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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1947

Page

7

Four Injured In Sunday Route 50 Head On Crash

Four persons injured and two cars demolished in a head on collision one half mile west of Hayfield on route 50 Sunday at 6 30 p m The 1947 Plymouth coupe driven by Maxwell Gregg of Brownsville Pennsylvania and a 1929 Ford coupe driven by Gilbert Cooper of Capon Springs West Virginia were involved Cooper and Roosevelt LaFollette of Capon Springs were hospitalized with serious injuries Gregg and Raymond Peters a Plymouth passenger were treated and released. State Troopers investigated with Winchester officers assisting.

Hayfield Maxwell Gregg Brownsville Gilbert Cooper Capen Springs W. Va Cooper Roosevelt LaFollette Capon Springs Gregg Plymouth Memorial Hospital Raymond F. Peters Peters Charles K Gelder C. A. Seale Julian S. Fant Francis Funk Slane Winchester Police Department

Card of Thanks for Mrs. Wesley L. Shiley

We thank friends for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of Mrs. Wesley L. Shiley and for the flowers and use of cars. Wesley L. Shiley, Miss Sarah E. Shiley, Mrs. Francis Tevalt.

Wesley L. Shiley Sarah E. Shiley Francis Tevalt

Porcupines Seen Among Shenandoah Area Scout Camprounds

Shenandoah Area Council Boy Scouts at Rock Enon near Gore Virginia anticipate summer sights as a pair of porcupines, captured in Pennsylvania, are released on the council’s 570 acre property. Scout leaders note porcupines defend with quills and seldom flee when approached.

Shenandoah Area Council Boy Scouts of America Boys Scouts Rock Enon Stoutmaster Clarke Miller Inwood West Virginia Gore

Mayor O'Dwyer To Receive Anderson Monday

Mayor William O'Dwyer will receive Singleton C. Anderson of Rocky Mount North Carolina on Monday June 2 during Andersons visit to New York City Hall The reception follows Andersons Hampton Institute alumnus visit to New York and his representation of the United Negro College Fund as embodying the American spirit and service to others He will place a wreath on the bust of Booker T Washington in New York.

New York William O’dwyer Singleton C. Anderson Rocky Mount N. C Hampton Institute New York City Hall Anderson Hampton United Negro College Fund Booker T. Washington

Long Expansion In Business Is Now Leveling Off

The Commerce Department reports April showed a halt in the long expansion while activity remained high. Small upward and downward shifts occurred across sectors, employment followed seasonal patterns with slight declines, unemployment rose to about 2.5 million, and retail sales overall rose with durable goods up but some non-durable and luxury lines down.

Washington Commerce Department

Hall of Fame figure visits school and housing project

A 5 year-old teacher builder and community planner born in Cumberland County Virginia, who attended Hampton Institute, visited a public school and a housing project and may be treated to dinner by the New York Hampton Club. He later founded a school in Rocky Mount after attending the institute.

Fourteen Dionne Children Born to Oliva and Wife

Mrs Dionne and husband Mr Oliva Dionne welcomed fourteen children, eight girls and five boys survive. The total includes the deceased infant.

Dionne Oliva Dionne

How De Quacey Began Opium Use at Oxford

While a student at Worcester College, Oxford, he began taking opium to cure periodical neuralgia attacks.

Worchester College Oxford

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