Clarke County Lions Charter Night Speech Highlights Civic Ties
Clarke County Lions near Harrison held a Charter Night at Battletown restaurant with Rep. Burr Harrison praising service clubs for upholding the American way of life. Attendees included seven presidents of the club, charter members, and many guests such as E Blackburn Moore and District Governor Hobart, with wives and guests present.
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Clarke County Lions
Battletown
Burr P. Harrison
D. Blanton Allen
Glen Burch
W. D. Burtner
C. J Ders
Julian Everly
John Hardesty
Tousley Hooker
E B. Lee
Cc. E. Miley Jr
J. W. Olcott
George Pine
Jack Russell
Jos. A. Settle
G.C. Sponseller
W. D. Wisecarver Jr
C. A. Hobart
Lions
J. R. Wilkins
William Battaile
Winchester
Gainesboro Quint to Represent at District Literary Meet
Gainesboro high school will enter four events at the district literary meet set for March 25 at Woodstock. Competitors include Charles Taylor in spelling Roxanne Rogers in prose reading Patsy Sutherland in poetry reading James Robinson and Gloria Schulze in public speaking.
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Gainesboro High School
Woodstock
Charles Taylor
Roxanne Rogers
Patsy Sutherland
James Robinson
Gloria ‘Schulze
Sheriff Sale Notice Involving Bank and Kenneth Largent
Levy on writ ferries foreground Commercial & Savings Bank versus Kenneth W Largent leads to public auction at South Loudoun Body Shop Paper Mill Road south of Winchester on March 20 1948 at 1 PM. Auction includes a 1939 Pontiac with tools paint scotch and thinner. Dunn Auctioneer.
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Commercial & Savings Bank
Kenneth W. Largent
South Loudoun
Paper Mill Road
Winchester
Imeeem
Dunn
Rainfall totals and monthly map of precipitation
Present and past rainfall figures list 24 hours to 7 am on 09 March and year to date totals. It includes 1948 and 85 year averages with inches and monthly values from 1913 to 1946. Courtesy to Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Douglas School Honors Miss Effie McKinney in Teacher Contest
Miss Effie McKinney nominated for Best Teacher contest and awarded a certificate of honor after six years in Winchester school system teaching science and mathematics. Douglas School celebrates National Newspaper Week with eighth grade plans and honors other teachers and students for letter writing contest and advisory reports. A historical note mentions Westminster Abbey’s 13th century ceramic tile floor.
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Effie McKinney
Douglas
Miss McKinney
Winchester
Douglas School
Anna Tokes
Lovelena Marcus
Margarite Washington
Francis Jackson
Rosalie Bartlett
Beulah Bannister
Gladys Brooks
Ann Cook
Beatrice Marshall
Charles Burks
Sarah Burns
Ann Ford
June Gaskins
Lois Wonzer
Elsie Ford
Meta Turner
Emerson Cook
Harry Brown
Hazel Burks
Gloryce Cary
Orissa Taper
Evelyn Lewis
Wallace Ford
Trifling Concessions Made by Russians In Austrian Treaty
London report says Russia offered minor price concessions in an Austrian peace treaty. Deputy foreign minister N P Kokumov noted the Soviet Union would reduce its oil production claim from 66 2 3 percent to 64 or 65 percent and lower cash demands from Austria from 200 million to 175 million dollars. Western powers proposed settling about half the Russian ask.
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London
Russia
N. P. Kokumov
Soviet Union
Austria
Mother and Daughter Convicted in Tennessee Slaying
In Camden Tennessee a jury convicts twelve year old Betty Jo Howell and her mother of slaying the elderly stepfather. The girl is found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and recommended to a five year reform school term. The mother faces related charges and potential punishment.
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Camden
Tenn
Betty Jo Howell
Couple Convicted in Self Defense Murder Case
Mrs Mills and her husband were found guilty of second degree murder for killing 62 year old Eli Mills last August after he allegedly choked Mrs Mills. They testified they acted in self defense by striking him with a stick and stabbing him with a kitchen knife.
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Rachelle Mills
Eli Mills
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Clarke County
Harrison
Gainesboro
Freshie
iDurket
Oldsmobile
Ibs
Dtmaic
General Motors
Fisher
Olub
Henry J. Taylor
Bickers Motor CO
Clamor Girls
Don Flowers
Blondie
Patent Office
Chic Young
Henry
U. 8. Patent Office
By Carl Anderson
Ollipops
Secret Agent X-9
Big Sister
Etta Kett
By Mel Graff
U. S. Patent Office
Ryles
By Paul Robinson
Pigeon Peache
Helbe
Muggs and
Skeeter
U. S
By Wally Bishop
Acase
Ade
PAL, Inc
PAL Bottling CO
Dr. Pepper & Grapette
N. Cameron St
Douglas School News
Westminister Abbey
Winchester 'S
Kent ST
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