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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1948
Page
5
A historical rainfall report lists 24 hour precip trace and year to date totals 1948 at 29.94 inches with September to date 2.60 inches. It provides average monthly precipitation over 1913 1946 period highlighting months with values from 1.94 inches in February to 3.92 inches in June and notes courtesy from the Winchester Research Laboratory.
Archie L. Frye a Handley high school vocational agriculture and horticulture teacher becomes president of Winchester Teachers Assn. Other officers elected last spring include Eve Lyn Kiser vice president Gladys Coulter secretary Sybil Hottle corresponding secretary and Lenna Snider treasurer. Coulter and Kiser chosen as delegates to the Virginia Education Assn meeting October 28 29 in Richmond with alternates Helen Walker and Snider.
Governor William M. Tuck urges Virginians to observe National Newspaper Week October 1 to 8. He extols free speech as a bulwark against tyranny and calls Virginia journalism a beacon for truth, harmony, and world peace through unvarnished information and informed opinion.
In Long Beach California Jocko the 15 pound monkey caused a day of commotion delving into homes stealing grapes and matchbox flames and eluding capture for about ten hours. Neighbors Dick Cowan Jane Hall and Robert Brasher had varied encounters with the mischievous animal before an old man finally restrained Jocko and took him away.
Watts Dabney Watts will address the Rotary lunch tomorrow as guest speaker. He chairs the central committee and will discuss the Freedom Train’s visit to Winchester on October 7.
New York state has about 83 570 miles of highway with nearly 64 000 miles paved. On average six church fires six school fires and two hospital fires occur daily in the United States.
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