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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1948
Page
2
Berryville forced the game into extra innings and defeated Boyce 8 to 7 in a tight contest. The rally came late as Berryville pushed across the decisive runs in the extra frame to seal the victory.
Stephens City high school ended a two game slide with a 7 6 defeat by Stonewall Rebels. DeHaven belted two first inning long balls and added a second homer as Stonewall built early lead, while Bloom drove in the decisive run in the ninth after Shanbaugh mishandled a looper. Spicer worked 11 strikeouts despite 11 hits and three walks.
Public sales listings detail multiple estate auctions across Clarke and surrounding counties. Items include livestock, farm machinery, real estate, household goods, antiques, furniture, and antiques, with dates from May 26 through June 12 and locations around Winchester, Berryville Kernstown Brucetown Middletown and Ridgeway WVa.
In a fragmented reflection on postwar clothes, a buyer recalls buying a vest for $12.50, noting hats, vests, garters, and even socks fading from menswear. The essay foresees a future where pants may disappear and men dress with minimal items, while women favor neckties for a haltered look and formal wear simplifies drastically.
Correct responses are listed for ten questions with topics ranging from payments starting May 1 1948 to a 1853 Worcester area hay fever discovery. The 10th item notes a Lynn Massachusetts woman in August 1853 traveling to the White Mountains and avoiding autumnal catarrh.
A former president of the National Exchange Club will address delegates at the Virginia convention. John Steck Jr. and Carl Haines will represent the Winchester club at the meeting, set for June 11 to 13 at Natural Bridge.
First Lt Joseph M Bowers and his wife Laurie Jean Fivans welcomed a daughter Elizabeth Afin born May 13 in Germany. The couple’s family includes Mrs Oni G Evans and Mrs D H Glenn, with names of relatives and local visitors noted among May social happenings in Middletown Virginia.
Byrd and Robinson discuss frost threats and heating pot usage to protect orchard crops near Charles Town. Costs include 36000 amortization, 5k oil tanks, and 160 per tree yearly pots plus 94 per acre. forecasters and weather notes shape frost warnings. Teske notes Virginia peach prospects are the best in the state.
The report estimates Maryland yields with Frederick and Clarke counties at 65 percent, and the state around 40 to 50 percent. Total crop near one million bushels, national 55 to 60 million. Apples show shrinking. Golden Delicious and Grimes set well while Yorks Staymans Red Delicious Winesaps lag. Labor shortages loom as farm recruitment chief urges early notices. business session OKs labor camp purchase. Sulphur spray planned for scab control with wettable sulfur to June 1.
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