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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1948
Page
4
Local notice outlines advertising deadlines and rates for Winchester Evening Star pages. Readers are urged to report delivery delays to help maintain a perfect delivery system.
Verse reference from Genesis 24 23 appears as a caption or devotional line dated December 6 1948. The fragment suggests a religious card or notice likely tied to a church page. No additional context or events are provided.
The State Superintendent cites two surveys showing Virginia school construction needs soaring from 13 to 25 million over five to ten years to 185 million for immediate needs and 400 million for ten years. The jump prompts questions about accuracy and calls for more detailed planning before approval.
Current Opinion notes the Virginia plan to project 10 year school construction needs across 100 counties and 25 cities totaling 396 million dollars. It discusses local and state shares and questions whether all listed needs are indispensable and if local taxpayers and officials were properly consulted.
The Ledger Dispatch argues Virginia faces a large school building program and calls for thorough, uniform, and objective methods to estimate local contributions and needs. It critiques variations between counties, urges clarity on how local affordability is measured, and stresses transparency before proceeding with state funded expenditure.
The article explains the penny postal card as a ready written, neatly printed card costing 2.6 cents from start to finish. It argues for a two-cent card or free writing paper with every three-cent stamp to support letter writing and postal solvency.
W W Glass past exalted ruler and ex mayor of Winchester to deliver Elks Memorial address. Harry W Ebert elected president of Winchester Automobile Dealers Assn. succeeding M B Bickers. Joe Louis vs Jersey Joe Walcott boxing match tonight headlines national sport. Rev Joseph M Smith heads to China for missionary work. Submarine sinkings in Atlantic by U S Naval and RAF planes. British Eighth Army advances near Pescara. Yugoslav provisional government formed under Free Slavs. Clark reaches new heights on Road to Rome.
In Osaka the prefectural industrial efficiency research institute plans to use head bumps to choose workers. Prof Hisao Wada will train examiners in phrenology to pick employees for firms. Also a Fish and Wildlife Service answer states fish do not sleep but rest in stream nooks.
Rene Maltete a 64 year old farmer in Dijon France had a stomach ache for 34 years. An operation removed a German bullet he received at the front in 1914.
A 1948 Features Syndicate piece explains hemophilia as a hereditary blood disorder mainly affecting males. It covers blood transfusion options, plasma use, and post operative monitoring to control clotting, plus guidance on joint bleeding and possible long term disability. It notes family transmission and the possibility of rheumatic fever running in families as a separate example.
Crossword puzzle with numbered across and down clues including Fencing sword Armadillo God of war and many others. Answers span common terms professions animals and objects showing a standard mid century newspaper grid. Saturday's Answer listed as emigrant in the down clues.
Twenty five years ago in 1948 the paper notes city expenses for 1922 exceed 239000 dollars. H S Boyle is named new telephone company manager in Winchester. Robert F Brill buys partner's interest in their general merchandise store. Miss Harriet Alice Bennett of Winchester becomes bride of Mr William T K Legg of Chestertown Maryland.
In 1898 the Union Fire Co. invites Charles B. Rouss to attend their annual celebration in honor of his birthday. George Bushnell opens a new drug store with all new features. Misses Gertie and Nannie Hottel host a taffy pull party for Miss Lucy Stone. Lewis Ryan is assaulted by a young colored boy near Taylor hotel alley.
The piece reflects on divine providence and the rewards of faithful service. It urges trusting God when losses occur, noting that hardship often yields spiritual gain and broader liberty. It compares God’s calls to duty with promised rewards and cites Jesus and the psalmist on ultimate reward in heaven.
Roy Reynolds Jr. aged 18 has arrived in Tokyo assigned to C troop 7th Cavalry Regiment 1st Cavalry Division. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Roy Reynolds of Winchester and entered the army in June with basic training at Fort Jackson. He was formerly a painter.
Leigh Hunt and his brother John published the weekly Examiner and called George IV, then Prince Regent, “a corpulent Adonis of forty.” They were prosecuted in 1813 and sentenced to two years in prison.
A scrambled 10 question quiz asks about radio stars born same year, voting age by state, draft law classifications, a death in a Washington DC police station, Rangoon as a capital, Medicant meaning, Watt inventions, Mortimer Snord character, birth control dissemination in Massachusetts, and stock market stability after a Democratic victory.
A military spokesman said South Korea hopes to train an army of 100000 by next summer to deter any communist invasion or uprising. Currently 50000 are in service. North Korea under Russian influence reportedly fields about 200000.
Donna Callwell recalls a long life of secrecy as she sits awake at 3 30 Sunday morning, reflecting on her engagement proposal to Mark Banister and a decayed Lakeside Club circle now altered by war and marriages. The Lakeside crowd, once dominated by single peers, sees many at homecomings, divorces, and widows, leaving Donna to weigh an uncertain future.
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