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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1947
Page
3
The First Brethren Church on Berryville Avenue begins a series of special services beginning Tuesday May 20 conducted by a chalk artist and his wife.
Rev and Mrs Dingeman Teuling from Muskegon Heights Michigan will present gospel in pictures and song at 7 30 PM Tuesday through Sunday. Teuling, a former commercial artist, draws on screen with black light while Mrs Teuling accompanies on piano. Free-will offerings will be received nightly.
Rome reports President De Nicola asked 79 year old Francesco Saverio Nitti to form a new Italian government. Former WWI premier Vitorio Emanuele Orlando may join the cabinet as De Nicola seeks a national unity administration to replace the Communist Socialist Christian Democrat coalition led by Alcide De Gasperi after his resignation.
Funeral services were held last Saturday at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Richmond for Mrs Ber ta Atkinson Carter wife of Spencer L Carter of Richmond She died Friday morning in a Richmond hospital after a brief illness Interment was at Hollywood Cemetery She was a native of Richmond and lived in Baltimore before returning to Virginia after her husband became vice president of the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company They later lived at Rosney Clarke County before moving to Richmond Mrs Carter loved gardening and landscaping creating Rosney a noted Clarke County home She is survived by her husband two daughters one brother and five grandchildren
Hayfield Virginia May 10 celebration hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Leo Clowser honored Mrs. Loring C. Clowser with a large gathering. Guests included numerous Clowser relatives and friends from Hayfield Winchester Gore Martinsburg and Charleston. Music by the Hayfield Ramblers and a decorated birthday cake prepared by Agnes Clowser highlighted the evening.
The final standings of the B League show Va. Woolen No 1 on top at 65 34 with South End close behind at 56 43 and Snapp Foundry at 54 45. High averages include Boden 113.2 Carper 109.79 Lake 109.54. High games Billmyer 166 Fiddler 162 Newcome 162. High sets Webber 419 Anderson 407 Boyd 382. Studebaker leads team averages 526.13 with Va Woolen No 1 520.68 and South End 517.05. top team games Studebaker 627 Valley Service 616 Bell Clothes 613. top team sets Studebaker 1789 Snapps Foundry 1708 Bell Clothes 1693. Also notes a Q and A about a pride term for a group of lions used in South Africa.
A long list of area churches reports Sunday worship times, Sunday School, and midweek activities. The lineup includes Methodist, Evangelical, Brethren, Lutheran, Church of Christ, Nazarene, and Bible churches with details on sermons topics and choir events across multiple locations.
Dr E T Clark presides over Sunday School at 9 45 am and Morning Worship at 11 am with a sermon by the pastor. Evening Forums run 6 to 8 pm focusing on Jealousy led by Dr Clark. High School topic Friendship Love Courtship and are led by Mr and Mrs B Hilton.
A Virginia child labor committee formed in Richmond aims to regulate hours for workers up to 18, seeking to raise the minimum employment age from 14 to 16 and endorsing standards proposed by the Richmond group. About 75 attendees from across Virginia attended the conference.
The National Automobile Dealers Association urged dealers to publish local delivered prices on new cars. Moran warned that many low mileage new model cars are being sold as used at high prices by individuals or dealers, calling it a growing menace to the public and to new car dealers.
Waynesboro Pennsylvania hosts the Cumberland Valley Firemen's Association Sesquicentennial and annual convention on July 9 to 11. Three parades are planned with a shirttail procession at 11 p.m. July 9, a firemen parade at 1:30 p.m. July 10, and a civic and float parade at 2 p.m. July 11. Firemen's contests occur Friday morning July 11.
It is claimed that Victor Hugo possessed the greatest vocabulary in literature, surpassing even Shakespeare.
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