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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1949
Page
6
The Q A panel notes the desk telephone in the President's office was first installed during Hoover's administration. It explains earlier there was only a booth phone nearby. The atom question answers that atoms are invisible to the naked eye and describes sight limits of about 1/100 inch and the size comparison of 200 mil pen atoms to one web.
Slanesville hosts a flurry of weekend visits as Mrs. Atlee Wentling and Mrs. Wilson Disney of Takoma Park Md plus Mr. and Mrs. Ward Taylor and family of Baltimore are among those staying with relatives. Numerous locals including Miss Mayme Wills and Asa Kidwell family share Sunday greetings with kin from Cumberland Martinsburg Romney Romney and Williamsport Pa.
Local residents host visits and gatherings as families travel from Baltimore Greensboro and Martinsburg. Jul ian Gregory hosts a wiener roast for Julian Lee's birthday at Smiths park while several relatives arrive from Stillwater Newport News Wycomb Martinsburg and Norfolk for monthlong stays and visits.
Ronnie Harry of Baltimore visits Canterbury grandparents in the Albin Perry and Young households. Athens residents return home after visits. Mrs Nellie Coffelt hosts Fairview ladies aid monthly meeting. Cleo LeMarr Margerite Kingree and Jean Painter depart for a week at Ocean City Maryland. Fairview ladies aid plans a yard party August 20 at Double Churches.
A reader writes of finding spiritual value after joining a well known church and feeling the possession of a priceless faith. The piece reflects on how the “how” of living faith develops and why some never reach it. A quiz then notes the Viking rocket, built for the Navy, launched May 3, 1949 at White Sands.
Rainfall figures cover 24 hours ending in the morning and August to date. Totals show 1949 year to date 26.01 inches and annual average 36 year total 3.42 inches per month from 1913 to 1948. Monthly values include January 2.47 February 1.92 March 3.91 April 3.07 May 3.68 June 3.88 July 3.81 August 3.82 September 2.58 October 3.34 November 2.50 December 2.43. Data courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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