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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1941
Page
7
The city of Winchester Virginia invites written bids for a franchise to use alleys and public ways per a January 1941 ordinance. Bids due July 1 1941 with a $100 certified check to the City Treasurer. The city reserves the right to reject all bids and the franchise to be granted to the grantee and successors.
A historical Winchester Virginia ordinance grants a gas company rights to lay and maintain mains in city streets for ten years with a ten year extension option. It defines street scope, opening procedures, traffic safety, city supervision, paving interference rules, rates, office location, taxation, and indemnity provisions.
German news agency reports British and Greek forces in Crete suffered about 5 000 dead and wounded. High command said more than 8 000 Brits and 4 000 Greeks were captured, with sea losses likely far heavier than land losses.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Smith and baby Joyce of Silver Spring Md hosted by Mrs. M E B Smith in Boyce Va weekend. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Val Isemann and Mary Lou of Washington Dc and Rev B D Chambers and family.
The 1941 Winchester ordinance outlines cooperation if natural gas is introduced, with the franchise becoming a contract once signed by city and grantee officers. The Common Council approved January 7 1941 and the document bears executive attestation and corporate seals.
President Roosevelt issued an executive order directing transfers of an unspecified number of coast guard officers and enlisted men to help operate naval vessels. The action is described as essential to strengthen national defense within peacetime limits.
Brush Creek area obituary notes the sudden death of Mr Evers Shanholtz near the cemetery by the church. The piece also lists visitors and residents visiting relatives, rainfall, and a funeral in Shockeysville, with a brief Q and A about Victoria Falls discovery by Livingstone in 1855.
The Virginia Milk Producers Association and land grant dairy interests petitioned the Agriculture Department to raise farm prices by 46 cents a hundredweight citing drought costs and wage hikes. Harvey Dairy requested a 35 cent increase, while other handlers sought varied changes as Arlington Civic Federation backs lower retail prices amid ongoing debates.
Alderman James McDermott proposes an amendment to the liquor code to require women to be seated before serving alcohol, claiming a man cannot get a drink at Loop bars. The committee will conduct a personal tour after the public hearing failed to attract attendees.
Refuge June 4. Mrs Joseph Hollander of Brooklyn is spending weeks at the Bowmans. Mrs Bessie Hicks and daughter June were weekend guests. Herold Walters and family from Va visited the Jordans. Wade Headley and son from Baltimore spent the weekend with the Pitcocks. Harry Grim of Camp Meade called on friends. Many local children attended the Winchester Music Festival Saturday morning.
Mrs Grover Hensley claimed grounds for divorce in Superior Court saying her husband, 55, seemed to take pleasure in biting her. She testified and was awarded the divorce.
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