Handley High Commencement Plans for 1947 Class
Handley High School schedules commencement for the Class of 1947. The ceremony opening Sunday June 8 at 8 p m features Rev W W Glass III of Decatur Alabama delivering the sermon. Forty plus graduates are listed as diploma applicants with awards and speeches to follow June 12.
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Handley High
W.W
Handley High School
Winchester Ministerial Association
W. W. Glass III
Decatur
Alabama
Glass
Winchester
W. W. Glass
Washington and Lee University
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Virginia
First Presbyterian Church of
Handley
Handley Glee Club
Gwendolyn Haynes
Square Dance Tonight at Rain Bow Inn
Community notices announce a square dance at the Rain Bow Inn with Massanutten Ridge Ramblers performing for $1.20 per couple. Also see classified items listing a nearly new John Deere tractor for sale at Clearbrook Service Station Route 11, contact Collis, plus multiple houses for sale on Orchard and a dinner event at John Mann Church on Thursday 22nd with 6:00 PM start.
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Rain Bow Inn
Massanutten Ridge Ramblers
John-Deere
Clearbrook
John Mann Church
Thurs
Students Pour Into City On Way To Capital
Seventeen seniors from Union Rural School Milford Center Ohio stay at George Washington Hotel overnight en route to Washington D C. H Ray Wagner supervises. Additional groups from Stone Creek Anna Ravena York Carrollton New Paris and Norristown tour planners schedule multiple stops with Washington as endpoint.
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Union Rural School
Milford Center
Ohio
George Washington
Washington, D. C
H. Ray Wagner
Winchester
Eugene Branch
Stone Creek Jefferson
Stone Creek
Anna Village
Anna
Ravena Township
Ravena
York Rural
Denvertown
Carrolton Exempted Village School
Carrollton
Jefferson Township School
New Paris
Schuylkill Valley Lines
Norristown
Skyline Drive
Washington
Plans to finance Shenandoah Area Scout World Jamboree trip
Shenandoah Area Council advances plans to send one Scout to the 6th World Scout Jamboree in France. The July 18 departure includes 10 days in England and Europe and two weeks at the jamboree. Estimated cost 600 to 700 dollars. A review committee of three district representatives will select the official delegate by June 2.
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Shenandoah Area
England
Europe
Misson
France
Horace C. Browne
Potomac
Morgan
Berkeley
Jefferson
West Virginia
Philip N. Hunter
Charles Town
Shawnee
Frederick
Clarke
Virginia
L. G. Sjostrom
Winchester
Two Rivers
Warren
Shenandoah
Rappahannock
Page
Harry M. Crim
Strasburg
T. F. Brastow
Two-Rivers
David R. Donovan
Virginia to Hold Public Hearing on Insurance Law Changes
Richmond Va May 21 Public hearing scheduled for June 17 to discuss changes in Virginia insurance laws to align with federal standards. Delegate Edmund DeJarnette, chair of the Assembly committee, says few amendments may be needed after the Supreme Court ruling that insurance is interstate commerce.
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Richmond
Virginia
Edmund DeJarnette
General Assebly
DeJarnette
Supreme Court
Patrolmen Whitacre and Thompson Dismissed By Chief Hollis
Patrolmen D H Whitacre and J A Thompson were dismissed from the Winchester Police Force by Chief C W Hollis at a special hearing in city council chambers. Harry Kern Jr announced an appeal and a request for a substitute commissioner to hear it. The charges included improper remarks about superiors and general conduct detrimental to the force.
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C. W. Hollis
D. H. Whitacre
J. A. Thompson
Winchester
Harry Kern, Jr
Winchester Council
Whitacre
Thompson
Thompson and
Hollis
Hitler
James P. Reardon
C. R. Anderson
W. P. McGuire
J. T. Kremer
Alan Peery
Kern
Reardon
Holmes Wisecarver
Iecel
Wisecarver
Vide
Memorial Day Speaker Earl Bunting to address National Cemetery
Earl Bunting president of the National Association of Manufacturers and of the O Sullivan Rubber Corporation will give the principal address at Memorial Day services at National Cemetery Friday May 30 at 11 a.m. The event is hosted by Legion Post 21 Winchester Post 2123 and Spanish American War Veterans with Robert Baker as arrangements chair and Miflin Clowe Jr organizing the parade starting at 10 15 a.m. on North Cameron Street.
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Earl Bunting
National Association of Manufacturers
O’sullivan Rubber Corporation
National Cemetery
Conrad Hoover
American Legion
Winchester
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Robert Baker
Miflin Clowe, Jr
Cameron Street
Seven Soldiers Killed in B-25 Crash in Storm Field
In Champaign Illinois seven soldiers died when a B-25 bomber crashed in a farm field during a violent electrical storm. Ekke Fleshner found seven bodies after the wreckage strewn over 16 miles north of Champaign. The plane was en route from Cheyenne Wyoming to Chanute Field and went down after last radio contact at 10 47 p m EST near Burlington Iowa.
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Champaign
Ekke F Plesner
Fleshner
Flesner
Cheyenne
Wyo
Chanute Field
Cham
Burlington
Iowa
President Truman Stays Near Aging Mother in Missouri
President Truman remains at his mother Martha E. Truman's bedside in Grandview Missouri as Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham notes slight improvement. Doctors say continued progress over two days could allow a return to Washington and plans for a Greek Turkish aid measure signing in Kansas City.
