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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1944
Page
6
A listing of evening program blocks with hosts and times from 6 PM to 11:45 PM. Includes Miss Hattie, The Lone Ranger, Burns and Abbott style shows, Dunninger time, News and various music segments. Local and national programs air across WMAL KC WTOP and related stations tonight.
Forty join Handley Institute at Handley High School gym under City Recreation Department sponsorship. An additional 20 enroll at Mt Carmel Baptist Church colored institute. Mrs Ehlers national recreation staff urges recreation builds fellowship and democratic spirit. Virginia Gregory urges more joiners as sessions run 8 to 10 pm Monday to Friday. Mt Carmel program runs 3 30 to 5 30 pm daily.
Melvin Elwood Nail 17, son of Mr and Mrs Theodore M Nail of Rt 3 Northwestern Grade Frederick County, enlisted through Chief Mead in Winchester and reported Sept 29 for boat training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station Illinois. Born April 30 1927 in Winchester he attended Round Hill school and NYA in Manassas for electricians in 1943.
Nicholson and McDonald both 17 volunteer for the Navy through Winchester recruiting. Nicholson from Northwestern Grade Winchester and born January 16 1927 is assigned to Bainbridge Naval Training Station after swearing in September 14 194? McDonald of Fort Belvoir Va with a carpenter father goes on inactive duty awaiting call.
Mrs Amanda Crosson of Harrisonburg visits Reynolds Store area for weeks. Mrs William Catlett hosts relatives from Springfield Ohio. Local families host and visit with neighbors including Moore, Collins, Place, Fletcher Sargent Teets and Crosson families. Ed Brown remains ill. Hutchler family stayed with Walter Moore. Martinsburg and local names appear in Sunday gatherings.
The Loudoun Gun Dog Club fall field trials in Round Hill Virginia concluded with Tomahawk Ben, a black and white setter owned by E. C. Meade of Richmond, winning the all-age stake. Elgin Nininger directed the winning dog. Ugo, a black and white pointer owned by W. L. Casker of Philadelphia, placed in the member shooting dog stake, also guided by Nininger.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour totals ending at 8 a m with 0.28 inches, October to date 0.61 inches, year to date 31.42 inches. The 31 year average annual rainfall is 35.95 inches with monthly averages listed from January 2.51 to December 2.43 inches based on 1913 to 1943 data. Statistics courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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