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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1949

Page

6

Citys Top Entertainers Set For Variety-Minshow

Local 8:15 p m variety minstrels staged at the school under Softball League auspices. Barr and Nancy Lee James open the variety with others including the Historic City Four, puppet act by C M Snapp, musical numbers by Aiken Windle Holland and Gaunt Russell, and a chorus. Interlocutor Howard Holland with a host of local performers. Finale "Now is the Hour" by Suzanne Barr and Danny Blye. Tickets by a large committee, seeking to fill the 1700 seat auditorium. no reserved seats.

Barr Nancy Lee James Jack “Hoss Charles Aiken Kenneth Windle Howard Holland Er Gaunt Eugene Russell Banks Nellie Virgie Adams Howard Holand Nat Bowen Bob Worsey Lewis Dinkle John Vogt Jack Fretwell Sam McCarty J. H. Dunn Jr Virginia Branner John Pelter Robert Legge Robert Snapp Georgia Brown Keller Russell Carfonte Moonit Bay Bugs Charles Lillie Lindy Lou Suzanne Barr Danny Blye

Minors Sue Hotel Over Father Gambling Losses

Two children of E. E. Weinstein sue Broadwater Beach Hotel in US District Court to recover 83 959 their father lost in gambling at a room described as commodious. The suit cites a 100 year old Mississippi law allowing wives’ children to sue when a father or husband loses at illegal gambling. The claim covers losses from November 7, 1944, to June 6, 1946. Weinstein, once a Biloxi store operator, faced bankruptcy as a result.

Biloxi Miss District Court Missippi Maher Jacob Judith Ann Weinstein E. E. Weinstein AAI Minneapolis Minn Broadwater Beach Faro Bank Mississippi Weinstein Bilox

Capitol Square Improvement Eyed

Richmond reports a plan to beautify Capitol Square by removing 11 features and planting 30 trees alongside safer graded walks, reseeding lawns, adding evergreens and shrubs, and installing soft flood lighting. The program, to be carried out this spring, is led by Budget Director J. H. Bradford with D. V. Chapman and H. J. Neale coordinating.

Richmond Capitol Square J. H. Bradford Bradford

Rainfall Totals and Averages Reported for April 1949

Weather data shows 24 hour precipitation at 7 am as trace. April rainfall to date records 0.21 inches, and year-to-date through 1949 shows 0.63 inches. Compare with the average annual rainfall for the period, noting the month’s deficient totals.

Monthly precipitation averages 1913 to 1948 period

The 36-year record 1913 1948 shows monthly rainfall totals in inches. January 2.47, February 1.92, March 2.91, April 3.07, May 3.68, June 3.88, July 3.81, August 3.82, September 2.58, October 3.34, November 2.50, December 2.43. Data courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.

Winchester Research Laboratory

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