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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1943
Page
7
Rainfall figures show July to date 2.38 inches, year to date 22.31 inches, with present and past totals. The 30-year average annual rainfall is 36.11 inches, and monthly averages for 1913-41 list values from January 2.49 to December 2.47 inches, courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
The Rest Church held a vacation Bible school with roughly 30 youngsters from the area. Rev John Teter and helpers led the effort and the event ended with a note of success among the participants. In other notices, Mr Merver Dunham of Ridgeway died last Saturday morning. funeral services were held Monday and burial followed at Gerrardstown.
Refuge Virginia residents recount a week of visits with relatives from Washington and Baltimore. Corp. Harworth and family hosted by Mr and Mrs Harve Conner. Numerous friends and kin, including the Grim and Hartley households, spent weekends and Sundays with local families.
Middletown residents hosted and visited relatives over the weekend. A steady flow of guests from Washington Whitacre Winchester Kernstown Beckley and Inverness stayed with families including the Larricks Rhodes Hammack Wise Brown and others.
A pastor spent Wednesday with Miss Mattie Wright and the children visited friends in the afternoon. Mrs. Virginia Casson left Tuesday to visit her sister-in-law in Luray Virginia. Mrs. M. B. Golar, staying with Mrs. Ora Everly, left Tuesday for her New York home.
The U S S Bataan, first aircraft carrier named for an American war campaign, will be launched Sunday at the New York Shipbuilding Corp yards in Camden New Jersey. Mrs George D Murray wife of the Rear Admiral commanding the Naval Air Training center at Jef Fila will sponsor the vessel.
Corn is being used to produce special molds for aluminum steel and bronze castings. This technological shift promises cost savings and improved mold performance across multiple metal casting industries.
Mrs. Jenney McKee of Whiteua spent a day with her son in Brucetown. Pvt. Raymond Brill of Fort Voir visited his mother. Tom Crim has been with Mr. Price and returned home to Berryville. Many Winchester and Martinsburg guests attended dinner at Wesley Brill’s home with the Kidwells and others.
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