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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1941
Page
6
Cross Roads notes report Rev. M. L. Zirkle filled his regular appointment at Fairview Church and will return this month at 3 p m. Guests Prank Peacemaker and a companion visited Mr and Mrs Hicks. Nearby residents called on Woodrow Line and Mr and Mrs White hosted Mrs White and her family for a brief visit.
On January 7 1941 the Office for Production Management was created by executive order as the government agency set up to coordinate wartime production.
Reynolds Store notes visitors and callers on Sunday with numerous local families and Winchester residents stopping by. Names include Hovermale Braithwaite Smoot Omps Shade Nesmith Moore Batt Flowers Luttrell Crossen Hughes Hughes Dick Whitacre and others in Sunday visits near De Haven and Winchesterville.
Star Tannery notes mark the twenty fifth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Louie Whittington formerly of Zepp and Adah County now of Wi. The celebration at Kell er Memorial Lutheran Church included a dinner and a Cinerama show at the Botanical Gardens. Washington guests joined local relatives and gifts were given. Births deaths and healthcare updates follow including a new son for Elijah Brill and the illness of FE Summers Orndorff with family assistance noted.
The report lists present and past rainfall with year to date 4.06 inches. It provides average monthly rainfall over 27 years from 1913 to 1939 inclusive, with values for each month and an annual average rainfall of 35.80 inches over 28 years. The statistics are courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
In a mountain setting Joel, Rita, Bill and Eve swirl through romance implications. Rita returns to Bill, prompting a kiss and memories of Eve. Bill confronts competing affections, while Joel plots a mill cottage and ponders introducing Eve and Rita together at dinner.
Radio listings show WMAL and WRC with John Gunther hosting a Friday evening series at 8 30 and a benefit lecture by Clifton Fadiman tomorrow at Constitution Hall. WJSV opens Great Moments from Great Plays with Sutton Vane's Outward Bound at 10 and cast including Brenda Forbes and George Coulouris. Norman Thomas calls for a congressional pledge to await advisory referendum before war. Joe Louis vs Abe Simon headlines in a 20 round heavyweight bout on WMAL.
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