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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1949
Page
2
Sermon excerpt on Hebrews 12 2 and 10 praising faith as a gift from God rather than self salvation. It urges repentance for rejecting grace and asks for acceptance of Christ through faith ending with a prayer.
A fragmented reader note presents quiz answers including Fear being buried alive and references to a Saturday night power loss. The text appears muddled with stray letters and incomplete lines from a Wisconsin page.
The page lists multiple sale notices with dates and locations. Items include livestock and farm equipment at Berryville Town Pike on March 9, real estate deals for H G Hershman Middletown and the Orphan Lockhart estate, and furniture and machinery from George Helstey Greenspring with dates through April and March 16.
Marvin Gore elected chairman of the Winchester Frederick chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis succeeding Dr C R Anderson who becomes chairman of the medical advisory committee. New officers include Joseph Butler vice chairman Ronald Smyre secretary Dabney Watts treasurer. The medical advisory group includes Dr T A Gibson Dr Bradford Bennett Miss Mary K Aulick with Mrs Mary Farmer as woman’s advisor Winslow Porter in charge of publicity and executive committee members Charles E Bass Landon Whitacre William H Lawrence George W Jones and Miss Annie Preston Starling.
Warren county extension workers met at the county courthouse in Front Royal to tour the remount station property. County agent I. Fred Stine and assistants John T. Wolfe and Agnes Shirley led the visit with visitors J. W. Olcott and Hilda Collie. The group discussed using the remount station as a future 4-H camping and conference center for extension activities.
Funeral services for Clarence A Lake were conducted Thursday at Jones funeral home by Rev D B Lucas of Boyce. Burial followed in Mt Hebron cemetery with pallbearers Lester Larrick John Cammer Kenneth Locke and Jack Mongold.
Lebanon Church Virginia reports worship services scheduled for Sunday at 3 30 p m conducted by Rev Arthur Carper. Public invited. The update also lists recent visitors and community notices including illnesses guests and family updates from local residents.
Services for Mrs. Catherine Unger aged resident of 527 Fairmont Ave were held at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Dr. Wright and Rev. Dr. Oglesby officiating. Out of town attendees included numerous Unger family members and friends from Martinsburg to Berkeley Springs and Cross Roads.
Charlottesville reports that temporary headquarters for the Fairfax county Francis P Miller for governor club were opened at Falls Church. A permanent facility with four full time executive secretaries will be opened June 1.
Bryarly PTA will meet at 7 30 p m on March 11 at the school. The program will include a motion picture.
Clevenger, longtime farmer and businessman with ties to Winchester, served as a Frederick Co operative Farm Bureau member and Virginia Woolen Mill director. Survived by wife Vernie E. Marshall and four children, services at Omps funeral home 3 p.m. Monday with interment at Mt. Hebron.
Clarence Johnson of St. Louis urged Winchester Presbyterian Church members to adopt regular church attendance, likening it to Rotary's member accountability. The dinner, attended by over 300 in Loudoun Street’s Sunday school hall, highlighted the church’s progress program with praise for volunteer-driven Old Stone Church restoration and future centennial plans.
Chicago market report lists hogs compared with last week with steadiest to 25 lower for butchers and 25 to 50 lower for sows. closing top 21.75. hogs by weight bands 170-230 up to 21.50 and 240-270 at 20-20.75. Cattle values show steers 50 higher, heifers 50 to 1 higher, cows 50-75 higher, bulls up to 50 higher. vealers 1-2 lower. stockers and feeders 50 to 1 higher. Top 1151 lb fed steers at 30. most 26-27.25 for low to average-choice steers. various load weights and beev es ranges 24.50-26.25. Sheep lambs quoted 25.50-26.75. ewes 9-13.25.
Four fire companies battled a blaze that started in a workshop and spread to a front ceiling. Neighbors and residents including Mrs. Southard and the Duff family were displaced as repairs are expected to take about six weeks. Duff, a Texas transplant, previously ran a restaurant and opened a Loudoun Street record shop nearby.
Virginia Society for Crippled Children and Adults officials including R W Churchman plan talks for the local chapters in Winchester to promote the Easter Seal drive beginning March 1. The drive supports services led by the Roanoke headquartered organization with local leadership including Dr W P McGuire Jr and Rev Dr E T Clark.
In Sofia on March 5 the trial of 15 Protestant pastors concluded after all defendants pleaded for mercy and a chance to work under a communist controlled government. The case centered on accusations of espionage and treason amid shifting U.S. attorney claims.
The New York market moved aimlessly with higher prices for Bethlehem Steel General Motors Firestone American Telephone Consolidated Edison Butte Copper & Zinc General Electric American Woolen Illinois Central and Great Northern preferred. Several names trimmed include Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck Commonwealth Edison American Can Kennecott Copper Allied Chemical Southern Pacific Texas Co and American Airlines.
Grains opened steady in Chicago on March 5 as commission houses and local traders showed buying interest. Wheat led gains with May at 2.18 1 4 1 8, July 1.93 1 2 3 4, soybeans Mar 2.33 32 3 4, and lard Mar 12.35 50. Decent activity noted across corn oats rye and soy products.
The report notes Molotov and Mikoyan retain deputy chairmen titles but hints at unknown significance of changes. Diplomats in Lake Success London Washington and capitals debate whether it signals Molotov's rise to Prime Minister or a broader shift in Soviet policy toward the West.
Johnson City police contact relatives after a crash in front of W. L. Dalton's home. A man and Mrs. Porter were trapped in a crushed Plymouth, with Mrs. Porter unconscious and the man briefly conscious. Witnesses report possible driver sleepiness and a 30 second horn before impact.
The debate centers on extending rent controls beyond March 31 with President Truman pressing for continuation. Senator Lucas says civil rights interest rises, while Southern senators push to displace the rules change. A cloture petition is planned, and talks may stretch into night sessions to exhaust opposition.
A sharp critic of the United States and the West at the United Nations argued that the Soviet Union may be pursuing a more effective means to carry out the same policy. The remark reflects Cold War tensions and distrust of Soviet motives.
Darden Virginians and residents of Winchester Frederick County Clarke Warren Shenandoah Page Ra nock Fauquier Culpeper and Arlington invited for a SMA sponsored meeting led by president C A Robinson. The gathering aims to sound out opinion on a state proposal and explore adding a school of business to the University.
Edwin 8. and Edna Mason of 43 Race St Winchester plan a 5 room 1 bath dwelling on Senseny Rd 3 1/3 miles east of the city to be erected by Sept 1 at a cost of 3000 dollars. E M Grimm receives permit to remodel a dwelling located half a mile southeast of Opequon Creek at a cost of 1000 dollars.
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