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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1946
Page
12
The article recounts Sigmund Freud's view that many accidental injuries are related to personal safety. A patient fractured her leg after a frightened jump from a carriage driven by skittish horses after a staged cancan display. A man later rammed his car into a loading platform following a quarrel with his estranged wife.
Dr. L M Allen warns of a fly menace during the current period and ahead of summer. Dr. I C Riggin notes DDT spray as effective, with 5 percent solution lasting three months. Cracks, crevices, ceilings, doorways, cords, and switch cards are targets. screens and fly swatters help. Flies spread typhoid and other bacteria. most breed in manure and decaying matter. Riggin cautions against DDT contact with food and cooking utensils.
The Middletown Parent Teachers Association postponed its officer election originally set for Tuesday night due to rain reducing attendance below quorum. The vote was rescheduled for September 1.
The National Commission of Fine Arts outlines criteria for war memorials quoting Congress on gratitude recollection and inspiration. It urges communities to consult galleries and professional bodies for design aid and cautions against living memorials while favoring artful structures.
Middletown residents hosted and visited relatives from Baltimore Washington Winchester and Somerset during Memorial weekend. Mrs Shelby Keith hosted visitors at her home while Mrs Ora Everly welcomed Ruby Everly. The W S C S plans a June 6 meeting. Mr C F Carper sprained his ankle recently and friends apologize for the accident.
A musical program will be held at Zion Baptist Church Boyce Sunday June 2 at 8 p m featuring the Sid Star Quartet. Rev H C Johnson pastor and Roxie Morgan sponsorship are listed as organizers. The public is invited.
A stream of sale and want ads lists rabbits milk cows building lots lumber awnings radios and vehicles. Items include a 1935 GMC truck for $700 a 60 locker ice storage unit and rental needs for light house keeping rooms. Local readers are directed to contact numbers and boxes in Winchester and Kernstown Virginia.
Mixed poultry offerings from Trails End Poultry Farm Gordonsville Virginia describe pullets cockerels and unsexed chicks with breeds Leghorns Rocks Reds priced from 395. Also assorted local ads include Rooms Colonial Beach seed testing Waynesboro nurseries and Mike and Tommy's Garage Winchester offering repairs tires and supplies plus another note about dry shavings from Parkview Ave. Harry Ritter.
Police station holds Newton T. Wine license CH13955 after a call on May 28. Lost items include a pair of men’s cotton sack shoes found in a grocery store and tagged to Charlie Cooley of Woodstock Virginia, with arrangements via Bob Pangle.
The speech in New York by Andrei Gromyko urges caution against domination of the United Nations. Secretary Byrnes pledges limited world armaments, while Moscow long pushed total disarmament starting in Geneva in 1927.
In sad but loving remembrance of my dear son James P Washington who departed this life one year ago May 30 at his mother and brothers.
Gainesboro F F A officers for the coming year were vice president Harold Philips secretary Avon Omps treasurer and reporter Robert Luttrell Thompson to head the chapter at the May meeting a plan was set for a week in June on the Capon River to discuss camping prospects for the summer.
Clarke County News is highlighted every day in The Star, the Clarke Daily Newspaper, reinforcing local coverage and community notes across the region.
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