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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 10, 1941

Page

2

Lions Review Fun Festival Achievements

The Winchester Club outlines a planned April festival from the 15th to 19th with funds raised supporting civic causes. Reported donations support Ridge Sanatorium maintenance, Boy Scout work, blind and underprivileged children, tuberculosis health bonds, skating programs, rural-urban meetings, Handley High School dinner, Army camp fees, Winchester hospital auxiliary, Salvation Army, and other items. The festival is a sixth annual event co sponsored by Memorial Hospital auxiliary.

Artemies Winchester Club Armory Lions Ate Ridge Handley High School Winchester Hospital Auxiry Salvation Army Memts Memorial Hospital Auxiry

Moone's Emerald Oil Promises Relief and Healing

An advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a fast soothing remedy for skin distress. It claims easy application, greaseless formula, and a money back satisfaction guarantee with availability at first class drug stores.

Moone

Shenandoah Choir to Sing in United Brethren Church

Shenandoah Choir announces its fifth season of concert work with a program at United Brethren Church on April 20. The chorus will tour Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania with a Pittsburgh concert and features Miss Dorothy Larrick of National Avenue as a chorus member. Shenandoah Conservatory of Music is a recognized music school in the south approved by the Virginia State Board of Education and associated with the National Association of Schools of Music.

Shenandoah Choir United Brethren Church Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania Pittsburgh

U S Crop Loans Extend Aid for Farm Feed

Woodstock April 10. County agent J. Carl Coiner says the Federal Emergency Crop and Feed Loans are available for livestock feed and seed fertilizer to plant crops for feed. Loans target farm owners and tenants with limited collateral who do not need rehabilitation or bank credit.

Woodstock J. Carl Coiner Production Credit Association

Maundy Thursday Services At Market Street Methodist

Maundy Thursday observance at 5 p m features Holy Communion at Market Street Methodist Church with Rev. Harry G Balthis assisting. A Good Friday 5 p m meditation will include Rev Garland Evans Hopkins retelling the life and passion of Christ.

Market Street Methodist Church Harry G. Balthis Garland Evans Hopkins

Rites Held for Mrs. Katie Bennett Manuel at Middletown

Yesterday at 2 o'clock last rites were conducted for Mrs. Katie Bennet Manuel who died at 3:30 p.m. Monday in Middletown after five years of poor health. Rev. W. Emory Trainham officiated at Prospect Hill cemetery Front Royal. Survivors include son Herbert B. Manuel and brother Frank Bennett.

Katie Bennet Manuel Middletown W. Emory Trainham First Baptist Church Front Royal Prospect Hill R. H. Baker J. Carson Reely W. R D. Boyd Wade H. Hunt E. R. Sperry Reliance Quartet D. N. Grover Robert Steele Floyd Derflinger Walter Keener Rugged Cross Warren Manuel Joseph M. Bennett Salome Ridgeway Bennett Riverton Kline Herbert H. Manuel Warren County Buckton Ford Shenandoah River Maryland Grange Middletown Grange Daughters of Wesley Bible Middletown Methodist Church Warren Rifles United Metivators of Confederacy The Baptist Church Herbert B. Manuel Frank Bennett Bethel Gussie Bennett Georgia Bennett Edinburg

Murphy Rites To Be Friday

Final rites for Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy 80 will be conducted Friday morning at 10 from the Church of the Sacred Heart followed by interment in the Catholic Cemetery. Mrs Murphy widow of Patrick Murphy died at her home in Waynesboro Pennsylvania. She is survived by five sons and two daughters including Murphy of Winchester.

Elizabeth Murphy Church of the Sacred Heart Murphy Patrick Murphy Waynesboro Winchester

FFA Members Hold Parley In Warren

About 90 members of the Northern Virginia Triangle Federation of Future Farmers met at Front Royal Tuesday night and decided to hold the federation track meet at Handley high school at 4 oclock on May 10. May broadcasts from Handley Boyce and Berryville chapters were noted with instructors W R Legge Robert Wall H M Davis Archie J J Foster among attendees. The next meeting will be in Luray on May 27 at 8 oclock when officers will be named.

