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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1948
Page
11
In Vevey Switzerland on December 20 police faced a drought caused lull in streams. Officers were ordered to catch large trout alive and release them in Lake Geneva where deeper water offers better survival prospects.
William G. Stout Navy airman, son of Mrs. Bessie Stout Boone of Stephens City, serves aboard the aircraft carrier Tarawa of Task Force 38. The ship is in intensive training in the Western Pacific and China Sea area. Stout attended Stephens City high school and is a veteran of the late war.
The term mayor or maior originated to denote a person who had supervisory duties over others, marking the first known usage describing an overseer in leadership roles. The word evolved to a formal title referring to municipal governance over time.
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