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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1949

Page

3

Attend Church Sunday Braddock St Methodist and many others

Many local churches list services Sunday with pastors, Sunday school times, and worship schedules. Notable entries include Braddock Street Methodist with Rev William Archer Wright and infant baptism, Centenary Reformed with Dr L Flickinger, and Winchester Presbyterian with D D Wilson among others.

Centenary Reformed L Flickinger WINC Church of the Nazarene A L. Lepley T. Swisher Elm St I. L Stonesifer John Mann Methodist E.H. Jackson Onna Robinson Montague Avenue Methodist Church B. W. Coe Don Weber South Braddock St

Men’s Bible Class Notices

Grace Lutheran Bible class led by Rev. Wm. E. Eisenberg meets at 9 45 am tomorrow. Hoover Kern Bible class at Market St Methodist church worships at 9 45 am tomorrow. Good Samaritan Bible class at First EUB church with Mr. Lewis Fries teaches at 9 45 am tomorrow. Wesleyan Men’s Bible class at Market St Methodist church meets at 9 45 am tomorrow.

Grace Lutheran Bible Wm. E. Eisenberg Hoover-Kern Market St Good Samaritan Bible First Eub Church Lewis Fries Market St. Methodist Church

Luther League Meets Tomorrow in Luray

Miss Dorothy Eisenberg, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. William E. Eisenberg, presides over Shenandoah conference Luther League meeting at Morning Star Lutheran Church Luray at 2 30 p m. Rev. Hensil B. Arehart hosts theme What is Your Life Supper at 5 30 p m Vesper service at 7 led by Arehart with Rev. Charles T. Sardeson of Waynesboro delivering sermon Candlelight installation of officers will end the program About 15 Winchester youths expected to attend.

Dorothy Eisenberg William E. Eisenberg League of the Shenandoah Lutheran Synod of Virginia Morning Star Lutheran Church Luray Hensil B. Arehart Arehart Charles T. Sardeson Waynesboro Winchester

Rites Held For Edward J. Henson In Martinsburg

Funeral services were conducted at Brown funeral home for Edward Jackson Henson 36 who drowned in the Opequon near Martinsburg Tuesday. The body was recovered from the muddy stream 22 hours after he stepped from a ledge into a deep hole while wading. He leaves a wife and two children.

Brown Funeral Home Martinsburg Edward Jackson Henson Opequon

Three Gubernatorial Candidates Split Over Poll Tax Amendment

The Virginia gubernatorial race centers on the Campbell amendment which would abolish the poll tax but require annual registration and alternative voting requirements. Walter Johnson and John S. Battle back the measure while Francis Miller Horace Edwards and Remmie Arnold oppose it. Battle defends his school program against Miller’s charges as public records are cited.

Campbell Virginia Virginia League of Women Voters Richmond Johnson Battle General Assembly Miller Edwards Arnold Virginia Conference of Social Work Roanoke Battle Battle Culpeper

The Earths Core Alloy Theories Debate Nickel Iron Layer

Some theories place Earth's core as an alloy of nickel and iron beginning around 200 miles below the surface. Researchers discuss implications for geophysical models and planetary formation.

Williams Backs Federal Education Aid Gains for Virginia

Virginia Education Association secretary Robert F. Williams supports the federal aid to education bill. He challenges Senator Byrd's claim that Virginia taxpayers would overpay and says funds returned could be used for teacher salaries with no strings attached. He cites Congressional Record figures showing Virginia gaining about 106 thousand dollars annually and notes Southern states stand to gain most from the measure.

Richmond Virginia U. S Harry F. Byrd Robert F. Williams Virginia Education Assn Williams Byrd Congress VEA Congressional

VA to cut weekly contact visits in Virginia localities

The Veterans Administration will discontinue itinerant contact services to Winchester and nine other Virginia localities due to reduced VA personnel. A VA Roanoke regional office manager said the weekly visits to assist veterans with problems will end, but no permanent offices will close.

Winchester Virginia Veterans Administration Henry G. Moore Roanoke

Berryville residents fined for assault and disorderly conduct

Police Justice John Rice fined Carl Costello $25 and costs on assault and battery with 10 day jail sentence suspended. Complainant was Etta Holtsclaw. Floyd Lewis paid $34.25 for disorderly conduct and fighting at 517 South Kent Street.

John Rice Carl Costello Berryville Etta Holtsclaw Floyd Lewis S. Kent St

Winchester Camera Club Sees Festival Pictures

Members viewed colored slides from Apple Blossom Festival by Paul Chamberlin and Leonard Newcome. James Allen chaired as prize winning prints from a national high school contest were shown with Kodak sponsorship. They voted to meet monthly on the first Friday and plan a June night photography lecture. The annual picnic is set for next month at Lost River State Park.

