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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1946
Page
10
The John Mann Methodist Church School will present a Christmas program on Christmas night at 8 at the church. Home-comers are invited to meet and greet friends with Rev. E. H. Jackson. A trustee board meeting is called for Friday December 27 at 8, with urgent business to be addressed.
Andrew B Babb chemical engineer of National Fruit Company will be principal speaker and guest at the Winchester Rotary Club meeting Thursday. He chairs the Safety committee of the Winchester Junior Board of Trade and will discuss Safety and recount details of his experiences surrounding the tragic hotel fire in Georgia. Wendell Barney leads the Civic Affairs committee which will introduce him.
West Virginia Supreme Court records an opinion affirming Santa Claus as a real figure. Retired Judge John H. Hatcher read the declaration 19 years ago to reassure his children, arguing the legendary figure brings joy and childhood memory.
Last year only 360,000 in counterfeit money was discovered by Secret agents. Government agents report the typical yearly take is modest, with most seizures being small amounts.
Thomas Butler Farnsworth of Summit Point West Virginia died Monday morning at Winchester hospital after a paralytic stroke. Born December 15 1860 in Middleway he worked fifty two years as agent operator for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad before retiring. Survived by wife Alice three daughters Lucy Alice Edna and two sons Raymond and Thomas. Funeral arrangements pending at Enders Funeral Home in Berryville.
The Bible and Hebrew tradition do not reveal the mother's name of King David. It records his father as Jesse, but provides no named matriarch in the lineage or early history.
Funeral services for the late William C. Garvin of Lynchburg Virginia were held Monday December 23 in Lynchburg. Garvin was born in High View West Virginia but spent most of his life in Lynchburg. He is survived by his widow and three children and two sisters Mrs B F Line of Winchester and Mrs William Muse of Highview West Virginia.
John A. Anderson 46 a former Winchester resident died Monday afternoon from an acute heart attack after relocating to Baltimore Maryland. He served as a radio technician with the Baltimore Police Department. He is survived by his wife a young daughter a brother R L Anderson Jr and a sister Mrs Paul Ritter of Winchester who will join other family in Baltimore for the funeral services.
The query asks for the number of members in the Communist Party of the United States. It appears as a brief citation from E. M. seeking membership figures. No article context or corroborating data is provided.
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