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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1946
Page
5
A 33 year rainfall average is given for months January through December with inches per month. January 2.49, February 1.97, March 1.97, April 3.14, May 3.63, June 2.85, July 3.82, August 3.76, September unknown, October 3.87, November 2.45, December unknown. Data courtesy Winchester Bee Laboratory.
Local baseball fans have the first chance to see Berkeley vs Park at 5 30 p m in the twilight opener. Berkeley defeated Marburg Blue Sox 15 1 in their last start and already has a win over Winchester White Sox. Swanson is slated to start for Winchester.
Justice John Rice heard fifteen cases this week ending with Walter Bowers of Strasburg fined 100 dollars and license revoked for a year after drunken driving. Paul Nethers of 1028 8th Street and Henry Green of Berryville also punished for drunken or disorderly conduct with fines ranging from 50 to 100 dollars and various costs. Other defendants including Elsie Hawkins B G Golliday A Peacemaker John William Leke V Orndorff Harold Heflin Fincham William Huff Nelson Racey Floyd Holtsclaw and others faced smaller fines for drunkenness and related offenses.
The 32nd Annual Convention for the Religious Education of Gainesboro District will be held at the Gainesboro Methodist Church on Sunday July 4 at 2 pm. The program includes an Evotional Service, welcome address by Virgil Deven, minutes and committee reports, youth outreach, and addresses by Rev. E C Dayvist Dr. Pehoa and Rev. R G Booze with district president Julian Larrick.
Editor Louis Spilman announces AP reporters covering Bikini atomic tests aboard the USS Appalachian and supporting vessels. Don Whitehead AP bureau chief in Honolulu leads coverage with Howard Blakeslee AP science editor aboard the Appalachian. Other correspondents tour Kwajalein and Panamint assignments.
A special meeting of Virginia automobile dealers led by Walter J. Wilkins of Norfolk will convene at the John Marshall Hotel in Richmond on July 15. Topics include OP A regulation changes, price controls on used cars and repair services, dealer insurance plans, state taxes, fire and theft insurance rates, and surplus parts sales with Senator Byrd as a speaker.
H E Alberti administrator of Winchester Memorial Hospital notes strong interest in the September class of student nurses. Many inquiries have arrived from recent high school graduates urging enrollment and advising interested young women to enroll promptly by contacting Miss Mary Jane McCone, Director of Nursing Services, Winchester Memorial Hospital, Winchester Virginia.
A Clarke County circuit court jury, foreman Wm. N. Barrett, decided for defendant Edw. B. Lee in a $2,500 damage suit by W. B. Stuart over a March 13 1945 collision on the White Post Mill Wood road. Stuart received no damages. Lee's counter claim is credited. Other jurors were Harry Athey Russell Kaplan W R Elyett Shade Moore and N G Fiddler. Attorneys were Francis Patton for Stuart and A Garland Williams for Lee.
A reader asks if any unidentified servicemen are in US hospitals. The reply states none, then notes Fawley saw men boxing in Army and Navy hospitals in New York in 1911, with the question about prize fighting legality in New York State.
Staunton's American Legion junior baseball team, Winchester district champions, dropped the opening playoff game to Alexandria 4 to 3. Simmons belted a first inning homer for Staunton, but Alexandria tied it in the ninth and won in the tenth.
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