Winchester Camera Club Paul Chamberlin Leonard Newcome James Allen Kodak Company Lost River State Park

Milk cost study supports 6.32 per 100 pounds of Grade A 4% milk

DHIA based analysis and a VPI formula place average cost at 6.32 per 100 pounds with range 5.80 to 6.67. Labors highest factor locally due to competition with fruit and industrial sectors. Proponents urge maintaining the 6 dollar per cwt price to ensure stable future supply.

DHIA Dairyman VPI Virginia Eagle Hough Haldeman

Pedestrian Hit by Car Backing at Braddock Street Stop

Mrs. A. H. Seabry of 6622 Pennybranch Rd Washington was struck by the rear bumper of a 1941 Chevrolet driven by Rufus C. Bolce 33 of 523 Highland Ave as he backed after stopping for a light at Braddock St The 50 year old woman suffered facial shoulder hip knee and rib bruises and was treated at the hospital and discharged

A. H. Seabry Pennybranch Rd Washington Bis Terminal Braddock St

Senate Approves State Department Reorganization Plan

Washington May 7 A Hoover Commission backed bill would add ten assistant secretaries of state to free the secretary and under secretary from routine duties and focus on foreign policy. The Senate approved a companion bill and sent it to the House. A second measure would consolidate all government housekeeping agencies into one central office.

Washington State Department Hoover Commission House Senate Herbert Hoover Senate Expenditures Committee

Woodstock Hospital Plans Approved

Final plans for a 50 bed one story brick memorial hospital at Woodstock were approved by Shenandoah County Hospital Inc. board and the doctors and nurses committee and will be submitted to state and federal authorities.

Memorial Hospital Woodstock Shenandoah County Hospital Inc Doctors and Nurses Committee

William the Conqueror Builds First Windsor Castle

Historic note credits William the Conqueror with erecting the original Windsor Castle on the site that now anchors the British royal family surname.

William the Conqueror Windsor Castle

Rheumatic Fever Fatal to Youth in Front Royal

Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. tomorrow at the Presbyterian church in Front Royal for the 10 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith Sr. of Front Royal who died Thursday in Winchester hospital two days after being admitted for rheumatic fever.

Presbyterian Church Front Royal Robert Smith Sr Winchester Hospital

Mount Williams Club Plans Yard Party Meeting

The Mount Williams Hunt Club will meet at 8 p m on May 20 at the community building to plan a yard party and discuss financing an addition to the building. Membership badges will be distributed at the session. Northern American Indians were the first to use snowshoes.

Mount Williams Hunt Club

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Braddock St. Methodist William Archer Wright John J Hawse Tunstall Powers F. B. Oglesby Kathleen McCartney Winchester Jr. Music Club WSCS Young Womens Circle Wesley Choir Scout Troops Christ Episcopal Charles N Tyndell Congregational Christian Robert A. Whitten Bible School O. A. Bazzle Christian Science B. Cork St Sun Adam and Cork First Assembly of God M. N. Zezzo Christ Ambassadors First Baptist E. T. Clark First Brethren Paul E. Dick Richard Sudduth Mrs. Cross Bolivia Men’s Fellowship First Evangelical United Brethren Carl Wiser Edwin Ritter Grace Lutheran Willian E. Eisenberg Highland Ave. Presbyterian Joseph S. Duckwall Elwood Willey Lee Rinker Loudoun St. Church of Christ Nathan Williamson Bible Garland Whitlock Sacred Heart Catholic Julian Bullock St. Paul Ame D. E Fields Winchester Presbyterian Ronald S. Wilson Russell Joyce Sunday School Council Mary Bittinger Men’s Bible Class Luther League E. J. Henson George Washington Mutual Fire Insurance Company Loudoun County Waterford Hugh S. Lupton & Son Rouss Avenue Fire Insurance Company of Waterford, VA Israel Madison Square Park New York United Jewish Appeal Chaim Weizmann Thomas F. Dewey Associated Press Deltox Winchester Furniture Co., Inc South Main St U. S. Education Oxford N &M Dept St Tonac Bargain Center State Dept Les Cadillac Burt Be & M Chevrolet Sales CO Oates Loudoun St British Isles Mrbn Anna Jarvis Philadelphia Shenandoah Valley National Bank Federal Deposit Insurates Corporation Mt. Williams Club
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