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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1947
Page
3
The Brucetown Methodist charge including Stephenson Welltown Crums Burnt Factory and Carpers Valley will hold a public Christmas carol sing at 7 30 p m Sunday at Brucetown church. Rev Emory Ellmore serves as pastor.
Pastors Don Clayton Hall and Emory Ellmore of the Methodist church have court authorization to celebrate rites of matrimony in Virginia. Each paid the customary $500.
A well known man reports relief from gas bloating after meals using INNER AID. He says the medicine restored regular bowels after years of discomfort and he can eat what he wants now. The product contains 12 herbs claiming to cleanse bowels and improve digestion.
The piece weighs DDT’s value as an insecticide against its risks when misused. While effective against pests and disease vectors, excessive spraying may not stop illnesses like infantile paralysis and can affect animals and milk. A cautious rule is to use only the amount needed and monitor long term effects.
An advertising blurb for a small etiquette guide titled Good Manners Real Asset. It touts comprehensive guidance on table manners telephone etiquette calling etiquette dress on occasions and business etiquette with promises of up to date instruction and a low price of fifteen cents postpaid.
A reader encloses fifteen cents in paper for a copy of the booklet Modern Manners, noting the address Mall to Washington D C and asking for delivery from City State.
Frederick county supervisors approve $5 bounties for bobcat kills to Benjamin Anderson John Martin H S Barr and J W McDaniel.
Limited 1948 edition almanac by Washington Information Bureau is ready for mailing before New Year's Eve. Twenty cents postpaid. includes calendar pages and family facts. Mail to Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Washington DC. Also a note answering what an atoll is: a ring shaped coral island enclosing a lagoon.
New York dispatch argues hermits enjoy excessive freedom and avoid taxes, work, and social duties. It claims modern society must bend hermits back to work, marriage, responsibility, and the routine duties of daily life to preserve civilization.
The Rocking F Ranch near the California Nevada line filed with the state engineer to claim water in clouds passing over its 12 000 acre spread. Richard Haman says rain making with dry ice pellets dropped from airplanes will be used next spring and seeks full legal rights to the water produced. It is believed to be the first such cloud water claim.
The Supreme Court took under advisement the argument by an Illinois atheist mother that religious education in public schools violates the First Amendment establishment clause. The case centers on state compelled religious instruction and its compatibility with constitutional guarantees.
Mrs. Vashti McColum, wife of a University of Illinois professor, contends that religious instruction in schools violates the First Amendment and fosters anti Semitic and anti Catholic views in children. The Champaign county school district, upheld in Illinois courts, argues government aid to all religions is not forbidden by the constitution.
W.3. Oates receives license to run a public dance hall at the Gore West End Service Station. The permit authorizes a venue for social dancing under local regulations and control.
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