Pipeline expansion targets Mid Atlantic towns
An unnamed company offered to attach to the new eight inch natural gas pipeline from Clendenin West Virginia to Rockville south of the city. Construction could begin within a month or two after Federal Power Commission permission, with an estimated year to complete. The project could extend gas to Front Royal Martinsburg and other communities along the route, based on population trends housing and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clendenin
W. Va
Rockville
Federal Power Commission
Front Royal
Martinsburg
Winchester Gas Plans Centered On New System
Shenandoah Gas Co will push a new transmission network in Winchester and Martinsburg after Front Royal declines join. City council members present included Glaize Steck Smalts Sirbaugh Miller Peery Rowe. A gas franchise ordinance nearing completion awaits July publication. Attorney James Watts Jr. postponed travel due to bad weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Steck, Jr
Claude Smalts
L. B. Sirbaugh
J. Lee Miller
Alan Peery
Harold Rowe
Commonwealth
James O. Watts, Jr
Shenandoah Gas Co
Winchester
Pipeline Plan Granted for Loudoun County Route
The Commonwealth Natural Gas Co. has been granted permission to construct a pipeline from Loudoun County to serve Richmond and Norfolk, enabling new gas delivery capacity and regional coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Natural Gas Co
Loudoun County
Richmond
Norfolk
Ministerial Group To Hear Dr Shields On Psychiatry
Twenty Winchester Ministerial Assn members and guest pastors from Northern Virginia will join a luncheon at the George Washington Hotel at 12 30 tomorrow to hear Dr Robert W Shields speak on The Christian Use Of Psychiatry. He will also speak at 8 pm at the First Baptist Church on Marriage And The Home. Dr Shields is pastor of Peckham Rye Baptist Tabernacle and holds a philosophy degree in analytical psychology from the University of London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Peckham Rye
Guest Pastor to Speak at Brad Dock Street Church
The guest preacher at St. Methodist Brad Dock Street Church will be Rev. Thomas J. Hawkins D D at 11 a m Sunday. He previously served as pastor of Mount Vernon Methodist Church in Danville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock St. Methodist Church
Thomas J. Hawkins
Mount Vernon Methodist Church
Danville
Tips for the young bridegroom with a sharp past break
A humorous 1950s style guide advises new husbands to break with old patterns by overdoing domestic submission and affectionate traps. It promotes image of devotion through chores flowers and constant attention to win the wife and mother in law, culminating in a reversal of control through emotional manipulation.
Excellent Apple Crop Forecast and Spray Program Outlook
Apple industry leaders predicted a strong 1950 crop with local processors likely to take their usual share of fruit. J P Arthur noted the 1949 U S pack reached a record nine million cases while fresh sauce stock was down to a two month supply. Dr A B Groves outlined spray program results and scab pressure, stressing protection for existing fruit. President Bond announced a camp inventory to house up to 400 Bahamian and migratory workers for the fall harvest and highlighted needed repairs to shelters on Fairmont Ave Ext.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Arthur
Shenandoah
A. B. Groves
Winchester Research Laboratory
Groves
J. Kenneth Robinson
Walker McC. Bond
Melvin Oakes
Fairmont Ave
Ext
Oakes
Association Board of Directors
Bond
Reign of Terror Begins in Russia
The Sun reports Stalin’s regime has launched a renewed terror against disloyal figures. Paul W. Ward notes loyalty problems appear in Soviet state and law and popular Moscow publications alongside Pravda and Izvestia. The articles show a tightened hunt for spies and wreckers from the 1930s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
the Sun
Russia
Communist Party
Paul W. Ward
The
Sun
Washington
Stalin
Law
Moscow Evening News
Pravda
Izvestia
Ward
Camp Escapee Recaptured Near Kimball After Manhunt
Harold Richard Shenk aged about 26 escaped from a Haymarket state road camp on May 29 and was recaptured near his Kimball home four miles north of here. Sheriff Brubaker Deputy Huffman and state troopers held him at Page County jail. He is serving a 20 year sentence for murder of his stepfather Judd in April 1948 after 18 months served. He would have been eligible for parole soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luray
Harold Richard
Jim) Shenk
Haymarket
Kimball
Abram Brubaker
A. Lee Huffman
Shenk
Page County
John Booton Judd
Kiwanians View Undersea Film at Weekly Luncheon
Kiwanis Club members attended a George Washington Hotel luncheon to see A Rendezvous in undersea life shot off the Bahamas. The program was organized by Thomas Turner with projection by H. T. Harland. A close vote decided no stance on locating the Winchester Frederick County War Memorial on Boscawen Street parking lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Kiwanis Club
Enaoe A Arti
Esso Standard Owl Co
Kiwanian
Thomas Turner
Esso
Bahamas
Winslow Porter
Robert K. Woltz
H. T. Harland
Winchester-Frederick County War Memorial
Boscawen St
Bible School Enrolls 123 Capon Bridge Vacation Bible School
Capon Bridge Vacation Bible School brings together children from Presbyterian Christian and Methodist congregations with an enrolment of 123. Commencement occurs Friday at 8 p m at the Christian Church. Directors and teachers named include Mrs Charles Shoenaker and multiple instructors across Kindergarten to Senior levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capon Bridge
The
Christian Church
Charles Shoenaker
Fred Whitlock
Maxine Wolford
Ellis Haines
Janice Whitacre
Janice Wolford
B. Baker
W. Henderson
Ray Wolford
Roy Foltz
Ray Roomsberg
Lyle Shanholtz
Mervin Wolford
Kenzel Sirbaugh
Kefauver
Duff
Coberly
Shobe
Adrian Smith
John Wotring
John Wotring Jr
Avery Kendell
John Ward
Canada Leads Worldwide Platinum Output as Top Producer
Canada remains the world’s largest producer of platinum, sustaining a dominant role in global supply. The nation’s mining sector continues to drive output with major deposits and firms contributing to ongoing production levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Truman says 70 group Air Force too costly
President Truman told reporters that the nation cannot fund a 70 group Air Force within the budget. He stated the question is not about authorization but what the budget can accommodate, and he asserted the country cannot pay for 70 groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Air Force ceilings discussed for number of groups
The remark does not advocate for a specific total of seventy groups. It states a ceiling concept for air force group counts and leaves the exact number unsettled.
Service Well Attended in Gainesboro
Memorial service at Gainesboro Church drew a large crowd. Guest speaker Dr. William Arches Wright of Braddock Street Methodist Church stressed living for a cause as much as dying for one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesboro
William Arches Wright
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Plane Resumed Search For Wreckage In Mathews County
A search has resumed for the wreckage of an F 86 fighter plane that exploded and crashed yesterday in Mobjad Bay Mathews County. The search aims to recover the aircraft and determine the cause of the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langley Air Force
BAS VP
Mobjad Bay
Mathews County
Also Mentioned on This Page
POLIO
C. E. Holsinger Wilmer Shryock
Rouss Avenue
Percale Prints
POLO
Plesse
Bemberg
Winchester’s Shopping Center
New York
California
Pennsylvania
Hodgson & Brown
L. J. Fries
Austin
Hayfield
Kyle
Evangelist Fries
Bible School
U.S
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Tor
Nedicks
America
Valencia
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!