Weather totals and rainfall by month for a 26 year period
Present and past rainfall totals show 24 hour precipitation none. August to date 0.96 inches and year to date 31.78 inches, based on a 26 year period 1913 to 1938 inclusive. Monthly values list January 2.53 February 1.98 March 2.94 April 3.20 May 3.64 June 3.58 July 3.34 August 3.68 September 2.36 October 3.13 November 2.32 December 2.40. Average annual rainfall for past 26 years 35.09 inches. Statistics courtesy Winchester Research.
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Winchester Research
Local notes from Boyce and nearby towns
Community briefs report attendances at funerals and visits among families in Boyce Clarke and Bowling Green Virginia. Notable items include the death of Mrs E L Bull and several relatives visiting in Loudoun Winchester Milldoon and Luray.
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John Royston
Isabelle
Luray
J. W. Eddy
Thomas Eddy
Loudoun County
Clark Frasier
Hopewell
Cecil Hemler
Herbert Frasier
Dutch Butler
Winchester
Boyce
Atlantic City
Hilda McKay
Washington, D. C
B. B. McKay
Milldoon
John R. Jackson
Amos Clary
Bowling Green
Clarke
B. W. Petty
E. L. Bull
Burglar Ring Targets Shelbyville House Twice
After Bartlett VanDersen took a night job in Indianapolis his wife stayed with friends. Burglars ransacked the Shelbyville home on two consecutive nights prompting police and residents to guard the place on the third night.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Bartlett VanDersen
Indianapolis
Britain’s War Time Food Ministry Aims to Shield Supply
Britain has created a war time food ministry and funded storage ahead of recess to guard against a possible Danzig crisis. Britain relies on imports for about 75 percent of its food and has begun stockpiling wheat whale oil and sugar plus petroleum in case sea routes are disrupted.
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New York
Britain
Danzig
England
Economist
London
Germany
White Hall Notes from Virginia Social Visit
White Hall Virginia notes list visitors from Winchester Berkeley Springs Frostburg Midlnd Fairmont and Richmond with guests at the Bageant Anderson Carr Strother and Smelly homes. Reunion at Joseph Hancher's August 3 and a hospital recovery update for Delmar Saville after Memorial Hospital Winchester operation.
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White Hall
Marshall
Winchester
Bryce Hesley
Hines
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Raymond Berry
Midland
T. McCormick
Frostburg
Roy Bageant
William Mason
Fairmont
A. L. Anderson
Hancher
Joseph Hancher
Loyd Carr
Joseph
Herbert
Thurman W. Carr
Delmar Saville
Memorial Hospital
Frances
Hazel Bageant
Opal Tusing
Colleen
Ona Lee Bageant
Margie Shumaker
Washington, D. C
Frances Strother
Baltimore
B. F. Strother
C. W. Lamp
Carson Shade
Shanghai
Herbert Smelly
Richmond
Louise Hague Smelly
Lebanon Church Notes Share Local Visits and Tragedy
Mrs June Richard visited Strasburg on business. Families from Mine Bank and Winchester visited local relatives. The community mourns the sudden death of Mrs Susan Henderlite at Blue Ridge Sanitorium after eleven months ill health. Friends and relatives attended her funeral and visitors called at several homes.
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Vivian McDonald
Hilda
Charlotte
Cecil
James McDonald
Mine Bank
Newton Shaver
Margaret Fauver
Susan Henderlite
Blue Ridge
J. J. Keller
Mayme Miller
Glenna Dodson
Iva Mae
Marjorie Snarr
Mildred I. Brown
Elmer Snarr
Cora Snarr
Ida Keller
W. L. Whittington
Strasburg
Marshal Hayden
Julius Keller
Walter and
Statton Bowers
Glenn Dodson
Lena Estep
Clark Orndorff
Winchester
Atkins
Evelyn Henderlite
A. E. Keller
D. S. Stover
Frances George
Emily Snarr
Virginia Lee
Frances
Ann
Clifton
Arlington
W. L. Snarr
Thur Beeler
Joe Pence
Sweeney Brothers Run Against Each Other in 19th Ward
Pittsburgh candidates Hugh Sweeney and his brother Michael seek the 19th ward alderman seat on rival party tickets. They share campaign notices reading Vote For Sweeney with no party tag, cutting costs and keeping a cordial stance.
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Pittsburgh
Hugh Sweeney
Michael
19Th Ward
Sweeney
Rain Prayers Held as Fullerton Sees Wet Spell
In Pullerton Nebraska parishioners at St Peters Catholic Church prayed for rain to ease crop distress. Over two nights Fullerton recorded 0.34 inches while other county areas collected 0.75 to 1.50 inches.
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Pullerton
Neb
Parisoners
St. Peters Catholic Church
Fullerton
Pennsylvania Starts State Run Work for Relief Plan
Harrisburg officials unveil a fully state funded work for relief program targeting 200 000 recipients. Funds $76 million yearly cover transportation materials and wages. projects focus on highways buildings parks and streams with initial idea to rid Pittsburgh of ragweed and hay fever.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Howard L. Russell
Public Assistance
Pittsburgh
Milldale Notes Update From Virginia Visits
MiLldale notes list several family visits including Graydon Cox and family from Fairfax Va visiting E G Brown. Harold Cox of Brunswick Md joined his aunt E G Brown for Sunday. Roy Oliver and Snede Tumblin group visited Mrs Carter in Bluemont plus M T Oliver of Hardesty visited friends here. D C Brown family and Lewis Brown returned after a trip to the New York World’s Fair.
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Hardesty
D. C. Brown
Shannon
Front Royal
Geroge Stickley
Lewis Brown
Bloom Items features local notices from Bloom Virginia
The notice records renting of the late Mr and Mrs R L Long's home by the Feeley family of Yonkers New York. It notes St Johns picnic scheduled for the third Saturday and a Friendly Grove 4 H Club picnic at Smiths Park last Friday. It mentions Miss Peachy Glynil Ruth Feeley and Miss Anna Jane Cooper as guests and reports Joe Hershman recovering from typhoid.
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Friendly Grove 4-H Club
Smith's Park
Peachy Glynil
Ruth Feeley
Anna Jane Cooper
Joe Hershman
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Boyce, Va
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C. B. Carr
Clay Carr
John Randolph Jackson
Neary
OE Ann
Braddocs ST Winchester
John Bull
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Edward Everett Hale
Grosset & Dunlap
Dr. Hale
Westinghouse Refrigerator
Westinghouse
Eh Ang
Baker & Anderson
N. Braddock St
Lebanon Church News
Commercial Small Loan & Finance Co
E. Boscawen St
Firestone
Auto Supply and Service Store
Loudoun St
Geo. Barnsley
Virginia
Cleveland
General Assembly
MiLldale
L. Long
St. John's
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Lloyd Child
Buffalo
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