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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 27, 1950

Page

2

Dr A T Hawthorne To Address Bankers

Dr Allen T Hawthorne of this city will deliver the after dinner address at the 43rd annual meet of bankers Europe as it is Today. The business meeting opens at 3 PM with John W Stone of the State Bank of Remlin presiding. Attendees from Winchester include Harold G Brown Howard A Hall John C Blackburn John L er and Carl T Cather of the mandoah Valley National Harold R of theial & Sa Bank and atry E Ridgeway Willard E donaker of the Farmers Merchants National Bank.

Allen T. Hawthorne Europe John W. Stone State Bank of Remlin Winchester Arold G. Brown Howard A. Hal John C. Blackburn John L.er Carl T. Cather Mandoah Valley National Harold R The Ial & Sa Bank Atry E. Ridgeway Willard E. Onaker Farmers & Merchants National Bank

Sales Directory Listing of Estates and Property Auctions

Listings outline multiple estate and property sales across Virginia and West Virginia. Dates include NOV 3 and NOV 4 with times and locations near Winchester Bunker Hill and Fredericks County Court House. Items feature livestock farm machinery household goods and real estate on Enandoah Ave and Rt 522.

Washington St Pairpic Stonewall Aioe Gainesboro Back Creek Chinery McKay Bunker Hill Fred A Winchester Cedar Creek Emily R. Ward Frederick County Court House Enandoah Ave E. Miller Streit Hilda Forney E. Clifford St. Anno Cain W. Va

Wallace Payne Jr. Is Taken by Death

Wallace Payne Jr. 63 merchant and postmaster at Crest Hill Virginia died at 2 10 this morning at his niece Mrs Carroll Driver home on the Martinsburg pike Winchester He was born March 10 1887 in Acquire County son of the late Wallace and Lucy Ramey Payne lived in Crest Hill until three months ago when illness struck WW I veteran and First Baptist Church member He is survived by two brothers James B Payne of Washington DC and Rosser H Payne of Arlington and three sisters The deceased left two nephews and one niece Ralph P Bell Stephenson Rosser Payne Jr Arlington and Mrs Driver Winchester The funeral will be held Sunday with gathering at 130 pm at Omps Funeral Home and procession to Grove Baptist Church Crest Hill for the service at 3 pm Interment Grove Cemetery adjoining the church

Wallace Payne Jr Crest Hill Carroll Driver Martinsburg Pike Winchester Aquier County Wallace Lucy Ramey Payne Payne First Baptist Church James B. Payne Washington, D. C Rosser H Payne Arlington Ralph P. Bell Stephenson, Va Rosser Payne Jr Driver Omps Funeral Grove Baptist Church Grove

Escapee Whitlock Still At Large From Fort Belvoir

Clarence W. Whitlock an 18 year old Army prisoner from Winchester escaped from a Fort Belvoir work detail on Wednesday. He was last seen in a stolen 1950 maroon Hudson with Virginia plates 109 178 near here. Anyone with information on the car or fugitive should notify police.

Clarence W. Whitlock Winchester Fort Belvoir Virginia

Fire damages kitchen wall on Stephenson property

An over heated wood stove started a kitchen wall fire in a garage apartment on the Harry Benner property at Stephenson. Clearbrook Fire Company arrived and the occupants extinguished the blaze. Mrs Bernard Rexrode reported only slight damage and said she used pans of water to douse the fire.

Harry Benner Stephenson Clearbrook Fire Company Bernard Rexrode

Mayor to MC Miller Store opening in Winchester

Mayor M. B. Clowe Jr will serve as master of ceremonies at the grand opening of Miller's Hardware at 112 N Loudoun tonight starting 7 p m. A 9 p m prize drawing offers 14 gifts including an electric mixer iron electric razor and a glass fishing rod. The store traces 75 years of history with remodeling in 1949 and 1950 adding 3000 square feet and a basement. Tonight visitors will find a Christmas toyland the first in Winchester.

Miller Store M. B. Clowe, Jr Miller's Or N. Loudoun Miller's Hardware Philip Boyd John S. Miler Earl Clowser Shockey and Sons Loudoun Street Winchester

Bedroom Suite Won by Local Resident at Lions Festival

Mrs. Hubert E. Jackson of 372 E Piccadilly Street won a bedroom suite at the Lions Festival in Winchester Armory. The festival will conclude tomorrow night with an automobile prize and tonight features a table Model television set. A 17 jewel Hamilton wristwatch is also planned as a giveaway.

Hubert E. Jackson E. Piccadilly Street Winchester Armory

Officials Attend Safety Meeting in Winchester

Winchester officials including Superintendent Garland R. Quarles County School Superintendent R E Ayler Police Chief J Thomas Boyd and Justice John Rice attended a George Motors Club dinner at the George Washington Hotel. Films on high school driver education were shown and premiered Your Permit to Drive Driving Economically and We Drivers.

Garland R. Quarles Winchester R. E. Ayler J. Thomas Boyd John Rice Claude Smalts Winchester Council Public Safety Committee George Motors Club George Washington Hotel General Motors National Commission On Safety Education National Education Association Department of Education States District of Columbia

Ship Reported Loading in U S For Red China Trip

Senator O Connor announces a ship bound for Communist China is loading petroleum products, scrapped tires and galvanized pipe at Baltimore Philadelphia and New York. He says 3.3 million gallons of lubricating oil and 70 000 pounds of greases shipped to China in the year ending last June and notes shipments continued after China takeover and after petroleum products were added to the critical list by the Commerce Department.

