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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1946
Page
7
Report of 24 hour rainfall shows none. May to date .94 inches. year to date 6.98 inches. 33 year average annual rainfall 36.49 inches. Monthly averages for 1913-45 list values from January 2.49 to December 2.45 inches with September and October values implied. Courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
Howard Lindmier lit a fire in his living room turned off lights and watched the flames with his wife until neighbors and firemen burst in. Neighbor and fireman Kaj Knoblaugh saw the open fire and raised the alarm. Lindmier remained untroubled saying Knoblaugh was simply attending to business.
Worth's ready to wear store to reopen May 15 in a temporary location at 8 South Loudoun Street. Sanford Lpragesine, manager, says the shop damaged by smoke and water from Baker's Drug Store fire will re occupy 60 feet of the building with an all new merchandise stock and the same sales staff. Hugh G Peters of Peters Photo Supply will move equipment to his West Boscawen studio during the transition.
In Winchester Police Court Judge John W. Rice hears numerous cases. defendants from Augusta and Winchester faced fines from five to one hundred dollars and costs for drunkenness driving under the influence and related offenses. one 30 day jail sentence was suspended and licenses revoked for one year. Additional Saturday cases include assault and battery and disorderly conduct with jail terms and fines.
In Springfield on May 7 Flossie an official theater mice exterminator found two new kittens born in manager M. E. Berman’s waste basket during a period of electric curtailment. The kittens were named Brownout and Dimout.
An advertisement touts ERB HELP as a cure for stomach gas bloating headaches and irregular bowel action. It claims a woman improved after taking the herbal remedy and urges readers to buy it at Winchester drugstores.
In Frederick County Circuit Court Judge Burr P. Harrison merged a bed and board divorce of Grace S. Himelright from R. Himelright into an absolute decree. City Corporation Court divisons under Judge Harrison included Minnie Gay Cather from Kenneth M. Cather with bed and board merged into absolute, Edward V. Powell versus Alice B. Powell an absolute divorce, Edward C. Doyell from Minnie M. Doyell bed and board due to desertion, Walter R. Robertson from Margaret C. Robertson absolute, Charles W. Burke from Virginia C. Burke absolute, Ray C. Adams from Catherine Owens Adams absolute, S. Swartz from Ida Mae Swartz on desertion, custody of one minor child to Walter S. Swartz, and Lohn E. Dunlap with Frances Grove Dunlap bed and board due to desertion.
Brucetown Virginia May 7. The Women’s Society of Christian Service met at Mrs. H J Swimley’s home Thursday evening. Catherine Heiskell visiting brother W F Bragg near Clear Brook. L Smith staying with Dr E Powers at Vaucluse. Robert Smith dined with Holmes Hardesty at Berryville area home. Edward Stine of Albin visited Mrs Purcell Stine.
May 7 Lebanon Church Virginia reports Chester Bowman recovering after two Charlottesville Hospital operations. Namen Mannings treated at Cora Miller Hospital Woodstock for an infected hand. Mamie Lindamood ill at home. Adolph Hockman Sr and family visited Statton Bowers and John Moyers. Edith Smith of Strasburg visited Mary Keller.
Radio notes list tonight’s timetable from 9:00 to beyond 11:45 with concerts, talks, and acts. Highlights include Henry Wallace Ed Sullivan Rex Maupin Judy Romance Red Skelton and Bob Hope appearances plus Amos n Andy inner sanctum and Drs talk.
Reliance U B Church schedules revival services from May 8 to May 12 each night at 7:45 p m with visiting evangelist C W Tinsman and messages by Rev J E Oliver E C Day G Senger and community congregational singing and music.
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