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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1941
Page
7
Fort George Meade hosts a four hour night practice simulating wartime conditions without bullets under acting regimental commander Stephen B Puller. Lieut Col Lyon reports the exercise as a partial success with lessons in map reading and compass navigation across three courses.
In Danville Indiana on April 29 a group of six local school boys from a distant school arrived to clear and spade most of the garden of Richard L. Hedge who has been ill for 20 years and bedfast most of that time. His income comes solely from selling bulbs from the small plot.
William H. Billens ran a sandwich shop at 5700 West Washington Street. After moving five miles to 2606 East Tenth Street, his dog, missing for a year, was found scratching at the new door.
Stephens City students organized committees for the 8 S C A meeting with staff, and clubs including F F A and Home Economics held joint sessions. The baseball team prepared for the 1941 season with a first league game slated for April 22 at Winchester Ball Park, and a practice schedule featuring players led by Harold Bolen and Henry Carbaugh.
The first rule of a good host is to make guests feel at home and invite congenial companions. Provide universal entertainment to keep the party lively and avoid lag. A cooperative guest is favored. attend with others and refrain from expecting constant entertainment.
Middleway WV April 29 a farmer on the Ramey farm reports a freak calf with two heads and necks, potentially weighing 140 to 150 pounds. Dr Hardin reportedly has the calf at his Leetown home. Local notes include Mr and Mrs B H Locke visiting Martinsburg, F E Hate advancing with a bungalow at the Opequon bridge, and Mrs Rose G Kearns visiting Washington DC relatives. The Charles Town stock sale drew many locals as lambs sold well at high prices. Ralph Cain and family moved to Ridgeway for new work opportunities.
High ranking army officials will attend the formal delivery of the first 37 MM anti aircraft gun carriage to the army by the Koppers Company Bartlett-Hayward division in Baltimore. Attending executives include Me Koppersee eee Wesson chief of ordnance Gen C T Harris Jr Brig Gen O B Lewis Brig Gen G M Barnes Brig Gen R W Case and Brig Gen J B Rose along with Governor O Connor and Mayor W Jackson.
Albuquerque April 29 Rep Clinton Anderson of New Mexico jokes about horses during a chat at the station. He says he plans to bring several New Mexico mounts and a western saddle back to Washington.
Ohio State University announces a five year plan for a two year curriculum aimed at broad life understanding. The program targets nontraditional students and emphasizes English literacy scientific problem solving social factors literature art and philosophy with President Emeritus Rightmire teaching American democracy.
Winifred Walker born September 18 1923 in Orkney Springs Virginia is the smallest senior girl in her class and active since year two of high school. She held roles in the Girls Athletic Association Finance Board Sophomore Class B Home Economics Club and won second prize for an essay on the value of a health unit in Frederick County during 1939 40. Her ambition is to be a great pianist and she attends the United Brethren Church. Betty Jean Snapp earned a Gold Five Pointer for dental and medical certificates acknowledging high achievement and health.
The Winchester event on Friday April 18 featured seventh grader Letcher Messick and first grader Eleanor Pranklin among participants. Nettie Lou Brill Jacquelin Loy Betty Gent Ruth Fisher James Earl Ewing Eva Belle Walker Nancy Perry Barbara Huffman Bobbie Seal also took part in the Student Cooperative Association activities.
In Garden City Kansas on April 29 one hundred primary school students paid a seven cent laboratory fee to fund a seven mile train trip to Holcomb.
The Roosevelt administration expanded the presidential secretariat to twelve aides with a combined salary over $100,000. Wayne Coy of Delphi, Indiana, joins as liaison to the office of emergency management and defense agency. Other aides include Hopkins Early Watson McIntyre Lehand McReynolds Rowe Currie Mellet Minton Casey and others.
An annual state-wide Virginia finance officers school will be held in Richmond June 4-5 under Carl H. Chatters, executive director of the Municipal Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada. Sponsored by the Virginia Public Finance Officers Association with the State Division of Trade and Industrial Education and the League of Virginia Municipalities, the event will address defense financing in cities and towns.
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