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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1922
Page
7
The annual stock holders meeting for the election of directors and other business will be held at the Banking House on January 9, 1923. H. D. Fuller, Vice President and Cashier.
Heat effects clocks and watches long unused by melting old oil that has hardened and clogged bearings causing slow or stopped movements. The article notes the need to service timepieces in high temperatures and implied maintenance steps.
Quote by James Stephens arguing that play is the precursor to work and national success, asserting a country failing to mobilize games cannot advance, with emphasis on the link between recreation and productivity.
The Virginia society advocates cedar tree protection for apple growers stressing state and county level organization to curb losses from court ordered valuations. It plans a large Washington apple exposition and meets January 11 in Frederick with three other states to coordinate. Also noted are birth statistics and a North Carolina visitor at the Miller home on Braddock Street.
In Virginia for 1921 there were 3924 reported illegitimate births, 55.8 per 1000. Of these 967 were white and 2957 colored, according to Dr. W. A. Plecker, state registrar of vital statistics. The 1920 figures showed 3617 illegitimate births.
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