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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1947
Page
5
Nina G. Anderson argues for limited Sunday entertainment and urges parents to discipline their children. The letter criticizes youth behavior, noise, and public disturbance, while condemning drunkenness and calling for family reading at home.
If stomach discomfort follows meals sour taste and gas, readers are urged to use SSS Tonic to increase gastric juice flow. Medical authorities claim lab tests show the tonic boosts digestion in non-organic stomach disturbances and improves blood quality and energy. Millions have used it. get a bottle at any drug store.
A local editor condemns Sunday movie showings as a major vice alongside liquor and tobacco, urging adherence to the Sabbath and citing biblical verses. The letter voices concern for youth delinquency linked to gangsters and sensational images, urging action from Winchester authorities and the community.
The Church of The Nazarene at 14 East Cork St Winchester urges keeping Sunday holy. Pastor A L Lepley speaks on safeguarding the souls of men and honoring the Lord's day.
Virginia state employment service manager F. W. Bailey urged employers to survey plants and fill openings with disabled veterans and citizens. Local offices will intensify efforts to place handicapped workers in suitable jobs as part of National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week with the slogan Ability Not Disability Counts.
Henry Harvey Brooks of 1010 8. Main St. received six months suspended and costs for assault. Floyd Harley Pitcock of 402 N. Kent St. was fined $9.25 for drunkenness. Wilbur Knicely of 333 E. Piccadilly was fined $10.25 for drunkenness.
Cases disposed include Robert Elwood Martin of Winchester for reckless driving and no operator's license with a $39.25 fine and James Richard Perry of 525 S Braddock St for reckless driving and improper muffler with a $49.25 fine.
Patrick Eugene Moran has completed 11 weeks of recruit training at Great Lakes and is on 12 day leave with his parents at 523 Bel Air Ave Front Royal. He enlisted at Winchester recruiting station on July 15 and will attend the navy aviation electronics technician program at the naval air technical training command in Memphis.
Circuit court grants an absolute divorce to Gilbert F William against Leatha A Willis for desertion with a four month remarriage ban. Lena Mea Burch Garron and Richard Garron receive a two year separation decree after desertion findings.
Alexei Tolstoy, a prominent Soviet writer who died in February 1945, was not related to Count Leo Tolstoy the novelist who lived from 1828 to 1910.
John D. Spreckels III sues for separate maintenance claiming Lou Dellreckels has supported herself for 20 years with husbands funds and that he is only about eight on the family fortune. He seeks share of wealth while admitting a $400,000 stake and $125,000 debt.
In Quincy Massachusetts Mrs Lissette Kallerman Youlden celebrated what would have been her 88th birthday with family and friends. She died just before the party began. Surviving relatives include a son a daughter and six grandchildren.
Everett Conner led Sarah Fane Fire Co to their only win of the night over Elliott Motor Lines. L and M Buses swept Shoe Center as Harold Dawson led with 127. Northern Virginia Power Co beat American Legion after a 14 pin opener. Jimmy Livengood paced B8 with 347 series. O Sullivan Office surprised Royal Crown three straight. A League standings show B and S Poultry and No Va Power Co top.
The record shows individual scores with V Rohrer 139 and Lee Oppelt 126 in an event. Team results list Home Beneficial vs No. Virginia Power with 554 522 and 519 points, and team set totals No. Virginia Power 1505 O Sullivan Office 1503 Home Beneficial 1484.
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