Handley Senior Class Plays to Large Audience
The Handley senior class staged a three act farce with mystery in December 1931. The lobby setting featured Phil, Lucy, Annie and a crook plot involving jewels and a contract to marry. Directors and staff including Mrs Alan Perry Godfrey Prelip and Beall Bentley Thomas received praise along with local sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
Seenati
Eee
van Bushkirk
Phil
Jerry
Yhfa
Lot
Phylis Mortimer
Carolyn Verdeen
Fairfax Kerry
Lucy
Annie
Fairfax
Numb
Pears
Irons
Beall Bentley Thomas
Godfrey Prelip
Beall Thomas
Gray and Sheetz
Asa Crisman
Star Publishing Company
Baker's Drug Store
Recalls Victory For Sanitation Here Years Ago
The Star recalls the fight over sewerage in Winchester led by Dr Hunter McGuire to secure a modern system. A visitor notes Winchester’s water supply concerns and hopes for an assured pure water future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lewis Hyde
Winchester
Hunter McGuire
Renowa
W. P. McGuire
Andy Bell
Grove Farm Foreclosure Sale in Frederick Virginia
Trustees will offer at public auction on April 30 1932 the Grove farm tract of 254 acres near Winchester Virginia eight miles southwest of the city. The sale excludes two parcels formerly released from the lien and follows a one third cash and two equal installment payment plan with interest. Bonds of the property and required insurance will secure the balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Court House
Frederick
Winchester
County of
Middle Road
City of
Ginn, Graves
Grove Farm
Ray Robinson
J. Fred Thwaite
Ministers To Meet Monday In Winchester
The Winchester Ministerial Association will convene at Handley Library Monday at 10 30 in the morning. Rev. E A Lambert will lead the devotional service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Ministerial Association
Handley Library
E. A. Lambert
Tough boy finds Scout spirit through a good turn
A troubled youth who mocked Scouts visits Troop 1 s meeting, overhears praise for Scouting, and is inspired to study the Handbook for Boys. He joins the troop and helps plan a Sea Scout boat project while patrols race in a close bird house contest as Troop 1 2 3 6 and 7 report activities and new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ord
Bill
Naval Yard
Norfolk
John Taylor
Capon River
Flying Eagle Patrol
Mr. Brown
Colin Hayley
Dereck Hayley
George Haines
Rudolph Palmer
Red Cross
Glaize
Shaffer
E. B Cooper
Douglas Cather
Mr Good
Ritter
Cooper
Charles G. Harper
Grace Lutheran Church
Scout Anderson
Jones
Palace Presents Cupid Air Eagles and Tarzan at Palace Theatre
A Saturday bill features Cupid the $10,000 educated pony at 7 41 and 9 40 p m with Air Eagles the sky melodrama starring Lloyd Hughes and Shirley Grey. Tarzan the Ape Man opens Monday after a record run in Baltimore, with Johnny Weissmuller Maureen O Sullivan and C Aubrey Smith in the cast, plus school matinees at 4 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pony Marvel
Air Eagles
Palace Theatre
Palace
Cupid
Lloyd Hughes
Norman Kerry
Shirley Grey
Air
Tarzan
the Palace
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Motion Pictures
Edgar Rice
Johnny Weissmuller
Maureen O'Sullivan
Neil Hamilton
C. Aubrey Smith
Baltimore City
Loew
Columbia Theatre
Washington
Winchester
Tex Takes a Holiday at the Colonial Theatre
The Colonial Theatre presents Tex Takes a Holiday in natural color with thrilling action suspense and romance. Leftover Ladies a Tiffany Productions drama based on Ursula Parrott's Mentor Magazine article stars Claudia Dell and arrives Monday.
