pond last night as her husband William Bardella a street car operator tried to rescue her after she slipped from a plank during a swimming party. Their 10 year old son James ran to a nearby farm for help and the Alexandria rescue squad was summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfax
William A. Bardela
Bardella
James
Alexandria Resque
Estate Sales Directory Listing Notes
Notice lists estate sales with dates and times in Winchester and Gainesboro. Items include household goods personal belongings and real estate offered by trustees and executors at county courthouses. Names include De J. Rees Lorence Myers Barr Herbert S. Larrick and locations Peyton Street and Winchester Gainesboro.
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de J. Rees
N. Braddock
Loience Myers Barr
Erick County House
Real
Tate
Peyton St
Winchester
Herbert S. Larrick
Gainesboro
County Court House
Peyton Street
Four Are Honored At FFA Convention
At the 24th Virginia Association Future Farmers of America convention in Blacksburg Virginia Tech hosts over 800 delegates. Four members Charles Moyer Amelia County Harry Shelton Louisa County Charles W White Isle of Wight County and T C Reames Jr Amelia County receive $100 awards and qualify to enter national contests in vocational agriculture areas of dairy farming soil and water management farm and home electrification and farm mechanics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
Virginia Association of the Future Farmers of America
Old Dominion
Virginia Tech
Charles Moyer
Amelia County
Harry Shelton
Louisa County
Charles W. White
Isle of Wight County
T. C. Reames, Jr
Two Fugitives Sought by Police
Virginia law enforcement sought two men wanted for questioning in a string of drugstore burglaries in Amherst and Lovingston. One fugitive, Walter Franklin Foster of Charlotte, North Carolina, was captured at a roadblock near Lovingston after a chase through Scottsville and Fluvanna County and jailed in Nelson County on grand larceny and breaking and entering charges.
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Charlottesville
Virginia
Here
Amherst
Lovingston
Scottsville
Fluvanna County
Walter Franklin Foster
Charlotte
N. C
Nelson County
Pattons Granted Permit for Two Story Brick Dwelling
George W Patton and L E Patton of Winchester receive a building permit for a two story brick house at 1459 Shryock Ave with an estimated cost of 10000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. and
L. E. Patton
Winchester
Shryock Ave
Virginia 1950 bass season opens on Shenandoah rivers
The 1950 bass season starts with heavy stockings by the Game Commission. Over 137000 bass released to boost sport fishing across public waters. The daily limit is eight bass and a seasonal limit of 150 with a 10 inch size minimum. Season runs to December 31 west of the Blue Ridge and March 15, 1951 east of it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Virginia
Shenandoah River
Old Dominion
Walton
Game Commission
Blue Ridge
Phone Division Signs Agreement With CIO Union
A wage agreement was signed today by the Long Lines Department of American Telephone Co and Division 10 CIO Communications Workers of America. If ratified, it will affect 20,000 members in 40 states. It shortens the wage progression schedule without a general raise. The dispute has driven telephony talks and a strike threat that was postponed last April. Workers include long distance operators, central office craftsmen, outside maintenance and construction workers, and clerical staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Long Lines Department
American Telephone Co
CIO Communications Workers of America
Long Lines
Gambling probe in Fredericksburg questions lot drawing rules
Judge Leon M. Bazile set a ruling date of July 7 on the legality of non profit auction style lotteries. A Fredericksburg grand jury convened to probe such practices after hearing one witness and asking whether a ticket lottery with bid rights is lawful. Foreman Mayor C. M. Cowan and former judge Alvin Embrey testified as inquiries continued.
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Fredericksburg
Leon M. Bazile
Circuit Court
Alvin T. Embrey
Corporation Court
Batte
Embrey
C. M. Cowan
Cowan
Bazile
Actress Rochelle Hudson Sues Spouse in Divorce Suit
Actress Rochelle Hudson 33 sues sports writer Dick Hyland 50 for divorce in Los Angeles. She claims cruelty led to separation on March 15. Hudson and Hyland, married December 18 1948, mark his fourth wife. she was previously divorced in 1947 from Navy Lt Cmdr Harold Thompson.
