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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1917
Page
6
The local draft board has certified 61 men for service, about one third of registrants, with Winchester and Frederick counties' quota at 98 men. About 37 more are still needed to reach the target, and the current draft will yield roughly 70, necessitating nearly 100 additional calls to meet the quota.
The district board required an extra ten percent just in case of reversals, raising the pool from 88 to 89 men. To secure 89, 180 men were examined. If current ratios hold, nearly 100 more are needed, starting from Number 181 to 281.
The gospel tent at Market and Germain streets draws growing interest with a packed schedule. August 15 features God's Plan For the Support of the Ministry, August 16 asks Is Man Immortal, and August 17 covers Two Laws. Services begin at 7.45 p.m. Dr. J. William Ebert returns to Lutherville after visiting his parents in Stephenson.
James B Doherty the Virginia labor commissioner will retire next March and not seek reappointment. He is described as the oldest state labor commissioner by tenure in the United States and has served under Swanson and every subsequent governor. His successor will be named by the incoming executive.
Virginia news notes a fourth company of state volunteers formed in Charlottesville with papers filed for a guards unit. Col Jo Lane Stern is coordinating the new volunteer organization effort following prior formations at Ashland Hot Springs and Cambria with similar notices received yesterday.
There will be preaching next Sunday at Mount Pleasant at 10 30 a m Mount Zion at 3 p m and at Sunrise Church at 7 45 p m by the pastor Rev W H Sampsell.
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