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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1950
Page
2
In a pitching duel at the park, Woodling foully missteps then returns as Ennis and Raschi duel. Waitkus and Berra keep pace with sharp fielding as the Phillies strand runners and Raschi works through three frames with no score.
In a tense game the Yankees score in the fourth as Brown drives a two bagger and DiMaggio makes a run saving catch. early innings feature solid fielding with Raschi, Jones, and Waitkus each contributing out plays and scattered hits. Offense stabilizes through the fifth, sixth, and seventh with limited scoring and tight defense on both sides.
The notice lists funeral times for Mrs Elenora Vaughan with services at 1 30 P M at Jones Funeral Home and 2 P M at Stephens City Methodist Church and for Mr J Edward McCarty with a 3 P M service on Friday at an unspecified location.
A new area of suspicion was reported in the Caribbean as a small Atlantic hurricane blew northward and a storm moved inland over Texas. Navy planes probed south of Cuba while small craft warnings were issued from Miami through the Florida Keys for 20 to 30 mph winds.
Rep Vinson of Georgia urged the House Armed Services Committee to screen organized reserves for readiness. He wants transfers of drill pay reservists to inactive status unless available for service when called, aiming to weed out nonresponsive members including prominent figures.
Allied intelligence sources said Cominform ordered Austrian Communists to drop plans to seize power in Austria. The report, from Vienna, cites Communist leaders acting under centralized instruction. No further details on timing or individuals were provided.
Frost was predicted in parts of West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania tonight. Virginia was not expected to drop below 40. Winchester reached 41 after a 20 degree drop from yesterday's 81. A brief drizzle and persistent cloudiness marked the day. Clouds were expected to linger into tomorrow.
Tomorrow at the weekly Rotary luncheon in the George Washington Hotel colored slides will show people and places in Switzerland and Holland. Mrs. Stanley Mattern, wife of a State Department official and former Mrs Harriet Krise of Winchester, will present the pictures.
Twelve Winchester men are among the 25 enlistments reported by the local Army and Air Force Recruiting Station. The new recruits from here are Wade C. Emmart Ross E Knee Donald Sartele James G Semples Courtney Santman Lewis Miller Roger Patrick E J Lewis P H Burcham David Hauserfluck George Orndorff and Preston G White. A Millwood man David Thornton also enlisted. Others came from Middleburg Woodstock and Purceville.
Cast completes a multi city revue titled Ridin High with acts in Pittsburgh Chicago Kansas City San Francisco and Dixie. Notable names include Marion Lewis Marvin Hutchinson George Wallace and Jack Fretwell. Tickets are 1.00 for adults 0.50 for students with proceeds to Winchester Kiwanis underprivileged children fund.
A Romany rye refers to a gypsy gentleman with rye meaning gentleman in gipsy speech. The term denotes a traveling man of Romani heritage regarded by its usage as a social identity.
Funeral services for George W. Jenkins were held yesterday at 2 p.m. at the Jones Funeral Home with Rev. E. B. Smith and Rev. P. A. Tammary officiating. Burial followed at Mount Hebron cemetery with pallbearers Harry Seabright, Woodhall Baker, Ross Boyd, Earl Bailey, Marshall Stine, and James Shockey. honorary pallbearers included Howard Shockey, Walker Bond, Arthur Shull, William Newlin, J. H. Yost, Harvey Grubbs, L. D. Grubbs, James Reardon and Roy Duvall.
Shenandoah Conference Lutheran Youth plans its annual fall rally at Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Woodstock Virginia. Registration starts 230 p m with a 3 p m service led by Rev Robert Logan and guest speaker Rev Arnold F Keller Jr from Washington DC. Keller serves as assistant to Dr Blackwelder in the Capitol City.
Berryville appoints J. F. Locke formerly of Boyce to the Berryville police force as town sergeant, assisting Chief Robert Milburn. Locke was chosen at a special town council meeting last week, succeeding Carl Day who left as a Marine reservist called to service with a West Virginia contingent earlier in September.
Postmaster Carl Campbell of Winchester addressed the Strasburg Rotary Club at a dinner meeting in the Christian Church social hall. He spoke about post office service and its operations to club members.
The manatee or sea cow is described as essentially a vegetarian.
Directory lists October auctions for estates and individuals in Winchester and surrounding areas. Items include furniture, household goods, personal property, and multiple real estate parcels auctioned at specific addresses and times in October. Real estate actions include property on Cameron Street Gerrard Street Loudoun Street and multiple parcels under Milner and Kibler estates at Frederick County Court House.
New admissions include Mrs George Compton Route, Mrs Wilbur Malone Route 2, Mrs Joe D Tyser Route 3, Mrs Dewey E Boyd Route 1, Mrs Richard J Rosenberger 556 N Braddock St, Carroll Omps Bloomery WV, Beatrice Jane Orr Kearneysville WV, Mr Frank W Young Luray, Mr Elis Bray Berryville, Mrs Frank Tennett Front Royal, Mrs Ward Anderson Clear ick, Mrs James Powell Marshall, Mr Samuel J Smith Arcola, Mrs Howard W Henry Front Royal.
Work on a two story building at 134-38 N Loudoun St by Herman S Hable nears finish. Plate glass windows and aluminum front setting completed. Grant Company to take over for opening likely late month under a 20 year lease. Stock bins walls fixtures and finished stock rooms in basement and second floor store being readied. Celotex ceiling installed in the large street level storeroom.
Funeral services for J. Edward McCarty will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Ronald S. Wilson officiating. Burial will follow in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers are six members of the Col. James Baker Camp of the Spanish American War Veterans.
Answers to qlitz questions printed on Page 4 include Patton tank Pittsburgh Pa Mexico Military Amateur Radio System three bags full New Mexico questions about patient treatment mountainous and a list of six presidents Washington Jackson Harrison Taylor Grant Garfield with a shoemaker among the topics.
The article states that a little over one ton of shipping tonnage per month was required to sustain a single soldier at the battle front during World War II.
Umberto II succeeded his father Victor Emmanuel III on May 9 1946 and reigned only a few weeks before his abdication ending the monarchy.
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