Miss Schuller Wins Beauty Prize At Berryville Pageant
Several thousand spectators packed the Berryville Horse Show Grounds for the Clarke County Lions Club beauty pageant. Miss Opal June Schuller won first prize and a Bulova wrist watch, while Miss Genevieve Denney of Berryville took runner up honors and a pearl necklace. Third place went to a Winchester sponsor's contestant who received a gold bracelet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Clarke County Lions Club
Genevieve Denney
Eaves Store
Marian Kiracofe
Winchester Lions Club
Opal
Schuller
Audrey Brown
Anne Beverly Wright
Gloria Dorsey
Barbara Jean Folk
Genevieve Denny
George Casilear
Opal June Schuller
Kiracofe
Washington Star
Burchfield
Mr. Crockett
Miss Kline
Eddy Hart
Ka van Hope
Hart
C. R. Funk
Glee Club
Berryville High School
Ellen Mald
City
Robert Leggeohn Telter
Earl Russell
Tions
Kenneth Windle
Olcott
J. W. Olcott
Natalie White
Heatvole Motor Co
Winchester
Eva Doyle
Baugh and Sons
Phillis Goss
J. A. Cross
Front Royal
Ruth McDaniel
Beta Club
Norma Richards
Boyce Garage
Catherine Skenes
People Supply
Charles Town
W. Va
Loring Anderson
C. C. Funkhouser
White Post
Betty Sue Enders
Flower
Dorothy McDonald
Wisecarver’s
Ellen Suddith
Huntington Farm
Boyce
Barbara Darlington
Valley Oil Co
Laura Simpson
Welcome Inn
Betty Coffman
Hammock's
Middletown
Mary Welch
W. F. Artrip and Son
Patsy Carson
Realtors Hear Speaker Lash Out At OPA
Virginia Beach Virginia October 5 Henry E Price executive director and counsel for the National Home and Property Owners Foundation told the Virginia Beach Real Estate Association that a serious threat of permanent rent control exists in the United States He warned against socialization and nationalization of housing saying there is no middle ground between Communism and Capitalism Price urged action through Congress and criticized public housing as a lift from England The convention featured other speakers including Henry G Waltemade and Boyd T Barnard who discussed OPA rent controls and space overconsumption figures for housing and warned of socialization in real estate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Beach
United States
National Home and Property Owners’ Foundation
Henry E. Price
Virginia Beach Real Estate Association
Price
Porter
Opa Ry
Peoples
Congress
England
Henry G. Waltemade
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Virginia
W. Ludwell Baldwin
Norfolk
Bureau of Census
Barnard
John Tabb Duval
The
Virginia Association
Restaurants Welcome 15 Percent Meat Meal Increase Plan
Washington Oct 5 Restaurant owners welcomed OPA permission to raise meat meal prices by up to 15 percent next Thursday Walter F Clark president of the National Restaurant Association said many will not use the full increase and noted adjustments were necessary OPA will revise ready pricing next Tuesday and change the method for computing ceilings on meals built around entrees adjustments apply to mixed controlled and decontrolled dishes as the committee outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Washington
Walter F. Clark
National Restaurant Association
Clark
Mate Eevee
Redy
Two Names Are Before Governor For Judgeshings
Petition seeks Governor Tuck to appoint Elliott Marshall of Front Royal as judge of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit serving Frederick Clarke Warren and Shenandoah counties. The Winchester bar shows near unanimous support for Marshall while Shenandoah backs Richard Wright of Woodstock for the vacancy. The Clarke County Bar backs Wright and the Seventh District Democrats nominated Judge Burr Harrison for the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuck
Elliott Marshall
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit
Winchester Corporation Court
Marshall
Winchester Bar
Berryville
Clarke County Bar Association
Richard 8S. Wright
Shenandoah County
Burr P. Harrison
Winchester
House of Representatives
Warren
Front Royal
Commonwealth
William C. Armstrong, Jr
Warren County
Shenandoah
Wright
Woodstock
Seventh Circuit
Frederick
Clarke
Jjudge
Northern Wa. Bankers Form Stonewall Jackson Chapter
Representatives from Frederick Clarke Warren Page and Shenandoah counties and Winchester banks met at Handley High School to organize a local Amercan Institute of Banking chapter. About 75 members attended and officers were elected including Norman C. Scott as president and John E. Burke as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
Page
Shenandoah
Winchester
Handley High School
American Institute of Banking
Stonewall Jackson
Norman C. Scott
First National Bank of
Berryville
John E. Burke
Citizens National Bank of
Front Royal
Roscoe Edwards
Commercial and Savings Bank of Winchester
