Kiwanis Show Rehearsals Reported Well Under Way
The Winchester Kiwanis club backs a two act musical headin Hollywood with 100 cast including Gret chen Armstrong Margie and Jean Joan Logan as twin sisters. The show features 24 musical numbers and blackface roles Mary Catherine Hershman and Jack Freltnell. Proceeds aid the underprivileged children fund.
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Kiwanis
Babb
John George Garber
Dick Robinson
Beatrice O'Connell
Howard Hollland
Richard Lewis
Cleo le Meer
Eleanor Cross
Gretchen Armstrong
Margie
Ieee Charles Anderson
Bostwick
Carolina
Beverley Whiting
Percy
Jean and
Joan Logan
Ronald Willey
Lew
Mary Catherine Hershman
Jack Fretnell
Hollywood
Jonas Willey
Chauncey Snapp
C. E. Hartley
Douglas O'Connell
Jay Lowden
Dick “Dusty” Rhodes
Winchester Kiwanis Club
Dye Man Casts Lot for Old Export
P. Be Jenkins of Cumberland aligns with brewers of other beers praising Old Export as a swell beer in a lighthearted note about the trade.
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P. BE. Jenkins
Cumberland
Tuck to Settle Displaced Persons On Ancestral Farm
Two displaced families will be housed in the ancestral Tuck home near High Hill Halifax county after Governor Tuck vouched for them to the State Department of Agriculture and Immigration. The families currently live in a tenant house on the 400 acre estate while renovations proceed. Peter Hradko and family and Mykola Dembereckyz and family are named among the occupants.
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Richmond
Governor Tuck
High Hill
Halifax County
State Department of Agriculture and Immigration
Tuck
Peter Hradko
Katarina
Bogdan
Volodimir
Mykola Dembereckyz
Olena
Wasyl
Anastasia
Maria
Evangelist Team to Visit Winchester Presbyterian Church
An evangelistic team from Union Theological Seminary Richmond will visit Winchester Presbyterian November 5 and 6. They arrive Saturday for an evening meeting with the youth and will stay to participate in Sunday services.
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Winchester Presbyterian Church
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Jenkins Rites Held for Amon A Ashby Jenkins
Funeral services were held at Front Royal for Amon Ashby Jenkins father of Jerry Jenkins of White Post.
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Front Royal Today
Amon Ashby Jenkins
Jerry Jenkins
White Post
Cigaret Lighter Trade Booms Amid Giveaway Matches
New York, Oct 13. Ameri cans spend about 50 million dollars yearly on lighters as free matches proliferate. Ronson Art Metal Works plans its 35 millionth lighter. founder Louis Aronson pioneered the modern lighter with a push button. Nathan recalls lighter lore from a roving collection and notes the market shrinking models from 1000 to about 100.
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New York
Flint
Alfred R. Nathan
Ronson Art Metal Works, Inc
Ronson Company
General Motors
Louis V. Aronson
Nathan
Aronson
Jim
Harrisonburg Plans Yule Shopping Parade
Harrisonburg city officials announce plans to kick off the Christmas shopping season on November 25 with a parade featuring Santa Claus bands floats clowns and participating companies in a colorful festivities timed to start the holiday shopping period.
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Harrisonburg
Santa Claus
Insanity May Be Junked by Hospital Board
The State hospital board in Richmond on October 13 moved to seek statute changes on care for mentally ill. A committee will draft revisions with the division of legislative mage and statutory drafting for board presentation. Dr. Joseph E. Barrett outlined aims including easier commitment without court insanity adjudication and appeals, and replacing terms insane and feebleminded with mentally ill and mentally deficient.
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Richmond
State Hospital Board
Joseph E. Barrett
Mental Hygiene and Hospitals
Freeman Praises Lees of Virginia at Stratford Hall
Dr. Douglas S. Freeman hails the Lees of Virginia as one of three greatest Colonial American families for effort and service. Speaking on Stratford Hall’s 20th anniversary as a national shrine, he lauds Thomas Lee founder of the Stratford estate and notes Lee military men remain stout alongside past war leaders.
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Stratford Hall
Douglas S. Freeman
Lees
Virginia
America
Stratford
Richmond
Thomas Lee
Lee
Stores Stay Closed at Night Until December 19
The article notes that other attractions will not begin remaining open during nighttime hours until December 19, indicating a scheduled shift in operating times for evening access.
DP Bill Reaches Senate Floor to Expand DP Eligibility
The Senate floor takes up displaced persons legislation amid a forecasted passage. The House approved bill would raise DP eligible admissions from 205000 in two years to 339000 in three. The measure changes cut off date and eases farmer and Baltic origin requirements.
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Senate
Washington
Lucas
Illinois
United States
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
McCarran
Dnev
Europe
Jenner
R-Ind
Eastern Europe
Baltic
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Road change sought by Front Royal chamber of commerce
The Front Royal chamber of commerce asks 100 residents to join a meeting of the State Highway Commission on October 20 in Lexington. They will request immediate improvement of a section of John Marshall Highway from Chancellor's Corner to one mile east of Marshall.
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Front Royal Chamber of Commerce
State Highway Commission
Lexington
John Superintendents of Public
Royal
Chancellor's Corner
Marshall
Nehru and the people learn from each other during a tour
A 1945 encounter in Lyallpur shows Nehru rescuing colleagues and an AP correspondent from a crushing crowd. He acts decisively, shoving through the mob with a cane, then draws back to a quieter side, discussing freedom, smoking habits, and English schooling away from the crowds.
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Washington
Nehru
Congress Party
Associated Press
Junjab
Lyall
Nehru Nehru
Work crews to repaint George Washington Bridge
About 30 men are set to paint the suspension span over the Hudson River, restoring the New York City bridge's exterior. Work targets the George Washington Bridge with a crew of painters and nearby scaffolding in place.
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George Wi
Hudson River
New Span
City
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