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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1945
Page
7
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hours ending 7 a.m. at 1.13 inches and July to date at 9.01 inches. Year to date 28.56 inches. Average annual rainfall over 31 years is 35.95 inches. Monthly averages for 1913 to 1943 list: January 2.51, February 1.95, March 2.92, April 3.15, May 3.60, June 3.83, July 3.60, August 3.74, September 2.31, October 3.45, November 2.46, December 2.34. Courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
War correspondent describes Third Army life in occupied Germany detailing manners of GI soldiers and officers. Seeks out routines including recreation, meals, and curfews while noting diminished KP duties, helmet liners, and officer privileges at Berchtesgaden and Hitler's Berghof.
A dense list of radio programs from 6:00 p.m. through 12:00 a.m. including News with Evans Harkness, musical broadcasts with Guy Lombardo and Ginny Simms, The Man Called X, The Doctor Fights, and various concert and variety shows. Names include Eld, Bergman, Thomas, Lombardo, Simms, O'Neil, and Harsch.
The Sportsmen's Service Bureau offers free use of the Kodachrome film The Making of a Shooter for boys girls and adults camps across the United States. The film covers skeet trap rifle and hunting while teaching firearm safety and has attracted almost a million viewers. About 130 prints circulate. apply in advance specifying sound or silent version. Send requests to Sportsmen's Service Bureau 1103 Park Avenue New York 17 NY. Cost to applicants is only express charges.
Brush Creek Virginia reports an all-day service at Timber Ridge Primitive Baptist Church on Sunday July 29 with Elder Earl Quinn of Washington as speaker and possible additional speakers. Attendance invited by the church. other local notes include Cpl Harvey Mauzy returning to Jackson Mississippi, Myrle Dailey resuming work at National Fruit Company, and Ruth Kerns visiting Ruth Mauzy.
Brucetown, Va. residents hosted and visited relatives over the weekend. The Rev F T Fulcher and Mrs Fulcher of Winchester dined with Mr and Mrs S J Swimley. Nellie Moling returned to Winchester after visiting relatives in Brucetown. Other visitors included Mrs Herbert Fisher Mrs J B Snapp Mrs Maude Clendening of Romney and Mrs Mary Whetgul of Charleston W Va. Mrs Robert Boden of Winchester visited the Boden home. Mrs Paul Triggs and Mrs Hardesty of Martinsburg and Mrs Wesley Brill joined Mr and Mrs Wasrly Hardesty of Wadesville for Sunday. LeRoy Hensell of Washington spent the weekend in Brucetown.
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