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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1950
Page
10
West Lee of Newark is charged with reckless driving after a 1940 Buick coupe collided with Calvin S. VanMeter’s 1938 Plymouth. The crash caused about $450 in property damage with no injuries reported. State Trooper SH E. McInturff investigated the incident.
Anes and regulations for the First Annual Northern Virginia Livestock Show and Sale for 4 H and FFA members and farmers have been placed in the mail in Frederick County by I Fred Stine county agent. Sponsored by the Northern Virginia Livestock Producers Association Inc with the Excursion Service of the Vocational Agriculture cooperating the show and sale will be held December 18 at the Farmers Livestock Exchange on Northwestern Grade. A goal of 100 hogs 50 lambs and 50 head of cattle has been set for the event offering approximately $300 in cash prizes and ribbons in the junior classes. Stine asks those planning to participate in the show to advise him of the number of entries by November 1. Purpose of the annual show and sale is to develop interest and educate 4 H and FFA members and farmers how to grow and finish cattle hogs and sheep for market on a quality and profitable basis.
In English Q is rare, appearing about twice per 1000 letters. X matches Q in rarity, while J and Z are even rarer.
A partial broadcast schedule lists programs across several stations for Monday October 25. It includes news reels and music shows such as Gordon MacRae, Bob Crosby, Dennis Dell Trio, NBC Symphony, and Bob Hawk Show.
A dense TV guide lists programs across channels with time slots from 6:00 PM to 12:45 AM. Featured shows include Footlight Theater Kukla Fran and Ollie The Petrified Forest Lights Out and News segments interspersed with entertainment such as Captain Video Wrestling and Studio One.
A planetoid discovered in March 1920 by Prof. J. Palisan of Vienna University was named Hooveria for Herbert Hoover in recognition of his relief efforts for distressed Europeans after World War I.
Hollywood column notes Frankie Carle after three months of one night stands reports demand for more instrumental numbers and fewer vocals. His troupe traveled 12 053 miles in three months averaging 1 500 dancing fans per night. A Minnesota law kept buses off certain roads forcing circuitous routes and a final warning from police. Carle will earn 2 000 dollars for a sweet picture deal with Footlight Varieties. The piece also mentions Jane Russell and John Wayne film notes and Jeff Corey's makeup details for Only the Valiant.
Funeral services for Norman G. Bean Jr a 12 day old son of Norman and Evelyn Bean of Stephens City were held at 2 30 p m at Stephens City Methods Church with Rev C A York officiating Burial followed in Mount Hebron cemetery Surviving are the parents two sisters Jo Ann and Dixie Lee and the paternal grandmother Mrs Bessie Bean
Roettger uses five pitchers and signs a bus driver after injuries. Rickey is urged to provide help. Harold's background links to American Legion ball. Bob Baker to headline Cleveland News Christmas Fund boxing show on December 8. Bach plans spring football game with Notre Dame. NCAA weighs stricter rules on violations. Auburn football troubles blamed on internal squabbling. Washington backfield dubbed the Fearsome Foursome. Gussy Moran incorporates as Gam.
Fifteen year service records by five persons were rewarded with certificates by the Northern Virginia Power Company. The employees are Fred Haines of Luray, Harry Hammond of Riverton, Hobart Offutt of Winchester, Arthur Artz of Winchester and Miss Colleene Collett of Luray, and John Leatherman of Winchester.
On July 12, 1900 Louisiana lawmakers approved the Magnolia as the state flower. Mississippi had a students only election in November 1900 with 23,278 votes cast and Magnolia winning 12,745. The result made Louisiana the first state to adopt Magnolia.
The Winchester Lions Club will meet at the Armory tomorrow for a luncheon with sandwiches and final decoration plans. The annual Lions Fun Festival for the Light Conservation program opens at the Armory on Wednesday night and runs through Saturday with amusements and door prizes each evening.
The text notes no definite average life span for penguins, especially Antarctic ones. It mentions an Empire Penguin in a Washington DC zoo that is six years old and a South African penguin that lived to age 13 in captivity.
The Hall of Fame of Walhalla sits on the Danube’s edge near Regensburg in Bavaria. The vast Parthenon like edifice houses busts of celebrated Germans and overlooks the river. A furlong equals one-eighth mile, the length of a standard English plough furrow used for generations.
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