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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1948
Page
5
The 35 year period 1913-1946 shows an average annual rainfall of 36.20 inches with monthly totals including van 2.46 Feb 1.94 March 2.91 April 3.02 May 3.67 June 3.92 July 3.82 Aug 3.76 Sept 2.57 Oct 3.31 Nov 2.44 Dec 2.38. August rainfall to date 5.35 and 1948 rainfall to date 26.78, courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
Woodstock hosts the 1948 Shenandoah county fair opening today. All school age children enter free while livestock poultry farm products canned goods needlework and 4 H and FFA displays showcase the week long program with featured exhibitions.
The 1948 edition of Finer Canned & Frozen Fruits offers 82 pages of easy charts and step by step directions for canning and freezing fruits. It includes recipes for pickles preserves and jellies and promises finer flavor color and texture with simple syrup changes. Thousands of women have proved its usefulness and the book is offered free.
Handley high opens practice at 5 30 p m with about 50 men expected to try out for the 1948 football team. Key losses include Beverly Lamb Richard Wolfe and Robert Whitacre while Bo Brown transfers to Woodberry Forest. Captain contenders include Solenberger Sempeles. schedule lists nine games beginning Sept 18 at Falls Church with Martinsburg the traditional Thanksgiving foe.
The Ladies Commercial League meets at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Health Center alleys to elect officers and plan the season. Last season's teams included Jewel Box, South End Fire Co, Capitol restaurant, O Sullivan, Newberry's, McCrory's, Sarah Zepe Fire Co, Va Woolen Co, Nurses, and Hershey Drive-In.
Clarke County wildlife officials announce the Berryville dog show scheduled for September 6 will be outdoors on Dr. D. Blanton Allen’s property across from the community center. Lights will be installed for a 4 p.m. start and judging will cover bird dogs beagles non hunting breeds fox hounds and coon hounds with Leslie Kline and Benton Snider of Winchester as judges and a special children’s pet class.
Virginia's infantile paralysis totals reached 224 as of August 24 in Richmond. The update notes rising case numbers and ongoing public health responses in the state capital.
The State health department reports polio victims in the state with ten children under 15 and a 29 year old woman among the latest cases.
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