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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1949
Page
12
The article recalls branks or scolding bridles used in the British Isles to punish women deemed loud or quarrelsome. It describes a headpiece with a mouthpiece of iron and a tongue iron to restrain speech and dampen spirits.
Walter William Funk machinist's mate first class USN husband of Mrs Anna Cathrine Funk of Middletown arrived in the Mediterranean aboard the destroyer Charles H Roan for a six month cruise to visit European and Northern African seaports.
A dense listing shows programs across networks from 6:15 p m to midnight including News, Religion, NBC Symphony, Spike Jones Revue, Vic Damone Show, News Commentary, Pat Novak For Hire, Truth or Consequences, Take a Number Quiz, Hit Parade, Life Begins at 80, Judy Canova Show, Guy Lombardo, Grand Ole Opry, and the Grand Ole Opry Hayloft Hoedown. Several network blocks mix soap opera style dramas with variety acts, quiz shows, and sports updates as part of a full day broadcasting slate.
A 24 hour broadcast slate lists programs from 7:00 to 10:00 including Wetter Living, Maggie's Private Wire, Leon Pearson, Screen Magazine, Eddie Condon, Who Said That, Saturday Jamboree, Dave Garroway, Hollywood Screen Test, Stand by for Crime, Film Shorts, TV Teen Club and The Playhouse with OFF THE AIR announced at channel end.
Frederick Circuit Court ordered the Brucetown precinct voting place moved to the Clearbrook fire hall after a petition by over 20 qualified voters led by 8. W. Shewbridge. The change shifts polling to the new site for subsequent elections.
New York police search for two youths who climbed a tower over the East River and performed acrobatics 300 feet above the water. A taxi driver and Patrolman Alex Barush witnessed the ascent before the pair disappeared.
Officers patrolled the elevated bridge tower and nearby water after meeting at the tower. Police spotlights scanned the 135 foot high roadway while a patrol boat moved beneath. Authorities reported no evidence or persons located.
Makers of early hand made glassware dropped a hot potato into molten glass to pop bubbles. The potato created large bubbles that rose and escaped, taking smaller bubbles with them, as a byproduct of the blowing process.
The craft of fine American hand made glass tableware is taught across generations. Training spans at least ten years before a worker is deemed skilled.
In Morgantown West Virginia on May 28 a father Otto Daft was charged with unlawfully mistreating his 15 year old son after police freed Thomas Daft from the back of a truck where he had been chained for two days. Officers said the boy had welts and claimed he was beaten and kicked. A tip led to the truck and Daft said the boy had been chained while discussions of Florida trips occurred.
The dedication of a shrine on the Ken farm, once home to John Brown, is scheduled for July 2. The 254 acre tract, recently bought by the Tri State Colored Elks Association, will host the ceremony as announced by President Leonard Cuslin.
A 100-foot tower will be built at Nedy Farm to honor John Brown and his wartime actions against enslaved people. The plan ties to a camp for about 400 African American children. The note also mentions dough practice traced from Egypt to modern Scotland.
James Ryan Winchester was acquitted of drunken driving after a jury quiet likely deliberation under Judge W Erle Edwards. Ryan was arrested last December and had faced a $100 fine and 30 day suspended sentence in lower court. his appeal was argued by J Sloan Kuyendall.
A Sunday evening wind storm caused considerable property damage in Green Spring Virginia. Local residents report multiple visits and gatherings as neighbors checked on one another and visited friends after the storm.
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