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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1940
Page
6
Misses Colleen and Jean Calvert of Accoquan Virginia were guests last week of their cousin Miss Nancy Parker in Stephens City. They were escorted home as far as Martinsburg.
The town notes several weddings including Dr E B Powers and Martha Snyder of Lewis Town and Marshal Venable with Mary Frances Barr of Strasburg. Local visits include Miss Nellie Long in Rockville and Miss Maxie Galliday returning with her brother Leslie Golliday from York. Community members travel for care and visits as Mr Athey Sargent recovers at home.
Pattern 6754 offers two borders about 2% by 30 inches and 12 corner motifs around 312 by 5 inches with stitching illustrations. Send 10 cents to Winchester Dept at 259 W 14th St New York to obtain. include NAME ADDRESS and PATTERN NUMBER.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia said directors authorized expenditures exceeding $1,000,000 for plant construction and equipment installation at several exchanges in Virginia. Robert C. McCann noted about $6,260,000 has been authorized to date this year for Virginia improvements, including a new building project in Winchester as part of the expansion program.
SCOTTSBLUFF Neb Aug 3 Bob Nerud 21 wanted to be a rodeo star and Bossie the family cow was the only practice animal. Bossie startled when Bob climbed aboard bolted toward a fence and tossed him. A horn caught him as he went over. Injuries are not serious but the incident cooled his rodeo ambitions.
At a downtown intersection in Winfield Kansas a woman slumped over her car wheel prompted a passerby police officer who tapped her shoulder. She explained she was waiting for the red light to change.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hours ending 8 a.m. none, August to date none, and year to date 23.87 inches. The 27 year average by month from 1913 to 1939 lists January 2.56 inches through December 2.39, with the average annual rainfall 35.53 inches. Statistics courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
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