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Grandview
Truman
Wallace H. Graham
Martha E. Truman
Graham
Kansas City
Washington
Missouri
Nitti Fails To Form Italian Government
Francisco Nitti announced he could not form a new Italian government after five days of effort. The 79 year old independent refused the post of premier after Alcide De Gasperi’s three party coalition cabinet resigned eight days earlier, as he spoke near Provisional President Enrico De Nicola’s residence in Rome.
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Rome
Francisco Nitti
Enrico de Nicola
Alcide de Gasperi
New Bible Translation Approved by Church Leaders
London May 21 Leaders of the Church of England backed a modern English Bible translation. The Upper House authorized the archbishop to form an interdenominational editorial committee with Oxford and Cambridge presses. Rev. A C Don argued it would provide a version people can readily understand.
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London
Church of England
Convocation of Canterbury
Oxford
Cambridge
Britain
A. C. Don
Gean
Westminister
Weather and ads notice from local paper
Temperatures show a high of 82 and a low of 61 with year ago readings 76 and 62. Awning stock available for immediate delivery from E W Armstrong Co at 77 E Piccadilly. New meat display case and Viking dual purpose case ready for delivery. Molden Electric Co advertisement. For sale a 1941 Studebaker ton truck via Kern Motor Co.
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E. W. Armstrong CO
E. Piccadilly
Molden Electric Co
Studebaker
Kern Motor Co
Winchester Woman Honored as Garden Club Virginia Director
Mrs. H. Clay deGrange of Winchester elected to a three year term on the Garden Club of Virginia Board of Directors at the annual meeting in Virginia Beach. She is president of the Winchester Clarke Garden Club and has led zoning and roadside beautification efforts.
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H. Clay deGrange
Winchester
Garden Club of Virginia Board of
Virginia Beach
Arthur B. Collins
Richmond
de Grange
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester-Clarke
House Votes 350 Million Foreign Relief Plan
The House approved a 350 million dollar foreign relief program requested by President Truman. The vote and specifics followed discussions in Washington on May 21.
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HOUSE
Washington
Truman
Brooklyn mother of two shot dead by housewife in hallway
Police said Margaret Jannazzo a 31 year old Brooklyn mother of two was killed by five revolver shots in a hallway off a busy Brooklyn street. The frail neighbor described as a close friend for two years was identified as the slayer by her husband who had been named co respondent in the dead woman's divorce suit.
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New York
Brooklyn
Margaret Jannazzo
Garrisons Reinforced in Northwestern Iran Amid Kurdish Discontent
Army garrisons at Maku Shahpur Khoi and Rizaiyeh in Northwestern Iran were reinforced today as observers warned of a Kurdish uprising over disarmament.
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Tehran
Maku
Shahpur
Khoi
Rizaiyeh
Iran
Deadly Radioactive Cloud Threat Studied For Underground Defense
Army experts study how airborne radioactivity from atomic blasts could threaten underground facilities. The Armor Cavalry Journal notes methods to seal ventilation and use decontamination while considering plating and emergency oxygen to protect key sites.
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Washington
Armored Cavalry Journal
Glenn L. Martin
Army
Navy
Martin
Bikini
Judge Marshall Sentences Ridgewell to Life Imprisonment
At ten minutes to four Judge Marshall issued the sentence of life imprisonment for Ridgewell.
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Marshall
Ridgewell
Port lad youth faces first degree murder trial in Currie case
Commonwealth Attorney J Sloan Kuykendall argued for a first degree murder conviction with maximum penalty for George Richard Ridgewell 19 of Portland Maine in the Currie slaying trial in Frederick County Circuit Court. The defense prepared to summarize after the noon break as the case resumes with details of the alleged plan to rob Currie after a two day stay near Winchester and a hotel room stop. Ridgewell testified about his background including family strain and a naval service in World War II.
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Commonwealth
Kuykendall
Ridgewell
J. Sloan Kuykendall
The
George Richard Ridgewell
Portland
Frederick Austin Currie
Grosse Point
Mich
Sailor
Frederick County
Virginia
Hidgewell
William C Hall
St. Louis
Currie
Tollgate
Eveahh
Winchester
Cross Junction
Penny
Hall
Commonwealth Attorney
Route 50
Washington, D. C
Massie
Frederick Ridgewell
Maine General Hospital
Ridgewe
Navy
New Orleans
Hawaii
Okinawa
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Richard Chrisman
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Louis Dorsey
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Lulu Glascock
Robert Glover
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Cullen Grimm
Jane Grove
Jane Grubbs
Phyllis Haymaker
Bernice Hodson
Barbara Hough
Betty Jane Hurst
Elinor Hutchinson
Helen Jagicallo
Charles Johnston
Wilbur Johnston
Nancy Kaine
Philip Kernan
Thelma Kerns
June la Follete
Doris Laign
Adrian la Rue
Theodore Legge
Reynolds Legge
William Lewis
Robert Manuel
Patricia Stephenson
Allen Stotler
Frederick William Stryker
Arthur Swisher
Winona Teets
Marianne Walter
Shirley Werdebaugh
Helen Whitacre
William Whiting
Jeannine Williams
Clifton Wilson
Kenneth Winefield
Anne Beverely Wright
Mary Jane Yellott
Lewis
UMW
John L. Lewis
Ezra van Horn
Ohio Coal Association
John O'Leary
F. M. Punk
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Nitti
Blacksburg
South
Virginius Dabney
Richmond Year Dispatch
Tony
Donald Nelson
David Lilienthal
New York Trust Company
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VPI
University of Virginia
Dabney
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Elton C. Fay
Associated Press
Sailor Currie
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