Northern Virginia Triangle Federation of Future Farmers Front Royal Handley High School Handley, Boyce Berryville Prederick Arren County Ashington Sperryville Luray Sen Teieeety Gainesboro Boye Berryville Handley W. R. Legge Robert Wall H. M. Davis Archie Washington and Sperryville J. J. Foster

Death of Winchester Resident Michael Lillis at 87

Michael Lillis 87 a longtime Winchester resident died at Patton Nursing Home at 8 40 last night after a hip fracture in July He was a longtime South End Hose Company member later a trustee He retired as a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad watchman He is survived by a daughter Mrs Mary E Harlee two sons Charles H Lillis and Julian M Lillis a sister nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren Funeral plans tentatively set for Sacred Heart Church at 10 30 Saturday morning

Michael Lillis Winchester Patton West Piccadilly Street Lillis South End South End Hose Company John Lillis Ireland Ellen Lillis Frederick County Sacred Heart Catholic Church Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Elizabeth Grim Mary E. Harlee Charles H. Lillis Julian M. Lillis Richmond Mary Ruland Cumberland

Capper Funeral Services Set for Friday Afternoon

Funeral services for Michael Lohr Capper 79 a Winchester businessman farmer and church member will be held at 3 PM Friday from his residence 330 North Loudoun Street Reverend Ronald S Wilson of the Presbyterian Church will officiate. Interment will be Mount Hebron Cemetery with active pallbearers Fred Boyd Frank Barr Bruce Slonaker Ansel Solenberger Stewart Bell and Harold Brown. Honorary pallbearers include Shenandoah Valley Bank directors and church deacons.

Michael Lohr Capper Winchester North Loudoun Street Ronald S. Wilson Presbyterian Church Mount Hebron Fred Boyd Frank Barr Bruce Slonaker Ansel Solenberger Stewart Bell Harold Brown The Shenandoah Valley Bank

Bond issue may finance Clarke County schools plan

Clarke County School Board may propose a $95,000 bond issue at a meeting with the Board of Supervisors on Monday April 14. Funds would finance a new Boyce school and an addition to Berryville High School with bonds expected to carry 2.12 percent interest and be repaid by 1953, versus a Literary Fund loan at 4 percent repaid by 1956. The state may appoint a new superintendent if the personnel tie remains unresolved by May 1.

Berryville Clarke County School Board Board of Supervisors Archie F. Robertson Clay Carr State Board of Education Boyce Berryville High School Literary Fund

Hearing Set on Coal Company Price Violations in Detroit

Washington April 10 The bituminous coal division announced a hearing for April 21 in Detroit to determine if White Oak Coal Company of Mount Hope West Virginia violated the bituminous coal code minimum price regulations.

Washington Bituminous Coal Division Detroit Mich White Oak Coal Company Mount Hope W. Va

Rites Held for J L Mellon at Fairview Lutheran

Funeral services for John Lemuel Mellon age 71 were held Sunday at his residence and at Fairview Lutheran Church with Rev. Leslie O Shirley and Rev Mr Cather of Winchester officiating He died April 3 and is survived by his wife Mrs Ella Mellon a daughter Mrs Bessie Wine and sister Mrs Sallie Oates plus other relatives Pallbearers listed and he belonged to Mt Pleasant U B Church

John Lemuel Mellon Fairview Lutheran Church Leslie O. Shirley Cather Winchester Mr. Mellon Ella Mellon Bessie Wine Sallie Oates Harry Boyles Lester Nethers Shirley Abshire Edgar Dick Wilbur Anderson Walter Anderson Mellon Mt. Pleasant U. B. Church

Funeral Costs: Franks Honest about Service Value

Franks emphasizes clear pricing for funeral services with emphasis on adequate facilities and trained staff. The piece argues costs are high but compared with competitors, the provider offers fair value and transparency.

Answers to Today's Quiz on Page Four

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