This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1941
Page
9
The Mooseheart child city will celebrate its twenty third graduation with 72 graduates from 25 states and one Canadian province. The class includes 47 boys and 25 girls averaging 18 years 3 months, with 10 years 4 months residence.
The General Education Board and Handley trustees promise co operation in using more than 1.5 million for local education in Winchester. Rockefeller endowed funds totaling over 34 million remain available to support school planning and services. Americans landed 100 naval aviators marking U S troops in France as supplies arrive with Allied convoy support.
The auditorium in City Hall is reopening after repairs that kept it closed for several months. Officials said improvements update lighting seating and stage facilities. The project aims to restore a key community venue for events and performances.
Henry Mear of Stephens City receives a letter from his sister near London detailing wartime England conditions. She describes a close call when a bomb nearly struck the ward she was in, causing plaster and beds to shake, and notes rationing, cold weather, and relief at stored foods as civilians endure raids.
Washington report states Representative D Alesandro seeks the U S Housing Authority to dismiss Bernard Ades, the Communist candidate for Maryland governor in 1934, but action is deferred until Administrator Nathan Straus returns to office next Monday.
Joseph Andrew Kater and Herbert Senseney Lauke of Winchester and William Mc Donald Neill of Berryville are among the graduates at Shenandoah Valley Academy, marking the school’s most successful year to date.
Construction will start on a $75,000 cold storage building by A. R. Warner and Son of Waynesboro Pa. The facility will serve fruit growers in the Romney area along the B and O railroad tracks. A temporary organization formed to raise funds and plan the project, with a 150000 bushel capacity and half funding from the Bank of Cooperatives in Baltimore.
William T. Kerr, a 74 year old retired railroad worker, renews his call for a nationwide Flag Day celebration on the 164th anniversary of Old Glory. He founded the American Flag Day Association 43 years ago and cites President Wilson and Roosevelt support as flag observances grow nationwide.
Virginia Tech poultry specialists advise thorough summer care for pullets. Focus on ventilation shade and continuous green range cover. half an acre per 100 pullets is ample. Green forage provides vitamins and soil protection while bare patches invite parasites and coccidiosis after rain, so keep range lush.
The Ninth division organized for World War I service was in Lee at Camp Sheridan Alabama when the Armistice was signed. It later trained at Fort Bragg North Carolina and adopted an eight pointed half red half blue design with a white center on olive.
A fragment notes a plan or concern about ensuring ample green feed through the summer. The text hints at agricultural planning for livestock nourishment and pasture management during warm months.
After the Civil War, Cody supplied buffalo meat to Kansas Pacific Railroad laborers and was nicknamed Buffalo for his meat provision role.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.