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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1951

Page

2

First Sponsored Color TV Program Viewed by 40,000

CBS aired an hour long sponsored color program with 16 sponsors paying 5000 dollars each. About 40 000 viewers watched the first sponsored color telecast, though color sets remain scarce and require converters or adapters. DuMont also demonstrated its color system in Passaic New Jersey for the press, with observers noting both CBS and DuMont color displays looked good and similar in color accuracy.

New York Columbia Broadcasting System RCA Victor Supreme Court CBS Seee Bernard Baltimore Dumont Laboratories Passaic N. J Dumont RCA

Sales Directory June 30 Auction Notices Near Clearbrook

Mrs Eva Sargent 2 miles north of Clearbrook on Rt 11 near Rest Church items include tools furniture house Doome 90 11 p m James P Reardon front of Pred f estate ½ mile north of Clearbrook listing items and times for sales in the area.

Eva Sargent Clearbrook Rest Church James P. Reardon Predf Estate

Clarke 4-H Club Heads to Blacksburg Camp

Clarke and Frederick County 4-H girls and boys travel to Blacksburg for a livestock camp led by Lyle Butler of arteely and county homemonstration Helen Rowe. Miss Beverley Ribble and Mig Stee assist, as Clarke County competes in livestock skills.

Clarke Blacksburg Gres Ceedheais Eektanen Gen Eee Ore Frean Beverley Ribble Mig Stee Bees Domains Lyle Butler Arteely TTI Helen Rowe Frederick County Clarke County

James Mahaney Rites Today

Funeral services for James Moyer Mahaney headmaster of Ive Ridge County Day School were held this afternoon at 3 in Christ Episcopal Church Millwood with interment in Old Chapel Yard. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers included David George MacRae George Greenhalgh Graham G. Butler Lane A. A. Baldwin and others.

James Moyer Mahaney Ive Ridge County Day School Land &. Eee Gonna Maesle Drington M William C. Anderson Dr. Knight Robert McNally Richard Dole

Answers to the quiz printed on Page 4

Below are the answers to the quiz printed on Page 4. The responses include topics from law about monopolies to a variety of general knowledge items such as religions and historical references. The comments mention MacArthur and observations on his accomplishments.

MacArthur

Clearbrook Firemen Enroll In First Aid Class

Fifteen members of the Clearbrook Volunteer Fire Department enroll in the Standard Red Cross First Aid Course at the Fire Hall. William H. Lawrence Jr is noted as organizer and a fall course is planned for remaining members.

Korea U. S. 17Th Regiment Vernon Reinke Springfield William Johnson Fayetteville Ark Rodney Butler Hague N. Y Wayland Bailey Claremont N. H Charles Monk Clearbrook Red Cross Illiam H. Lawrence, Jr William O. Boden Charles Duvall Paul Chrisman Leo Webber Eddie Lawrence Jimmy Lawrence Buddy O'Connell Holmes Linaburg Eee Oe Pat Russell H. A. Leight Ira Leight Charles Russell Bert Russell D. J. Oconnell

Carper Reunion to be Held at Senseney Road Shelter

The annual Carper Reunion will be held Sunday July 22 at the Lions Recreation Shelter on Senseney Road. Relatives and friends will join in a picnic lunch, announced by Mrs. W. M. Bayliss.

Lions Recreation Senseney Road W. M. Bayliss

First flash photographs pioneered in 1865 at the Great Pyramid

In 1865 Charles Piazzi Smyth produced interior photos of the Great Pyramid by burning strips of magnesium for illumination. The technique evolved with magnesium powder and later the noiseless smokeless flash lamps in 1929.

Charles Piazzi Smith Great Pyramid

Agricultural Dept Egg Market Prices from Frederick County Park Bureau

Prices quoted for tomorrow include Grade A Extra Large 55c per dozen, Grade A Large 53c, Grade A Medium 48c, Grade B Large 46c, Grade C cracked and checks 16c. Poultry and fowl prices listed for heavy breed hens, Leghorn hens, broilers, heavy cocks, stags, and turkeys with per pound rates and breeder categories. Also notes on guineas and ducks with per unit pricing.

Prederick County Park Bureau Winchester Acceess MC

Mrs. Sybil Fauver Rites Tomorrow

Funeral services for Mrs. Sybil O. Fauver 35 of 111 Lee Street who died yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital will be held tomorrow at 2 p m at Jones Funeral Home with Dr. William Wright officiating. Interment follows at Mt Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers: John Hawse Woodrow Moore Lawrence Jackson Carl Haines John Leatherman and Shirley Bly. The body remains at Jones Funeral Home until interment.

Sybil O. Fauver Lee Street Winchester Memorial Hospital Jones Funeral Home William Wright Mt. Hebron Cemetery John Hawse Woodrow Moore Lawrence Jackson Carl Haines John Leatherman Shirley Bly

Stassen Reported As 1952 Gop Presidential Candidate

Radio station KXOK reports Harold Stassen president of the University of Pennsylvania will seek the Republican nomination in 1952. News director Bruce Barrington says a hush hush meeting in Clarksboro last weekend decided the run. The gathering was at Amos Peasley’s New Jersey home.