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LOS Angles
Rochelle Hudson
Dick Hyland
Hyland
Navy
Harold Thompson
Church membership shares by faith in 1948 estimates
Figures from the Christian Herald show 1948 church membership as 60 percent Protestant, 33 percent Roman Catholic, 6 percent Jewish, and 1 percent other faiths. Definitions of membership vary, so estimates may differ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
The
Christian Herald
Market Quotations for Produce and Livestock in Baltimore and Chicago
Apples steady with light offerings. winesaps 3.25-3.50, 2 1/2 inch up to 4.50. Potatoes and barley steady. Cobblers 1.90-2.25 per 100 lb sacks. sweet potatoes barely steady. Poultry receipts moderate. broilers 23.5 dollars per cwt, fryers 28-32, hens 27-28, turkeys 31-32. Eggs about steady. large 40-43, mediums 36-39, ungraded 32-34. butter 168,031 lbs, eggs 984 cases. Cattle mostly unchanged. calves steady, vealers 26-29. Hog prices mix lower on barrows and gilts. sows steady to down. Chicago reports varied hog and cattle prices. top hogs 20.25, cattle 32.50 for steers, 31.25-32.00 for choice steers, cows 19.25-24.00, vealers 26-30. Sheep top 28.00. slaughter ewes weak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
W. Va
Eastern Shore
USDA
Chicago
Local Market Prices From The Star Listing
Daily corrected market items list flour corn meal wheat and barley prices by the bag and bushel. Retail egg mash bran broiler mix and cracked corn prices shown with moisture notes and wholesale butter fat figures.
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Steel An Leet
New York Stocks Slip in Second Week of Decline
A light selling wave pushed the New York Stock Market slightly lower with mostly fractional losses. General Motors fell about a point at times while names like Youngstown Sheet Chrysler Woolworth International Harvester Admiral American Telephone and others also declined amid a broader market price adjustment.
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New York
General Motors
Youngstown Steet
Chrysler
Woolworth
International Harvester
Admiral Corp
American Telephone
Anaconda Copper
Allied Chemical
Dow Chemical
American Woolen
Chesapeake & Chip
Nickel Pate
International Paper
Daily Egg Market Prices and Poultry Listings
Agriculture Dept reports tomorrow’s egg market with Grade A extra large at 38 cents and Grade A large 36 cents. Medium 31, B large 28, Co. 555.0 quality notes and pullet figures follow. Live poultry prices show heavy hens at 414 pounds and bronze and white toms at 22 cents.
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Frederick County Farm Bureau US
U.S
LOS Fancstpres
Rock & Cross Broilers
Red
Chicago Grains Move Higher As Prices Ink Mixed Open
Commodities edge up at the board with corn leading gains and wheat mixed while oats slip slightly. Prices shown for corn and soybeans reflect near term futures contracts and nearby months with no definite harvest data. A trivia note recalls a 1816 authorized Vermont battleship that never saw combat but served as a receiving ship.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Jly
Rye
Lord
Vermont
Congress
Navy
Farmers Livestock Exchange Market June 1950 high activity
Consignment heavy market very active and stronger on all stock. Lambs 28.95, calves 29.50, hogs 20.90. Cattle steers good 28-30, medium to good 26-28, stockers up to 27.50, heifers 23.50-25.75, cows 18-21, dairy cows up to 225, stock cows to 275, bulls 19-26.25, weaners 27-29.50, hogs 20.35-20.90, sows 13-24.75, lambs 28.95-23.45, ewes 6-11.
