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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1935
Page
3
The notice identifies the daughter of Mr and Mrs Aubrey Weaver of Front Royal. The fragment notes a family connection and place but lacks a full event or context.
Wednesday events include Winchester Lodge Elks meeting and Grace Church Adult Choir practice. Thursday hosts Rotary Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel and Gen Turner Ashby chapter U D C meeting. Also W C T U at Handley Library and a Girls Athletic Association tea. Friday features American Legion gathering at George Washington Hotel and Lions Club meeting at the hotel.
Horses from noted stables arrive in Middleburg for the annual spring hunt meet featuring timber and brush racing. Drinmore Lede, Paul Mellon’s Irish timber horse, is favored for the Middleburg Cup as a large entry list signals strong competition and a grand spectator turnout.
The Girls' Athletic Association plans a tea for Mrs. Hugh G. Hawkins on Thursday April 11 at the club rooms with Miss Frances Preffitt as hostess and Edna Holland as chair. Easter program urged by Junior Christian Endeavor Societies at the Reformed church Sunday at 6. Admiral and Mrs. Louis M. Nulton report visits from daughters Mrs. Dean Francis and Mrs. Laurance Browning. Thursday Bridge Club meets at 2:45 at Brad dock and Amherst. Girl Scouts Council to meet Thursday at 4 at 124 East Clifford. Four one act plays to be staged at Highview School April 12 for Ridings Chapel Church. Major and Mrs. John Heber Flood return from Florida. Mr. E. J. Dunlap improving after heart attack. Miss Bessie Bentzel making progress at Memorial Hospital after surgery. Ryland Conner, president of Winchester Park Association, recovering after appendicitis at Memorial Hospital.
WRVA plans a broadcast to unveil the festival queen with Lieut. Governor James H. Price and Virginia executives describing Winchester and the Apple Blossom Festival. The April 20 program aims to reach western listeners and publicize the 1935 event as one of the largest celebrations.
Testimony centers on overdrafts at Farmers Exchange in Stephens City. Witnesses describe director actions and a $3,000 personal note used to cover bank overdrafts. Defense outlines varied member status while auditors show a $4,000 loss in the year.
President Roosevelt, in Washington, holds talks on directing and shaping the $4.88 billion work and relief program. Key appointees on the board include Hopkins, Iskes, and Tugwell as active leaders. Tugwell outlines a third economy beyond private profit and traditional state socialism to create jobs and avert social unrest.
In Berlin on April 10, Solly Eppstein, 22, and Hans Ziegler, 34, were executed at Ploetzensee prison for the killing of Horst Wessel, a Nazi martyr. the incident follows a prior attack on two noble women spies by the same medieval battle axe.
Miss Cora Carper long time Stephens City resident dies at 2 PM at her sister Mrs Howard Staples home in Upperville Virginia where she wintered with another sister Mrs Allen Legg She is survived by five nephews and a sister in law The funeral will be at Upperville and Stephens City churches with interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers named Holmes Carper Claude Grim Stover Carper Hugh Carper Raymond Headley Earl Legg
April 10 report from Casualty Hospital says the three year old Norma Jean Green recovered slowly after severe beating by her stepfather. Police seek Robert Green an unemployed bricklayer from Ardmore Maryland who was paroled from a reformatory.
Receivers for the Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railway asked the Public Service Commission to abandon all service. The District of Columbia committee filed a protest with the commission against the move.
The Rev. D. C. Mayers of Middleburg will speak at Christ Episcopal Church on Thursday at 12 30 PM. The scripture reading will be Psalm 122 as part of the Lenten service series.
Andrew Bell reports the district’s automobile license sale is lagging as the deadline nears next Monday. By then about half licenses issued: 331 trucks licensed, 2 134 passenger cars licensed, with last year figures higher. Extra hours may be added. post deadline driving with 1934 license becomes illegal.
The Mount Williams Debating Society postpones the debate set for tomorrow at the school house to Thursday evening April 25. Announcement will note the debate topic for the new date.
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