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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1948

Page

9

Semi-pro District Baseball Tourney Set for Winchester

Virginia semi pro district playoffs will be held in Winchester in June with two Winchester finalists advancing to the 10 day state tourney in Charlottesville starting July 16. The Virginia champion faces West Virginia for a national berth in Wichita Kansas on August 13.

Cuy Virginia Winchester John W. Williams National Baseball Congress Charlottesville Northwest Virginia Williams West Virginia Witchita Kansas Covington Gloucester Portsmouth Alexandria Camp Lee Vir

Card of Thanks for Mrs. Annie McCauley

The family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of Mrs. Annie McCauley. Her children. May 15, 1911.

Annie McCauley

Grim Family Thanks for Kindness and Support

We thank friends and neighbors for kindness during our husband and father’s illness and death. Gratitude for flowers and use of cars. Mrs. Fred L. Grim and family.

Fred L. Grim

Rites Held For Farmer Noah Gordon At Browntown Church

Funeral services for Noah Gordon a farmer from White Post who died Thursday in Memorial hospital were held today at Browntown church in Warren county with Rev Titchenell of Bensonville presiding. Interment followed in Rileyville Virginia. Pallbearers were Virgil Loueberger Charles Molden Hollis Henry Wilson Henry Charlie Boyd and Rene Boyd.

Noah Gordon White Post Memorial Hospital Browntown Church Warren County Titchenell Bensonville Rileyville Virgil Loueberger Charles Molden Hollis Henry Wilson Henry Charlie Boyd Rene Boyd

Textile Executives In Session Tonight Banquet in Shenandoah

The Shenandoah Valley Textile Executive Assn. will hold a banquet at 6 p.m. today in the Sarah Zane Firehall after a business session. Officers will be elected during the gathering.

Shenandoah Valley Textile Executive Assn Sarah Zane Firehall

Jewelry Heist Details Tie to Nail and Place Robbery

Police outline Place and Nail plans in the Jewel Box burglary testifying Nail confessed to the raid. He described hiding loot in a Shenandoah Valley Academy site and at his father's home, with evidence including fingerprints and a suitcase stash. The report also lists church and civic notices amid the crime narrative.

Place Rudolpha Boyd Nai Nail Piccanilly St Hagerstown Winchester Shenandoah Valley Academy Steel Fox Se €Areco Warrant. Funk and Deputy Sheriff Henry Renner Funk Rudolph Nal Porter Polce

Winchester Softball League Opens May 24 With Nine Teams

The city softball league begins May 24 with nine teams. rosters due May 21 to the Recreation Dept. Officials report $3,630.60 in the treasury but seek $800 for grandstand and backstop. Donations urged to Snag Sargent at Young Men's Sport Shop.

Recreation Dept Gus Bornscheuer Bornscheuer Winchester Snag Sargent, Care Young Men's Sport Shop City Softball League Winchester News Coe Wing Restaurant Virginia Woolen O'Sullivan Rosenberger Lumber Jewel Box Red Wing Ellis Rosenberger Royal Crown Ward's Grocery Elks Sullivan Fiks O’sullivan Ward’'s Grocery Jewel Pox

Autos Damaged in Collision at Fairfax Standoff

A 1936 Ford coupe driven by Ralph Hoffman Whitacre and a 1933 Dodge sedan driven by Philip O Rear suffered about 275 dollars in damage at Cameron St and Fairfax Lane. One person was hurt. Police court fined Willam David Taylor R 3 Winchester ten dollars for feckless driving related to a May 6 accident at Boscawen and Washington St where Vernon C McClintock injured a wrist. Damage to McClintock car was about 35 dollars. Taylor car 150. A May 9 Millwood Ave crash involved a Dodge truck from Winchester Cold Storage, a 47 Plymouth, and a 46 International truck, with about 50 dollars damage to each vehicle.

Cameron St Fairfax Lane Ralph Hoffman Whitacre Siler Philip O Washington St Ford Onco Willam David Taylor Boscawen Washington St. Taylor Vernon Clarence McClintock S. Cameron St McClintock Tayor Millwood Ave Winchester Winchester Cold Storage Ermine Funkhouser Claude Allen

Jewish settlement Attarot near Kalandia airport noted

Haganah announced continued activity in another settlement nearby as the Jewish settlement Attarot opposite Kalandia airport north of the area.

Paze 1 Haganah Attarot Kalandia Airport

Evacuation of Jerusalem Jews Amid Arab Attacks Reported

Haganah said Jewish villages Gesher Astot and Shaar Hagolan along the Trans Jordan frontier were shelled this morning as Jews were evacuated from Jerusalem amid Arab attacks.

Jerusalem Haganah Gesher Astot Shaar Hagolan Trans-Jordan

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