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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1939
Page
3
Newborn Jeanette Alberta, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Berton Carson in Austin Indiana, weighed eight pounds. The parents paid a $25 doctor bill in pennies, totaling 2,500 coins and weighing 17 pounds.
Military rites were conducted for Staff Sergeant Charles D. Talbert of the United States Army in Mount Hebron Cemetery after services at Braddock Street Methodist Church. The ceremony included a firing squad salute, a flag presentation to Talbert’s widow, and honors from Army and church leaders. Relatives and friends from Winchester and beyond attended as Talbert, a popular Fort Devens figure, was remembered by Captain Francis E. Howard and others.
R M Wakeman of Middletown High School took first prize in the Northern Virginia district essay contest sponsored by the Chilean Nitrate Educational Bureau Inc. Jack E McAboy of Stephens City earned second prize, with Joe Mullen Lincoln Curtis Longerbeam Lincoln and Marshall Cammack Herndon following. Ward of Lincoln High School won the state wide contest with a top prize of 25 dollars for the best essay on nitrogen use for economical farm crop production.
Mrs. Mary Alice Ricketts widow of Andrew Rickets of Gainesboro died yesterday at 1 a.m. at her son Clifton Price’s home. She was 74, born April 23 1865 in Berkeley W Va. Surviving include four sons Clifton Price Calvin Price Samuel Price Earl Ricketts one daughter Edith Flowers and five brothers. Funeral services Tuesday at Green Springs Church with Rev Crowe. burial in adjoining cemetery. Pallbearers include three sons a son-in-law Frank Flowers and Leland Dick.
A deed records the transfer of 3.3 acres from Lily Boyd Knight and Benjamin M. Knight to William du Pont Jr for valuable consideration. The land is the northern portion of a permanent pasture field on the farm formerly owned by Benjamin Mitchell Knight in Berryville Virginia.
A damaged wartime obituary recounts Staff Sergeant Talbert who served continuously until his death. It lauds his high character, profound loyalty, and three essential qualities as a leader and senior non commissioned officer, noting his professional qualifications and value to his battalion.
At Valetta Malta on April 24 British naval authorities prepared a sudden eastward cruise for more than 30 Mediterranean fleet vessels. Battleships Warspite Barham Malaya cruisers Shropshire London Devonshire twenty two destroyers and Maine hospital ship plus escorts were ordered to sail Wednesday. An aircraft carrier Glorious was noted with RAF reinforcements at Alexandria amid Malta deployment. Britain Egypt bolster border forces to at least 50 000 troops.
Funeral services for Mrs. Nannie Mary McNeer widow of Dr. H V McNeer were held at the family home in Middletown Va. The Rev J T Brown Grace Methodist Church and Rev Dr W W McIntyre presided Interment was in Green Hill Cemetery Stephens City with flowers from friends Frederick Kline played two hymns on church chimes The service drew relatives and friends including Dr R V Shankin Gary W Va and Miss Virginia Perry Winchester Virginia Gaver longtime Methodist clergyman’s daughter.
New York April 24 Douglas Fairbanks Sr popular silent film star has presented his entire film collection to the Museum of Modern Art film library. The 2,000,000 feet of film weighing 13 tons is the librarys largest single donation and spans from his 1915 first picture The Lamb to the 1932 talkie Mr Robinson Crusoe.
Dr. Alexander Grigorin of Wheaton College uses an alarm clock to cue bedtime after yawn in class and apologizing for missing sleep. A student suggested the idea and he adopted it to avoid absent mindedness.
We thank neighbors and friends for kindness during illness and at the death of Sarah Robinson. Gratitude for car loans and floral designs received. April 24, 2011.
The undersigned will privately offer antique furniture and related items beginning Tuesday April 25 1939 in the building at 330 North Cameron Market streets Winchester Virginia. Sale by committee of Gertrude Fitch. John M Miller Harry R Kern.
In San Francisco on April 24 the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals reports a one day gun surrender event during kindness to animals week. Children exchanged air guns and small rifles for cameras, prompting plans to make the exchange a yearly program to curb bird and wildlife harm and teach shooting with a camera instead of a gun.
Governor James H. Price announced the appointment of John Watts as junior personnel executive in the Virginia state division of the budget effective May 8. Watts, born April 21, 1913 in North Carolina, has served as personnel secretary at the Public Administration Clearing House in Chicago since February 1938 and studied at the University of Virginia.
The Winchester Gun Club announced it will sponsor a clay target shooting match at Rouss Park traps this Saturday afternoon. Club members urge local sportsmen to join the park shoot to support the Virginia State Trapshooting Association tournament on July 3 to 5. Guns are available at the clubhouse, and Ruth Cuthbert will instruct women shooters. A $1 yearly membership drives financing for the state meet.
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