Brumbaugh Will Pitch Park Against Blair at 3 P M
Brumbaugh, who has pitched for and against Winchester Park this season, will start on the mound for Park in the 3 o clock game against Blair. Coach Sandy announced Brumbaugh would fill Labor Day hurling duties instead of Lytton. The squad, including St Francis from the Syca staff, prepared with drills as the team meets Blair in Front Royal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brumbaugh
Winchester Park
Blair
Lytton
Sandy
Baker
Park
Linzsae
Raptay
Fox
Union
Eddins
Winester
L. Loover
Jack Butts
West Virginians
St. Francis
Syca
Shaye &R
Rouss Fire Hall
Front Royal
Four Divorces Granted by Corporation Court
Judge Burr P. Harrison settled four divorce suits. Anna Mary Renner was granted a full divorce from Charles E Renner for desertion. she may resume her maiden name Anna Mary Ss. Virginia Faye Forney received a full divorce from Lester C Forney for desertion. she may resume Virginia Faye Hawkins. William R Heltzel and Mary M Heltzel were granted an absolute divorce for desertion. their infant daughter was awarded to the mother with the father ordered to pay $5 weekly. Calvert and Ray Calvert were granted a full divorce for desertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr P. Harrison
Corporation Court
Anna Mary Renner
Charles 8. Renner
Anna Mary Ss
Virginia Faye Forney
Lester C. Forney
Virginia Faye Hawkins
William R. Heltzel
Mary M. Heltzel
August rainfall and temperatures exceed normal in Winchester
Rain fell on 11 days in August with total 5.37 inches versus a 3.74 inch normal. Year to date rainfall reached 36.01 inches, beating the annual 35.95 inch normal as four months remain. Temperatures ranged 48 to 95 with a record low 48 on August 27 and a warm 87 at noon in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Research Laboratory
Boy's Club Plans Football League Schedule Change
Officials of the Scared Heart Athletic Club for Boys cancelled the softball series for senior teams to avoid conflict with football plans. Junior teams will finish their series and compete for a trophy presented by the Junior Board of Trade. Blue Streaks and Bees final set for Sunday September 9 after unfinished Thursday game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scared Heart Athletic Club For Boys
Betwen
Blue
Bees
Junior Board of Trade
Loudoun Street
Old-Time Tent Meeting Planned at 656 Cameron Street
An old-fashioned tent meeting will be held at 656 Cameron street beginning September 5 with preaching nightly at eight o clock. From various sections the state will appear from time to time and Sister Mary Murray of Harrisburg Pa will be at the piano. Elder L V Johnson pastor has asked all preachers to take part in the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Street
Mary Murray
Harrisburg
L. V. Johnson
War crimes trial plan targets Bormann next month
Report notes that war criminals will be tried at Nuremberg next month with a spokesman saying Martin Bormann would face trial in person if captured and in absentia if not. The piece recalls Bormann’s rise as Hitler’s deputy in 1941 and reports of his presumed death in Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuernberg
War Crimes Commission
Bormann
Hitler
Rudolph Hess
Britain
Berlin
Grand Jury Probe Sought Over Appomattox Election
Watkins Abbitt, commonwealth's attorney for Appomattox County and Collins campaign manager, said he would seek an immediate grand jury investigation of Appomattox returns amid Fenwick's allegations of illegal votes in the August Democratic primary. He plans to disqualify himself and have a disinterested attorney represent the commonwealth, urging subpoenas for Fenwick and associates. The clerk reports poll books with voter names are on file for access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Watkins M. Abbitt
Commonwealth
Appomattox County
L. Preston Collins
Appomattox
Charles R.fenwick
Collins
Fenwick
Appomatox
Lunenburg
Cumberland
Prince Edward
Wise County
Flood
Circuit Court
AppotMattox
Abbitt
Last Vesper Service At Singing Tower
The final Sunset Vesper Service at the Singing Tower in Luray is set for Sunday evening September 2 at 7 10 starting with a devotional message by Rev. Fred E Dufford titled For the Healing of the Nations The carillonneur Charles T Chapman will give a recital If rain forces the event it will move to the Methodist Church at 8 00 Recitals at the Tower occur Sundays at 3 Tuesdays at 3 and Saturdays at 8 during the season running through November 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Tower
Luray
Fred E. Dufford
Charles T. Chapman
Carillonneur
