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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1947
Page
6
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour precip at 7 am trace, September to date 1.29 inches, 1947 total 26.24 inches, and long term averages. A 34 year period 1913-1946 produced monthly averages ranging from 1.97 inches in February to 3.86 inches in June, with year to date and courtesy credit to the Winchester Research Laboratory.
Mrs An Schlack and daughter Miss Schlack returned from a week's vacation in Ohio. Rev Elimore and Mrs Jim m ie Hutton of White Hall motor ed to Charlottesville then enrolled at University of Virginia. Miss Laura Snyder of Winchester visits her nephew G L Snyder. Mr Phillip O Connell will spend winter with grandparents W A Bunning and attend Stonewall school. Mrs John T Sawyer returns to Marys Mo after visiting here. Kenneth Smallwood begins erecting a dwelling at Ridgeway. Lea Act limited broadcaster hiring. Supreme Court sustained it.
TROQUOIS Ont Sept 25 The collier Milverton and the Translake collided in the St Lawrence causing an explosion and fire aboard the Milverton with at least 15 casualties. One or two men were believed lost in the accident.
Bloom Virginia September 25 announces visits by Conley B Cooper of Los Angeles and A B Cooper of Mt. Washington to see relatives. A large meet reunion of E A Richard and family occurred with all children and grandchildren except one. Rally Day at St Johns featured Rev E B Smith installing Sunday school officers. E W Dodson bought R F McGraw's Mt Falls mercantile. Several entertainments hosted visiting Ste wart Cooper and relatives from Thomas WV and Davis WV, plus Miss Daisy Williams of Winchester.
Q and A discuss Korea’s topknot custom for married men as engagement marks grown manhood, and U S Department of Agriculture guidance on treating caterpillar nests with sprays. It notes that arsenic mixtures are used in spraying, while burning nests or covering with oil can harm trees.
In Our Town, Doc Hollister is described as the hardest working on call day and night. His prescription for patients is to have fun, stressing personal relaxation amid modern farm life. The piece contrasts family leisure preferences from movie or book to a quiet drink for Dad.
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