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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1949
Page
5
The museum at Manassas National Battlefield Park opens Saturday to recount the first and second Bull Run engagements. It aims to present simple terms for school children visiting the area, detailing the 1861 opening clash on July 21 and the 1862 actions from August 29 to 30.
Richmond May 24 Public welfare outlay by the Commonwealth in April was 838 708 the highest month since the program began in 1938 Officials of the department of welfare and institutions said the inflated dollar figures hide little real increase in aid compared with the late Thirties
The public sale of a city residence lot at 562 North Cameron Street Winchester Virginia will be held Thursday June 16 1949 at 12 o'clock noon in front of the County Court House. The property fronts 43 feet 6 inches on North Cameron Street and extends to the railroad right of way. Terms: one third cash day of sale, balance in two equal yearly installments with bonds, interest paid semi annually, secured by deed of trust and insurance. Trustee Herbert S Larrick.
William J Leatherman Jr has been named power sales representative for Northern Virginia Power Co with headquarters here. He and his family moved to 15 W Pall Mall St after joining from Potomac Edison System in 1946. He is a Western Maryland College graduate and served in the Army 1942 45 as a phys. He succeeds L V Milton of Martinsburg who led power sales and engineering at Hagerstown. Leatherman will help industrialists use electric power efficiently, conduct research, and share new manufacturing process developments.
A Federal district court jury in Richmond acquitted Roanoke man W. Clay Counts, 44, of income tax evasion. The trial spotlighted Counts’s claim that 15,000 unreported dollars paid to the late Senator Carter Glass were to secure war contracts, a charge later disputed as payments to an impostor. Counts testified he earned 19,100 in 1943 from Roanoke Welding and Equipment Co.
The first known Britannia appeared on a Roman coin of Antoninus Pius who died in AD 161. She reappeared in 1665 on copper coins with the model then being Miss Stewart who later became Duchess of Richmond.
RICHMOND May 25 Smooth riding blacktop paving material will be used to resurface about 175 miles of Virginia primary highways this spring and summer. The state highway department says 147960 tons of plant mixed bituminous material and more than 11000 tons of asphalt cement will be required.
The Rev J P Baltimore of Happy Creek will preach at Zion Baptist Church on Friday evening. Sunday services feature the Golden Trumpets and the Peerless Gospel Singers from Baltimore at 3 and 8 PM, sponsored by Miss Burwell.
A baptismal service will be held at Cork Street Christian Church at 8 p m tomorrow with Rev H J Goode in charge. The notice invites parishioners to attend and participate in the ceremony.
A public notice urges vehicle owners to complete required inspections by June 15, warning of compliance deadlines and potential penalties for noncompliance. It emphasizes timely action to avoid enforcement steps.
Bailey funeral services for Jesse James Bailey are set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Enders funeral home in Berryville with Rev. D B Lucas of Boyce officiating. Interment will follow at Green Hill cemetery.
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