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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1943
Page
5
May 11 reports visits and arrivals across Front Royal Harris town Strasburg and Winchester. Families like Haydens Millers Campbells Windle Hershman Himelright and others are noted with showers visits and a Baltimore wedding. News covers moving, employment, and local gatherings through the week.
Duvall and Dunn Auctioneers are listed alongside J L Jolliffe serving as clerk in an auction notice. The fragment presents the parties involved in the sale without additional context or date.
Reynolds Store column records a sequence of social visits across Bloomery Kernstown Sleepy Creek Martinsburg and surrounding areas. Names include Murvil Dick Lola May Rinker H. B. Dick Lester Napp and families with guests from Martinsburg Sleepy Creek and Kernstown.
At a March 29 1943 meeting the Frederick County Board of Agriculture recorded sorrow over the death of R L Omps on February 28 1943. Omps a charter member and long time leader was honored for his character leadership and devotion to farmers. The board resolved to extend sympathy to his family and to publish notices of the resolutions.
Miss Fritzie Gay Conley and roommate at Mary Washington College spent Easter with Mrs. Eleanor Condley. Several Roanoke and Fredericksburg residents visited relatives in White Post, with appearances by Mary Washington College students and area families. Report mentions Easter visits in White Post, Waynesboro, Succotash Point, and nearby towns including Camp Lee and New York City short trips.
Local notice summarizes events in Berryville Boyce and Clarke County with brief items including community happenings and public notices. Names of organizations and places appear, outlining upcoming dates and actions for residents.
Report shows 24 hour rainfall none and year to date 12.23 inches with May to date at .52 inches. 30 year average annual rainfall is 36.11 inches and monthly averages are listed for January through December with values such as January 2.49 inches and December 2.47 inches. Data credited to Winchester Research Laboratory.
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