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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1947
Page
4
The piece extols the Raspberry as demure and refined next to the strawberry. It contrasts English tea service with modern politics and gadgets, praising the first season bowl of raspberries and cream for its simple, mild summer richness.
A sermon by Earl L. Douglas, D. D. urges making the heart good to produce worthy deeds. He notes God prunes or removes corrupt life, since a tree is known by its fruits, and asks what difference belief makes in action and world betterment. He answers with biblical reference to Tabitha Dorcas in Acts 9.
Luther T. Coffman aged 70 of Lantz Mills died last night at his residence. Survived by wife Sarah Craig Coffman two daughters Martha Barrick and Velma Thompson two sisters Mrs. John Miller Woodstock and Charles Mauck Winches. Funeral services set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Columbia Furnace church.
A Navy helicopter recently demonstrated its lifting power by transporting a jeep weighing over a ton along with ten passengers.
The quiz asks about end of government control of coal mines, a racehorse who topped earnings at Brooklyn Handicaps Aqueduct, a bee’s humming sound, Paul’s Abiding Virtues, a Calapan capers with 32 escaped convicts on Mindoro, the UN Secretary General, why the White House is closed this month, and the Century Plant blooming cycle.
Trinidad lies in the Caribbean Sea and is part of the Lesser Antilles island group near Venezuela.
The State health officer warns against heat dangers with guidance to eat lightly and sparingly, drink water without ice, increase salt, avoid midday sun, and rest. He emphasizes practical measures and calls for cautious behavior during hot weather.
Frank S. Tavenner Jr. of Woodstock celebrated his birthday in Japan where war crime trials were held. A song by Mrs Kiyooka, “Carry Me Back to Old Virginia,” highlighted the celebration. Capt and Mrs Ewart Johnston hosted guests at Clay Hill. Ernest W Bell, prominent Clarke County farmer, died last evening.
Newsweek reports tuition and fees climbed across private and public colleges since before the war. Private men's and coed schools rose from 366.45 to 430.31 in 1946 47 and 453.08 for 1947 48, a 23.6 percent jump. Women's colleges rose from 9514.35 to 675.91 and 635 for 1947 48, up 28.4 percent. Public institutions increased 8.2 percent from 115.71 to 125.19. Top private rates hit 600 at Princeton Swarthmore Wesleyan and Yale. Oklahoma public fees were 29.50 for men and 30 for women.
The article recalls early high speed records such as the State Express engine achieving a mile at 212.5 mph between Mercer and Buffalo on May 10, 1893 and the Pennsylvania Special covering three miles near Elida Ohio at 127.2 mph on June 12, 1905.
C F P Schenck and Henry N Lewis join the Frederick County Selective Service Board, increasing members from three to five. The missing parachutist in the Rosenberger area remains unfound as the search ends.
Ten years ago in 1937 the Winchester and Berryville companies of the Virginia National Guard left for two weeks of intensive training at Virginia Beach. Andrew Bell will poll merchants on proposed traffic rules for Loudoun and Piccadilly Streets.
In 1897 a photographer used olitz pulver instead of magnesium for a flashlight in Charles Broadway Rouss' store. The blast frightened employees who nearly mobbed him. Meanwhile Jack Steele reported a stolen bidile from his stable and claims to know the thief.
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