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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1948
Page
10
The text notes that rhyming was unknown to ancient Greek and Latin poets and is considered accidental when it appears in their words. It discusses how rhyme did not originate in classical poetry and is a later stylistic device.
William Battaile president and Gene Lakers secretary of the Winchester chamber plan to attend the 33d Harrisonburg Rockingham chamber dinner in Harrisonburg tomorrow night. The event will set an all time membership high of 369 with Col. Clem Johnston of Roanoke as speaker and guests including State Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr.
Portuguese writers credit Andre Goncalves with entering the Bay of Rio de Janeiro on January 1 1502 and naming the main river feeding it The River of January confirming early exploration claims by European navigators.
Chicago teachers report improving student letter writing. Assistant superintendent Butler Laughlin says pupils express ideas more concisely and with better technique. Curriculum director Miss Mary Lusson adds emphasis on practical business and social letters across high school grades.
Ten year old Tom Wing woke shouting fire at 5 30 am in PORT WASHINGTON New York after testing Christmas tree lights in bed. His father doused flames with water from a pitcher. A burned pillow and bed show the near miss. A book on electricity lay nearby.
The Greek port of Piraeus, damaged by German demolition squads in 1944, is to be fully reopened to normal traffic by year end. The American Mission for aid to Greece leads a 75 percent complete reconstruction, with total costs around 5.26 million dollars. Divers and U S engineers laid groundwork including quay wall, breakwater, and drydocks, while dredging will restore a prewar traffic level.
Judge John Rice heard cases including Edward Markley R 2 Wood stock run stop sign fined 9 25 Paul B Bell Roanoke drunk 9 75 Russell Simmons Funks Run Va drunk 10 25 Mary Taylor 819 S Braddock St drunk 10 75 Archie Rainier West Point Va drunk 10 25 Joseph Walker Middletown Richard D Forney 392 Millwood Ave drunk and disorderly conduct 30 days suspended plus costs
Ameri ca's 3,000,000 farm tractor operators could save 200,000,000 gallons of fuel a year by following a tip from 4 H children. About 30,000 farm boys and girls in 42 states saved nearly 2,000,000 gallons this year by cutting the tractor waste line and improving maintenance under 4 H guidance.
A half hour variety program named Christmas Seal Party featuring Bob Hope and other stars airs at 10 p.m. tomorrow on the local station to benefit the Winchester and Frederick County tuberculosis associations conducting 1948 Christmas Seals in the area.
A dense listing of network programming from 6:00 PM to midnight notes nightly broadcasts across CBS NBC ABC and MBS. Regular news shows Amazing Theatre musical acts dramas comedies and variety programs are scheduled with entries for talk shows detective dramas and symphony broadcasts.
Rep Burr P Harrison will be guest speaker at a Kiwanis luncheon tomorrow at 12 30 p m at the George Washington hotel in Washington.
Loring C. Brown of R. 1 Strasburg received a $100 fine plus costs after a hit and run involving property damage. He allegedly struck two cars on N Kent Street Saturday night. Judge John Rice presided over the case yesterday.
Members of the Rawley Springs hunt club in Rockingham County have killed six bears so far this season. The latest successful hunter was Ray McDorman who bagged a 175 pound bruin.
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