Chategay
Minnegerode Wins Caddie Tournament at Winchester Golf Club
Bryan Minnegerode won the caddie tournament at Winchester Golf Club with a 96 gross. Richard Haymaker was runner up with 98 and Johnny Arnold placed third with 103 as ten caddies competed. Otis Sargent announced no Labor Day weekend activities at the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Minnegerode
Winchester Golf Club
Richard Haymaker
Johnny Arnold
Otis
Shag’ Sargent
Two Winchester Men to Arrive in New York
Among the U S troops due in New York today aboard the Queen Elizabeth are two locals from Winchester. Sergeant Harry W Butler Jr and Sergeant Virgil T Comer are listed among the arriving servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
Harry W. Butler, Jr
Virgil T. Comer
Winchester
Series of Meetings To Honor Pastor at Emmanuel Baptists
The Emmanuel Baptists Church at Stephens City sponsors a nine day series from September 2 to September 9 honoring their pastor’s eighth anniversary. Visiting speakers and musical entertainers appear nightly, including Rev Filias Strange and colleagues from Washington on September 2 and Elder Charles Johnson with his electric guitar from Brunswick Maryland on September 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmanuel Baptists Church
Stephens City
Filias Strange
Washington
Scott Patterson
S. H. Spranges
Thomas Proctor
D. Williams
Mary Carter
Charles Johnson
Brunswick, Md
Man Begging Man Given 60 Day Jail Term by Judge
James Winters 69 of Kingtree South Carolina was found guilty of vagrancy and panhandling for going door to door begging money and food. A 60 day jail sentence was imposed by Judge John Rice in Police Court with all but 10 days suspended. Other Police Court cases included Charles W Coffelt Washington DC drunk and disorderly $15 and costs and F M Reno 531 Highland Avenue drunk and disorderly in his cell 30 days and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Winters
Kingtree
South Carolina
John Rice
Eee
Winters
Charles W. Coffelt
Washington, D. C
F. M. Reno
Highland Avenue
Cadet Holsinger to Receive Wings and Commissions
Cadet Holsinger of Broadway to be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps and receive his wings on Tuesday September 8. Born January 11, 1918, he graduated from Broadway High School in 1936 and worked for American Viscose Co. at Front Royal before entering service twenty-one months ago. He trained at Middle Georgia College Cochran and Turner Field Albany. member of First Brethren Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Corps
Broadway
Holsinger
Broadway High School
Front Royal
Middle George College
Cochran
Jap Surrender Broadcast To Air Tonight In U S Time
President Truman will join a 10 30 a m air broadcast from the White House to address the nation during the Japanese surrender ceremony. Officials expect the V J Day designation may be announced, though no legal wartime statutes change is expected until Congress declares the war over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Tokyo
Tokyo Bay
Washington
White House
Truman
Cay
Congress
Surrender Signing Sees Major Japanese Capitulations
Reports from Allied headquarters describe widespread Japanese surrenders across the Pacific including Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Philippines with Yamashita to sign in Baguio. British, Australian, Dutch, and American forces coordinate terms as Tokyo Bay papers near finalization and Marcus Island already surrenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
France
Netherlands
Russia
Eichelberger
Spaatz
U.S. Strategic Air Forces
Pacific
Japan
Hong Kong
C. H. J. Harcourt
Philippines
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Baguio
Singapore
Yamashita
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Solomons
New Guinea
New Britain
W. A. H. Sturdee
Glory
Rabaul
Bonin Islands
Dunlap
East Indies
Trik
Tokyo Bay
Marcus Island
U.S
Bagley
Locating the Nearest Veterans Facility
A reader asks where to find the closest Veterans Facility. The answer notes that Selective Service boards can provide this data and, if needed, contact the Veterans Administration in Washington for assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Facility
Selective Service Boards
Veterans’ Administration
Washington, D
Calves Die in County from Black Leg Outbreak
Black leg disease affects young cattle across the county per I Fred Stine. Walker McC Bond lost five or six calves last week and vaccination is urged for stock raisers. This marks the second outbreak after a prior incident about 30 days ago southeast of Stephens City with several cattle lost.
