Park Baseball Team To End 1946 Season Sunday
The Winchester Park baseball team will end its season Sunday afternoon at 3 against Clarke County All-Stars. Buckner and White Post organize the Clarke nine. starting lineup not yet set. If Bobby Houghton is home he may pitch for Park, else Swanson or Brumbaugh will handle pitching. Park seeks its eighth straight win and 20th victory of the season after a 19–9–2 record.
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Winchester Park
Clarke County
Clarke
Buckner
White Post
Bobby Houghton
Park
Duke
Swanson
Brumbaugh
Valley League opens with upsets and high scoring games
Fields in West Virginia and Virginia opened the Valley Athletic League schedule with fresh results. Shepherdstown edged Berryville 13 8, Hedgesville beat Stephens City 26 19, and Boyce routed Stonewall 51 31 as Estep scored four touchdowns for Boyce.
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Boyce Hedgesville
Shepherds
Stonewall
Stephens City
Berryville
Boyce
Shepherdstown
Berryvill
Hedgesville
Berryville High School
McDonald
Kerdstown
Locke
West Virginia
Lowe
Ambrose
Strider
Hedgesville High School
Clarke County
Stonewall High School
Estep
Casey
Cone
Bell
Weir
Kackley
Stickles
Card of Thanks for William Larrick death
The family thanks friends and neighbors for flowers and kindness after the death of their father William Larrick. Signed by Mrs. William Larrick and the children.
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William Larrick
Dairy cattle and horses sale in Front Royal area
Auction listing for October 2 at 1 p m on Front Royal Road 4 miles south of Winchester. Sale headed by J. J. Russell offering dairy cattle and horses.
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Front Royal Road
Winchester
J. J. Russell
Front Royal Pike
Rainfall totals and monthly averages from 1913 to 1945
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hours ending 7 a m at 1.16 inches, September to date 1.98 inches, and 33 year average annual rainfall 36.49 inches. Monthly totals include January 2.49, February 1.97, March 2.97, April 3.14, May 3.63, June 8.85, July 3.82, August 3.76, September 2.58, October 3.37, November 2.45, December 2.46. Statistics courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Opening Conference Football Draws Big Crowds
N C State meets Duke in Raleigh while Virginia Tech faces North Carolina at Chapel Hill as about 100000 attend Friday openings across the Southern Conference. Maryland hosts Bainbridge Naval Training Station with Shaughnessy’s A formation, and crowds top 35000 at Athens and Raleigh for major games.
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Associated Press
N. C. State
Duke
Raleigh
Virginia Tech
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
South Carolina
Newberry
Columbia
Richmond
Virginia Military Institute
University of Richmond
College Park
University of Maryland
Bainbridge Naval Training Station
Tech
Wallace Wade
Wolfpack
North
Jack Fitch
Maryland
Clark Shaughnessy
Commodores
Wake Forest
Boston College
Boston
University of Miami
William and Mary
University of Georgia
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Athens
Southern California
Washington State
the Citadel
Presbyterian
University of Houston
West Texas State
Drake
Texas Mines
Southeastern Louisiana
Louisiana College
Kansas
Denver
Ottawa
Eas
Bethel
C. Montana
Drexel
Central Michigan
Bowling Green
Ohio
Detroit
Scranton
Furman
Wofford
Temple
Southern Methodist
Southwestern
Baker
Charles Oliver Himelright Dies Of Heart Attack
Charles Oliver Himelright 67 a Star Tannery Virginia resident died last night at 9 at the home of W P Lineburg in Clary after a heart attack he had just entered the Lineburg store. Born July 6 1879 in Star Tannery he was the son of the late Joseph M and Sara Rebecca Himelright He is survived by wife Vernie Himelright and children Lovess Himelright Mrs Charles Lichliter Preston Himelright of Strasburg Mrs Hubert Henry of Front Royal Dallas Himelright of Winchester two step daughters Mrs Homer Orndorff Star Tannery and Mrs Nellie Fries Washington DC plus four sisters Mrs Kate Blanchfield Mrs George Feathers Strasburg Mrs Kurtz Butler Clearbrook Mrs Eugene Brown Stephenson Virginia and 19 grandchildren Friends and relatives will meet at 10 30 a m Sunday at Stover Funeral Home Strasburg for the funeral service at Gravel Springs Lutheran Church at 11 30 a m conducted by Rev E N Smith Interment Gravel Springs Cemetery Pallbearers Elijah Pifer C Hershman Hester Himelright R P Sager Elmer Orndorff Hollis Reynolds
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Charles Oliver Himelright
Star Tannery
W. P. Lineburg
Clary
Himelright
Lineburg
Joseph M
Sara Rebecca Himelright
Vernie Himelright
Lovess Himelright
Charles. Lichliter
Preston Himelright
Strasburg
Hubert Henry
Front Royal
Dallas Himelright
Winchester
Homer Orndorff
Nellie Fries
Washington, D. C
Kate Blanchfield
George Feathers
Kurtz Butler
Clearbrook
Eugene Brown
Stephenson
Vsa
Charles Racey
L. C. Himelright
J. H. Himelright
Gravel Springs Lutheran
E. N. Smith
Gravel Springs
Stover
Elijah Pifer
C. Hershman
Hester Himelright
R. P. Sager
Elmer Orndorff
Hollis Reynolds
Post Season Playoffs Loom as Cards and Dodgers Tie for First
The St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers head into the final weekend tied for first in the National League with two games left. Chicago’s Cubs fueled a 7-2 win over St Louis to pull even, while Hank Borowy earned his 12th victory despite a hand blister.