Glen Robertson
Claude Grimm
Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Winchester
John Gano
Commercial and Savings Bank
Roy Potts
Berryville Bank
Ralph Ware
Robert Glaize
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Convicts Escape. Negro Captured Soon After Break
Two negro convicts from a county road crew escaped near Stephens City two miles north of Woodstock. James Mitchell was shot in the leg by Guard R. R. Riley and captured after a brief pursuit. Cecil Austin, 25, was found by nearby farmers and returned to the crew. Mitchell was taken to the State Penitentiary Hospital in Richmond for treatment. A posse of about 20 local and state officers aided the manhunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
Woodstock
Pugh
Mitchell
State Penitentiary Hospital
Richmond
Oscar L. Sheetz
Tom Fravel
Lester Tidler
Shenandoah County
W. W. Blythe
C.L. Fuller
F. L. Wolfe
C. A. Seale
H. W. Glascock Levi
Pay-Off to First Enlisted Man Receives Terminal Leave Pay
Robert E. Austin of Los Angeles wins terminal leave pay and bond from the government for wartime service, showing the check and bond with evident pride after his Army duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Austin
Los Angeles
Cal
Army
International Soundphoto
New Virginia Supreme Court Gets New Chief Justice
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals prepares for the 1946 47 term opening with Henry W. Holt to become chief justice and A C Buchanan to be sworn as associate justice. Buchanan arrives after appointment from the twenty Second Circuit. The seating plan shifts to reflect seniority as Justice Spratley and others position around the bench. The term opens with the Grace M Smith murder appeal from Rockingham County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Henry W. Holt
A. C. Buchanan
Justice Holt
Staunton
Virginia Supreme Court of.Appeals
Byrd
Buchanan
Holt
Preston. W. Campbell
Abingdon
Edward W. Hudgins
Herbert B. Gregory
Supreme Court
Episcopal Diocese of Virginia Convenes Annual Session at Roslyn
Episcopal churchmen of the Diocese of Virginia meet in annual session at Roslyn near Richmond starting today at 4 pm and running to Sunday. President Fred C. Cochran will preside. Speakers include Rt. Rev. F D. Goodwin Bishop of Virginia Rev. E A De Bordenave executive assistant Rev. Arnold M. Lewis executive director and Thomas C. Boushall Richmond banker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Diocese of
Virginia
Roslyn
Fred C. Cochran
F D. Goodwin
E. A. de Bordenave
Goodwin
Arnold M. Lewis
Thomas C. Boushall
Help Wanted Men for Work in Cider Mill at Heinz Co
Help wanted for work in a cider mill at H. J. Heinz Co Valley Pike. Auction notice appears in the local listing with a sale of fall bulbs including tulips narcissus daffodils crocus and hyacinths from Ster Seed Co held at No 7 S Braddock St second floor Thursday Oct 10 beginning 7 00 p m Headley Auction ip lt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Heinz CO
Valley Pike
Ster Seed CO
S. Braddock St
Headley Auction
Two Negroes Guilty After Tenn Racial Disturbance Trial
In Lawrenceburg Tennessee an all white jury acquitted 23 of 25 defendants charged with participating in a Columbia race riot seven months earlier. Robert Gentry and John McKivens were found guilty of assaulting four officers and of attempting to murder Patrolman Will Wilsford with shotguns. They face up to 21 years in prison. Defense plans a new trial and possible appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Columbia
Will Wilsford
Mink Slide Negro Business
L. A. Ransom
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Maurice Weaver
Chattanooga
Joe M. Ingram
Robert Patterson
Paul F. Bumpus
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
New Bean Dust Demonstrated At Virginia Station Trial
Norfolk observers watched L W Brannon of the Department of Agriculture present a three purpose snap bean spray at Diamond Springs. The dust containing DDT rotenone and sulphur aims to protect beans from corn ear worm the Mexican bean beetle and leaf diseases with one application. Brannon cited yield gains from 65 to 164 bushels per acre and advised two spraying windows before and after bloom with caution about use after pod formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Department of Agriculture
Virginia Truck Experiment Station
Diamond Springs
L. W. Brannon
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Division
Acre
Brannon
Noticeable Classified Fragments From Winchester Ads
A mix of notices includes a cider warning from H J Heinz Co about orders before delivery and a Christmas lay away pitch from Hodgson and Brown. Also a rental wanted for a modern six room house in Winchester with a call number, and a fire company call to all members for October 7, 1946 signed by Captain H W Rainsberger Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Beg End Fire Company
