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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1950
Page
2
Senate kills reappraisal bill in close vote
The last day of the session saw a 5-4 Senate Privileges and Elections Committee vote kill the proposal for state supervised reappraisals of real estate in counties every six years. Only about half a dozen of the 52 Gray commission recommendations were enacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Gray Commission
An Arbitration Board
Virginians See Record Bill Burst Of 1950 Session
A flood of local bills and major measures passed as Virginia lawmakers adjourned. Legislation included tax shifts, redistricting study, state wide alcohol sales, alcohol, gas and oil commissions, a living war memorial, and a run off primary system. The session saw contentious debates on absentee voting, committee assignments, and enforcement changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Benate
John W. Fletcher
Turner Gilmer
Russell County
House
William J. Gibson
Fredericksburg
Leon M. Bazile
15Th Judicial Circuit
House Courts of Justice Committee
Gibson
Virginia Judicial Conference
State Corporation Commission
Congress
Health Department
State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors
Department of Occupational and Profession Registration
Hampton Roads
Newport News
Hampton
Phoebus
Elizabeth City
Warwick
Commission On
Richmond
Chickahominy River
Walker
Camp Peary
York County
Winchester Estate and Household Goods Auctions Notice
Auction listings show sales in Winchester including Fred L. Mowery front of Court Real House and Mrs Jesse Link on March 26 at 1am. Items from Red Bud Road estate and Wm. C. Miller Estate near Frederick include household goods and furniture. Listings reference dates, times, and locations for sales near Green Springs and White Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Court House
Winchester
Bailey
White Hall
Fred L. Mowery
Court Real House
Red Bud Road
Jesse Link
Hall
Haugh
Sealeuee
Wm. C. Miller
Frederick Os
Cancer Dinner Set At Mimslyn Hotel Luray
Mrs. Ronald S. Wilson presides at the Virginia Cancer Division district dinner at 6 30 P M tomorrow in the Mimslyn Hotel Luray Principal speaker will be Dr Guy Fisher of Staunton About 60 people are expected to attend Local attendees include Dr Randolph T Shields and Dr Tunstall F Powers from Winchester Frederick County Clarke County delegates Mrs David Donovan Mrs Graham Dougherty Sr Agnes Mitchell and B Beverley Byrd with Powell Harrison of Leesburg representing Northern Virginia The cancer fund is part of the Winchester Community Chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald S. Wilson
Virginia Cancer Division
Mimslyn Hotel
Luray
Guy Fisher
Staunton
Randolph T. Shields
Winchester-Frederick County
Tunstall F. Powers
Clarke County
David Donovan
Graham Dougherty Sr
Agnes Mitchell
B. Beverley Byrd
Powell Harrison
Leesburg
Virginia
Cancer Fund
Winchester Community Chest
Catalogue listing of 1100 subjects in stock
The firm once carried a catalog listing 1,100 subjects in stock. At its peak the range and volume showcased a broad catalog of items, reflecting the company’s extensive inventory during its active years.
Answers to the Daily Quez Answers to the Daily Quez
Correct responses printed on Page 4 list 10 items: Red. Marine Corps base. Prussia. Warren G Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert C Hoover on Roosevelt Marry 8 er meport Import Bank. Alla Nazimova. Argentina. The Single Tax. Last Thursday in Lent. Nines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps Base
Prussia
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert C. Hoover
Roosevelt
Meport
Alla Nazimova
Argentina
Obituary for Charles W. Seal
Family expresses thanks for flowers tributes cards and expressions of sympathy in the death of our father Charles W. Seal dated March 13 2018.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Seal
Sacred Heart Holy Name Society Attends Communion Breakfast
F Grove White spoke at Sacred Heart Church Holy Name Society gathering praising civic unity and church growth. He urged support for parish projects including a parochial school, church interior redecoration, and involvement with community efforts like the Winchester Lions for the blind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Grove White
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Holy Name Society
White
George Washington Hotel
Holy Name
Comunion
Robert Berry
W. Bradford Michael
William Sullivan
Harry Callan
Julian Bullock
Sacred Heart Church
Maurice Lannon
Father Bullock
Lannon
Eed Ik Tee Ee
Pronance
Winchester Lions For the
Winchester Church
Pope
Commu
Gainesboro Senior Wins District Legion Oratorical Contest
Bruce Whitacre of Siler Va, 17, Gainesboro High School senior, won the district American Legion oratorical contest in Staunton and will compete in a zone contest in Harrisonburg. He is sponsored by Conrad Hoover Post 21 and spoke on Our Living Constitution. He is the son of Mr and Mrs S Carson Whitacre and was accompanied by Fred C Braithwaite, the Gainesboro principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesboro
American Legion
Staunton
Harrisonburg
S. Carson Whitacre
Siler
Bruce
Conrad Hoover
Fred C. Braithwaite
Gainesboro High School
William L McCann Dies in Oklahoma City
William L. McCann died in Oklahoma City after a brief illness of influenza. He was son of the late James K. and Sarah E. McCann and grew up in Frederick County. He studied at Shenandoah Valley Academy and earned college and law degrees at Washington and Lee University before practicing law in Winchester and later in Oklahoma City. He leaves his wife Henrietta, a sister in Winchester, a brother in Frederick County, and nieces and nephews. Burial will be in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. McCann
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
McCann
James K
Sarah E. McCann
Frederick County
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Washington and Lee University
Winchester Bar
Henrietta McCann
Isaac Stonebraker Dies In Hospital
Isaac Taylor Stonebraker 74 died yesterday in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Born June 5 1875 in Hardy County West Virginia he was a farmer and lived in Frederick County since 1929. Surviving are his widow four sons two daughters a brother and a sister with funeral and graveside rites planned for 2 p.m. at Fairview Church Cemetery Timber Ridge officiated by Rev. B J Goode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Taylor Stonebraker
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Hardy County
W. Va
Peter and
Hannah Grapes Stonebraker
Stonebraker
Frederick County
Bret E. Stonebraker
Clarence Howard Stonebraker
John Thomas Stonebraker
Gore
Virgil D. Stonebraker
Charles F. Stonebraker
Romney
Hibbard Services Held Yesterday
Graveside services for Melvin C. Hibbard 25 were held at 3 p m yesterday in Green Hill Cemetery Berryville with Rev Henry G Lane of Grey Ep Church officiating He was born January 23 1924 in Clarke County a son of Holmes R Hibbard and the late Sadie H Bell Hibbard He died Friday in Nashville Tennessee Survivors include his father three brothers James H Hibbard Alfred O Hibbard and Hunter Lee Hibbard a step mother three step sisters and a step brother
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin C. Hibbard
Green Hill Cemetery
Berryville
Henry G. Lane
Clarke County
Holmes R. Hibbard
Sadie H. Bell Hibbard
Nashville
Tenn
James H. Hibbard
Hampton
Alfred O. Hibbard
Wheat and grain futures rise on light moisture signals
Chicago grain prices move higher as moisture over the weekend fails to develop in the southwest, prompting buying in new crop wheat deliveries. March wheat opens at 2.29, May 2.19, and other contracts mixed. soybeans, corn, and lard also listed with specific front and deferred month quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Pga
Jly
Huntington CIO official Hank Wolford dies after lodge fight
Hank Wolford 45 regional director and CIO staff representative died after a fight at the Moose Lodge Coroner F X Schuller said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
B. T
Hank) Wolford
The
CIO
Moose Lodge
F. X. Schuller
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