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Associated Press
St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Sportsman’s Park
Dodgers
Boston
Braves
Ebbets Field
Chicago
Cubs
Red Birds
Brusks
Hank Borowy
Cards
Hooks Wyse
Birds
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
New York
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Stan Hack
Cardinals
Bob Feller
Indians
Rube Waddell
Detroit Tigers
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Answers to the daily quiz printed on Page 4 list items: Didt. Fala Florida sixty six years old St. Louis Browns France two years Dr. Albert Einstein rejected the proposal more dollars in 1945 and 1944.
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Didt
Fala
Florida
St. Louis
MacArthur Breaks Silence On Philippines Air Losses War Start
Tokyo September 26 General MacArthur stated that American air forces in the Philippines were outnumbered and unable to win. He cited inadequate equipment maintenance and outdated planes, saying they were overwhelmed by the enemy. He denied any prior recommendation to attack Formosa.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
U. S
Manila
Philippines
Lewis H. Brereton
Philippine Air Force
Brereton
Richard Sutherland
Formosa
Clark Field
Why six horse caisson riders differ in funeral drill
A War Department note says there is no special meaning to three ridered horses versus three riderless ones in a six horse caisson. It is an old Field Artillery custom treated as standard procedure.
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War Department
Lions Enter Mrs Kiracofe in Berryville Show
Winchester Lions Club selected Mrs. Kiracofe of Del Rio Texas to represent Clarke County at the Berryville beauty pageant to be held at Berryville High School Friday night October 4th. The club seeks first prize with this candidate while photographers covered the event at the Farmers and Merchants National Bank.
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Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Kiracofe
Winchester Lions Club
Clarke County Lions Club
Berryville High School
Texas
del Rio
Winchester
Jesse Kiracofe
Lions Club
Berryville
Ben Cather
Ducky Pehlman Enters Last Minute Airport Speedway Race
Reading Pennsylvania driver Charles Ducky Pehlman joins Sacks Do Hal for the Airport Speedway program tomorrow afternoon. Pehlman, winner of five features in six starts, seeks to extend his streak on the banked oval against rivals Magill Becker Van Hook Keller and McKeone. Gates open early. qualifying at 1 p.m. with three 10 lap sprints at 2 p.m. and a 20 lap final.
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Charles ‘‘Ducky” Pehlman
Reading
Airport Speedway
Pehlman
Magill
Becker
van Hook
Keller
McKeone
Kermit Batt
leave accrual cash and bonds for service members
In active service personnel who have 61 to 120 days of accumulated leave as of September 1 1946 will be paid in cash and bonds for the portion over 60 days. On September 1 they will have 60 days leave credited. As leave time accrues they must take leave or lose the credit.
World animal varieties and farm wage shifts in war era
The dialogue estimates about two million animal forms with many extinct. among the surviving roughly seven to eight thousand are mammals. It notes farm wages rose from 29.40 to 85.90 dollars monthly between January 1940 and January 1946, a 192 percent increase.
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Buddy Artrip
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J. G. Holsinger & Son
Court Square
DE Gowen
Chapman Motor CO
Adam Fall
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Pine Motor CO
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Molden Electric CO
S. Loudoun St
Buncutter Tire CO
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Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation
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