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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1940

Page

6

Opequon Notes From a West Virginia Family Gathering

Opequon Va August 7 residents reported a large family gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs L Russell Miller last Sunday. The event honored Mrs E A Hawse of Baker West Virginia with a desire for an old time get together among close friends. Despite heat the attendees enjoyed a variety of tempting dishes prepared by visiting and local hosts. Out of state friends attended and shared in the reunion.

Opequon L. Russell Miller E. A. Hawse Baker W. Va

Luxury Doilies Cost Little Pattern 6576

It explains a three doily set matching a large cloth Pattern 6576 and Pattern 6413 with stitch instructions, a dolly photo, and materials. Send ten cents to Winchester Dept. 259 W 14th Street New York NY with name address and pattern number clearly written.

Winchester Dept 14Th Street New York N. Y

Rainfall Totals and Averages For Period to Date

Report shows 24 hour precipitation of .74 inches ending 8 a m with August total .74 and year to date 24.61 inches. Provides 27 year monthly averages from 1913 to 1939 with monthly values and an average annual rainfall of 35.53 inches credited to Winchester Research Laboratory.

Winchester Research Laboratory

Community acquaintances gather for visits and events

A large round of relatives and friends from Capon Bridge Harrisonburg Washington and nearby areas visited the Miller home and sent best wishes to Marshall Hayden. Other guests included Miss Madeline Ruppert Corianna Lemsey and Annie Bayliss recovering from surgery. Floyd and Isaac Newlin head to Canton New York training camp for three weeks.

E. A. Howes Baker Capton Bridge Harmon Baker Harrisonburg Nancy Benny Fred Baker Dolores Capon Bridge Gardner Ca Bridge Harry Miller Lottie Webber Goodwin Miller Washington, D. C Canton N. Y Cedar Creek L. R. Miller Jesse Carpenter Robert

This Time the Train Waits for Its Passengers

Six Massachusetts businessmen rented the Bridgton and Harrison railroad for a day to act as locomotive engineers. They halted trains, shuttled the line, and paid 60 dollars for 12 hours of operation on the last narrow gauge line in New England.

Bridgton Massachusetts Bridgton and Harrison New England

Henry Ford Praises Newspapers as Best Educators

Henry Ford praises newspapers calling them the best educators. He notes they arrive daily and are up to the minute, emphasizing their timely information value.

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