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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1938

Page

3

Air Show Opens Apple Blossom Festival Week

The annual apple blossom festival opens with an air show at 10:30 AM featuring local and visiting planes. Lt. Duke Douglass and George Schecter perform stunts with parachute jumper George de Grange also delivering thrills. A night air show and band concerts are planned at Bufflick Road airport and Handley grounds.

Bufflick Road Duke Douglass George Schecter George de Grange Hell Handley Grounds

Dies After Amputation A Frederick County Widow 64

Mrs Nora B Orndorff a longtime Frederick resident and widow of Isaac M Orndorff died at Memorial Hospital at age 64 after an operation for leg amputation due to infection She operated a boarding house at 509 North Cameron Street Her sister Lillie Pitcock of Winchester and grandson Harold C Fletcher of Baltimore survive She was aunt to William R Joseph A Bruce C Girard H Loring and Vennard Lineburg Funeral from Jones chapel South Loudoun Street at 2 pm tomorrow with Rev E J Rohart officiating interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.

Nora B. Orndorfff Frederick County Memorial Hospital Orndorff North Cameron Street Lillie Pitcock Winchester Harold C. Fletcher Baltimore William R. Joseph A Bruce C Girard H. Loring Vennard Lineburg Jones

Flight Study Tracks City Development From Air

Northwestern University professors conducted a Metropolitan and suburban development class for 150 students aboard an airliner. Professor William Bailey of sociology argued a half hour aloft yields more insight than days on the ground into the ways and work of man.

Chicago Northwestern University William Bailey University

William and Mary Co Ed Writes Official Song for Festival

Miss Browne of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg has written and copyrighted the official Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival song Apple Blossom Time. The fox trot tune and words celebrate the Fifteenth Festival and will be the theme song of the two day event. Copies printed by Pifer will be mailed to friends. Browne is invited as an official guest but cannot attend.

Jane Mallory Browne Ancient College of William and Mary Williamsburg Miss Brown Pifer Miss Browne

Radio Highlights New York April 26 NBC CBS programs

New York radio listings detail two NBC broadcasts ending the season with a live Town Meeting on democracy and American ideals at 1 p m and a night session on What Is The American Way with speakers Knox Smith and Bingham. Additional daily programs span WMCA WABC and WEAF with varied talk, music, and drama through the day.

New York America Wjz-Nbc David Sarnoff Dorothy Thompson Anne O’hara McCormick Col Frank Knox T. V Smith Alfred Bingham WEAF NBC Johnny and Russ Morgan Fibber McGee Bob Ripley Dale Carnegie WABC CBS Helen Menkin Edward G. Robinson al Jolson al Pearce Benny Goodman Hal Kesap WJZ Mr. Keen E. Madriguera Heidi’s Brigadiers Chicago

Pirates of Pitt Take Up Right Where They Quit in ’37

The Pittsburgh Pirates win their seventh straight, 8 to 6 over the Chicago Cubs, moving a full game ahead of the idle New York Giants. St Louis tops Cincinnati 5 to 0 while the Yankees fall to Philadelphia 6 to 1 as Lou Gehrig slumps. Lefty Ostermueller powers Boston to 7 to 0 over Washington, Detroit crushes St Louis 10 to 1, and Cleveland is shut out by Chicago. standings show Pittsburgh undefeated, Philadelphia and Detroit rising in the early season.

Pirates of Pitt Gayle Talbot Associated Press Pittsburgh Pirates Pie Traynor Chicago Cubs New York Giants Polo Grounds Pirates St. Louis Cardinals Paul Derringer Cincinnati Birds Dizzy Dean New York Yankees Philadelphia Athletics Lee Ross Lou Gehrig Dario Lodigiani Oakland Joe Beggs Gehrig Joe McCarthy Lou Joe Dimaggio Red Sox Lefty Ostermueller Boston Red Sox Washington Lefty Joe Cronin Yankees Detroit St. Louis Browns Tigers Chet Laabs Hank Greenberg Dixie Walker Ervin Fox Vernon Kennedy Browns Cleveland Indians Chicago Hiladelphia New York St. Louis Boston Cleveland-Chicago Philadelphia Cleveland Moston YE Pittsburgh Brooklyn

Death Takes Mr. Snyder in Carlisle at Age 70

Rob ert L. Glaize of Fairmont avenue reports the death of his brother in law Harry Snyder aged about 70 at his Carlisle Pennsylvania home from pneumonia. Native of Carlisle he spent years in Winchester and Boston and worked as semi pro baseball player bandsman city police officer and farmer before returning to Carlisle ten years ago. Survived by two brothers Gordon Snyder Carlisle and Jane Snyder Harrisburg with a funeral planned for tomorrow afternoon.

Robert L. Glaize Fairmont Avenue Harry Snyder Carlisle Mr. Snyder Winchester Mattie Glaize John Glaize Boston Mass John Snyder Gordon Snyder Jane Snyder Harrisburgh

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Sinclair R. M. Swimley East Geo. Washington Hotel Bendix Westinghouse Baker & Anderson Electrical CO N. BraDdock ST New City Air Port Nora B. Orndorff Higher Education William and Mary William&Mary WMCA Intercity Gerald P. Nye Columbia S. C Ma Perkins Smoky City Death Mr.Snyder Evening Star Omps Funeral Home Norge O’connell S. Braddock St Shenandoah Valley National Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Kelvinator Miller & Anderson E. Boscawen St John S. Miller & CO N. Loudoun St Baylass Lovett Brothers Montgomery Ward Co Timberlake’s Wonder’s J. C. Penney Co Ruby Jackson Shoppe Moling & Cather Hammon’s Dollar Store C. L. Robinson Ice & Cold Storage Winchester Cold Storage Virginia APPLE
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