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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1946
Page
4
Notice from The Evening Star about advertisement deadlines and rates for space in the paper. It mentions submission by Wednesday noon and a transient rate of 50 cents per inch with contract rates on application. Also includes a biblical quote.
The Star reports residents urge Winchester to improve waste collection. Compared with Charlottesville Martinsburg Waynesboro Fredericksburg and Harrisonburg, Winchester currently offers weekly winter pickups and twice weekly in summer. Public health and convenience concerns arise over gaps when residents are sick or absent.
Richmond notes recount the Virginia Burgesses origin in 1619 and describe today’s General Assembly with 100 House members and 40 Senators. It highlights the 1946 diversity, professions, and ages, plus the 60 day session pace and historical lineage from Burgess Nelson and E Blackburn Moore.
In his 1942 inaugural address Governor Darden urged expediting penal reforms and separating juvenile delinquents from adult offenders. He created a permanent Commission on Juvenile Delinquency to study all phases of the issue and to supervise facilities such as a planned Nansemond County detention home for first offenders.
Seven thousand Western Union telegraph workers walked out in a strike over the National War Labor Board wage decision, challenging government authority and risking nationwide communications disruption. President Truman criticizes unions for rejecting government decisions and calls for Congress to define the fate of fact finding boards.
News from one year ago reports Clifford Grim elected president of the Handley Board of Trustees on Monday afternoon while Florence V Willis widow of William R Willis and Winchester elder died at her home. H Rhodes named Middletown State Bank president.
Ten years ago representatives from Winchester attended the valley C O C meeting in Staunton. Eugene Branch manager of the George Wi Hotel and Andrew Bell secretary of the Chamber of Commerce were present. Williams Harms celebrated pianist will perform at Handley Auditorium tonight. County G O P will hold a rally at the Ar mel School House next Thursday with Rev. John E. Locke and H B McCormac speaking.
Twenty years ago Captain A J Morse planned a park week drive in the state to be launched tomorrow night at Handley High. School seniors would sponsor the White Entertainment Company of New York as 10,000 cheered. Richmond took first step toward honoring the 96,000 Virginians who served in World War.
George W. Koiner reports an uptick in drownings in local lakes and urges safety measures. Officials promise new patrols and public advisories as authorities investigate causes and prevent further incidents.
Mr and Mrs C B Smith were feted by friends in Cedar Grove marking their forty five years together with a celebration on the street. The gathering honored the couple and reflected community affection in the local area.
Washington reads aloud a practical theory of the next war detailing invasion from Europe or Asia by air and missiles, targeting Chicago and Detroit, and stressing total force unification. It argues rapid air and ground mobilization, use of all weapons, and the draft’s limited role, with science seeking to outlaw atomic weapons but preparedness requiring full readiness now.
A quiz listing ten questions covers marriage history blood tests census ages Old Testament prophets and global locations. It asks about asbestos king Thomas F Manville Jr burial, seven queries on states summer winter and naval factory, and experts Willy Ley Caris Caverns and claymore use.
The columnist disputes Dr. Crane of the Chicago Daily News claiming fear drives smoking. He argues teens smoke from youth adventure and pleasure, not health fears, and that avoidance of tobacco may stem from lacking the habit. The piece ends with a rephrased adage about envy of those who do not smoke.
Earl L. Douglas discusses how color photography and idealism reveal heightened color and potentialities beyond ordinary sight. He argues illusion can enlighten, and that life gains meaning when religion and philosophy present people and events not as they are but as they might become with full scope.
In a fragmented tale set around Gull's Point and Lady Camilla Tressilian, a lone figure plans a September arrival with Nevile Strange and Kay as potential guests. Thomas Royde, the hermit crab, contemplates returning home to Saltcreek and the Balmoral Court while past ties stir, including Audrey's fragile history with Nevile.
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