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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1948
Page
6
The instructions describe winding a watch once daily at a set time. Do not pull the winder to set the watch. Place the thumbnail and middle finger on the winder back, press them forward until a click releases. Allow the hands to return the winder.
Conrad Hoover American Legion post 21 sponsors Philadelphia Athletics baseball school at Winchester Park on June 7 and 8 led by John “Butch” Brennan. Joe Boley and other stars will instruct. sessions run 10 a.m. daily. Open to 17 to 23 year olds from Winchester area. no charge. bring own gear. Prospect of contracts with the A L club for standout players.
Yesterday results show Market St Methodist 17 Baptist 13 and EUB 8 Montague Ave Methodist 3 with Sacred Heart Catholic 18 Christ Episcopal 15. Standings list Sacred Heart Catholic 2 0 1.000 first, Market St Methodist 1 0 1.000, others at 1 1 or 0 1.
Gainesboro topped Stephens City 9 to 3 as Ramey and Cooper shut down Spicer’s lineup. Cooper earned the win after Ramey was hit by a pitch, with ten strikeouts and four walks combined by the pitchers. Meanwhile Bell Clothes bowling team clinched the 1948 Evening Star Ladies League title defeating GAA I by 57 pins.
An old Ramage press bought for 100 dollars printed the first newspapers in San Francisco Monterey Olympia and Seattle and produced early Oregonian issues as the coast's first printing press.
Conrad-Hoover American Legion post baseball meets Martinsburg AC at Martinsburg on Sunday at 2 30 p m DST on the Pikeside diamond. Dave Pence and Harold Fawcett listed as probable pitchers with Pence noted for his 10 hit 6 strikeout effort in a 10 4 regional win over Middletown Minks.
A note says those without personal transport should meet at the Legion post home on N. Loudoun Street at noon Sunday. It adds that every effort will be made to secure sufficient transportation for all.
The article notes that the cumulative effort of thousands of key depressions daily exceeds the effort spent in eight hours of ditch digging, illustrating the hidden labor cost of typewriter use and the value of mechanized or efficient processes.
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