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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1943
Page
7
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hours ending 8 am at 1.12 inches and June to date 1.46 inches with year to date 17.40 inches. Thirty year average annual rainfall is 6.11 inches. monthly values range from 1.98 inches in February to 3.83 inches in June with totals cited from the Winchester Research Laboratory.
An Advanced First Aid Course sponsored by the local Red Cross Chapter was completed in City Hall. Cecil C. Grim and George Reading directed the program, awarding advanced certificates to Thomas Anderson and 14 others. A separate Standard First Aid Course by Handley High School, led by Virginia Boyd Barr, also concluded with certificates for seven participants.
The Star reports a call to send support to the boys in Tete Sue and Eee Wee serving, urging readers to mail encouragement and aid to their unit.
The Evening Star asks readers to identify the subject initials M B from a 1797 Peticolas miniature held in the national collection. It notes Peticolas, born in Italy and active as a Virginia miniaturist, likely visited Winchester in 1797 and may have painted other portraits there. Readers with information are asked to contact Walker McC. Bond in Winchester or E. K. Meade, portraits committee, Association, Boyce Virginia.
Edward R. Gisburne of the Office of Defense Transportation requires inspection of a valid War Necessity Certificate for such transfers with exemptions for coupon issued by rationing agencies and for sale or delivery of motor fuel parts tires or tubes for resale purposes.
Daily Vacation Bible School starts Monday at the Montague Avenue Methodist Church. Boys and girls from the area will attend with assistance from Whitacre and Marguerite Roy Rogers.
Two Virginians Louise Hampton of Pulaski and John Schaffer of Morgantown met in wartime England after nurse Hampton joined an overseas unit and Schaffer, a photographic reconnaissance pilot, arranged a dance. They married in a hospital chapel in Scotland after securing permission.
Weather conditions shift across regions with rain delaying field work in the west while the east sees heat. Farmers rely on longer dry spells to allow soil to dry so plowing and planting can continue. Drought intensifies in Arizona and New Mexico as summer nears.
The Open Door Bible Class of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church will meet at 9:45 AM. Rev. Alfred W. Eppard will teach the class. All members are urged to attend and visitors will receive a cordial welcome.
Landon L Sisk Whitacre or drunk five dollars and costs Bryant Clark Sunnyside disorderly conduct ten dollars and costs Guy W Mills reckless driving ten dollars and costs Edward Johnson city gambling ten dollars Eddie Shenholtz city gambling ten dollars and costs John C Williams Jr city drunk and disorderly ten dollars and costs Louise Johnson city drunk and disorderly sixty days and costs Buford A Tyree Rocky Mountain Va reckless driving five dollars Herman Richardson Detrick operators on five dollars and costs city of citation twenty dollars and costs Jean Lee city statutory offense twenty dollars and costs Harry G Myers city ing ten dollars and costs
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