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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1940
Page
6
A notice invites readers to obtain a stitching pattern by sending ten cents to Winchester Dept. 259 W 14th Street New York NY. Include name address and pattern number in clear handwriting.
The United States Civil Service announces open competitive exams for positions including statistical draftsman with salaries up to 2 600 and higher level roles at the National Museum Smithsonian. Other clerk, engineer and architect posts offer 1 400 to 5 600 yearly pay with various required experiences. Obtain full requirements and forms from Herman Lee secretary Board of U S Civil Service Examiners at the local post office.
About 100 Methodist ministers from the Washington area attended a six day summer conference in Westminster Maryland. The opening day featured a five lecture series by Dr Charles E Forelines Rev Paul W Quillian and Prof Hans Sifhon with attendees from Delaware Pennsylvania Maryland and the District of Columbia.
Postmaster C. J. Dendinger notes Hartington children describe items well though they misname them. A girl asked for an empty letter and authorities learned she meant an envelope in the postal office.
The report lists 24 hour rainfall at .87 inches, August total 2.69 inches, year to date 27.82 inches. It provides 27 year monthly averages from 1913 to 1939 with values for each month and an average annual rainfall of 35.53 inches. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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