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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1950
Page
12
Front Royal shows 8 121 residents in a preliminary 1950 census count. Warren County lists 6 655 people. The town had annexed 4 007 residents from the county on January 1 1949. 1940 figures put Front Royal at 3 831.
An OCR fragment lists a dense TV and radio schedule with show titles, times, and channels. It includes news broadcasts, dramas, comedies, music hours, quiz shows, and variety programs across multiple stations, with several entries followed by unclear or partial text.
Hollywood confronts turmoil as Judy Garland, 29, slashes her throat in despair over her career. MGM suspends her and removes her from a Fred Astaire film after a missed rehearsal. Despite illness and dieting, her studio treats her as a top attraction, while critics warn of risks and renewed questions about her future.
D. W. Fauber of Marlboro Rt. receives a building permit for a two story brick dwelling with attached garage costing 7500 dollars. Project located two miles south of Winchester off Paper Mill Road. Herbert and Frances Davis of Winchester Rt. 2 gain approval to build a 500 dollar frame dwelling nearby.
The Baltimore and Ohio was the first railroad in the United States to serve as a public conveyor of passengers and freight. Its first passengers were carried on January 7, 1830, according to the Association of American Railroads.
New patients admitted to Winchester Memorial Hospital include Stuart E. Pope of 1415 Valley Ave Arthur B. Keller of 304 Shawnee Ave William W. Bryant Willow Lawn Apt Arch M. Keller Woodstock Monroe William Henry Strasburg Weldon Roberson Augusta W Va William C. Carper White Post Spitler A. Legge Leesburg Mrs Weldon Roberson Augusta W Va William F. Thomas Front Royal Mrs Charles Nickleson Romney W Va Mrs John A. Smith Upper Tract W Va Sandra L Ennis daughter of Thomas and Mrs Ennis Ransome W Va Miss Lillie Virginia Madigan Stephens City Mrs James D Roberge Silver Spring Md Mrs Baden Larrick Gore Betty J Skidmore daughter of Robert H Skidmore Round Hill
Jacque Mercer, Miss America 1949, is listed with height five feet four inches and weight one hundred six pounds. Her bust is thirty four inches and waist twenty two inches with hips thirty four inches. Additional measurements include wrist five and a half inches thigh twenty inches calf thirteen and three quarters inches and ankle eight inches.
Rotary luncheon at the George Washington Hotel will feature the Esso Standard Oil film A Rendezvous in the Reefs about undersea life off the Bahama Islands. Philip Sprenkle is the program chairman.
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