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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 27, 1950

Page

8

Air Show Winners Display Their Prizes at Exchange Event

Winners shared trophies at the Exchange Club Air Show on Senseny Road Park attracting hundreds despite cold. Rudolph Rogers Jr won two firsts in Under and Open classes. Mayes claimed two second places and a plane kit. Nichols earned third in Beauty. Bennington topped a kit prize. Judges Steve and Harry Thorpe oversaw judging. Thorpe’s P38 crashed. Flying Saucer demo by Fred Rich impressed spectators. All entrants belonged to the Balsa Butchers Model Club which earned the club’s thanks.

ATR Exchange Club Senseny Rd Leon Slavin Exchange Rudolph Rogers, Jr W. Clifford St Courtney Bennington Bartonsville Joseph Nichols Montague Ave Charles Mayes Albin Shirley Bly Exchange Air Show Rogers Mayes Nichols Bennington Steve Harry Thorpe Martinsburg Model Aviation Club Fred Rich S. Stewart St Steve Thorpe Balsa Butchers Model Club

Prospect of Peace Takes Effect Amid War Support Fears

Washington reports warn that peace propaganda and the prospect of ending the Korean conflict threaten renewed military strength. Officials cite past postwar demobilization patterns and urge continued mobilization, production, and supply rebuilding to deter further Communist aggression.

Washington Russia Congress Czechoslovakia

Union seeks 10 percent wage hike at Alcoa

In Pittsburgh a CIO union demands a 10 percent wage increase for Alcoa workers with no date set for response. A concession letter notes the offer would lift pay by about 14.25 cents per hour for 30,000 production workers across 23 plants while 15,000 salaried employees would also gain.

Pittsburgh ALCOA Thimmel CIO Arkansas Detroit

Mrs Forney Dies at 50 in Winchester

Mrs. Mary O Leary Forney, 50, died yesterday at 8 p m at 109 E Clifford St a resident of Sulphur Springs Road She was born in Middletown Sept 2 1900 daughter of Daniel and Mollie O Leary She belonged to Sacred Heart Church and Friendship Fire Co Ladies Auxiliary Funeral Friday at 10 a m from Jones Funeral Home with Father J F Bullock and Dr S L F Picking officiating Burial in Sacred Heart Cemetery Pallbearers listed including Frank Graves and John L Shine Surviving husband G W Forney son Staff Sgt Garland L Patton with USAF in Texas three brothers and a sister noted.

Mary O’leary Forney E. Clifford St Sulphur Springs Middletown Daniel and Mollie O'Leary Sacred Heart Catholic Church Friendship Fire Co. Ladies Auxiliary Winchester Steam Laundry G. W. Forney Garland Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery Frank Graves Howard Orndorff Lavan Dunn John L. Shine Justin Kelchner James Purtlebaugh

Beaver Diet: Bark of Trees Principal Food Source

Beavers are strictly vegetarian and do not eat fish or insects. Their principal food is the bark of trees.

Malik quotes on Soviet American peace talks in Moscow papers

A Moscow dispatch reports Malik supports a meeting of U S and Russian leaders. The Maryland peace committee and Malik discussed disarmament, no first use of atomic weapons, and exchange of information. Maryland delegates praised Malik and planned to ask U S delegates similar questions.

Jacobs Malik Maryland New York Moscow Malik Russia United States Committee For the Struggle For Peace Baltimore Ussr Security Council J. A. Malik United Nations

When did the Protestant Episcopal Church adopt its name

The term Protestant Episcopal Church appeared in colonial times to describe the church. Rev Thomas Barton used it in a 177 petition and in 1780 a convention voted to name the American church Protestant Episcopal Church, rejecting Reformed Episcopal Church as an alternative.

Protestant Episcopal Church Church of Grand Thomas Barton

Dock S. Hubbard Rites Conducted

Funeral services for Dock S. Hubbard were held yesterday at 2 p.m. from the Jones Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert A. Whitten officiating. Burial took place in National Cemetery. Pallbearers were Frank Ritter, Samuel Shawbridge, C. S. Miller, W. E. Jackson, T. A. Slattery and William Link.

Puneral Hubbard Jones Puneral Robert A. Whitten National Cemetery Frank Ritter Samuel Shawbridge C.S. Miller W. E. Jackson T. A. Slattery William Link

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