ST. Louis KXOK Harold Stassen University of Pennsylvania Bruce Barrington Clarksboro Barrington New Jersey Amos Peasley New York

Do Vines Cause Exterior Wood Decay

The Bureau of Plant Industry has no information that climbing vines cause exterior wood to decay. Vines may hold moisture, but it is not believed this will lead to wood decay.

Bureau of Plant Industry

Cathers Attend Rites in Pittsburgh

Mrs J Howard Cather and Mr and Mrs J Howard Cather Jr returned home to Pittsburgh after funeral services for Alexander Parker Lyon IV who was killed in a Fort Pierce Florida automobile accident on June 20. The service occurred Saturday at 2 pm and Mrs Parker Lyon III and son Harlan Page Tabb Lyon accompanied them.

J. Howard Cather J. Howard Cather, Jr Alexander Parker Lyon, IV Fort Pierce Fla Pittsburgh Cathers Alexander Parker Lyon, III Harlan Page Tabb Lyon

Warren challenges O Conor to gambling debate in Florida

Warren announces a full no holds barred discussion on gambling in Florida Maryland and Washington D C with Senator O Conor and Kefauver committee suppression of evidence. He sets a date and place for the debate after previously urging Kefauver to a public debate in June and previously missing an issued formal challenge.

Warren O’conor Maryland Florida Kefauver Committee O'Conor Washington D. C U. S. Senate Committee Kefauver D-Tenn

Engagement Is Broken by Girl Doomed to Die

Betty Thom a 19 year old high school graduate facing a fatal illness delays engagement to sailor Tom Am who visits her at a Norfolk Naval Hospital. Tom plans to attend rehab exercises but is confined to hospital and shares a brief telephone call with Betty before departing. Her mother collapses during the conversation and Tom says they were already married and were traveling to see her.

Bett Thom Betty

Berryville Fire Company Auction and Vespers Party Set

The John H. Enders Fire Company hosts a Berryville vespers and auction at the Gomnavaneny Building and Rixey Moore playground with music by Winchester's South End Drum and Bugle Corps. Auctioneers Coleman Dunn and Walter D. Orndorff oversee sales of hams, pigs, radios, a television, piano, furniture, farm machinery, and more as Clarke County residents contribute and attend.

Berryville John H. Enders Fire Company Gomnavaneny Rixey Moore Winchester South End Clarke County Coleman Dunn Walter D. Orndorff Ed Lee Julian Everly

Jacob Nicodemus Dies in West Virginia

Jacob Milton Nicodemus died yesterday morning at a son’s home near Charles Town West Virginia He was 72 born June 17 1878 a native of Clarke County He was the son of Harry A Nicodemus and Ella Bell Nicodemus His wife Beulah W Grandstaff preceded him in death Survivors include three sons Albert M Nicodemus Berryville Calvin Lee Nicodemus near Charles Town and Nicode mus of Rippon Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p m EST at the John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville conducted by Rev Hillard Interment will be in Green Hill Cemetery Berryville

Jacob Milton Nicodemus Clarke County Charles Town W. Va Nicodemus Harry A Ella = Bell Nicodemus Beulah W. Grandstaff Albert M. Nicodemus Berryville Calvin Lee Rippon John H. Enders Hillard Charles Town Methodist Church Green Hill Cemetery

Funeral invitations and memorial gifts once common

At one time people attended funerals by invitation and gifts such as rugs or silver spoons were given in memory of the deceased. Important persons often had funerals held in many places far from the actual scene.

Home Coming Day at Boyce Methodist Church

Memorial Methodist Church pastor D Duncan White will deliver the afternoon message during Boyce Methodist Church Home Coming Day services this Sunday with events scheduled for 1? o clock.

Boyce Methodist Church D. Duncan White Memorial Methodist Church

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Ruce Rosenberger and Co., Inc S. Braddeck St James Mahaney Gowen Carper Seniseney Road Shelter Agricultural Dept Ford Tractors Old & Reliable Dealer Bickers New York City Austria Alpine Don Streeter James Tasi Chris Goes Sybil Fauver Roosevelt McKeldin O Connell Air Braddock Jacob Nicodemus Allis-Chalmers Ealers Allis-Chalmers 60 Harvesters Allis-Chalmers Ferguson New Idea Barr’s Orchard & Farm Supply Berinalag Glaize & Bro N. Cameron St SWIFT L. Brumbacke & Sons de Soto Dr. Vedan Heatwolk Motor CO Braddeck St Motor CO Frederick Motors Martinsburg Pike Omps’ Funeral Home D.S.T Waynesboro Ice Cie Ee Cena Valea Sat Chas. R. Duvall G. E. Vickers Martinsburg Auction House West King Street Austin Dodge Chevrolet Potomac River Trees Farm Bree Es Town Road North Mountain C. $. Cookus Martinsburg
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