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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1948
Page
8
Martinsburg city council awarded two more sections of its $1.4 million water and sewer project in a special session. Low bids totaling $61,976 went to the Dravo Corp of Pittsburgh, lowest of three bidders.
Andrew faces a major commission to design a sanitarium for a charitable trust in New Jersey, while continuing a housing development. Joan helps locate skilled local labor as delays strain progress, and Nora expands into field work for sourcing further remodeling jobs.
Grimes notes Patsy Anderson from near Winchester visiting here for a week with Mr and Mrs Harry Leight. Carrie McVay from Winchester spent a weekend with Mr and Mrs Dewey Brown. Ida Owen of Cleveland stayed a week with Mr and Mrs Brook Taylor. Ben Hubbard ill at home. Earl Smallwood of Rest and Clyde Siebert of Winchester visited Mr and Mrs Charles Hensell. Ray Bevesole of Winchester called on friends here. Olin Affleck and Lucy Leight of Winchester visited their old home. Horace Leight, employed by Lyle Strosnider Plumbing in Winchester, worked at Augusta West Virginia. Farmers busy with hay and early apples and peaches but threshing slowed by daily showers benefiting gardens and pastures.
Mrs Lucien Ashwood and children visit Mrs Elmer Mc llwee of Star Tannery. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Mike Smith at Earl Fauver home and Mrs Guy Fauver with children from Baltimore. Various locals host relatives and friends as summer continues.
A brief note states the first cash register appeared in the United States in 1879 marking a milestone in retail engineering. The item signals the early adoption of cash handling devices shaping commerce.
Eastern local time programs may vary by station with some stations changing relay times to fit schedules. Central and mountain zones require subtracting one and two hours respectively. Last minute program changes cannot be included.
A detailed August 2 radio grid lists programs by hour across ABC CBS MBS networks including News Reports News Broadcasts Music Time The Lewis Show Van Damme Quintet Bob Crosby Club Lone Ranger Drama Inner Sanctum The Falcon Adventure Our Miss Brooks Mr Tutt Quiet Please Earl Godwin Vaughn Monroe Dance Band and Dancing Continued across east and west feeds with multiple repeats and time slots.
Health officials in Asheville North Carolina banned public gatherings to combat a polio outbreak. Streets pools theaters and churches were empty though church services were exempted and residents were urged to suspend worship meetings.
A Winchester Presbyterian youth delegation leaves for the Second You Fellowship conference of Win chester Presbytery at Peterkin Conference Center near Romne. Attendees include Elizabeth Cather Yvonne Hovegna Mary Virginia Bayliss Graham Rosenberger Rev H Middleton Raynal Ada G Ba director of religious education and their staff roles noted. A train long enough to carry a year's coal output in the United States would stretch six times around the earth.
United States Government experts summarize pest warfare in a booklet with illustrations and a four page DDT section. Order for 15 cents postpaid from The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington DC. White tailed deer favor second growth trees shrubs or thickets.
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