Federal aid plan for unemployment benefits debated
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach urged the Senate Finance Committee to consider funding unemployment compensation partly from state funds. He supported a national standard of at least 25 dollars weekly for 26 weeks and urged uniform eligibility rules and preservation of dependency allowances in states that provide them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, T
Labor
Schwellehbach
Senate Finance Committee
Schwellenbach
Bente
Federal Treasury
Chicago Grain Quotations Distant Rye Futures Open Lower
Chicago grain quotes show rye futures opening fractional lower for Sept and Dec. Wheat and oats move irregularly with small changes, while corn opens down. Prices listed for Wheat Sept Dec May July and Rye, Barley futures across Sept Dec May and July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Life In Jap Prisons Chain of Horrors
Former POWs describe brutal abuse in Japanese camps. Lt Charles Buchalt, 23, Pennsylvanian, details five and a half months in solitary at Ofuna after days of beatings. Lt Laural Boline, 26, Iowa, recalls being beaten by civilians after surrender near Tokyo on May 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainey
Charles Buchalt
Ofuna
Laural Boline
Sioux City
Iowa
Tokyo
Baltimore Markets Report on Sept 1 Livestock and Produce
Baltimore markets show mixed produce and wholesale prices with light receipts. Cattle trade steady to weak with top steers around 18.00 and calves steady, hogs and lambs mixed as buyers adjust to recent highs. Sheep and feeder cattle also show varied declines and steady demand across stock categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Buttes
Return from visit to Denton Maryland
Prof. J. O. Wright with wife and mother return to Winchester after visiting relatives in Denton Caroline county on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton, MD
J. O. Wright
Winchester
Eastern Shore
Denton
Caroline County
Answers to the Daily Quiz Items
The reader supplies quiz solutions covering topics from Eisenhower to Nazi security and world geography. Items include numbers, regions like French West Africa and Peru, a geologic era, and a naval reference volume. Scotland is noted among responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French West Africa
Peru
Sicherheitsdienst
Security Service
Scotland
Also Mentioned on This Page
WinsGi
Fountains Take
Las Jett As
Boy’s Club
Johns-Manville Rock
J-M Roth
John W. Rosenerger & Co
Singing Tower
Minnegerode
Missouri
Wan
Leggett’s Dept. Ta. Pe
P. O. Box
Palace Restaurant
Ridgeway Airport
RidgewWay, W. Va
U. S. Route 11
Thompson Mahogany Co
Moorefield
W. Va
Apple Blossom Restaurant
Boyer's
Dial
Golden Glow Coffee Shop
The
American Oil & Paint Co
Cleveland
Ohio
C. M. Janney
W. H.dehaven
Loudoun St
Dal
Call Stephenson
P. O. Mey
Capitol Restaurant
George Washington Hotel
Rippeon
North Braddock St
T. G. Adams
Esso
Colleen Shine
Potomac- Edison
Virginia
Apple Storage
Winchester Cold
Care Star
City
Pine Motor Company
N. M. Red
Middletown
Frank Miller
West Boscawen
Curtis Wright
Steel Range
Charles St
Main St
Lee Jackson
A. E. Arnett
Clifton Emery
York Ave
Kernstown
National Ave
J. E. LeMaster
Indian Alley
A. & P Store
Shenandoah Brick & Tile
Fairmont
Market
Loudoun Sts
Charles Marriner
Grimes
C. L. Butler
N.aera
Highland Ave
Jeniey Lambe
Chicago Livestock
Dwight D. Eisenhow
Glaize & Brother
N. Cameron ST
John Lind
Robert Lee
Valley Pike
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!