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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1947
Page
3
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South End Fire Co. girls swept Newberrys to extend Commercial League lead to three games. Betty Ryan 129 paced their 19 to 21 season, with Sarah Zane Fire Co. dropping three straight to O Sullivan Rubber. Capitol Restaurant strong, Nurses 500 game highlight. Peggy McInturff 112 and Jenny Fox 115 led several scores.
A British House of Commons committee urged forming a representative German government and a firm occupation policy. It called for immediate economic reintegration of occupation zones, prioritizing food imports to restore coal and consumer output. The report echoed Hoover’s findings on postwar German recovery.
Covington Blue Streaks seized sole first place in District 5 after a 12-0 upset of Harrisonburg. The win kept Covington undefeated in district play, with 72 points scored and none allowed, as they prepare to face Handley next week alongside other Friday results.
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Woodstock high school defeated Stonewall 13 to 8 to move to 3–0 in District L. Woodstock rallied in the third quarter after a fumble by Stonewall, with Swartz scoring on an end run and Hepner adding the extra point. Stonewall led 8–0 early on a pass to Charles Gillespie, but a second interception and a miscue near midfield sparked Woodstock’s comeback.
Washington and Lee Generals shut out the Davidson Wildcats 32-0 in Lexington in a Southern Conference game as three late touchdowns sealed the victory. The item also notes LL.D. plural reasoning for the abbreviation.
Dr. Havermale, pastor at Market St. Methodist, and his wife travel with their son Jerrold to Canton Ohio and Midwest friends for eight years. During their absence, retired clergyman Dr. Wallace O. Talbert will supply the Market St. pulpit. Havermale is on leave following his Roanoke conference return for a two year term, and is set to resume preaching on Sunday November 8.
Miss Mable Emery eighteen year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Emery tenants on the Gordon farm near Grimes was able to leave the hospital completely well today after injuries from last Friday when she fell from a horse drawn corn binder. She was helping receive the coin when the machine struck a rock and threw her into the path of the binder. The horses stopped but not before her legs were cut by a knife.
Two films documenting relief work overseas by the Friends Service Committee will be publicly shown at 8 o clock tonight at the Winchester meeting house on Washington Street. The event highlights humanitarian relief efforts for affected populations.
The summer home of Mr and Mrs William Bell Watkins at Stor noway near Northeast Maine was menaced by a forest fire. Firefighters kept the blaze from the house, but the woods might not be extinguished until rainfall arrives and high winds could rekindle danger.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Berkeley Springs for Lloyd Shockey who died at his home Friday after an extended illness. He was hospitalized here several times last year. Survived by his widow and three children Mrs. B. L. Watkins Winchester Mrs. Kenneth Kalbaugh Laurel Md and Harold Shockey Berkeley Springs.
Fence post crops are grown on many farms, often in gullies where the trees serve a dual purpose of crop and control for erosion.
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