Rainfall totals and seasonal averages from Winchester
The report shows 24 hour rainfall ending 8 a.m. none. May to date 1.65 inches and year to date 13.27 inches. It lists 30 year monthly averages from 1913 to 1941 with January 2.49 inches February 1.98 March 2.89 April 3.14 May 3.58 June 3.83 July 3.62 August 3.79 September 2.38 October 3.48 November 2.46 December 2.47. Statistics are courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Radio Highlights and Schedule Echoes of Naval and Mystery Programs
Radio listings feature Fred Baldwin directing the WRC Orchestra with Gene Archer as vocalist and Navy enlistment appearances by Billy DeWolf. WMAL presents Recipe for Murder with the Thin Man duo, while WTOP airs Roberta with Mary Martin and Kenny Baker. Gangsters unveil the Case History of the Black Market in Nylon Stockings. Program blocks include The Optimists, News, Lone Ranger, Ranger, and music by Gracie Fields and Morton’s Orchestra.
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Fred Baldwin
WRC
Gene Archer
Meet Your Navy
Billy DeWolf
Eddie Peabody
Banjo
John Downes
WMAL
Ebenezer Williams
Nick
Nora
Thin Man
WTOP
Roberta
Jerome Kern
Charles Martin
Mary Martin
Kenny Baker Cosferring
Agnes Clowser leaves for Blue Ridge Sanitorium
Freemont Virginia reports residents' movements and visits. Agnes Clowser departs for Blue Ridge Sanitorium seeking improved health. Relatives and friends, including Linaburgs, Clowsers, Bowmans, and Harbaughs, share weekend visits and letters from Fort Knox and Camp Edwards.
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Freemont
Agnes Clowser
Blue Ridge
Ella Bowman
Frank Linaburg
Hollis Clowser
Linaburg
Elk Ridge
Baltimore
William Hollis Clowser
U. S. Army
Fort Knox
Kenneth Linaburg
Camp Edwards
Mass
Clyde Shuler
Jimmy
Eugene McKee
Clowser
Hedrick
Washington, D. C
Royal
Luther Larrick
Paul Campbell
Winchester
Cleve Marple
Earnest Dyke
Jimmie
C. H. Harbaugh
Doro
Nancy Harbaugh
Harrisonburg
Hollis Clowscree
Alexandria
Mother's Day gathering at Hartle residence
Mr and Mrs Cecil Hartle hosted Mother's Day at Mt Williams with relatives and friends from Wardensville Hagerstown Winchester and Baltimore visiting or calling on guests including Mrs Belle Hartle Dr G E Hartle Miss Dorothy Hartle Mr and Mrs H A Paden and several family members. Additional attendees included Mr An tin Paden and Miss Richards from Hagerstown with other guests from Winchester and Baltimore.
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MT. Williams
Cecil Hartle
Belle Hartle
G. E. Hartle
Dorothy Hartle
Wardensville
H. A. Paden
Mervin Pades
Harold Paden
Janet
Antin Paden
A Chards
Hagerstown
Kent Wilkins
Washington
Mary Ashwood
Winfred
Zirkle Williams
Opequon
Arthur Brewer
At Himelright Ponder
S. Katie White
Smeter
Wilda
Winchester
Ernest Ashwood
Issaac Wallace
David
Madge Fauver
Earl
Day Puaver
Baltimore
Wallace Home
Richard Boyce
Mr. Pleasant
J. W. Orndorff
Services Planned At Summit Point Episcopal Church
Summit Point May 14 Syville to conduct services Sunday night at 8 o'clock and the cruer morning. The Rev C C Tarplee of Charles Town will hold communion at 9. Local residents and visitors are noted with several short social updates and hospital visit mentions.
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Summit Point
Syville
Episcopal Church
C. C. Tarplee
Charles Town
John Breckinridge
St. James School
J. C. Breckinridge
Pembroke
Illinois
Elizabeth T. Grove
Hawthorne
Lucy Fanesworth
Washington, D. C
B. F. Fanesworth
Ruth Lancaster
Gainesville
Western Union Training School
Pauline Ramsburg
Winchester Memorial Hospital
W. W. Poston
S. P. Hanes
Winchester
Mary Thompson
New York
Baltimore
Lucy F. Meade
White Post
W. W. LaRue
Grimes News Highlights Local Notables and Events
Grimes Virginia notes include Galilee church services on May 16 with Rev John Teter and Rev Nathan Williamson preaching. Hotelman Martin Bunnester of Washington DC visited. Lovett Brothers of Winchester rented Purcell ranch. birth announced for son of Jesse and Freda Parkinson in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Arthur Orndorff and Evelyn Pugh visited Sedan West Virginia. Capt Cecil McVay back from the far north for a brief stay with parents before southern duty.
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Grimes
Galilee
Martin Bunnester
Washington, D. C
Lovett Brothers of
Winchester
Purcell Ranch
Jesse Parkinson
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Parkinson
Freda
Arthur Orndorff
Evelyn Pugh
Sedan
W. Va
John Teter
Ridgene
Tuesay
Cecil McVay
Lough
Nathan Williamson
Church visit noted in Winchester with Orndorffs
An appreciative audience hears of a church visit as Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Orndorff were in Winchester on business.
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A. S. Orndorff
Winchester
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Patent Office
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Alwerg Tafe
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Etta Kett
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Roberl
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WRO
the Optimists
B’hage
Lowell Thomas
N. Agronsky
the Lone
Ranger
E Godwin
John Gunther
Gracie Fields
Perfect Wife
Elmer Davis
Tommy Dorsey
Morton’s Orch
K. C
Howe
Rex Stout
Mr. Keen
Oncert
The
Waltz Time Playhouse
Brewster Boy
Tommy ‘Riggs
Betty Lou
Caravan
Elmer Davis News
Brown Richard Harkness
Arch McDonald’s
Moon Dial
Olga Stoker
Bugs
W. B. Snider & Son
Canada Dry
Pine Motor Co
Braddock Bt
Darien
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Loudoun
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