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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1948
Page
12
Public notice allows burning of brush grass and other yard debris only between 4 P M and midnight daily Hometown Fire Department cautions residents to follow stated hours to prevent wildfires and smoke complaints.
White Sox plan a Sunday 2 p m meeting at Moose hall to decide if they will bid for the ball park this season. Manager Sam Ensogna says the team cannot meet the Recreation dept minimum bid and may play on the Senseny Rd diamond as last year. They have been invited to open the 1948 season at Great Cacap on May 2. An agricultural note notes tree plantings yield more cellulose than cotton in a year per acre in some regions.
University of Virginia chemists grow large “super crystals” to study metal surface reactions. Allan T. Gwathmey leads work with collaborators to machine crystal spheres and flat faces up to an inch across for oxidation tests and catalysis research.
The Evening Star Ladies League All Stars meet the Lucky Strike Girls of Portsmouth at Health Center Alleys at 10 p.m. The Portsmouth lineup features Eloise Gumm Doris Leigh Nora Kaufman Mae Hocburn and Irma Smith led by Gumm and Leigh with a 557 season average. Portsmouth aims to defend Intercity and set records while local hero Corinne Carskaden Mable Grim Dorothy Burke Mable Lineburg and Mary Gail Cather lead the home team.
Friday broadcast blocks list a dense lineup from 6:00 pm to midnight featuring news reports, sports segments, dramas, and variety shows across abc cbs mbs and local repeats. Notable programs include The Beulah Show, The Lone Ranger, You Top This, This is F B I, and Meet the Press Interviews.
Doug Spengler, manager of the Winchester Business College baseball team, says the club will not bid for use of the city baseball park on Sundays. The team, new this year, plans Saturday games and may use Stonewall or Stephens City diamonds for Sunday games. Cecil Smith and Vaughn Boyd hold key roles as assistant manager and captain, with Bi-State league play already underway. Bi-State officials meet April 3 at Wardensville to set the schedule.
Fifteen shares of Shenandoah Valley National Bank stock were sold at public auction today to settle the estate of the late Florence L. Denny. The shares brought 50.50 dollars each. Mrs. Samuel C. Brooks was the successful bidder. Farmers and Merchants National Bank serves as executor of the Denny estate.
The American on post base ball team will hold a warm up practice Sunday as its first of the season. Players wishing to turn out should contact Miller Fletcher or Leon Pope for the time and place. Men are expected to supply their own gloves and equipment.
The body of Miss Elizabeth Y Isabelle Harrison, who died Wednesday in Fort Wayne, arrived in Winchester morning for burial at Kurtz mortuary. Grave side services at Galliea near Welltown conducted by Rev. Schmucker. She was daughter of Arthur and Fannie Cleveng Harrison. Survived by three brothers Samuel Fort Wayne, Taylor Winchester, and Robert Welltown. Pallbearers named.
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