H. W. Rainsberger, Jr
Britain and Truman clash over Palestine immigration
London reports the British foreign office confirms Prime Minister Attlee sent a personal note to President Truman in response to the US demand for immediate and substantial Jewish immigration to Palestine. The note, disclosed as personal, risks undermining ongoing British sponsored negotiations on Palestine's political future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Foreign Office
Attlee
Truman
Palestine
Holy Land
Britain
Jine
Germans Would Try Freed Men Under Their Law
Berlin reports that leading officials from the British and American zones proposed that the three acquitted defendants at Nuremberg be tried by a German court for crimes against the German people. A unification conference adopted the resolution unanimously, inviting Russian and French zone officials to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Nuernberg
GOP Candidates Open Campaign At Arlington
Virginia voters were urged by Republican Senate nominees Robert H. Woods and Lester S. Parsons to elect a Republican Congress. The rally at the Washington Golf and Country Club was aired on WMAL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Virginia
United States Senate
Robert H. Woods
Pearisburg
Lester S. Parsons
Norfolk
Washington Golf and Country Club
WMAL
Washington
Woods
United States
OPA
Harry F
Carter Glass
Inauguration of deer and bear tag system west of Blue Ridge
The State Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries with the National Forest Service launches a deer and bear tag system west of the Blue Ridge this year to regulate hunting. The program aims to allocate hunting permits and manage wildlife pressure in designated areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Blue Ridge
State Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
National Forest Service
Health Officer Reviews City Conditions At Civic League Meeting
Dr. L. M. Allen addressed the Women's Civic League during a meeting at the George Washington Hotel. The session covered by law revisions, committee duties, a yearbook plan, and reports from standing committees, with bake sale results and plans for a silver tea on October 25 to boost welfare funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Allen
Women’s Civic League
George Washington
L. M. Allen
Winchester
Washington
T. Russell Cather
H. Clay de Grange
W. R.strader
George Snarr
F. M. Yellett
J. L. Thornton
Earl Bunting
W. W. Beattie
Robert Y. Conrad
Great Lutheran Convention Opens in Cleveland
Delegates from 086 congregations in the United States Canada Alaska and Hawaii opened the annual United Lutheran Church Convention in Cleveland with a communion service. Dr Walton Haranves of Columbia SC retiring secretary urged selflessness as the way to fulfill layman and pastor duties as programs and methods were deemphasized. Six clergymen officiated including Dr Clark Franklin Fry Dr Pleasant Tom Brown Rev R Knubel Rev George F Hart Rev Ivan O Miller and Dr P F Hanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caeling
United States
Canada
Alaska
Hawaii
United Lutheran Church
Cleveland
Walton H.aranves
Columbia
Secemen
Clark Pranklin Fry
Deat
The
Berg
Akron
Pleasant Tom Brown
Salisbury
N. C
R. Knubel
New Rochelle
Coogi
New York
George F. Hart
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida Synod
Ivan O. Miller
Detroit
Michigan Synod
PF. M. Hanes
Elkhart
Ind
Indians Synod
Legion Urges Unified Defense and Labor Arbitration
The American Legion, opposing a split naval bloc, endorsed a single national security department with unified army, navy, and air force command. It also urged compulsory arbitration in labor disputes and retention of atomic secrets, after concluding its postwar national convention. Col. Paul H. Griffith won the national commandership amid talks on VA training and labor reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
American Legion
Department of Nationa Defense
Army
Navy
Airforce
Legion
Department of National Security
Massachusetts Naval
Paul H. Griffith
Uniontown
Washington, D. C
John Stelle
McLeansboro, Ill
Griffith
Veterans’ Administration
United States
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Miss Schuller
Pac
National Restaurant Industry Advisory Committee
Northern
Handley School
Mrs. Smith
Episcopal Meeting
Hodgson & Brown
Attee
Stephenville
Newfoundland
Helen K. Downing
Thomson, Ga
Barbara
Laurie
International
GOP
Great Lutheran Convention On
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