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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1946
Page
3
Four Winchester players join the Shepherd College football roster as selections for the team. The additions expand the squad as it prepares for the upcoming season.
The note lists Wilbur Dyke and John DeHaven as Rams backs with Leonard Newcome and Lester Singhass on the line. Davis and Elkins College opens Friday. Elkins beat Quantico Marines 14 6. Griffith Stadium hosts home games. Other items include Dunn Woolen and Berkeley Woolen tied for city softball title, Charles Town Legion blanking Williamsport 9 0 with Poffenberger relief, Staunton All Stars over Waynesboro, Valley Bowling League entries from Charlottesville to Timberville, North Mountain vs Lost City Sunday, Coal Mine Sluggers beating Mountain Falls Beginners 6 2 with Sam McDonald winning, Brown Bombers at Culpeper Sunday and home opener October 6 vs Martinsburg Athletic Club, plus a meeting at Elks Club and requests for game bookings via W H Brown 439 N Cameron St.
The local school football team starts its 1946 season tomorrow afternoon at 2 30 at Manassas. The Plan Club announces room openings for weekly meetings and a formal club opening near mid October. The club has bought a merchant license to sell soft drinks and sandwiches. Nearby clubs will be invited to attend.
Mrs. Grover C. Rose of 11 North Loudoun Street received word of the death in a Los Angeles hospital of Colonel Henry Peck Bardshar. He died Friday September 20 and was a retired mining capitalist with vast California and Mexico interests. An American War veteran who fought at San Juan Hill, he was a friend of Theodore Roosevelt and funeral services were held at Rosedale Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, the eldest Rutherford daughter, and a sister.
First performance of five new songs inspired by Anna Zenger's career will air on NBC's Highways in Melody at 8 p m Friday October 18. Kent Cooper wrote lyrics and music as a hobby, directed by Paul Lavalle. Lyrics come from Cooper's forthcoming book Anna Zenger: mother of freedom, a novelized biography.
The initials stand for United States Pharmacopeia. It is a compendium that lists standard drugs, their identity and purity criteria, and preparation directions to ensure consistent quality.
Ace Paul Becker of Reading joins professional big car racing at Airport Speedway promising high riding tactics on the half mile banked track. Chester’s Pete McKeone and veteran drivers entered include Arndt Mortimer Miller Maurer Markovich Rooney and Sweetwood. Qualifying trials begin 1 p.m. with a 2 p.m. ten lap sprint kickoff.
The veteran applies to the Regional Office of the Veterans Administration. The office processes the application and returns it. He must obtain certification from traffic authorities that he has a driver's permit or must acquire one. The dealer of his choice then co negotiates for a new car and submits the bill to the Veterans Administration.
Former Reds manager William B McKechnie orchestrates a 6-0 Reds win over the Cardinals just after being fired. Brooklyn’s pennant hopes hinge on Cardinals’ margin as the Phillies beat the Dodgers 11-9 and Dodgers stumble with a record-setting eight pitchers used. Ralph Kiner claimed NL home run lead with 23.
Virginia localities will receive about 1.5 million dollars in federal school lunch funds allocated by the state Budget Division based on lunches sold. Budget Director J H Bradford announced that no state matching funds are required though localities contribute with local money. Previously the federal government disbursed funds directly to localities.
Funeral services for Mrs Hen rietta Sibert 65 crushed to death in the basement of her summer cottage at Capon Lake West Virginia were held at Grace Lutheran Church at 2 o clock The Rev W E Eisenberg conducted the services Interment was in the family lot at Mount Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers named were Danny C Brill James Warden Henry Wertz Grover Rose Frank J Bayliss and John I Sloat
B L Baker transfers a parcel of land in Pidgeon Hill village to Lucy Elizabeth Baker. The description notes a tract about 11 2, indicating a sale or conveyance recorded in Clarke County records. No further parties or dates are given in the readable text.
Multiple property deeds recorded: Roy E Potts and others transfer to Roy E Potts Jr for a parcel on Byrd Avenue Berryville. Philip Kaplan to Gussie White for a store with apartments and attached warehouse in Longmarsh Magisterial District. a 3 acre lot in Long Marsh District. Mattie Golightly to R Bruce and Laura Golightly for land partly in Frederick County and Clarke County near Millwood turnpike totaling 218 acres. George E Anderson et al. transfer land one mile south of Boyce.
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