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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1949
Page
10
Local cooks bustle in kitchen as the Rita wedding plans heat up. Chefs estimate menus, tasting sessions, and time for service before the big day. Guests await final menu details and venue arrangements.
A dense TV guide fragment lists daytime and evening programs across channels. It includes show blocks such as Kukla Fran and Ollie, Washington Newsreel, On Broadway, The Clock, NBC Newsreel, and various entertainment and sports segments with time slots from 6:50 p.m. to 10:35 p.m. for WTTG Channel 5 and related reads like The Television Shopper and Sports Recap with Jim Simpson.
William D. Allen a 37 year old Ford Motor Co inspector was killed in his Windsor Ontario home when a shotgun blast pierced the kitchen window as he ate a sandwich and did a crossword. Police seek clues after the midnight attack from the porch seven feet away. The Ford plant in Detroit is idle due to a strike.
Carnotite is a yellowish ore that contains uranium in tiny quantities. For a prospector a ton of ore with one percent uranium would be considered promising.
A detailed listing of radio programs across networks ABC CBS MBS and others from 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM. Includes news broadcasts sports music talk shows dramas comedies and variety programs with several repeats and hourlong blocks. Names like Lowell Thomas Fulton Lewis Jr Henry Taylor and Gordon MacRae appear among many titles.
The present Memorial Mansion is not a duplicate of George Washington’s birth dwelling and no authentic image exists. It conforms architecturally to the traditional home of a Virginia planter in Wakefield Virginia.
Dr Ronald S Wilson pastor of the Winchester Presbyterian church will address Front Royal Rotary Friday Winchester Rotary sponsored the neighboring club which received its charter in May 1926 Six of the 23 charter members are still on the club roster Local Rotarians who participated in the ceremony 23 years ago were Marshall Baker president Brantz Roszel and Dr Frank McFaden all since deceased
Winchester curb market members will meet at 8 p m Wednesday in the county agent office to elect a market master to replace Grover Schlack who has resigned. Fred Stine county agent and Agnes Shirley home demonstration agent will also discuss plans for this year’s operation. Readers include Mrs Walter Larrick Gore T N Cather Mrs H A Snapp George Helsley George Lutzenhiser Russell Brown and Mrs Fred Oates all of Frederick county.
The first trained fleas were exhibited in the United States in 1821. The common species shown is Pulex irritans. Fleas have extraordinary jumping power, due to their long rear legs, able to leap about 200 times their body length, traveling tail first and landing facing the departure direction.
Glaize Funeral Services for Martin Glaize were held at 4 p.m. today from the funeral home with Rev. E. B. Harris Newlin, Herbert Martin, Frank Marple and Holmes Yeakley taking part. Nephews and nieces include Mrs. Ray Butler of Winchester Mrs. Mary Jackson of Hagerstown Mrs. C. E. Wisecarver of Tepe and L. Delwin Jackson of Rochester New York.
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