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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1946
Page
4
Public notice from The Evening Star Publishing Co. in Winchester Virginia about second class mail at the post office for delivery and reader cooperation. It calls for timely reader reports of delays and outlines display and classified ad deadlines with rates. The fragment ends with a Bible verse.
Tomorrow Winchester voters will decide on a 650000 bond for a new sewerage treatment plant and Northeast extensions. The Star endorses the measure, citing an under capacity plant and health risks, noting tax impact of 17 to 25 cents per 100 assessed value and that approval allows delaying contracts if needed.
The British and American occupation zones in Germany plan economic unification starting January 1 to create a self sustaining area. The move pressures French and Russian authorities to discuss a broader merger amid hopes of restoring a healthy German economy and reducing occupation costs.
The Roanoke Times notes James J Kilroy of Halifax Massachusetts won a contest for the best explanation of Kilroy wanderings. As the prize he received a street car from the sponsor, a gift the writer finds odd yet humorous given the public fondness for the phrase Was here.
The Atlantic Seaboard remains under fear of aerial attacks while New York Area keeps the alert after Pearl Harbor. Winchester policemen shift to full time duty, giving up their one day off weekly due to the war declaration. Harry F. Byrd Jr. has enlisted in the U S Naval Reserve and will be called to active duty soon.
The Virginia Horticulture Society selected Frank Wisler of Mt. Williams as its new president while the council examined the 1937 budget and predicted the present $1 rate to be too low. The British Cabinet, summoned by Prime Minister Baldwin, planned a special meeting on King Edward and Mrs. Simpson.
Bernard F. Groves has acquired full interest in the drug store operated by Claude Showalter. At a Washington conference, the United States, England, France and Japan agreed on a disarmament program. Several people with wireless sets heard music from the KDKA program in Pittsburgh.
A year or two after World War I a portrait was unveiled in a secondary school. It depicted a brave alumnus who piloted a plane in combat and rammed a German craft to save a friend, sacrificing his life. His son pulled the cord to reveal the portrait amid quiet reverence.
The passage asks seven quiz questions about U S history and world affairs. Topics include sightseers at the White House horology and horoscopes, 1944 presidential candidates, atomic bomb control, Seward's Folly, Seward Territory, mail bans, Kingdom of Hellas, Thanksgiving date, Gen Walter Bedell Smith’s ambassador role, and fascinator meanings.
A Star reader outlines the aging Winchester sewage system showing wear after forty years. He urges passage of a bond to fund a larger disposal plant and new sanitary sewerage to protect health and support industry.
Middletown High School seniors present a three act comedy Gone With the Girls in the auditorium on December 13 at 8 o'clock. Directed by Miss Evelyn Long. The Capp family tale features Alecia Capp by Charlotte Conner, Grandpa Capp by William Daton, Marge by Alice Altizer, Doris by Theresa Koenig, Eve by Rosemarie Kittlewell.
An advertisement proclaims a hand sized hearing device enabling the deaf to hear faint sounds. It requires no separate battery pack or bulky gear and is approved by the American Medical Association council on Physical Medicine. Makers Dept 9612 Chicago advertise self adjustment and pride in the invention.
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