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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1957
Page
5
Miss Charlotte DeHart led 28 Virginia Avenue School pupils at a May Women’s Civic League luncheon at the George Washington Hotel. The event highlighted a Phonovisual spelling method used from first to sixth grade, with students reading aloud after the demonstration.
The NLRB did not file a complaint though the company agreed to provide vacation pay to strikers and to avoid interfering with employees exercising the right to organize. Carl Swartz filed the latest unfair labor practices charges. On January 21 the union called for a nationwide boycott. The company released first quarter 1957 net sales of 1 574 000 and net income of 351.
A full day’s TV grid lists programs across multiple channels from 5:00 PM to 12:00 AM including News, Sports, Talk, dramas, westerns, and variety shows. Notable items include Perry Como, The Geo M Cohan Story, Gunsmoke, The Jackie Gleason Show, Lawrence Welk, and Alfred Hitchcock among others. The guide also features movie slots and weather and sports segments across channels 4, 5, 7, and 9.
In the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia April 17 1957 William Mason et al versus Leonard Charles Mason et al. The court orders publication to locate unknown heirs and determine heirs at law of George W Mason deceased and distribute assets. Leonard Charles Mason presumed absent or dead. publication required for four weeks in the Winchester Evening Star. A copy is mailed to Leonard Charles Mason. Judge Elliott Marshall designate. Clerk Pp J. Marshall.
The annual report shows net losses of 183 658 offset by earnings in other months. For 1956 O Sullivan posts net sales of 36 346 000 and net income after tax of 3 369. The previous year lists net sales at 6 475 000 with a deficit of 26 242. Profits appeared in 1952 1953 and 1954 with sales near 6 600 000.
Berryville Lions Club schedules a Mother's Day Breakfast at Berryville Elementary School from 6 39 to 10 30 in the morning. William Bauserman chairs the event with committees handling food serving and cooking. Members will work in shifts washing cooking and serving with tickets sold at the door.
The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival scenes appear in three national reels Universal Newsreel Vol. 30 No. 28 MGM News of the Day No. 274 and Fox Movietone News Vol. 40 No. 40. Patrons can inquire locally to learn showings.
The article notes that the typical London suburb commuter logs about 1 545 miles annually commuting to and from work. It also cites Panama’s area as 33 167 square miles, comparable to Indiana or South Carolina.
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