Mayor Proclaims National Guard Day Tomorrow
Mayor M. B. Clowe Jr proclaims National Guard Day tomorrow calling Winchester residents to observe and honor National Guard members. Sept. 16 marks the eighth anniversary of the Guard entering Federal service and the end of the second year of postwar reorganization. The mayor urges gratitude and support for Guard units to maintain security and safety.
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M. B. Clowe Jr
Winchester
National Guard
Guard
Clowe
Answers to Daily Quiz Include Several Clues
The lines show quiz answers printed on the page dated September 22 at 10:22 p.m. Eastern Time. It lists items such as a pen name for an author and the phrase God be with ye. It confirms true for greenish brown and 360 degrees.
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E. T
Braithwaite Funeral Services For Bruce I Braithwaite
Bruce I Braithwaite 80 year old retired farmer died at his Cross Junction home. Funeral conducted Sept 8 at the Primitive Baptist church Reynolds Store with Rev J Goode officiating. Interment followed in an adjoining cemetery. Pallbearers included Joseph Place Cecil Shanhaltz Frank Braithwaite Gradey Braithwaite Wint on Kerns and Lee Kerns.
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Bruce I._Braithwaite
Cross Junction
Primitive Baptist Church
Reynolds Store
J. Goode
Joseph Place
Cecil Shanhaltz
Frank Braithwaite
Gradey Braithwaite
Winton Kerns
Lee Kerns
Berryville School Enrollments Rise Amid Construction Delays
D G Cooley reports Berryville high school 213 students in high school 146 in temporary building and 214 in elementary building on Academy St County totals reach about 1400 with more to come Robertson estimates 375 at Boyce 325 in colored schools and about 50 more students expected for 1948-49 The county faces construction delays due to state loan issues and a $135 000 literary fund loan may fund a new 10 room elementary building A bond election for Berryville elementary and a consolidated county high school at total near 700 000 is being considered by the school board and county supervisors.
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D. G Cooley
Berryville High School
Academy St
Robertson
Boyce
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Literary Fund
Berryville
Consolidated County
Real estate and sale listings for Winchester area
A Sept. schedule lists sep sales with times and locations in Winchester Virginia area for properties, livestock, antiques, furniture, and household goods. Items include Newton W. Borden Toms Brook real estate, Grim executors Winchester antiques, G G Baker county court house trucks, Jos W Greyer Delaplane livestock equipment, Alfred DeMazzon York Inn antiques, E B Cooper Frederick County real estate, Mrs Benjamin Massie Stephens City building lots, C J Emery Grimes livestock goods, L R Fay Winchester antique furniture and kitchen furnishings.
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Newton W. Borden
Toms Brook
L. H. Grim
C. H. Grim
Loudoun St
Winchester
G. G. Baker
County Court House
Jos
W. Greyer
Delaplane
Alfred DeMazzon
York Inn
E. B. Cooper
Frederick County Court House
Benjamin Massie
Stephens City
C. J. Emery
Grimes
L. R. Fay
Truman Attacks Probes He Says Endanger Scientists
President Truman attacked congressional probes he says drive atomic experts from government and harm national security. He told the American Association for the Advancement of Science that smear tactics create an un American atmosphere and threaten research. Dr. Philip Morse resigned his Brookhaven post citing the climate of suspicion and criticized the probe’s manner. Morse will return to MIT as a professor while remaining aligned on security needs.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House un-American Activities Committee
House Committee
Rep
Thomas
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Constitution Hall
Philip M. Morse
Brookhaven National Laboratory
House
Morse
Belmont
Mass
Atomic Post
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
Thomas Committee
Individual Car Speakers Planned At Drive-in Movie
Becker owner of Winchester Drive-in theater plans to install individual car speakers before winter closure. Ground will be graded and improvements made before reopening next spring. Weather permitting the drive-in will stay open through November. Plans include using the theater as a training center for young managers and opening two new drive-ins within 50 miles next spring.
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Bay
Becker
Winchester Drive-in
Hammond Named Branch Office Head At Martinsburg
William W. Hammond of Kearneysville W Va has been named assistant secretary treasurer of Shenandoah Production Credit Assn and National Farm Loan Assn Winchester. He will manage the Martinsburg branch serving the Eastern panhandle. Hammond has a background in agriculture 4 H dairy judging and military service as a captain. He is married to Margaret Harrison of Martinsburg.
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William W. Hammond
W. B. Hammond
Kearneysville
W. Va
Shenandoah Production Credit Assn
National Farm Loan Assn
Winchester
Julian A. Everly
Hammond
Martinsburg
Panhandle
Berkeley
Jefferson
Morgan
West Virginia
Frederick
Clarke
Shenandoah
Warren and
Page
Virginia
Woodstock
Jefferson County
Shepherdstown
Wheeling
St. Louis
Shepherd College
George Washington University
Benjamin Franklin University
Europe
Margaret Harrison
Dwellings Permits Issued for Various Structures
Multiple building permits approved including a 29 by 50 foot chicken house and a 9 by 12 foot storage house for 800 total, a frame wash house hog-house and pen for 500, repairs to dwelling barn store and granary for 500, a 52 by 44 block garage and machine shed for 1500, a six room frame semi bungalow for 2000, and four four-room tourist cabins for 6000 near Winchester along R 50 and Parkins Mill Road.
