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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1952

Page

2

Community Concert Drive Nears End

Final day on tomorrow for the Community Concert Drive as members close out membership and select a third concert. Mrs. Marjorie Lee from New York City meets with the local committee to finalize the event and urges volunteers to submit reports early. No single tickets are available and no tickets can be bought after tomorrow evening.

Monte Cute Membersnip 'Sts Saeictee Marjorie Lee New York City

Adlai Campaign Meeting Set in Richmond for Southern Demo

State Democratic invitation to meet with party chairmen from other Southern states in Atlanta on October 1 to coordinate the Stevenson Sparkman campaign across the region.

Richmond Atlanta

Odd Quiz Answers Rattle Through A Fragmented Text

The passage lists scattered quiz answers including Tee 1 Thomas Jefferson and Mediterranean. It mentions As You Like It and Eight, with references to Stonewall and Worsted. The garbled lines hint at a Central dealin of the fr wana and the first Wanston continental railway.

Thomas Jefferson Wanston Tinental Railway

Winchester Nursing School Enrolls 26 In New Class

Twenty six girls join the September 1952 55 class at Winchester Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. Administrator Homer E. Albert notes the class will take three years to complete, bringing total students to 63. Seven new students are from the city.

Winchester Memorial Hospital School of Nursing Homer E. Albert Mary Joan Foltz E. Gerrard St Elise Irene Hauptman Boyd Ave Betty Jane Journell Sarah Ann Loy Betty Jayne Bowman Mr Jackson Nancy Catherine Cram Donna Mae Combs Patricia Elizabeth Golliday Ae Grace Lewis W Va Flora Rith Mary Lou William Owings Rhoda Landon B. Whitacre Whitacre James Wood High School Marika Whitacre John Whitacre Arvilla Snyder Nancy Cather Newton Cather Round Hill PHA

Adventists Mark 100th Anniversary Growth of Mission Work

The article notes the Adventist movement’s centennial with enrollment surpassing one million and operations in 194 countries across 716 languages. It highlights James White writing Bible lessons for youth in 1852 using a lunch basket, the origin of Sabbath school work that has expanded its membership dramatically.

James White Rochester N. Y Bangor Maine White Sabbath School

Hurricane forms off Florida coast travels northward

A hurricane formed suddenly and moved parallel to the Florida coast about 420 miles east-southeast of Jacksonville. It travels slowly at 10 mph with winds reaching 85 mph near its center and gusts up to 100 mph. Weather officials say no coast threat is seen yet but will monitor Carolina coast later today. Small craft urged to stay in port.

Miami Fla Florida Jacksonville Weather Bureau Atlantic Georgia Carolina Coas

Midway Flanks Cherbourg After North Sea Exercise

The U S aircraft carrier Midway with escort ships entered Cherbourg France to rest after Operation Mainbrace a 12 day North Sea warfare drill.

Cherbourg France U. S Midway

Sept sales directory lists auctions across Virginia and nearby states

A compiled sales directory shows multiple auctions on Sept 27 to Oct 11 at locations including Stephens City Winchester Gore Strasburg Brucetown and Capon Bridge. Items range from furniture and household goods to farm equipment real estate livestock and office gear with various auctioneers and estate notices.

Wueeeaee Winchester Broad Pie Ridge White H. P. Pugh Auc Aucrr Fred County Court House N. Loudoun E. T. Snider Rosa M. Larrick Conn Laura V. Ashley Lilly Barritt Winchester Sulphur Spring Chas. Duvall Joseph A. Massie, Jr Joseph B. Newlin Frederick County Court House Rosenberger Mill Road W. F. Artrip, Jr First National Bank of Katie G. Myerly Brucetown Luther N Schaffenaker Capon Bridge W. Va Sandy Hollow Road Omar Pugh

4 H and FFA Winners Highlight Local Fair Awards

The page details 4-H and FFA results with multiple firsts and champions. Highlights include Susan Stine and Kent Bailey among top 4-H and FFA exhibitors, George Cather and James Sumption as leading club members, and 110 FPA boys plus 72 4-H Club boys exhibiting. Full lists to appear in tomorrow's Star.

