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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1947
Page
8
A crossword grid of across and down clues with solutions listed as typical puzzle entries and the previous day’s answer noted. The clues span Hamper to A candle and include diverse terms such as birth birthplace ear and Malt beverage with several archaic and abbreviations.
In Richmond today residents weighed longer skirts for women, with critics calling them ungraceful, old fashioned and unsanitary. Mayor Horace Edwards praised lengthened styles, while state officials and others favored shorter or mid length gowns citing modesty and cost. An anonymous health official condemned the change as unsanitary and terrible. The article also notes the earth’s diameter 7926 miles at the equator.
Aug 30 local column records visits from Mrs. Mary Myers and son Kenneth of Pennsylvania to Mr. and Mrs. A W Adams. Guests include Layton Fogie family, Virginia Lee, Tresa and Sara Jackson, and others visiting Martinsburg and Kaae residents.
CHAMbERSVILLE Virginia Aug 30 Miss Christine Cross of Baltimore spent a week with Mrs Udell Long. Mr George Hulver visited his sister Mrs Grace Williams. Mrs Minnie Silman and daughter Virginia spent Tuesday with Mrs Raymond Sollar and daughter Mary. Other guests were Misses Donna Mil
The column lists names of residents and visitors including Ter and Patsy Keckley, A Oates and Junior Oates, Joves Ashwood of Mt Williams with Miss Colleen Rosier, Mr and Mrs Charles Tyson of Winchester visiting Mr and Mrs John Hoover, and Mrs Mary Bradfield of Paw visiting her son and daughter-in-law Raymond Bradfield.
An accumulation of barnacles on the hull creates drag that reduces a ship’s speed through the water by as much as 50 percent.
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