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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1940
Page
2
About 150 Boy Scouts from the Shenandoah Area Council are expected at the Area Camporee near Opequon on Saturday and Sunday. Patrols from Morgan Berkeley and Jefferson counties in West Virginia participate. Families are invited to picnic Sunday noon and attend an 11 o’clock Protestant service.
Paris Hospital Bombed by the Nazis will serve as Camporee Director and on his staff will have Ray Garrabrandt George Jones Robert Grim Snag Sargent and Scout Executive Dan Henry. Frederick county J P Arthur Leonard Sirbaugh Bennie Belchie Rev R B Nelson Maurice Grim Ryland Conner John Glaize George Sanders CP McVicar Rev R S Wilson John 8 Scully Jr Roy Bageant P G Ireland C S Hartman Grove White Phil Hunter Dr C L Riley Dr Leon Slavin Phil Glaize Ralph Hardy Dr H James T B Scully Dick Owen Claude Smaltz Hunter Maddox and Norman Ochs. Berkeley county Russell Bergen M L Depenbrook Don Lindsey Sergeant Joe Horne and Chief Ronald Snyder. Clarke county Dr J M Casey Roy D Licke Ed Lee H P Mitchell and Walter Wisecarver. Jefferson county B H Stone and Henry Sydnor.
Mrs. H. D. Puller president of the District Nurse Association announced that Curtis Publishing Company representatives will start Friday in Winchester and surrounding areas to solicit magazine subscriptions. The association has long received a liberal rebate on each subscription and will continue this year.
Answers to test questions include Yes for Q1 and Minnesota for Q2. It lists Ti land as Q3 with 366 as Q4 and Hamlet as Q5, Montgomery for Q6, Massachusetts for Q7, seven red and six white for Q8, insects for Q9, and George VI for Q10. It also notes average admission charge being 20 12 cents across high and low priced movies.
Winchester School Board adopts resolutions mourning Thomas E Kremer a longtime member who died at his South Cameron Street home on Sunday evening June 2. He was elected in 1932 and served on key committees with diligence and kindness. Funeral services are set for Wednesday June 5 at 3 p m.
Prices from the Va livestock market on N Kent Street extend Tuesday sales with steers and heifers listed by grade and weight. Bulls, veal calves, cows, lambs, sheep and hogs show top and bulk ranges. feeder and stocker cattle cited per cwt or per head.
A Chinese sage observed wasps constructing a nest and this inspired the invention of early man made paper. The tale links insect behavior to the origin of paper production.
In 1898 London merchants advertised pajamas as a fashionable new attire. The campaign framed sleepwear as stylish, signaling a shift in urban dress norms and consumer trends.
Berlin reports a German communique claiming removal of Allied troops from the Flanders trap as the greatest catastrophe in the war. It cites 1,200,000 prisoners from French English Belgian and Dutch forces and massive losses of Allied ships and aircraft, while asserting German forces destroyed or seized weapons for 75 to 80 divisions.
The Star publishes daily market prices for animal feeds and dairy products. Listings include corn meal, mixed feed, hog meal, starter and grower, broiler mash, egg mash, chick starter, chick grower, turkey grower, country butter, and creamery butter with per bag and per barrel rates. Prices range from about 1.70 to 3.00 for various feeds and 0.38 for butter.
The report lists German fatalities from May 10 to June 10 at 252 officers and men. Missing personnel total 8 643 while wounded reach 42 523. Air losses amount to 432 planes.
In Stephens City Virginia the National Bureau of Religious and Educational Films will present The Life of Christ a sound motion picture in the Methodist Church at 8 p m Saturday June 8 There is no admission charge but a silver offering will be received The film traces Jesus life from nativity to ascension with scenes from Europe the Holy Land and Egypt and features music and productions linked to Oberammergau and Freiburg
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