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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1952
Page
2
The Winchester Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold a dinner dance at York Inn on Friday at 6 30 p m replacing the usual Friday meeting. Prizes from last month’s JC C thrift sale will be awarded during the event.
A persistent man sought jail release by claiming a car crash as his reason. He returned to the sheriff’s door twice without papers, then sat in a basement chair until jailers found him. He was later booked for public drunkenness after a bottle and an unused commitment order were found on him.
The notice lists multiple auction and sale dates across Virginia with items including antiques real estate cattle furniture and household goods. Vendors include Osburn Blame Duvall Tyler Warrenton Virginia Hereford Angus association and Mrs May Steele with details on locations and times such as November 1 11 pm and November 21 12 noon.
Police court records list Melvin L Shipe of Baltimore 51 fined 9.25 for drunkenness with 30 days suspended jail and one year probation. Aldridge 956 Roanoke fined 9.25 for drunkenness. Kibler 4 Orange fined 1028 for drunkenness. Jones 19 North Avenue fined 15.75 with six months suspended jail and 1.25 dollars costs.
Westbrook signed a nine million dollar tungsten contract for the Defense Materials Procurement Agency with Companhia Atlantica. The government canceled the deal citing that the company sought open market sales rather than honoring a mine controlled pledge. Mitchell noted Westbrook's explanation of prior negotiations and stated no exception to the policy against government employment conflicts. The Herald Tribune cited two others tied to the matter Heinz Pulverman and Thurman Hill, with Hill a former Kansas Senate hopeful and ex chief Treasury procurement counsel.
Lloyd Noland built a regional plumbing and heating empire forming Noland Company Inc. in 1922 after earlier ventures. He chaired multiple firms including Tidewater Construction and Virginia Engineering, served in the Virginia State Senate 1944 through 1950, and held leadership roles in several chambers of commerce. Survived by wife Martha Schofield Noland, son L. A. Noland Jr, two brothers, and four grandchildren.
Readable details show a summer home near Cedar Creek in Marlboro area with bricks and property to be sold. At the top is Jesse Hockman and James R. Woolford. Joe Bayliss appears at the left bottom and Alvie Hockman sits center in the photo.
New York weather officials urge fairness toward meteorologists amid complaints about rain and sun. Ernest J. Christie says forecast alone guides action while individuals must decide, noting few credit sun and many blame the weather man for conditions.
Morning scene shows Jim stepping out in a raincoat prompting neighbors to fetch theirs. Mrs Osamrur is watched closely as wives time laundry around the weather man’s wife, implying shared routines.
Queen Isabella of Spain appeared on a commemorative 25 cent coin for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair and William the Silent of Nassau-Orange was depicted on a commemorative 50 cent piece in 1924 for the Huguenot Walloon Tercentenary.
The Associated Press reports continued drought and dry wind across the Eastern half of the nation fueling forest and brush fires. By nightfall many counties faced thousands of acres burned with Tennessee Kentucky and Mississippi among the hardest hit and total fires numbering in the hundreds in several states.
A reader asks about when a boy shows early interest in tools. The answer notes typical curiosity begins around five to seven years old, with hands on play and simple tasks guiding early skill development.
Luther Golden Williams aged 59 formerly of Loudoun County died yesterday in Memorial Hospital. Survivors include his widow Lucy Jane Williams four sons Clinton Woodrow John Luther Williams Jr and three daughters Genetta Gen Ridgley and Mable Lineburg. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at ? p m from Unison Methodist Church Unison. Burial will be in Ebenezer Cemetery Bloomfield. The body rests at Royston Funeral Home in Middleburg.
Fragmentary list of quiz Qs and answers including names James A Garfield Ell en Buren, dates, places and phrases. The readable bits include New York State and December plus a stray reference to a donkey. overall unclear.
The Rev Robert Hess of the Chicques Church of the Brethren Manheim Penna will be guest speaker at Calvary Church of the Brethren at 11 Sunday morning The Chicques Mai e Quartet which includes Hess will accompany and perform several special numbers during the service.
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