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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1947
Page
4
The National Education Association recommends teaching students to be intelligent, effective consumers. It urges incorporating buying skills, labels, and advertising awareness into curricula with input from housewives, buyers, and experts to help handle everyday financial decisions.
The War Department invites eligible National Guard members to apply for admission to the U S Military Academy at West Point. Qualified enlisted men meeting conditions may take the examination. Requirements: U S citizen, 19 to 22 years old, unmarried, high school graduate. The field is open to all who can qualify.
The article urges full respect when the Star Spangled Banner is played at athletic events. It notes spectators arrive late, talk, and wear hats, and calls for immediate standing, stopping movement, silence, and placing the right hand over the heart with hats held at the left shoulder.
Ed Flynn recalls a 20 year tale of a mispicked German ambassador amid rising Nazi power. The uproar centers on a Prof. Dodd of Chicago chosen by the President and Flynn, later revealed as unknown to all officials. The error drew sharp criticism of Washington selection when Berlin needed skilled representation.
The piece recalls Lincoln’s rumored reply to a minister demanding Grant’s dismissal over liquor, joking that if told where Grant buys liquor he would stockpile it for other generals. It contrasts Lincoln’s twinkle with critics who miss the humor, and praises Admiral Halsey’s own penchant for shocking remarks.
One year ago in Williamsburg Miss Mary Louise Steele spoke at the Quota International Inc annual meeting while a local delegation led by J Sloan Kuykendall met Gov Tuck in Richmond to back Elliot Marshall of Front Royal as interim judge of the 17th judicial district.
In 1942 the home of Robert Snapp at Cedar Creek Grade was destroyed by fire when the local water supply failed. Miss Elizabeth Massie of 223 Amherst Street departed for the University of Wisconsin to begin a Navy radio course.
Mrs Allan Peery chairwoman of the Winchester Teachers Assn announces the first meeting to be held on October 14. To accommodate a large crowd Braddock Street Methodist Church will move its Sunday service to Handley Auditorium for Bishop Arthur J Moore address.
The Virginia advisory legislative council reviews substitutes for the current private garage based inspection program. Proposals include a state owned system with 18 permanent buildings and 15 floating lanes funded by a 1.50 fee, a Rhode Island style free form checkups, year round motorist inspections, periodic driver re checks, and aptitude tests for garage mechanics. Council members caution funding implications for highway maintenance.
A reader quiz lists seven questions on geography science and history with an answer key note. Topics include Gen eva country, python prey, unknown WWII soldier burial site, tin rusting, 1948 tax plan, Postmaster General authority, Allis Chalmers copper smelter, Dewey farm location, rainfall measurement, ornithology, Capitol cost through 1827.
In 1922 classes for high school teachers ran all week under the supervision of Dr. John M. Brewer a vocational guidance expert from Harvard University. J H Henry bought the Barton building located just west of Rouss Fire Company.
Amos Jackson injured by a chiseling accident in the leg. Philip Grim upset a wagon at the market yard causing minor injuries to himself. Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Barton hosted a bicycle and supper party for their guest Miss Durant of Philadelphia.
A seminary student goes blind during his studies yet finds purpose. He tells a fellow student that despite loss he can still run toward his calling because there is God. The message affirms faith as the power to surmount obstacles and endure future calamities.
A 17 year old colored worker was turned over to juvenile court authorities for grand larceny after allegedly stealing 800 dollars from an employer.
Charles R. Hope and son Ron ald of Round Oak Farm led the Virginia State Holstein sale in Orange Va on Oct 2 for the second year. The top animal was Brackel Farm Montnic P F Lucy a heifer sired by Montnie Rag Apple Prize Taker bringing 1950 dollars. The top bull, also Prize Taker sired, sold for a high price.
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