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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1934
Page
5
The Virginia Emergency Relief Administration extended the surplus food program to July 1. Local relief committees requisitioned 13,198 pounds salt pork and 7,194 pounds smoked pork this season. Each family receives monthly rations including pork, butter, cheese, lard, beef, flour, cereal, and oranges.
The nation observes Humane Sunday and a week of activities by humane societies to aid animals. Efforts include replacing steel-jaw traps with humane devices, advancing electrical stunning, and enhancing transit protections for cattle and poultry. Courts support cruelty reductions, while campaigns seek stricter penalties for hit and run drivers harming animals.
A 1934 Bell Syndicate piece argues seven to nine year olds need extensive outdoor play to release built up energy. It condemns prolonged sitting in school and hush orders, urging after school group games with balls and bats. It stresses practical care and proper home environment to prevent behavioral outbursts.
A standard training school for workers in northern Frederick County and part of Berkeley County West Virginia returns this year at White Hall school, starting Sunday May 6 at 2 30 pm. The program features Rev A P Hovermale Rev Dr W A Wilt Rev Franklin G Senger and a children’s Bible class with 51 advance registrations already reported. The two daily sessions run May 6 and the following Tue Wed Thu Fri at 8 pm.
County wheat producers may sign up for contract reopenings announced by R L Omps president of the county wheat production control association. Details and signing offices are at the county agent in the Court House during the set dates. Three groups qualify including those who did not complete last fall's contract and those seeking to start anew with benefit payments spanning 1933 to 1935, plus 1932-33 growers with 85 percent acreage harvest in 1934.
A 1934 job offer seeks able men from Winchester to Culpeper for factory representation with weekly earnings from 35 to 75 dollars and some reporting up to 250 dollars. Interviews set at the George Washington Hotel on Thursday April 19 at 1 PM. ages 25 to 40, neat in appearance, broad experience encouraged.
The piece urges students to take personal responsibility for grades and success. It argues that effort and perseverance are required, and blaming teachers or parents only delays improvement. It calls readers to start now and pursue industry to obtain good grades and success.
A collection of verses reflecting a discontented student addressing a strict teacher about exam pressure and study. The second part describes three sisters with contrasting talents: the eldest sings well in Italian and French, the middle plays piano and earns money, and the youngest is portrayed as the black sheep who burdens the family finances.
Two senior girls at Handley School celebrate reaching typing speed goals amid a flurry of activity. Teachers interrupt classes for notices as loud hammering and constant music fill the building. The band reports to school at eight each morning and staff and students feel tired after long days. The changes come as preparation for the upcoming Apple Blossom Festival intensifies.
The author notes that it is easier to inflame enthusiasm than to compel men to die for their country, arguing the challenge lies in sustaining willingness to fight for the nation. The quote reflects wartime morale concerns and public resolve.
Two couples were licensed at the county clerk’s office on Saturday. The first pair were LeRoy C. Sheakley, a machinist, and Anne Doiley, both of Cumberland, Maryland. The second couple were Carl H. Miller, a farmer of Gore, and Hildred S. Roomsburg of Cold Stream, West Virginia.
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