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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1943
Page
7
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour precip none and year to date 28.86 inches. December to date two hundredths, 30 year average 36.11 inches with monthly norms by month from 1913 to 1941, citing Winchester Research Laboratory for data.
Soldiers and their dates compete in weekly quiz nights at the Centreville USO in CAMP VAN DORN MISS. Prizes include free telephone calls home and steak dinners. Prizes go to the GI contestants, with correct answers credited to their dates.
CAMP CROWDER Mo Dec 18 Lt Frederick Mattox was commissioned in the Signal Corps and his brother Robert then a student at the University of Pennsylvania now salutes him daily as his instructor at Central Signal Corps School here where Robert is a communications student. Both formerly lived at Rio de Janeiro Brazil.
In Buenos Aires on December 18, a court ruled that Fernando Nansa and his wife could name their daughter Myrna after a prior registry denial. The court said the state may object only if a name has immoral connotation or is an affront to the bearer.
A school article urges gratitude amid wartime shortages. It contrasts children’s wish lists with sacrifices of service members, calling for appreciation of home comforts and a prayer for lasting peace.
Dr Catherine Clarke visited the grade school early this year and late October with equipment to examine teeth. Many teeth were filled or pulled and most grades saw full attention. Senior, Junior, Sophomore and Freshman classes elected officers and held events. Future Homemakers and FFA notes, plus a detailed list of prizes and service writes.
Dr Clarke fixed sixth graders teeth and reported better second term results than the first. First grade pupils aim to be good Americans and celebrate Friday as Stamp Day. Students Tommy Walters Shirley Legge Tommy Legge Carole Hammock Jerry Stewart John Hawse Dick McDonald Jackie Cooley Judy Moore buy stamps and bonds for Shirley Altizer and Jerry Stewart. They donated 96 cents to the Red Cross.
In Middletown Virginia a memorial service for Rev. C. R. Curtis at Grace Church featured tribute by Dr. H. M. Canter of Harrisonburg. Official boards and church groups passed resolutions. music and floral arrangements accompanied the service.
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