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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1954

Page

6

Enders to Head Parade Committee for Clarke County Festival

Jack Enders was named chair man of the parade staging committee of the John Enders Fire Company at its regular meeting in Berryville. The Clarke County Fall Festival Parade, part of the October 18 19 festival, will be managed by the fire company. A new ten horsepower siren with seven directing horns was approved as a possible replacement for the old siren inaudible in parts of town.

Jack Enders John Enders Fire Company Berryville Clarke County

World's Largest Coal Mine Named by Bureau of Mines

The Bureau of Mines identifies the Robena Mine as the world's biggest coal producer per year, operated by United States Steel at Greensboro Greene County Pennsylvania. This facility, known as the Robena Mine, leads global output in bituminous coal.

A. H Bureau of Mines United States Steel Corporation Greensboro Greene County Robena

Daniel Malan Birthday Profile Leader of South Africa Nationalists

Daniel F Malan born May 22 1874 on a Capetown area farm is profiled as the Prime Minister and Nationalist party leader. He advocates white supremacy and racial segregation and has urged union independence from Britain while pushing reforms and republican status.

Daniel F. Malan Capetown South Africa Union of South Africa Nationalist Great Britain

Girls Fashions Crimp 8th Grade Graduation Plans

In Phoenix at Emerson School the eighth grade graduation is affected by girls fashions. A new bleacher section is required to accommodate the students who will wear fluffy stiff crinoline petticoats this year.

Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept West 17Th New York N. Y Phoenix Ariz Emerson School

Local Stocks Quoted Through White Weld Chester Office

Stock quotations from White, Weld & Company Chester office list bids for American Furniture 1 par 25 16 and others. Names include Bank of Clarke County Commonwealth Natl Gas Dan River Mille Green Chemical Life Insurance Virginia N W Industries National Fruit O Sullivan Rubber Potomac Edison Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider Victor Products Virginia Storage Virginia Woolen Winchester Storage with various par values and price quotes.

White, Weld & Company Inchester American Furniture Bank of Clarke County Commercial and Savings Bank Dabtetrecae Et al Fe Commonwealth Nat'l Gas Dan River Mille Farmers & Merchants Nat’ Bank George Washington Green Chemical Company Life Insurance Company of Virginia N & W Industries Common

Front Royal Livestock Market Prices Summary

Hog prices range from 18.00 to 28.50 per hundredweight with various carcass categories. Veal shows choice to commercial grades from 15.00 to 25.30. Lamb and sheep list prime and choice grades up to 28.10 with midrange values. Slaughter cattle provide ranges for steers heifers cows bulls and utility grades. Stocker feeder cattle show multiple weight classes with prices from 10.00 to 21.50. Other livestock notes dairy cows up to 185 with lower grades down to 75.00.

Wac Corporal reaches near space on two stage rocket

The Wac Corporal was carried aloft by a V-2 first stage and then fired on its own, reaching about 250 miles in altitude. At the second stage the unit was effectively outside the earths atmosphere.

Wac

Pleasures Are Not Postponed Under Boyle's Retirement Plan

Hal Boyle humor column proposes a foolproof retirement plan by reversing postponement. He jokes that people should live their dreams while young and delay unpleasant tasks until retirement, outlining humorous examples and warning against dull later life.

Boyle

Man Rescued From Locked Trunk Of Car

Fred Mueller a 55 year old from Middletown New York was rescued from the locked trunk of his automobile after growing ill while driving about 50 miles from home. He said he chose to rest in the trunk and the lid snapped shut. Police had listed him as missing and a motorist who heard pounding on the trunk lid freed him near New Paltz New York.

Middletown N. Y Fred Mueller Mueller New Paualtz

Portion of world population counted in censuses

Since the end of World War II, 59 percent of the world's people have been enumerated in censuses, establishing the most complete count ever taken in history. The total of these censuses is 1,445,000,000.

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