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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1947
Page
8
Radio schedule changes for January 6 cite network corrections and varying local relay times. Listings cover ABC CBS NBC and other networks with program titles, repeats, and time shifts expressed in eastern standard.
Capon Springs West Virginia reports heavy snow on January 1 causing transport delays as roads were neglected by a road scrapper. Douglas Nesmith returns to Pleasant Dale where he teaches. Junior Wetson of Hagerstown spends New Year’s Day with his parents. Owen Nesmith, employed in Cumberland, Maryland, plans to move west with unknown destination. Weekend visitors include Mr Nesmith and family.
A hungry Chinese boy, clothed poorly and left by his mother, sleeps in a hotel doorway along Nanking Road in Shanghai. The scene evokes distress amid poverty and hunger as authorities or observers contemplate aid.
Mrs. E D Miller and Mrs Essie Phillips of Yellow Springs visit Alexandria friends Alden May and William Inkelmann and Irnttermont’s avid Haines. Ida Miller’s Florida vacation brings good times for her daughter Lelia Nesmith. Reading Pa residents Paul Simmons and Harold Stout return from Christmas with Boyd Simmons family. Billy Linaburg treated for an injured hand from a holiday firecracker incident. New Year’s Eve at Comics Inn Gore hosted by Connie Ludwing with many attendees from various areas enjoying the party.
Large attendance marked the Christmas exercises at Galilee Church in Grimes Virginia with a full program. Local residents visited relatives in Martinsburg West Virginia and guests joined Christmas dinners hosted by Hensell and others. Farmers harvest tasks and social visits fill the community timeline.
Family gatherings mark the holidays with Rev Koontz and former Miss Ruby Richard among others. The 4-H Club presented a Christmas program at Friendly Grove on December 20 as visitors spoke of illness and hospital transfers for Mrs Gettys. Edell Long hosted Christmas at Stephens City while the Sale family from Louisa, Virginia, paid a local visit.
Residents of Bloom extend congratulations to Mr and Mrs W W Middleton of Mt Jackson whose marriage occurred December 28 at the home of the bride’s sister Mrs H S Barr in Winchester. The bride, a widow, was previously married.
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