Paul Giles FFA Susan Stine George Cather Hampshire Donald Lockhart James Sumption Hampshire Broilers Cecil Artrip FPA Hampshires Ronald Brown Cecil Aruip Kent Bailey Stanley Bauschman Ieee

Polio Continues To Set Record

The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis notes a fifth straight record week with 4 180 new polio cases reported by the U S Public Health Service for the week ended Sept 20 raising the national total to 35 601 for the year.

New York National Foundation For Foundation U. S. Public Health Service

EUB Conference Moves Ahead as Schedule Sets

The 153rd Virginia Conference Evangelical United Brethren Church session progresses with devotions sermons and music. Reports come from Dr O T Deever and others on evangelism stewardship ministerial training and administration. Evening programs feature a piano marimba duo from Shenandoah College. Sessions continue through tomorrow ending with a Sunday worship service.

Virginia Evangelical United Brethren Church O. T. Deever Dayton Ohio D. A Maysville W. Va J. A Harrisonburg Patti Arden Clara Hull Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music Evangelism Night Ver H. W. Kaebrick William B. Obaugh Petersburg R. L. Brill Dayton, Va Committee On Ways and Shenandoah College Troy R. Brady Gruver Lebanon Valley College Frederick K. Miller Quincy Tomorow

Governor's Day At State Fair Highlights and Winners

Governor Battle and state officials visited the Atlantic Rural State Fair for a 2:30 p.m. dedication of a new junior club building and plaque presentations. Paul W. Teegardin Jr. of Ashville Ohio won the grand champion junior steer, a shorthorn. Open Hereford class winners included Old Elkton Farm Forest and Albion Farm Fredericksburg with reserves to Snecker Brothers Highland County and R H Mattissen Hume.

Richmond Atlantic Ruralion Battle Axa Yesteray Paul W. Teegardin Jr Ashville Snecker Brothers Highland County Old Elkton Farm Forest Birdwood Farms Charlottesville Albion Farm Fredericksburg R. H. Matthissen Hume

Polio Year Records Highlight 1952 Case Surge

The 1952 polio year ranks as the second highest on record with incidence 4 377 cases higher than the comparable period in 1949. The current surge surpasses the 1949 epidemic by this margin, marking a notable rise in reported polio activity.

Attack on Kennan Unjustified, Says Secretary of State

Secretary Acheson condemned Pravda's attack on Ambassador George Kennan as unjustified. He noted Kennan described life in Moscow comparable to wartime German internment, a calm accurate portrayal of conditions. Kennan had spoken during a stopover on Sept 19 about Russians avoiding any Germans.

Washington Acheson George F. Kennan Moscow Pravda Soviet Union Russia Kennan

O D Shank Dies In Harrisonburg

Oliver DeWitt Shank 65 a retired Harrisonburg businessman died at his home after a Saturday stroke He partnered in Harrisonburg Candy and Fruit Co and kept an interest in a S and F Distributing branch run by his son in law Jack Fretwell Survived by his widow five children two sisters and one brother Funeral arrangements not yet completed

Oliver DeWitt (Dee) Shank Harrisonburg Harrisonburg Candy and Fruit Company S. and F. Distributing Company Jack Fretwell Daniel P Mary Catherine Ruff Shenk Frances Bell Della 8. Dovel Fred R. Shank Mt. Crawford

Rescue Completed on Greenland Ice Cap Crew Saved

The British air ministry reports a rescue plane retrieved the final nine members of a bomber crew stranded on an ice cap since a Sept. 16 crash. The operation ends a long rescue effort under harsh conditions.

London British Air Ministry Greenland

Can Displaced Persons Still Come to the United States

The Displaced Persons Act has expired and no one may enter the United States under that act today.

United States

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