Campbell Named To Merchants Board
Clyde S. Campbell, president of the Winchester Retail Merchants Assn, named to the board of directors of the Virginia Retail Merchants Association in session at Norfolk. Campbell, a veteran of the late war, previously worked for Montgomery Ward before opening his own business at 33 S Loudoun St. Also named were Abe Globman Martinsville Irvin S Hufford Alexandria Leon Logan Arlington R T Coleman Culpeper W H Kite Orange R A Talmadge Jr Petersburg D C Wynn Roanoke H Clyde Fitch Portsmouth Elmer C Ehler Suffolk J Cook Waynesboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde S. Campbell
Winchester Retail Merchants Assn
Virginia Retail Merchants Association
Norfolk
Campbell
Montgomery Ward
S. Loudoun St
Abe Globman
Martinsville
Irvin S. Hufford
Alexandria
Leon Logan
Arlington
R. T. Coleman
Culpeper
W. H. Kite
Orange
R. A. Talmadge, Jr
Petersburg
D. C. Wynn
Roanoke
H. Clyde Fitch
Portsmouth
Elmer C. Ehler
Suffok
J. Cook
Hof
Waynesboro
Historical Group Elects Board At Winchester Library Meeting
The Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society elected six new directors at a quarterly meeting in Handley Library. Elected for one year were Harry K. Benham and Harry T Cook. for two years Miss Elizabeth Kern and Irvan T. O'Connell. for three years Mrs. Edgar M. Whiting and Dr. E. C. Stuart Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Winchester - Frederick County
Truck overturn kills two Boy Scouts in North Carolina
A truck carrying 24 Boy Scouts returning from a jamboree overturned on a curve near Lumberton North Carolina. Two scouts died Eustace King 12 and David Lee Faulk 18 both from Freeland in Brunswick County. Ten others were injured in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumberton
N.C
Eustace King
David Lee Faulk
Freeland
Brunswick County
Police Seek Missing Child Judy Anne Payne
NORFOLK police seek Judy Anne Payne a three year old with a heart condition reported missing since she left home Sunday with a baby sitter named Shirley and a sailor. Her parents Elvin and Mrs Payne of Ocean View say Shirley is the sitter and the family’s Navy enlisted father is away.
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Norfolk
Judy Anne Payne
Elvin Payne
Ocean View
Payne
Shirley
Judy Anne
How's Your S Q Answers Quiz Word Match
Answers to Page 4 quiz include Hill Prince for 1 and Cyrus H K Curtis for 4. Other items name William Pitt elder, a young swan, internationalism, Commodore George Dewey, Daniel Defoe, Massachusetts, New York, and First as the tenth.
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Hill Prince
William Pitt
Young Swan
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Commodore George Dewey
Daniel Defoe
Massachusetts
New York
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Virginia News
Culpepeer
Gerald Garland Meadow
Radford
Kaimie Textile Mills, Inc
Meadow
Ruth Jenkins
Jessie Jenkins
Culpeper Rescue Squadron
Clare Funeral Home
Rock Mount
Benny Jerkins
Benjamin Jenkins
Jessie
Hattie B. Scroggins
Jones Funeral Home
Covey Jenkins
FFA
S. Braddock
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Ber
Loudoun ST
N. Cameron St
Star
Agriculture Dept
Giaat — Hodgson & Brown
Farmers Livestock Exchange Market
Merchants Board
Glaize & Bro
Stephens City High School Lawn
C. J. Brumback & Sons
A. B. Solenberger
Florence Myers Barr
Buncutter Tire CO
K & Germai
the Food Center
N. Loudoun St
Tommy D. Lockhart
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
Buick
Super
Pine Motor CO
Dodge
Plymouth
Winchester Television Corp
B. F. Goodrich
Heatwole Motor CO
N. Braddock St
Henkel
Stephens City
R Sanitary Jearme Co
Omps Funeral Home
Virginia Machinery CO
W. Cecil St
Fruit Growers
Fermate and
Cormate
It Growers Supply Company A
Au FU i
Wyck and
Cameron Sts
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