Washington O* Connor D-Md China O'Connor Senate Commerce Baltimore Philadelphia New York Department of Commerce Commerce Department

Labor demand eases in Winchester area as harvest shifts

Peak labor demand for the Winchester region has passed with 2,750 harvesters and nearly 2,000 in processing plants. The Virginia State Employment Service reports 4,000 jobs expected for the next two weeks, aided by 334 migrants and 199 Bahamians. Eastern Shore shortages persist in sweet potatoes and beans while migrants stream through the area without stopping to work.

Winchester Virginia State Employment Service VSES Frank W. Bailey Shenandoah Front Royal Harrisonburg Staunton Exmore Florida

Mrs Paul Stultz Wins Pop Up Toaster

Mrs Paul Stultz of 1413 Berryville Ave received a call from John Reid King, master of ceremonies of the Chance of a Lifetime radio show, after missing a question about which U S newspaper has the largest circulation. She won a Westinghouse pop up toaster as a consolation prize. The transcribed show may air next Tuesday afternoon.

Paul Stultz Berryville Ave John Reid King

Church Women to Hold Special Worship Service

Winchester Federated Council of Church Women to host World Community Day worship at 3 p m Friday November 3 in Congregational Christian Church The program theme is Love Thy Neighbor A woolen clothing gift project for Displaced Persons will be presented Attendees from all churches are invited to join in this united observance

Winchester Federated Council of Church Women Congregational Christian Church Love Thy Neighbor Winchester Church

Daily Crossword Across and Down Clues List

A compact listing of crossword clues for across and down entries including numbers 1 5 9 10 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 21 23 24 25 26 28 31 33 34 35 36 37 39 41 42 43 44 and down clues such as North American country Man's Falsehood Small two strand rope a dispatch boat Tops of lower masts Swing Cores Backless boudoir slippers 7 11 Dart 16 Skill 19 Wide swinging blows Adviser of Othello Swerve .25 Babies caps 26 Fill with dismay 27 A suspending device 28 Female deer 29 Lives 30 Locations 32 Web-footed 36 Scant 38 Coin 40 Fish eggs.

Republicans Push Campaign Strategy Ahead of 1952 Elections

In Ohio and Kentucky rallies, Senator Taft is urged to secure a large margin while Barkley defends Truman. Charles Taft predicts a 200,000 vote edge for his brother with mobilized Republicans facing Democratic voters. Truman weighs radio addresses as Boyle and party advisers weigh campaign timing amid national political maneuvering.

Joe T. Ferguson Taft Rohio Canton Barkley Ohio Kentucky Charles P. Taft Berea Washington William M. Boyle, Jr Democratic National Committee Truman San Francisco New York Jonathan Daniels Daniels Harold E. Stassen University of Pennsylvania Rochester N. Y Kem R-Mo Savannah Senate Yalta

Police Question Suspects in Death

Officials declined to release the names of two men held for questioning in the mysterious death of George M. Gough a North Carolina laborer at Byrd orchards Clarke County. Gough died from a head wound at Winchester Memorial Hospital after being found unconscious on a footpath. Sheriff Smallwood Trooper Wood and Berryville Chief Milburn lead the investigation.

George M. Gough North Carolina Byrd Clarke County Gough Winchester Memorial Hospital Route 12 W. W. Smallwood James Wood Berryville Robert Milburn

Trailer Fire After Dismantling Accident Near Inwood

A ruined Pilot Transfer Company trailer, wrecked last month in a railroad crossing collision near Inwood West Virginia, caught fire as an acetylene torch used to cut it up for junk ignited oil can debris. Fire halted Route 11 traffic, drawing crews from Clear Brook and Martinsburg. the trailer was later to Winchester and purchased by L Zuckerman and Sons.

Pilot Transfer Company Inwood W. Va Earl Shade Route 11 Clearbrook Martinsburg Winchester L. Zuckerman and Sons

Quiz answers list from Page 4 prompts LQ topic

Answers supplied include China Sea for Question 1 South America for Question 2 Schizanthus for Question 3 Warm-blooded for Question 4 Lake Michigan for Question 5 Instanbul formerly Constantinople for Question 6 Destruction of the battleship Maine by explosion for Question 7 and Tennis for Question 8.

China Sea South America Lake Michigan Instanbul Constantinople Maine

Also Mentioned on This Page

A. T. Hawthorne Mrs. Moble Anderson Sjohn W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc S. Braddock St the Armory Mr. Clowser Marshall Boyd George Boyd Harry Carper Jim Perry Joe Bragg, Jr Hilda Clowser MAY Hardware CO David W. Silvey U.S Fence Building BARR Barr’s Farmers Hardware Daily Crossword Braz Congress C. J. Brumback & Sons Winchester Television Corp Loudoun ST John Quincy Adama Murr Tepa Reich Chapman Motor CO Ini. Molden Electric CO S. Loudoun St Teng Aes Novelty Store OMPS Ozuum Fak Etho Vormhean Virginia Powertco Andersen Wood Andersen P. W. Plumly Lumber Corp. N, Kent Sr
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