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Tex
Colonial Theatre
Tiffany Productions
Ursula Parrott
Mentor
Claudia Dell
Tragic death grieves Mount Williams community
Mount Williams Virginia April 1 The friends of Mr Arthur Smith mourn his death on Saturday night He rode part of the way home on Hollis Crowser s truck from Winchester to his Mount Pleasant area He was well liked and will be missed Also notes that Mrs Paul Wolverton and four children visited Mrs An Dordorff over the weekend Easter visits by Miss Ethel Batten and Master Richard Smithey and other local residents are mentioned along with various short social updates and visits
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Mount Williams
Arthur Smith
Hollis Crowser
Winchester
Mount Pleasant
Paul Wolverton
Nellie Fauver
Fauvers
Roy Brill
Catherine Crim
Katherine Cain
Capitol The Expert With Dickey Moore At Capitol
The Expert starring Edna Ferber property shown by Warner Bros opens at Capitol Theatre with So Big and Cimarron. Enthusiasm from Los Angeles premiere echoes as Broken Lullaby joins the run starting Monday for patrons seeking a strong drama.
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Chic Sale
Dickey Moore
Capitol
Warner Bros
Vitaphone
Edna Ferber
Capitol Theatre
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Monay
Governor Cross Denies Planned Wedding Rumor
Governor Wilbur L. Cross, 69, denying reports, says he has no plans to marry Catherine A. Turner, a 24 year old Hartford insurance clerk, and that they have appeared together only as a close family friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur L. Cross
Connecticut
Catherine A. Turner
Hartford
Miss Turner
Cross
One in Time Saves Nine
A Texas man of ninety eight credits honey with keeping him alive, while the Kansas City Star notes that too much honey can shorten life. The piece also mentions the South American wild dog and its odd habit of running figure eight courses for hours.
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Texas
Honey
Kansas City Star
Chicago politics quote on Hoover renomination sentiment
Harold L. Ickes, a Chicago progressive politician, judges that not more than one Republican voter in ten supports Hoover's renomination and few think he can win reelection.
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Hoover
Harold L. Ickes
Chicago
Card of Thanks and Humorous Proverb Note
A reader notes a humorous Uncle Eben quip about style and theft risk in a Washington Star style aside. The Toledo Blade cites a Debates Viewpoint line about starting arguments. A card of thanks from Mrs Bessie Smith and sons Lester G. Smith and co mentions sympathy after the death of Arthur F. Smith with flowers and visitations acknowledged.
Local Visits and Purchases Reported in Chambersville Area
Chambersville residents spent Friday with grandparents Mr and Mrs W K Brill. Several people visited Winchester on Saturday. Hurl Himmelright bought a Chevrolet sedan. Leslie Clowser and wife of Stotler s Cross Roads West Virginia visited W H Clowser and family. Ruben Hulver and wife of Mountain Falls spent Sunday with grandparents A B Fauver and spouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Hurl Himmelright
Leslie Clowser
Stotler’s Cross Roads
W. Va
W. H. Clowser
Ruben Hulver
Mountain Falls
A. B. Fauver
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Editor
The
Star
C. W. Bennick
R. T. Barton
Stanr
Charles Elting
Mercersburg
Tom Scully
Princeton
Dan Wright
Washington and Lee
John Perrine
Bennie Davis
Board of Review
William Allen
Charles E. Harper
Scribe
Alable
FORD
Eben
Washington Star
Toledo
Biade
Arthur F. Smith
Bessie , Coo
Lester G. Smith
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
MMP
Southern
Dairies
Post Office
Bickers’ Motor Company
Willys
C.E. Organ
Willys Dealer
Braddock ST
Chambersville
Mrs. W. K. Brill
U. S. Royals
Herrell Sales Corp. Distributors
S. Loudoun St
Bickers
Twin City Oil & Gas Corporation
Shell Station
Amherst
Martinsburg Pike
Boscawen Sts
Valley Ave
Silvertown
Cammer Tire Company
Braddock & Boscawen Sts
H. W. Ebert
BUICK
C. IL Brumback
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