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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1932
Page
5
Countryside Broadcastings publicizes Presbyterian Church activities in Virginia focusing on country church outreach. The notice lists contact details including Box 1176 Richmond Virginia and outlines aims for nationwide church support and U. S. church programs.
A sermon urges regular church attendance as a spiritual duty and source of grace. It defends the Pay in Kind plan, noting that labor or products, gifts from all members including the poor, honor God more than large monetary gifts.
Elizabeth Carpenter was taken to Winchester hospital after a fall at her daughter's home. doctors fear for her due to age. Hilda Crane had an appendectomy and is improving. Easter visitors included several named locals and students from Sheppard College.
White Post Virginia April 1 Miss Elizabeth Lee left Easter on day for a two weeks visit with friends in Baltimore Maryland Mr Woodley Blackwell of Washington DC is spending Easter with relatives here Mr Williams of Rappahannock County was a guest last weekend of Miss Elizabeth Lee Mrs Oiler of Berryville spent Easter with her sister Mrs Mary Gore Miss Marguerite Elliott spent Easter with friends in Rappahannock County Miss Ellen Moffett and Messrs David Boles and Doland Aukney of Baltimore were guests of Miss Elizabeth Lee Mr George Lee of Richmond spent Easter at his home here Miss Maud Wilson and cousin Mrs Elizabeth Maloney and little son of Front Royal were recent guests of Mrs Joseph Wilson near
Local notices recount Easter visits and illness among residents of Stonebridge and nearby towns. Figures include Rev Arthur of Richmond delivering a Memorial Church sermon, Miss Frankie Royston of Millwood visiting friends, and families such as the Rileys, Shepherds, Conleys, and Tavenners hosting or traveling. A birth is noted for Rev Moore’s son Walter Fletcher, while grippe and tonsil issues affect several. An appended Jacksonville Journal quote on prohibition closes the piece.
One year ago President Hoover described the death of Coach Knute Rockne as a national loss. An early morning fire at Robert C. DeWitt's home caused more than 1000 dollars in damage. Charles H. Harper and B. M. Sullivan begin work on a corner apartment and store at Pall Mall and South Loudoun. Hotel men urged to stop advertising on raid side signs. Colonel and Mrs B M depart for Easter in Southern Pines North Carolina.
Services will be held in the Presbyterian Church at 7 30 tonight as a preparatory service for the communion on Sunday at 11 o clock. It is the first day of the new church year and the pastor will conduct the service seeking a large attendance.
Advertisement urges treating catarrh as a blood disease. It promotes Parmint Double Strength and a home remedy mix with hot water and sugar, claiming it clears catarrh poisons, restores hearing and senses, and improves morning vitality.
Rehearsals are in progress for the annual Apple Blossom Festival pageant. The Barton office building on Rouss avenue has been sold to the Winchester Credit Corporation. Guests arrive for the wedding of Miss Mary Marshall Baker to John Van Dyke Tweedy of Baltimore. Handley High School will have a baseball team this year with practice begun.
Fifteen years ago excitement rises as Congress is about to convene to discuss war against Germany. A new reredos at Christ Episcopal Church honors Mr and Mrs W H Baker. No licenses needed for long stay boarding houses. Armed forces guard the Norfolk and Western Railroad between Hagerstown Maryland and Roanoke. Company I local National Guard increases to five hundred members.
Charley Curtis holds the Detroit post while the King of Italy prefers to be Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, reflecting a clash between titular authority and actual designation.
A fragment notes an invitation to worship at the church tonight lasting about three quarters of an hour with all who desire welcome to attend.
The item notes that many families hope for relief before they lose more than they have. It highlights shared hardship and a desire for brighter days despite ongoing economic strain.
A speaker at an insurance convention states a key science aim is to raise life expectancy, while noting another clever trend is living on. The remark reflects mutual interests in longevity and sustainable living discussions at the event.
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