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Russell Fletcher
Whitacre
John P. Fletcher
John W. Larrick Jr
Winchester
E. Earl Shades
Stonewall District
Shades
Parkins Mill Rd
B. Pp. Myers
Ann Curtis Outstanding Records as Athlete
Ann Curtis won the Sullivan Award in 1945 as the greatest American athlete of that year. She set 38 American records and three world records as a freestyle swimmer and is noted for her 500 yard swim in 5 minutes 7.9 seconds.
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Ann Curtis
T. O'B
Sullivan
America
Mrs Nannie Heflybower Mc Kay Dies at 60 Near Bunker Hill
Mrs. Nannie Heflybower McKay 60 wife of LeHew McKay died at her home near Bunker Hill West Virginia last night Born in Warren county she was a daughter of the late Edward Heflybower and a member of Paynes Chapel Methodist church Ridgeway Surviving include husband and five children all of Winchester a son at home a brother and a sister Services set for 2 pm EST Friday from John H Enders funeral home Berryville with Rev Edward A Plunkett officiating Interment Green Hill cemetery Berryville
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Nannie Heflybower McKay
LeHew McKay
Bunker Hill
W. Va
Warren County
Edward Heflybower
Paynes Chapel Methodist Church
Ridgeway
Jonathan Walker McKay
Winston LeHew McKay
William Buck McKay
Paul Carso
Marian McKay Vanscoy
Winchester
Kenneth Timberlake McKay
Lamar Heflybower
Spring City
Hefrybower McKay
Arlington
John H. Enders
Berryville
Edward A. Plunkett
Green Hill Cemetery
Millwood church rebuilt after devastating fire preserves walls
A Millwood church fire left limbs burned and the 1832 structure damaged yet survivors and walls largely stand. Reconstruction adds a 12 foot deep basement, heavier slate roof, and reinforced North and South walls. Architect Walter M. Macomber leads the project with contractor H N Ritter. Meade Memorial Window and seventeen other stained glass pieces were destroyed.
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Walter M. Macomber
Washington, D. C
Burke, Va
Macomber
Williamsburg
Rockefeller
Meade
Millwood and
Peterson's Ointment Promises Fast Pile Relief
An old advertisement claims over a million dollars is spent yearly on pile remedies. It promotes Peterson's Ointment as a fast soothing cure for itching, available in 40c boxes or 60c tubes, with a money back guarantee.
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Peterson
Rebuilding Christ Church in Millwood After Devastating Fire
The fire destroyed eleven stained glass windows and interior memorial tablets for families like Byrd, Wilmer, Cameron, Lees and others. The West window the Meade memorial by Huffman painting will be replaced, with funds raised by parishioners under Graham Dougherty. Bells damaged but salvageable will be recast as a memorial to Dr. Robert Carter Randolph. Services continue at Emmanuel church in Boyce until Christ Church is rebuilt in about a year.
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William Meade
Episcopal Church
Virginia
Christ Church
Huffman
Christ
Graham Dougherty
Woodley
Craighill
Robert Carter Randolph
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Boyce
Christchurch
Cunningham Chapel
Emmanuel Church
Millwood
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Terereame
Braithwaite
Cascanaeia
McCormick-Deering
C. 1
Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
Augusta County
Virgil $. Gore
Staunton, Virginia
Victor
Ford Ferguson
John Deere A & B
International H & M
Case Vac
Danuser
Allis-Chalmers B & C
Willys- Overland
Jeep
Shade Equipment CO
Martinsburg Pike
Cammer Tire CO
Handley School
N. H. McKay
Grace Moore
Copenhagen
Denmark
Forest Hills Cemetery
Chattanooga
Tenn
Beverly Twin Market
Farm Machinery and Livestock Exchange
G. K. Wagner
R. D
Elizabethtown
Sharp
Hershey, Pa
E. R. Crumpton
Camp’s
National Surgical Fitters
Lady Fitter
W. Burke St
Just
The
United States Gypsum Co
John W
Rosenberger
Braddock
T. Amoe C. Beam
Lete
Rior Et Celotex
Glaize & Bro
Pine Motor Co., Inc
Dodge-Plymouth
Chrysler Town & Country Chapman Motor Co
W. Boscawen St
the All-Purpose Vehicle Lamp Motor CO
Smuithfield Ave
B. F. GO Tennis With Posture Foundation
ICH
B. F. Goodrich
S. Loudoun St
Emma A. Grimm
Loudoun Street
R. P. Duvall, Auctioneer
Miles Noarchester
Rt. No
J. H. Vance
Frederick County Court
D.S.T
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North Loudoun St
Coleman Dunn
International
Royal
Winchester, Va
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Borden
H. H. Wisman
Newton W. Borden Strasburg, Va
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