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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1949
Page
6
A work stoppage by maintenance workers of the Po Valley electric co op threatens power to thousands of rural farms in the southwest unless government or state intervention occurs. Grover Johnson, the co op president, cautions that outages may persist as the dispute unfolds.
Funeral services for Mrs Wal ie Cooper were held at Mt Olive United Brethren church with Rev L C Messick and Rev Donald Austin officiating. Interment followed beside her husband William A Cooper who died ten years earlier. Pallbearers included Charles Lineburg Grover Carper Earl Rinker Milbourne Wiley Hale Ed Stotler. Attendees from Mor gantown Star City Elk Ridge Md and Smithfield Pa etc.
J Earle Funk a major west Rockingham orchardist reports near total loss in the Singer Glen area as Ruddle and E P Lee say nearly all early varieties were wiped out by the freeze, marking one of the worst experiences for growers in Rockingham county.
The Commission on Reorganization of the Executive Branch of the Government was created under an act of the 80th Congress. On September 29, 1947, President Truman named Herbert Hoover chairman of a 12 member board to study simplification and economy in federal government organization.
Rev. Jenning Hobson Jr. of Bluefield accepted the rectorship of Nelson parish in Jefferson county and will arrive at Summit Point in late June. A Virginia Theological Seminary graduate, he recently returned from missionary work in Alaska. The Greeks and Etruscans passed the ring wearing custom to the Romans.
Data shows 24 hour precipitation ending 7 am on April 3 1949 and year to date rainfall at 2.12 inches with total to date 8.54 inches. Average annual rainfall for 36 regions or periods noted in the report.
The data show monthly average rainfall in inches from January 1913 to December 1948. Figures: Jan 2.47, Feb 1.92, Mar 3.91, Apr 3.07, May 3.68, Jun 3.88, Jul 3.81, Aug 3.82, Sep 2.58, Oct 3.34, Nov 2.50, Dec 2.43. Courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
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