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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1951

Page

3

City Council Approves 1952 Fiscal Budget Amid Tax Increase

The 1952 budget outline, approved Thursday night, reflects a 25 cent tax rate rise from $1.65 to $1.90. The itemized figures cover entire departments and omit odd cents for simplicity.

Daily Crossword Ireland 841. Box scientifically 12

Across clues hint at scientific box terms and title divisions. Down clues cover dry Hebrew measures eggs rodents and choice groups with a mix of terms and wordplay.

Ireland Box Rodent & Choice

Livestock and Markets Mixed Across Regions

Cattle and hogs show varied week-to-week changes with steers and heifers mostly steady to higher in New York while Chicago buyers report mixed gains and losses across weights. Spring lambs and sheep trend lower with strong wholesale bids for select shorn lambs and ewes moderating. New York stocks drift lower as farm implement shares slip after a production-rule decision.

Baltimore USDA Chicago New York National Production Authority J. I. Case International Harvester Cities Service Union Pacific Anaconda Copper DuPont U. E. Steel Chrysler Boeing American Woolen

Funeral services held for Carl J. Renner at Jones Funeral Home

Carl J. Renner, 50, of Route 3 died Monday. Funeral services were conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home by Rev. Robert Bradford. Interment followed at Mount Hebron. Pallbearers included Earl Cuthbert, Arthur Seabright, Hugh Bill, Harry Anderson, Willis Anderson, and Tony Francis.

Carl J. Rener Route 3 Jones Funeral Home Robert Bradford Mount Heb- Tron Earl Cuthbert Arthur Seabright Hugh Bill Harry Anderson Willis Anderson Tony Francis

Wool sale notes prices on ewes and bucks

Lot summaries show wooled ewes at 19.00 per head and bucks at 22.50 and 19.00, reflecting a seasonally curtailed supply and reduced bidding.

Market Street Church Special Mother's Day Program

Braddock Street Methodist Church marks Mother's Day with three services. At 11:00 mothers receive roses and solos by a 90-voice combined choir. Infant baptism to be performed at 2:30 by Dr. Wm. Archer Wright. Evening service at 7:30 features the Intermediates and Crusaders Choirs with主题 Mothers Are People and My Mother's Old Bible Is True.

Braddock Street Methodist Church Goldsworthy Wm. Archer Wright Crusaders Geibel

E. B. Smoke Buried At Opequon Friday

Funeral services for Edgar B. Smoke 78 who died Tuesday at his home Opequon were held Friday at 11 at Jones Funeral home by Rev. E. B. Smith and Rev. Robert Bradford. Interment followed in St. Paul Cemetery at Opequon with pallbearers Howard Lamp Burton Ritter Ray Ebersole Newton Snapp John Smoke and Paul Smoke Jr.

Edgar B. Smoke Opequon Jones Funeral Home E. B. Smith Robert Bradford St. Paul Cemetery Howard Lamp Burton Ritter Ray Ebersole Newton Snapp John Smoke Paul Smoke Jr

Opening Chicago grains show scattered gains and losses

Chicago board of trade opening shows mixed moves with May wheat at 2.40 3-4, July 2.43 1-2-3-4, September 2.46-45 7-8, December 2.48 34-49. May corn 1.77 7-8, July 1.80 3cne, September 1.78 3-8-1-4, December 1.66. May soybeans 2.02, July 1.97, September 3.18 1-4, November 2.94 1-2, January 2.96 1-2. Lard September 17.82, October 17.20-26, November 16.80.

Winches Board of Assessors Agen Civil and Police Justice Court Jevenue & Donestic Relations Court Winchester Memorial Hospital Water & Sewer Fund Virginia Public Assistance Fund Earth The Chicago Board of Trade Jly

Lincoln Assassination at Ford’s Theatre on Good Friday

The assassination of Abraham Lincoln occurred at Ford’s Theatre on April 14 1865 marking one of the most pivotal events in American history as the nation grappled with loss and national tragedy.

Abraham Lincoln Ford

57 Nobles Attend Blue Ridge Shrine Club Dinner Meet

The Blue Ridge Shrine Club met at Hotel Strasburg with 57 nobles present. After a chicken dinner President M. B. Clowe, Sr. opened the meeting as Dr. Allen Hawthorne spoke on Socialized Medicine referencing his Europe trip. A Ladies Night is planned for Hotel Mimslyn in Luray. A. B. Honts urged the upcoming ceremonial on June 9 in Richmond.

Blue Ridge Shrine Club Hotel Strasburg M. B. Clowe Allen Hawthorne Europe Hotel Mimslyn Luray Noble A. B. Honts Richmond

Wallace Denies Suggestion Reds Included in Chiang Government

Former Vice President Wallace denied during Senate hearings that he urged Communists be taken into Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government. He cited a 1949 White Paper noting a possible suggestion as early as 1944, mentioned during discussions about General MacArthur.

Wallace Chiang South Salem Chiang Knowland

Grove Services Held Here Friday Afternoon

Funeral services for Louella Joyce Grove age 36 who died in Washington were held Friday at 4 o clock at Jones Funeral Home led by Rev Robert A Whit ten and Rev Paul Dick Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers named Milton Lut trell Paul Stultz Walter Samp son W E Guthridge Hugh Brill and Wilton Chapman

Louella Joyce Grove Washington Jones Funeral Home Robert A. Whitten Paul Dick Mount Hebron Cemetery Milton Luttrell Paul Stultz Walter Sampson W. E. Guthridge Hugh Brill Wilton Chapman

The Phoenix Quote by Middleton on Deeds

The line “The better the day, the better the deed” is attributed to William Shakespeare? No, it was first used by the English dramatist Thomas Middleton (1570 1627) in his play The Phoenix, though prevalence varies.

R. A. Thomas Middleton

Neglect Charged in Perjury Case Against Harold Christoffel

Rogge denied claims of inexcus able neglect of a client's defense to perjury charges. Harold Christoffel, former head of the CIO United Auto Workers local, faced a two to six year sentence after falsely swearing to the House Labor Committee that he had never been a Communist. The court action was labeled wrong by Christoffel.

Rogge Harold Christoffel House Labor Committee Christoffel CIO United Auto Workers

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