Winchester Scouts vote to sponsor district reer at armory
The Shawnee unit of the Boy Scouts of America in Winchester voted to sponsor a district merit badge event to be held in November at City Armory. Commissioners for several packs and troops were announced by Beout Executive Herbert J. Wilkins, naming leaders for Pack No. 9, Troop 9, Explorer Post 9, Troop 40, Pack 2, Troop 2, Sea Scout Ship 2, Troop 21, and more.
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Boy Scouts of America
Winchester
City Armory
Beout
Herbert J. Wilkins
Fred Bame
Market Street Methodist Church
Maurice Grim
First Baptist Church
John Kern
Winchester Ran
Versus Sirbaugh
Lions Club
Explorer
Braddock Street Methodist Church
E. B. Cooper
J. M. Casey
Boyce
Berryville
Stephens City
Middletown
J. Pinckney Arthur
Ben Belchie
Navy honors Pollard with honorable discharge
Thomas N. Pollard son of Mr and Mrs Ralph G Pollard of 209 Worth Washington Street received his honorable discharge from the U S Navy on July 14 at Great Lakes Naval Training Station He held the rate Radio Technician First Class and Electronic Technician First Class He entered service May 14 1945 and reported for active duty July 21 1945 after graduating from Handley High Attended Radio School in service he attended further training
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas N. Pollard
Ralph G. Pollard
Worth Washington Street
Richmond
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Lakes
Handley High
Navy Seaman Graduates From Two Schools Plans RPI Study
The sailor earned graduation certificates from the Pre-Radio Material School at Hugh Manly School in Chicago and from the N T C and E B E and R M School in Gulfport Mississippi. He is discharged and stationed at the Naval Research Laboratory in Bellevue. He plans to study electronic engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy New York starting February.
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Navy
Hugh Manly
Chicago
E. B E
R. M
Gulfport
Miss
Naval Research Laboratory
Bellevue
Young Pollard
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
N. Y
Burial Letter Reveals Soldier Ralph Wisecarver’s Grave
War Department informs Mrs. Emma Wisecarver that Pfc. Ralph C. Wisecarver is buried at U. S. Military Cemetery Ste. Mere Eglise 2 Plot T Row 1 Grave 15 near Cherbourg France. He served in the 36th Infantry and was killed in action July 27 1944. Survived by two sisters Elsie Bryson and Agnes Milburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Wisecarver
Woodstock Avenue
Winchester
War Department
Pfc
Ralph C. Wisecarver
U. S. Military Cemetery
Ste. Mere Eghis 2
Cherbourg
France
United States
Pfc. Wisecarver
36Th Infantry
Elsie Bryson
Agnes Milburn
Dictionary Ad for School Children Book
A compact dictionary touted as essential for every classroom. It measures 4 by 5 1 2 inches, contains 410 pages with over 21 000 definitions and special supplements, and is offered postpaid for twenty five cents.
Request for Dictionary Copy Sent with Twenty Five Cents
A reader from the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau encloses twenty five cents in wrapped coin for a dictionary copy. The note provides street and route details for mailing to Washington D C and requests delivery to the indicated address.
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The
Winchester Evening Star. Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington 2. D
Answers to the Daily Quiz Revealed
Correct responses from Page 4 include items on pricing rates in cents per quart month and date, registration requirements, state names, animal categories, medicine ingredients, and historic figures such as Jefferson Zola and Britain.
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New Hampshire
Thomas Jefferson
Great Britain
Emile Zola
Why Twenty One Nations At Paris Peace Conference
The Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers limited invited nations to twenty one because the participants were the states that actively waged war with substantial military force against European enemies.
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Paris
Big Four Council — of Foreign Ministers
Great Britain
U. K
France
Braddock Street McVicar Resolution Adopted at Conference
Pastoral Relations Committee presented a resolution urging the return of Rev J Hawkins to Braddock Street. The conference opened in Lynchburg Va on October 16. Hawkins received a silk Geneva Pulpit Gown after receiving the Doctor of Divinity honorary degree from Randolph Macon College last June. Nomination and steward lists are noted along with officers and board members.
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McVicar
C. P. McVicar
J. Hawkins
Braddock
The
Methodist Church
Lynchburg
Board of Stewards
Hawkins
Dr. Hawkins
Randolph-Macon College
Cecil H. Bailey
C. Henderson Bailey
Earl E. Baker
Herman S. Barr
R. Frank Barr
E. P. Bean
Andrew J. Bowen
W. E. Bridgeforth
C. S. Burgess
H. W. Butler
J. W. Crider
H.W. Ebert
John L. Ghiize
Robert D. Glaize
George W. Good
Henry T. Goode
C. C. Gough
Lee Grant
Douglas O. Grimm
Lois Harmond
Woodrow Harper
Johm J. Hawse
Owen A. Hoagland
C. E. Hoffer
Norval M. Hottle
P. G. Ireland
John L. Kater
Bertha Kline
J. Walter Knee
Emory Larrick
John A. Leatherman
Robert C. Legge
D. C. Lichliter
A. C. Long
C. L. Nicodemus
E. Earl Parks
Alan C. Peery
Hoye L. Riley
John H. Rosenberger
John W. Rosenberger
Walter M. Shade
Wilmer C. Smith
Wesley L. Shiley
K. Sirbaugh
John I. Sloat
George G. Snider
Upton L. Snider
Roy B. Wickes, Jr
Nina Williams
Myrtle Miller
Russia and Stalin’s stance reshape US view on East
The article discusses shifts in American sentiment as Soviet policy under Stalin is questioned. It notes reduced sympathy for Germany and speculates on internal pressures in Russia. Possible easing of internal tensions is suggested by Stalin’s remarks on compatibility of Communism and Capitalism.
