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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1946
Page
3
A 1946 open letter from the groundhog community threatens to interrupt winter sleep and influence weather for six weeks starting February 2 if conditions worsen. The note cites poor housing, shortages, transport woes, and fear of future conflicts as motive for halting active duties.
About 15 participants took part in a Saturday clay target shoot at the Winchester Gun Club grounds. High scorers were C. J. Renner and A. S. Seabright with 23 of 25, Slavin 22 of 25, and Sargent 30 of 50. shoots planned biweekly until shells and targets are plentiful, then weekly. Everyone is invited to attend.
A devotional notice lists multiple United Brethren and Methodist congregations with service times across Winchester area towns. It invites public worship at Red Bud, Pleasant Valley, Mt. Pleasant, and Stephens City locations, detailing Sunday schools, morning and evening services, and planned religious survey activities.
A regional church notices listing service times and locations for Gravel Springs Lutheran Bethel St James Gainesboro Timber Ridge Brucetown Middletown Galilee White Post and Millwood churches. It invites community members to attend Sunday schools sermons and worship with ministers listed and a Friday parsonage meeting for Gainesboro church officials.
The Stephens City Lutheran Parish lists Raymond L Booze pastor at St Pauls Church with Sunday School at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 a m with the sermon Still ing The Tempest. Trinity Church offers 9 45 a m Sunday School F B Cadwallader Luther League led by Henry Carbaugh at 6 30 p m with topic A Scout And His Church and 7 30 p m sermon Still ing The Tempest. Public welcome to worship at any service.
Staff Sgt. George L. Baker returns from the CBI theater after flying over the hump into China and will take 90 days of fur lough with his parents before rejoining the A T C in Wilmington as a mechanic. Pfc. Clyde Kirby arrives in Vancouver Washington en route to Fort Bragg for discharge after 16 months overseas in New Guinea the Philippines and Japan. Seaman Ralph Brown sails from Omina to Hong Kong aboard the U S Tanquier after training at Bainbridge and overseas service starting in September 1945. First Lt. William F. Barnett Jr. sails for overseas duty with the Army Air Corps after graduating from Handley High School and V P I. John C. Digges Jr promoted to first lieutenant in the Army Air Forces and stationed in Iceland with ATC. Pvt. Richard E. Stine writes from Northern China detailing guard duty with 22nd Marines 6th Division near Tsing Tao since November 7 1945 and asks for the Star to be sent.
A series of daily preaching services will be held at the Congregational Christian Church February 3 through 10 by Rev James R Clinton D D pastor for the Board of Home Missions. The announcement was made by Rev Robert A Whitten pastor of the Winchester church. Dr Clinton has led churches in Ireland and later conducted preaching missions across the United States from Maine to Florida. Topics include Spiritual Competency for the Church Immortal Nobodies and Withering Winds. He is described as a captivating speaker with a fine tenor voice and engaging delivery.
Gore Virginia church notice lists Rev N B Habel pastor Mrs C B Kerns Sunday School superintendent Sun worship at 2 pm and 3 pm. Ebenezer Disciple Church led by W A Strother with Bible School at 10 30 am morning worship and communion at 11 am with Rev Roy Schmucker preaching all welcome.
The note states that Dr. Franklin adopted the name Poor Richard from an English almanac, illustrating how he borrowed a pseudonym from a rival publication.
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