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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1950
Page
2
The county home delegation plans a chartered bus trip to Washington on Tuesday to observe Congress and visit points of interest as part of a citizenship program under the Federation goal. The bus departs the Plaza at 1 a.m. Members must contribute to the bus cost.
A garbled OCR item lists scattered phrases about the Christian Science Church Milinois Kipling and a recipe. It mentions mate darkness and layers of baked potatoes and truffies, with stray numbers and lines from page 4. The text is incoherent and reads as random archival fragments.
Diane O Neal daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert E O Neal of Middletown and a Middletown High School senior has been named Virginia girl winner in an essay contest sponsored by the Virginia Highway Users Assn Inc The $250 prize will be presented at graduation exercises on May 31.
The Foreman's Club of the American Viscose Corp in Front Royal will hold its annual ladies night dinner dance at 7 30 p m May 26 at the George Washington Hotel in Winchester. Phil Young and his orchestra from Chambersburg Pa will provide music. Weston the magician will perform and a waltz contest will be held. Dress is semi formal.
The Great Wall of China was guarded by sentry posts at intervals with one soldier per post. Nine soldiers protected a mile of the wall. These guards were given nearby land to farm for sustenance.
Clarke Beach argues that small business is vital to democracy and the economy. He cites government concern, wartime measures, and postwar trends showing many small firms disappear daily while others form, risking big-business dominance and potential loss of liberal democracy. He notes 3.6 million of 4 million firms are small, producing 45 percent of GDP and employing 35 percent of workers.
A Hollywood column critiques The Lawless as a strong race issue film about Mexican American fruit pickers in Sleepy Hollow with Paul Rodriguez and Lalo Rios. and compares it to Devil's Doorway which centers on a Shoshone Indian facing white prejudice in Wyoming Territory.
On Monday the original order of Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson curtailing mail delivery to one delivery daily in residential areas will become effective in Front Royal.
Alexandra Orme translates Lida Lida J. from Polish to recounts Mora near Budapest under the Soviet advance in 1944 45. The story follows a dozen refugees inside a cellar as Russians loot hoard and harass women. Jumbo claims Knight of Malta status to dodge subversion while family endures hunger cold and constant danger.
The Round Hill 4 H Club will stage a man's beauty contest at 8 p m tomorrow in the Round Hill Community Building on Northwestern Grade Funds go to upkeep and care of the building Refreshments will be provided by Shirley Carper Lucille Carpenter Georgiana Gum and Bradley Driver At the last meeting those present included Lois Frye Lucille Carpenter Shirley Carper Peggy Carper George Cather Nancy Cather Georgiana Gum Lily Mae Richards Bunny Richards Donnie Hodgson Bradley Driver Alma Garrett Janet Castleman Nancy Castleman Bucky Singhas Charles Buckman Bobby Bayliss and Mary Hallam.
A coroner's jury found that Thomas Newman, 69, died after swallowing a toothpick which perforated a blood vessel in his intestine, causing fatal hemorrhage.
The New York Yankees announced Dick Wakefield has been reinstated after a suspension dating from April 29 when he refused to report to Chicago following a failed trade attempt to send him to the White Sox.
Concrete floors have been poured on two wings at Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital in Woodstock. Steel roof decking is being laid and soldered into place while plumbing moves ahead, keeping the project on schedule.
Plans outline prize money and awarding for a judging contest with prizes from Farmers and Merchants National Bank Winchester, including high team and high individual categories across three breeds. Additional prizes funded by the National Farm Loan Association Winchester and Shenandoah Production Credit Association for estimating weights. Awards to be presented at 1 p.m. by Beverley Byrd and Julian A. Everly. Col H Earl Wright of Mt Gilead Ohio returns as auctioneer.
The announcements cover upcoming auctions in Winchester and surrounding towns. Items include purebred cattle at Northern Virginia Livestock Producers, estate sales for Lockhart and Smith properties, Household goods furniture and tools, farm machinery, real estate on Paper Mill Road Rt.50 and near Middletown, and antiques. Dates run May 12 through June 10 with times noted.
Ronalds notes this is the largest sale of registered Aberdeen Angus Hereford and Shorthorn cattle sponsored by the Northern Virginia Livestock Producers Association. cattle come from Virginia counties Frederick Clarke Loudoun Fauquier Culpeper Warren Shenandoah Jefferson Maryland Montgomery. Health and registration certificates provided. Breed field reps and officials from VPI Virginia Aberdeen Angus Association and Hereford Journal will be present to discuss pedigrees and assist in the ring.
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