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East
Russia
United States
Stalin
Why some Pennsylvania farmhouses have two front doors
The Pennsylvania Dutch built houses without dining rooms so entry went straight to the kitchen. To avoid embarrassing guests during meals they introduced a second front door that opened directly into the parlor.
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Pennsylvania
Berryville Pigeons Dominate National Show Circuit
Berryville breeders Eustace and Ed Jackson swept top honors at the Third District Meet of the American Carneau Association in Hagerstown, earning Champion Red Champion Black Champion White Best Display 1946 Carneau Best Display all ages and Grand Champion Carneau on old Red Cock. Charles Jackson added a major Modena win at the National Modena Club show in Hagerstown, as Berryville hosts and club members plan a regular meeting schedule at the Methodist Church social rooms.
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Pigeon World
Eustace
Ed Jackson
Berryville
Charles Jackson
Ed. Jackson
Hagerstown
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Iowa
Texas
Jackson
Hagerstown Modena Club
Stephens City Forms New Lions Club With 38 Members
The Stephens City Lions Club closed its charter membership with 38 members. Offcers were elected and planning for Charter Night ceremonies set for Tuesday October 22 in Winchester. The Winchester Club sponsors and hosts the event which will be a Ladies Night.
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Stephens City Lions Club
Winchester
Winchester Club
James W. Galliday
Robert E. Ayler
Earl C. Day
P. E. Lineburg
A. R. Marks
Howard R. Mills
Lion Tanner
French T. Reid
Much Ado About Nothing Shines In Local Play
The Bristol Herald Courier praises JET sponsored Much Ado About Nothing staged at Handley High School in Abingdon with a witty modern charm. The production features 27 actors in 70 costumes, directed by Owen Phillips, and set under Barter Theatre sponsorship and Winchester Junior Board of Trade involvement.
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Bristol Herald Courier
Abingdon
JBT
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Handley High School
Messina
Italy
Don Pedro
Prince of Aragon
Leonato
Benedick
Claudio
Hero
Don John
the Herald Courier
Pat Havens
Barter Theatre
Bess Reitzel Martin
Shakespeare
Richard Martin
Montgomery Hare
Owen Phillips
Chancy Horsley
Joan
Barter Theatre to Stage Four Plays This Season
DeWeese stars as Beatrice and Warriner as Verges in Barter Theatre productions with Nelson as Benedick and Gates as Dogberry. Three other plays Blithe Spirit State Of The Union and Wings Over Europe follow on Friday nights. Season tickets for the four plays are five dollars including tax, available by calling the JET office at 3390. Student balcony seats for the first play are sixty cents including tax.
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Europe
Barter Theatre
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Winchester News Briefs
Charles Pine
Charles A. Pine
Pine
Star of
Floorlife
John W. Rosenberger & CO
Tia Sy
Mai
Washington, D. C
Chappie
Brumback & Sons
Kin
Selma Kronenfeld
Gander
Newfoundland
Joseph Pomex
Braddock Street
Children’s
Board of Education
John J. Hawse
A. C .Long
Hoye Riley
Golden Cross
H W. Butler
Walter Shade
Mrydle Miller
Germany
R. Garron CO
N. Loudoun ST
Room
Berryville Pigeons
U. S
Earl L. Ford
Irvin I. Williams
J. Daniel Brumback
Halsey T. Green, Jr
Julian C. Gregory
Harry D. Lovett
C. F P. Nicholas
C. C. Rhodes
Robert K.stickley
Claude Strickler
Frank R. Welch
Ralph Bauserman
Henry J. Carbaugh
Richard O. Clem
Lewis Gollday
Marshall H. Lovett
Leslie
Howard E. Massie
W. Lomax Parker
David C. Petrie
Stuart D. Pence
Gervis E. Lemley
G. B. Masters Life Insurance Co
All Models Woods
Amherst St
General Typewriter Exchange
California
Peg
Buncatteer Tire CO
Cor, Braddock & Germain Sts
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation
Coca-Cola CO
Coca-Cola
E. E. Harbaugh
Mer
Mpany BY Works, Inc
Valley Avenue
Coke Club
Morton Downey
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