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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1947
Page
7
Hal Boyle collects quips from the poor man’s philosopher offering wry, aphoristic musings on virtue luck literacy and daily annoyances. The pithy lines touch on money pride love hypocrisy and human foibles with sly humor.
The Winchester Evening Star offers the 118 song collection Children’s Favorite Songs with words, music, and singing game directions. It features patriotic and Sunday School hymns, durable binding, illustrations, and quick reference index. Postpaid twenty five cents via coupon to 316 Eye St NE Washington DC.
Salvation Army launches its Christmas fund drive with a new kettle house. City leaders and volunteers, including Mayor C. R. Anderson and Capt. B. D. Wyatt, will help man the booth as about $600 hoped to be raised this year. Last year the campaign packed 100 large baskets and 500 small sunshine baskets for distribution to the needy in the city and county, including hospital patients.
American miners extract a yearly coal weight that exceeds the amount of material the Mississippi River transports to the sea, highlighting a significant output in the mining sector compared to river trade.
Public advisory urges care with campfires to prevent wildfires in Virginia parks and forests. Officials remind campers to follow local burn bans and to fully extinguish flames after use, limiting risk during dry conditions. Local authorities emphasize reporting unattended fires.
Richmond December 10 The State Department of Education predicts a steady rise in war orphan scholarships as a General Assembly commission on veteran affairs backs a bill to double scholarship amounts. Established in 1932 for children of World War I dead, the program later expanded to cover total disability from service. In 1944 the grant rose to 200 dollars. No need standard is required. recipients must be 16 to 21 and use funds for entrance fees board room and books at state secondary or college institutions.
John Logan reported five boys ripped off the wig and whiskers from his Santa Claus suit as he walked from his department store job in East Liverpool. The incident occurred last night and is under police inquiry.
The SPCA urges Winchester pet and animal owners to provide food water warm shelter and daily protection from cold. The law covers dogs cats horses cows and pigs, and says those unable to meet needs have no right to own animals. The SPCA aims to foster humane treatment and care for strays while protecting the county’s stock animals.
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