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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1947
Page
9
Dr. Irwin A. Moon of Moody Bible Institute presents The God of Creation, a sound color film, shown at 8 o clock tonight at the First Baptist Church.
June 23 council hearing discussed recording the Dunlap Street plat after 300 feet had been accepted in 1932. The vote passed unanimously except L. Glaize Jr who abstained. Brannon sought water access for Elm Street lot pending suitable sewer facilities. Newton McDonald requested information on the new procedures.
The council heard a sewer tax increase that would apply to the first toilet only and listened to requests to straighten Indian Alley between Piccadilly Street and Fairfax Lane due to its narrow width. Residents Kait Katharine Glass Green and Reginald Turner also sought relief on two water bills, while W H Clark requested building closer to the curb on Millwood Avenue for a frozen custard shop and was granted a 10 foot setback. The session ended after 9 p.m. with several motions, and the regular meeting date was changed to the second Tuesday each month.
Word received here of the sudden death of George Herbert Smith. Former resident of this city, he died suddenly Sunday May 4 in Hartford Connecticut.
Ed win Warfield Jr chairman of the Maryland Tidewater Fisheries Commission told the joint Maryland Virginia Potomac River Commission he favored a single policing authority independent of the two state commissions to enforce oyster laws. The joint authority should have complete control of the whole fishing problem on the Potomac River, Chesapeake Bay, and their tributaries.
Cambridge Massachusetts May 7 7 A bright new comet may be visible with ordinary field glasses when it is nearest Earth on May 20. The Comet Rondinima Bester was discovered earlier this year by M J Bester of Harvard Station Bloemfontein and a Czech Slovakian astronomer.
The sun will appear brightest just before sunrise on May 20 as it lies about halfway to the sun, around 50,000,000 miles from the path.
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