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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1946
Page
11
The fragment notes a person living in China until age ten, but lacks sufficient details on identity, event, date, or accompanying facts to create a valid summary card.
Turkeys sold across Winchester with 3 500 traded by local farms. Fireworks legally sold and shot 8 am to 6 pm until Jan 1. Mistletoe from Mountain area fetched 25 cents a bunch as shops report brisk holiday business and extended hours.
Citizens in Stephens City placed a giant cedar on the Lutheran parsonage lawn and decorated it with colored lights visible from a distance, creating a bright holiday display.
The piece notes toys return after wartime shortages with electric trains and other items like tricycles steel construction sets and talking dolls back in Winchester stores this season. Families are urged to enjoy Christmas with children while shop shelves fill.
City Clerk Peyton Marshall reports about a dozen marriage licenses issued in Winchester today, with ten couples filing at the city clerk’s office and two at the county office. Miller Bros florists say Christmas flowers sold at or above last year, gardenias sold out, red roses carnations and poinsettias popular, corsages priced from five to fifteen dollars.
Christmas Day will be observed with services across local churches. The Sacred Heart Catholic Church will host the midnight high Christmas Mass after a Christmas music rendition by the choir tonight.
The Lions Club mailed letters to all members instead of meeting. Bob Lewis editor of the Lions Den asks Santa Claus for gifts suited to each member’s personal and business needs.
The Song of the Seabees by Lewis and De Rose is the official song of the Seabees.
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