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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1947
Page
4
The fragment notes deadlines for display advertising at the i Star Publishing Co. in Winchester Virginia with 12 noon submission by day before publication. Rates listed include 55 cents per inch for transient ads and contract rates on application. A biblical quote from Isaiah 11 2 mentions the spirit of Jehovah resting on him.
A group of middle aged women gathered on the Lake Suc cess lawn outside the U M building to hear about the United Nations proceedings. They recounted Mrs Roosevelt's note that six weeks of wrangling over a single word ended with replacing citizens and subjects by persons. One listener whistled in astonishment.
A humorous rhyme from AT LAW laments a lawyer who adores plush rugs and quick decisive words. The piece hints at high fees and the promise of law protecting clients even when troubles arise.
Wichita county officials consider relief for a client with a $28 beer bill while Emporia officials face a similar issue. The concern centers on habitual beer guzzlers who have fair jobs and incomes yet keep their parents on public assistance rolls.
Mrs Imogene J Crockett executive secretary of the Winchester Tuberculosis Assn sets a 4500 quota for this year s Christmas seals sale Officers include President Rev B T Clark vice president E W Argenbright treasurer H R Edwards and William Wynkoop Dunn son of Mrs John Eddy 202 S Washington St has learned from the navy department that he is entitled to wear the Presidential Unit Citation ribbon bar with a star for her oism aboard the USS Lexington against Japan
County Clerk Lee Whitacre remains in an oxygen tent at Winchester hospital after a severe pneumonia diagnosis. Handley High School drills pause as the team prepares for a hard game against Fort Hill at Cumberland, with a season record of wins over Berkeley Springs and losses to Anacostia and Alleghany. Scout Executive Stanley Mate joins police urging youths to avoid Halloween vandalism. Induction orders mailed to 58 Winchester men to report for final Selective Service physicals.
Ten years ago in 1937 Nancy Bowley leaves for Washington to meet Miss Margaret Byrd of Gunston Hall and attend a Halloween dance at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. A three-in-one apple is found by Mrs G R Bly in Mt Williams. A local quartet of Winchester boys performs on WFMD Frederick Md. The quartet includes Allen Franks Maynard McKee George McFarland and Everett Jenkins.
A 1992 note recalls T Russell Cather and Lester D Arnold addressing Mt Williams district voters at the school house this evening. Senator Swanson and Congressman Harrison are mentioned, while Clarence Woods pastor of Centenary Reform Church submitted his resignation. Church members reportedly ask him to reconsider. Woods first Winchester pastor to introduce motion pictures into worship. Bible pictures once drew crowds away from services.
A devotional compares the plus life of selfless service with the minus life of self seeking. It urges readers to follow Jesus Christ’s example of giving and aiding others. The piece contrasts helpful neighbors with cynical, dependent types and promotes charity over selfishness.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour precipitation none ending at 7 am. October rainfall and year to date 1947 total 27.72 inches with average annual rainfall over 24 years 36.30 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1946 list January 2.45 February 1.97 March 2.95 April 3.07 May 3.64 June 3.86 July 3.79 August 3.77 September 2.61 October 3.36 November 2.40 December 2.43. Courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
The item lists quiz questions on nations, geography and history with references to figures like Vidkun Quisling Ellen Beach Yaw Myron C Taylor and Henry Wallace. It poses ten specific questions plus a Q and A about national forests totaling 178 million acres, noting most commercial forest lands are private.
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