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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1945
Page
7
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour precipitation at 1.21 inches and June to date 5.75 inches, year to date 19.24 inches. Average annual rainfall over 31 years is 35.95 inches with monthly averages ranging from 1.95 inches in February to 3.74 inches in August. Statistics courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
Melvin H. Lamb of Waynesboro will command the Virginia Department of the VFW and Mrs. Myrtle Winn of Portsmouth will again lead its auxiliary at the annual encampment in Harrisonburg. Lamb succeeds Roy Clarke Perry, with Jack Randall of Petersburg named to a state office for the first time as surgeon in the army medical corps.
Brucetown Virginia on June 19 Mr J F Swimley Jr departed Sunday night for a two week business trip to Newport Rhode Island. Cpl and Mrs Granville Armel from Washington DC and Mrs Mary Ashby of Boyce Virginia visited Mrs Herbert Fishell Wednesday. Cpl Armel recently returned from overseas where he was a German prisoner.
Staunton Va June 20 The city plans a homecoming for Lt Gen Alexander M Patch Commander of the Seventh Army on June 27 Gen Patch taught military science at Staunton Military Academy for 11 years and his family lives in Staunton Mayor William A Grubert appointed committees to arrange the welcoming ceremony featuring talks by Governor Darden Rep A Willis Robertson and an invited Senator Byrd plus a parade
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