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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1949
Page
2
A devotional call urges peace through Christ and reconciliation among nations. It envisions shedding prejudice, embracing forgiveness, and using divine gifts for universal healing, ending with a unifying Amen in Jesus’ name.
Auction listings locate sales at G I Brady Stephenson Virginia near Burnt Factory Church with livestock farm implements. Herman Dyke Farm hosts sale April 1 1 a.m. two miles north of Livestock and Farm APR 6 9 30 a.m. Fieldcraft Farms Co two miles west of Ellicott City Howard County Maryland 200 head cattle and dairy equipment. R G Wol verton 216 8S Loudoun Gate household and kitchen farm items April 9 10 a.m.
President Truman joins a 60 minute broadcast titled One Great Hour to urge churchgoers to donate to world relief. The program features Gregory Peck Ida Lupino Robert Montgomery with Quentin Reynolds as narrator and airs on WINC locally. Over 76000 churches across denominations participate in a combined fundraising drive.
Attendees listed include J. H. King Seaboard Brass and Copper Co. G. L. Payne Faries Manufacturing Co. of Decatur Ill Richard W. Welles James Akeroyd and Co. Philadelphia and George H. Lively Esso Standard Oil Co. Staunton.
Correct responses listed by Gandhi include rapid thawing of heavy wind and five General Charles de Gaulle. West is the canal direction roughly northwest to southeast. The quiz answers cover Ecliptic Treasury Department Africa and Asia and the General Accounting Office.
Eighty five employees of the Novick Transfer Co returned to work at the local freight terminal as a three day strike ended after a meeting in the George Washington hotel. L. H. Stotler the company personnel manager and Wilbur Swiggett union agent discussed the dispute with Teamsters Local 453 and a worker committee. The walkout began over objections to a worker allegedly receiving special privileges, which were later curtailed.
Elmer Rosen Vance a 28 year old of 720 S Kent St was acquitted in police court of a reckless driving charge arising from a Monday incident near Gerrard Cameron St injuring Carroll Markle seven. The judge dismissed the charge for lack of evidence noting the car skidded 36 ft.
The Winchester Jaycees voted to rename the Junior Board of Trade to the Junior Chamber of Commerce pending national approval. Carl Haines led the bylaws revision and the membership approved the changes. Three projects were discussed including the Turtle Derby on April 8, the Paint-up Clean-up campaign for the Apple Blossom Festival, and a Soap Box Derby.
Registered and prospective Winchester softball umpires will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the Recreation Office at City Hall. Umpire-in-chief Irvin S. Cather expects full attendance.
Community organizers invite residents to the Apple Blossom Festival on April 28 and 29. The notice emphasizes family activities, live music, and market booths across downtown.
Woodstock high school debate teams won both affirmative and negative divisions at the District Laroup 3 foren sic meet held at Handley high school. Winners include Richard Green Patsy Trimble Ann Painter and Phyllis Boler with judges from Handley and local schools.
Claude Grim assistant cashier of Farmers and Merchants National Bank at 109 North Washington Street was taken ill this morning and admitted to the hospital. He is reported resting more comfortably this afternoon.
In the Middle Ages pilgrims wore a scallop shell on their hats to show they had crossed the sea to the Holy Land. For this reason a scallop shell is sometimes called pilgrim shell.
At a Waldorf Astoria opening, Norman Cousins blasted war in vulgar terms while Shapley urged realism. Shostakovich and other diplomats pressed for peace as 2000 pickets and hundreds more attendees filled the hall in a tense kickoff to a three day event.
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