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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1944
Page
5
Editorials praise new food and library improvements at Gainesboro School. F F A youths built shelves and a new card catalog area, aiding circulation as the library expands fiction and juvenile catalogs. Senior biography of Gladys Strother appears along with February bond sales and a 4 H Club report.
Readers ask about a navy dislike of nail polish and a fifth grade boy who fancies a high school teacher. Dorothy Davies reports a Charleston call, J. T. mourns Marilyn’s measles, and Buddy Larzent is teased for pursuing girls while others urge him to settle down.
Washington March 21 The House Naval Committee will study legislation to set up a new code for commissioned officers in the regular army and naval reserve The plan arises from wartime discrimination issues and anticipates a postwar Navy with an enlarged reserve force potentially 70 percent of personnel Magnuson says a clear framework is needed to resolve salary and status disparities between reserve and regular officers and to manage long term reserve careers.
The record shows mixed team scores led by Finishers 617 in high games and 1612 in team sets, with Spinners and Comets close behind. Individual high games include Andy Lake 146 and Harl Willey 141, while Sonny McKee tops sets with 362 followed by John Thornton 347.
In a tight Va Woolen Co league swing the Finishers won one of three from the Spinners to stay one game ahead. Clevenger posted 130 in the tri pleheader with Losers on the spares while Lake struck 146 yet only 54 in the sixth frame before a spare and triple strike. Other scores include Leyley 141 Boone 134 and Anderson 121 for the Spinners. The Dyers nearly tied the standings losing two to the Comets as Thornton’s 135 fueled a 510 507 win. McKee rolled 362 in a Bombadiers set as Larrick contributed 121 for Office Pive. Keiter shone with 116 141 112 146 130 for 645 in one day. Clearbrook Woolen beat Novick 508 while Bell Clothes extended Evening Star League lead with a 28 of 30 second half record. Dorothy Sencindiver helped GAA win a three game roll off and Sta?ff Jane Jasper paced the Elks.
The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Evanston Illinois objects to drafting women saying it would harm family life and social morals. It argues sufficient workers exist in non military roles and warns conscription could persist after the war, threatening the home front and moral standards.
The article notes about 22 000 women serving across roles such as trainmen ticket sellers and information staff on the Pennsylvania Railroad. It highlights that young women from college and high school undergo intensive training to perform with intelligence courtesy and efficiency as railroads move men and materials to victory.
Mrs. W. Lomax Parker wife of the Stephens City mayor was awarded $586.50 against William Mauck and Margaret Deavers after a February 21 collision. Trial Justice W. Erle Edwards presided with Harry K. Benham for Parker and James P. Reardon for the defendants.
The Round Hill 4-H Club met March 16 at Round Hill School with Vice President Garland Cather presiding. Members planned to collect for armed forces, announced an April County Council square dance, and Maurice Carpenter read a letter from Mr Quick. Talks covered home and farm safety, planting the garden, baby chicks, and good milking skills.
Chicago March 21 rye again led the grain futures market as it opened firm while wheat and oats held steady. Opening prices show Wheat May 1.72 7 8, July 1.68 7 8, Sept 1.67 to 1.67 1 8, Dec 1.67 1 8. Oats July 5 8, Dec 74 5 8. Rye May 1 7 8 to 1.30.
A sequence of public auctions lists sale dates and locations for items including stock dairy cows and implements. Auctions run March 23 to March 31 at various rural and small town sites in Green Orchard Whitehall Wardensville Gore and Clear Brook with items such as household furniture cattle and machinery.
Arrangements for the annual Early Diagnosis Campaign are nearly complete and will begin the 1944 program on April 1 with participation from county and city associations. Miss Ellen H. Smith, president of the Virginia Tuberculosis Association, calls the spring event of statewide significance and notes it is funded as a dividend on money invested in Christmas seals.
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