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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1944
Page
6
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Listings show Amos n Andy facing a robbery trial on radio while Stage Door Canteen headlines with Helen Hayes Edward Horton and Joan Edwards. Other programs include Pan American Day talks by Cordell Hull and Colmery, and a late night mix of news, music, and dramas across WRC WMAL and WTOP.
Funeral services for Laura Catherine Dailey were held at the Primitive Baptist Church in Timber Ridge conducted by Elder J. A. Power. She lived 75 years and had been a church member for about 20 years. Burial followed in the church cemetery with pallbearers Ernest L. Gray Dora Braithwaite Luther Shirley I Carson Whitacre Abige Whitacre Lee Whitacre. Survived by two sons Arnold V. Dailey and Raymond L. Heironimus and two daughters Ruth Anna Whitacre and Myrle A. Dailey along with three brothers and one sister. Numerous relatives attended a rag party at Ruth M. Kerns's home. New residents moved into a house formerly occupied by N. H. DeHaven and family.
The rural Lebanon Church area records Easter visits and family gatherings. Thelma Wall and three children reunite with her parents after purchasing the Olie Windle farm. many neighbors and relatives from Wheatfield, Winchester, Cross Junction and Baltimore join Easter activities and updates on illness, military status in Italy, and a fatal auto accident near Harrisville.
Rest Virginia residents and families are mentioned in a series of social updates. Rev W F Bull hosted his Norfolk parents at the parsonage over the weekend while Frances Ridgeway from Fairmont W Va spent Easter at home. Ridgeway family gatherings, service members visiting home, and local visits to Stephenson Martinsburg Winchester Capon Bridge and Martinsburg region are noted along with hospital treatment recovery and Pomona Grange meeting attendance.
Rosenberger April 14. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hammock and children of Middletown were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. H A Snapp. Others visiting included Mr. and Mrs. Sven Miller Miss Agnes Elliott and Billy Johnson. Agnes Elliott returned to Maryland after a week with the Snapps and Miller. Sunday dinner guests at the Brewer home included Mrs. Smith Adams Maynard Brewer Glyde Keckley and daughter Patsy Winchester and Raymond Bradfield and daughter Betty Lou Colleen Rosier of Chambersville.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hours ending 8 a m at 11 inches. April to date 1.04 inches and year to date 11.28 inches. Average annual rainfall over 31 years is 35.95 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 1943 list 2.51 in January 1.95 in February 2.02 in March 3.15 in April 3.60 in May 3.83 in June 3.60 in July 3.74 in August 2.31 in September 3.45 in October 2.46 in November 2.43 in December. Statistics courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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