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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 08, 1939

Page

10

John Ramey Accepts Advertising Manager Post in Winchester

John Ramey, a Winchester native with prior roles at the Capital Theatre and Strand Theatre in Staunton, has accepted the advertising manager position for the Winchester Fredericksburg Dr Pepper Bottling Co. He will base his office in Winchester and begin duties immediately. Ramey is a charter member and director of Staunton Junior Board of Trade and will renew his involvement locally.

J. Curtis Fray Winchester-Fredericksburg Dr. Pepper Bottling Co John Ramey Winchester Mr. Ramey Capital Theatre Strand Theatre Staunton Warner Bros Pray Staunton Junior Board of Trade Ramey

Charles Town Highway Rebuilt Right of way wide six mile project

The Charles Town pike is being rebuilt from east of Stephenson over six miles with a 50 foot right of way and 27 foot roadbed. Work began last March and surface treatment is planned before cold weather. A segment near the Opequon will have no construction due to right of way issues with Carroll Clevenger and George Crawford. The route once the main link between the city and Charles Town, has seen less traffic as alternative roads improved.

Charles Town Stephenson Opequon Carroll Clevenger George Crawford Clarke

Children’s Day Church Drama Planned for Sunday School Hour

The children and young people of the church will present a biblical centenary evangelistic revival drama during the Sunday School hour tomorrow morning in observance of Children's Day.

Scraps and Time: A Lesson in Thrift and Efficiency

A hostess boasts of hand work done in scraps of time and explains how small moments add up. The piece contrasts two women, one thrifty with pennies and leftovers, the other careless with money, highlighting thrift as a unifying thread in daily life.

Christmas Gift Aprons From Scraps

A column urges turning kitchen scraps into useful items like decorative aprons suitable as Christmas gifts. It promotes thrift and creativity, noting even small coins or bits have value when repurposed by imaginative hands. Readers are invited to send scrap projects and questions to Miss Caroline Chatfield, with privacy assured.

Caroline Chatfield

Rainfall totals and averages from 1913 to 1938

Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hours ending 8 a m none. July to date 3.34 inches year to date 24.86 inches. Average monthly rainfall for 26 year period 1913 to 1938 lists Jan 2.53 Feb 1.98 March 2.94 April 3.20 May 3.64 June 3.58 July 3.34 Aug 3.68 Sept 2.36 Oct 3.13 Nov 2.32 Dec 2.40. Average annual rainfall 35.09 inches. Statistics courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.

Winchester Research Laboratory

Logan man wins $1 verdict against new power plant

R. W. Buskirk of Logan filed a $40,000 lawsuit against a neighboring power plant claiming generator vibrations shook his home. The jury awarded him a token verdict of one dollar.

Logan W. Va R. W. Buskirk

Radio Highlight Network Plans Summer Texts For Colleges

NBC announces use of a dozen plus educational programs from the past season as summer session texts for 15 universities and the National Music Camp in Interlochen Michigan. Recordings, books, pamphlets accompany broadcasts. NBC staff members will lecture.

New York NBC Interlochen Mich

Monday Radio Schedule Highlights NBC CBS Listings

WEAF NBC airs Let Talk It Over at 12 15 p m then Pepper Young at 2 30 and Sonic Sweets at 4 15 CBS schedule features University of Kansas Music Camp Exploring Music at 4 and Sons at 5 45 Judith Arlen listed. WJZ NBC presents Farm and Home Hour at 11 30 a m Adventures in Reading at 1 p m and Club Matinee at 3 p m.

WEAF NBC Chicago Ellery Queen Knickerbocker Playhouse Wjz-Nbc Radio City al Roth Ray Perkins Hollywood Playhouse Jim Ameche Weafnbc Pepper Young Sonic Sweets CBS Chain U. of Kansas Judith Arlen WJZ Reading

Nervous prospective juror in bank robbery trial

Perfect Excuse Los Angeles juror John B. Eley tells court he can be fair but confesses nerves noting he has been held up three times at banks where he worked. The remark emerges during voir dire as the trial proceeds.

Los Angeles John B. Eley

Daily crossword puzzle across and down clues

A full page style crossword with across and down clues listing hints for entries such as hat type imitate court title and various other common words. The puzzle includes numbered across and down items, with an answer grid and an encoded final solution line.

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