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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1946
Page
11
Zion Baptist Church of Boyce hosts a singing event Sunday July 7 with Rock of Ages Quartet from Washington carrying the program. Rev H C Johnson is pastor and Mrs Roxie Morgan sponsor. Refreshments will be served throughout the day.
A report shows 52,747 people live within 20 miles of Winchester and take about 30 minutes or more of slow driving to reach Northwest Virginia shopping centers, underscoring regional commuting patterns and roadway conditions.
The major leagues push into the second half of the season with attendance nearing a new record. Yankees, Cardinals, Red Sox, Dodgers split twin bills as leaders hold their margins amid late-season surges and notable performances from Ferriss, Williams, and Mize.
Richmond date July 5 Commissioner C F Joyner Jr of the Division of Motor Vehicles announced that Section 44 a of the Safety Responsibility Act has been amended to extend the reporting time for automobile accidents to five days and to increase the apparent.
Front Royal Town Team toppled Opequon Cubs 10 to 4 as Clem pitched poorly allowing four first inning runs and two in the third and eighth. Wines and North homered while Wines Mitchell and Reynolds hit doubles. J Lemley led Opequon at bat with three of six team hits.
The commissioner states the amended section requires immediate notification to police after any accident death or injury. The revised rule sets fines from 25 to 50 dollars for delays but stresses it does not replace non amended Section 42 which still mandates quick reporting of all deaths or injuries, however small. The message urges drivers and law enforcement to distinguish the two provisions and act quickly.
In 1790 the total number of enslaved Black people was over 750 000, about one fifth of the nation’s population, with a large share living in the South.
The June activities for District Nurses included two chest X-ray clinics sponsored by the Winchester Tuberculosis Association. A 24 June mass clinic at the Baptist Church and a 25 June session at the Virginia Woolen Mill provided 974 X rays for employees and mill workers.
The terminal leave pay of an Army officer is not payable to the next of kin if he is killed in service. The question and answer clarify that such pay does not transfer to survivors.
Upon graduation a midshipman is commissioned as a probationary ensign in the Line of the U S Navy. After seven years of satisfactory service he may be given a permanent commission as ensign.
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