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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1935
Page
3
Mrs Effie Jolliffe, recorder of Camp No. 71638 Boyce, receives a gold badge for 21 years of service. The Royal Neighbors note the badge honors camp recorders with 10+ years, and Miss Erna Barthel of Rock Island, supreme recorder, sends congratulatory letter praising Jolliffe’s role in the society’s progress and fraternal work.
Saturday 7 30 p m Easter party at Congregational Christian church. Monday 9 30 p m dancers by Boys Athletic Association in bank building at Stephens City. Tuesday 12 30 p m Lions Club meeting and luncheon at George div Sn Hotel. Wednesday 12 30 p m Kiwanis Club meeting at George Washington Hotel. 8 00 p m Winchester Lodge Elks regular meeting. 8 15 p m Adult Choir practice at Grace Lutheran Church. Thursday 12 30 p m Robert Conrad Post American Legion luncheon meeting.
The Spanish Club of Winchester Institute will meet Tuesday at 8 pm at 506 West Clifford Street. Mrs. Leslie D. Kline and Mrs. Miller hostesses. Dr. Fernando Martinez will speak on Cervantes life with Don Quixote era music. Visitors Mary Kimball and Priscilla Brown toured Winchester.
The Chanters present the Easter cantata Olivet to Calvary under director Floy Haines at the Lutheran Church on Easter Sunday April 21 at 3 PM. The performance earlier drew praise and the public is invited to hear these young singers again.
A minstrel show will be presented at the Armel School house on Wednesday evening April 24 with curtain at 8 o clock. The public is invited to attend. Nearby social notes record Mrs. Lewis H. Hyde hosting visitors and Easter plans for relatives and friends including Miss Martha Hinkle and Miss Genevieve Massie visiting relatives in the area.
Hoboes suspend freight hauling for ten days to hold their itinerant workers union gathering in Pittsburgh led by veteran Jeff Davis who seeks reelection. Delegates, including women, discard travel gear as the jungleland conclave convenes this afternoon.
Police imposed strict measures in Dublin to avert clashes between rival Republican groups during Easter ceremonies marking the 1916 uprising. A large military display will unfold on O Connell Street as President De Valera unveils a statue in the General Post Office. The IRA plans its own celebration.
The regional fire school co sponsored by the Martinsburg fire department runs April 29 and 30. Robert B. Criswell of the Ohio West Virginia inspection bureau will lecture on inspections. Pride of the West Virginia State Department of Mines will lead first aid classes. Prof. Lewis V. Carpenter directs the program.
American and British residents and thousands of Chinese continued to move out of the area toward Chungking as authorities rush to defend the provincial capital. Rice and food supplies were brought up and officials said the city could be held for three months against any renewed Communist attack.
Announcement states Miss Jane Hastings Scully daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Sullivan Scully Jr of South Stewart Street will wed Rodney Thaine Taylor son of Dr. and Mrs L L Taylor of Yellow Springs Ohio. Taylor studies at Pittsburgh Xenia Theological Seminary and will receive his degree in May. The Century Club meets April 26 at 3 30 at Mrs Harry K Russell’s home with date changed from April 23.
Messrs Horace Hott and Bennie Davis arrived in Winchester to spend the Eastern vacation at their parents homes. They traveled by automobile and expect to return to their studies next week.
A high official foresees a new attack on government intrusion in business as a probable outcome of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States meeting from April 29 to May 2. He notes executives feel current moves may foreshadow Federal power beyond prior reach.
Stephens City residents report visits from Middletown Clarendon and Winchester families over the weekend. Meantime three local youths John Hopewell Paul Miller and James Madigan died from injuries in a motorcycle crash last Friday evening drawing community sympathy.
Irwin Williams of Stephens City was found not criminally responsible for a fatal crash in that town on Friday April 12. Three young men on a motorcycle died when their bike collided with Williams car. Judge A J Tavenner ruled the horse drawn wagon owned by Frank Lovett was the proximate cause. Witnesses included Clyde Thompson Julian Venable Claude Hartley Eugene Chiles C G Wilkins and state police investigator George F Miller.
In Minden Ba authorities found a charred skeleton in a boiler firebox at Minden Compress Company. The remains are believed to be a child aged 10 to 12 with indications the body was dragged and shoved into the furnace via hot gas from the chamber. No missing person reports align with the case.
The text notes that wedding rings were used by ancient Hindus and betrothal rings appeared in ancient Rome, indicating early adoption of engagement practices across cultures. The emphasis is on historical use and cultural spread of rings as symbols of commitment.
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