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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1941
Page
6
Radio listings sketch a busy schedule with Sylvia Marlowe harpsichord guest on WMAL, Ned Sparks and Haymer Filieg on WJSV, John T. Flynn discussion on WJSV, and Handel Messiah sung by 200 DePauw University voices with a 70 piece student orchestra on WRC.
Middleway West Virginia reports church members meeting for service and plan reform work. Local visitors include Clyde Roberts and Clara and Ethel Roberts from Washington DC spending Sunday with friends. J R Ware met in Winchester with E L Payne, noting thirty eight year apart class reunion at Shenandoah College Reliance VA.
Alfalfa and timothy hay requested with top paid rates. Seller billed by Bill Sakol care of Royal Inn Main Street Front Royal Virginia. Reliable contact details provided for prompt sale.
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hours ending today at None. December to date 2.60 inches, year to date 27.61 inches. Average annual rainfall over 28 years is 35.80 inches with monthly averages listed for each month from January to December. Data courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
White Plains N Y December 17 A Westchester county jury found Isaac Brown a 41 year old New York insurance broker guilty of first and second degree assault and attempted first degree murder for stabbing a 17 year old high school girl while claiming to perform an abortion Sentencing could reach 25 years in prison Brown showed no emotion as the verdict was read while his wife clutched her hands No date set for sentencing
Wilston Huff of Berryville was convicted in Trial Justice Court of reckless driving and driving under the influence. He was fined 110 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail. The crash on Route 7 injured Ernest Bell who was taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital.
Ben Butler, a clam digger, left his dory two miles from his Metro river waterfront home to avoid the storm. The next morning the boat was found on his front land, carried home by the storm. The piece also notes that 300,000 to 400,000 beetle species are known to science.
In a Charleston club tone drama Susan Farmer navigates a party, a broadcast studio invitation, and a flirtatious triangle with Roy Leonard and Irene while Mrs. Jones guards a fragile marriage. The scene ends with plans for a Dainty Diana Dairies ad campaign and Susan’s upcoming studio visit.
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