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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1947
Page
9
Members of the South End fire company appointed a committee to consider purchasing dress uniforms. The committee of John Battiani Bosstats and Pat iate pos sibility will report at the next meeting. Capt. Harry Rainsberger Jr presided. a new member, Robert Gibson, was admitted.
The department seeks 12,225,000 for 1948 50 to fund a state owned pupil transport system with optional county participation. Counties joining would transfer local buses to the State, while those staying out would be reimbursed for actual expenditures. The plan aims to aid consolidations and reduce pupil wait times at pickup and drop off.
Noyes says figures for Luckman’s grain saving plan are being prepared while efforts to start a widespread food saving program go forward. He notes meat and egg substitutes are still undetermined and Sunday recipes will be published as the campaign progresses.
The Agriculture department plans to urge farmers to raise many pigs in 1948 to avert a potential meat famine in 1949 as grain shortages risk cutting hog and beef output. Officials warn meat production may fall 5 to 10 percent next year with possible sharp shortages in 1949 if hog herds are reduced and grains stay scarce. Beef and lamb production are already down due to wartime and feed constraints.
Melvin K. Sandy aged 65 died Sunday. Funeral services set for 2 p m tomorrow from the late home in Stephens City with Rev. W L Ribbleman and Rev. E C Day officiating. Interment at Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers named Carmel Boyer Jacob Hiser Lomax Parker Julian Steele Garvis Lemay Frank Huffman. Body to be removed to the late home from James Funeral Home today.
King William Court House Virginia October 7 Judge J Douglas Mitchell of Walkerton ordered strict enforcement of anti gambling laws across five Virginia counties in his circuit after revealing a local resident with a recent half million inheritance lost $40000 to gamblers in one night He said prosecutors and sheriffs must act and probe a grand jury to study the issue. The report also includes Q and A on war service dates for benefits under the Service age Readjustment Act and notes Public Law 239 defines wartime service from September 16 1940 to July 25 1947 for veterans.
A coastal storm from the Atlantic battered Georgia and Jacksonville areas. Winds reached 60 mph at Brunswick airport, tidal flooding hit streets, and four and a half inches of rain fell as volunteers guarded beaches and sandbagged against flood risk.
Sebert J. Smith has been named director of the Winchester Lions annual fun festival to be held at the city armory from November 18 to 22.
Public notice urges residents to prevent wildfires by following safe picnic and camping practices. Emphasizes proper disposal of coals and extinguishing flames fully to protect forests and communities in Virginia.
Chairman Ball leads a closed door meeting of the Senate House labor committee to plan a study of Taft Hartley act implementation. The seven senators and seven representatives will survey employer worker relations, with data already collected from Hormel Packing, Pittsburgh Plate Glass, Botany Worsted Mills, and Goodrich Tire and Rubber. Public hearings will follow with no conclusions yet.
Roanoke Virginia hosts the 82nd annual Virginia division United Daughters of the Confederacy convention. Reports from committees and officers filled the morning session as General Howell spoke and addressed attendees.
A memorial service in the afternoon ended business for the day. A tea at Kirk field was scheduled to precede the chapter presidents dinner, marking the sequence of events.
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