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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1945
Page
7
Reported 24 hour rainfall 1.34 inches with June to date 5.54 and year to date 19.03 inches. Average annual rainfall over 31 years 35.95 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1943 listed, with June 38 inches and other months ranging 1.95 to 3.74 inches. Courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
Lt Colin Johnson, 25, British artillery officer, leads a captured circus for Allied troops in ruins of Hamburg. The caravan houses 30 performers, elephants, horses, a lion named Bruno, and a monkey named Suzan, amid German rations and Polish Czech Yugoslav artists. A second unit, Continental Express, features 30 European entertainers led by Alexander Guidos.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian W. Cooper and sons Julian Jr. and Richard, of Miami Beach, Fla., with Miss Anna Jane Cooper of Washington, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Cooper. Friendly Grove trustees met Tuesday evening. Rev. E. B. Smith visited at the T. S. Cooper home Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. E. C. Crowser visited Winchester on business earlier this week. Mary and Martha Richard left Mt. Falls Monday to attend college at Shepherdstown, W. Va.
The column lists residents and relatives visiting, traveling, or moving. Carrie Orndorff visits Washington with others. Max Nicholas and family visit Dolan Teets. Gertie Lindamood to Cora Muler Hospital for observation. changes of home for Ray McDonald clan and others. several family gatherings noted including Himelright and Lindamood relatives. Anna Belle McDonald heads to Alexandria for work. Myra Hockman visits Bentonville. E S Henderlite learns son Ray E. Henderlite was killed on Okinawa with the 7th Infantry Division. Mary Agnes Bowers visits Middletown. Pfc Walter Cooley returns from European Theatre on furlough.
A radio listing outlines 8:00 Pleasure Parade with Johnny presenting followed by 6:30 Allan Young and a Date With. 8:15 Sum and Abner with Ginny Simms and 8:45 Judy Big Town Theater of Romance. News Inner Sanctum features The Doctor Fights.
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