Festival Photos From 1931 Apple Blossom at Capitol
Feature at the Capitol Theatre accompanies a gallery of scenes from the 1931 Apple Blossom Festival. Photos capture parade views and crowd scenes reflecting the capital city celebration.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1933
Page
9
Feature at the Capitol Theatre accompanies a gallery of scenes from the 1931 Apple Blossom Festival. Photos capture parade views and crowd scenes reflecting the capital city celebration.
Winnie Ruth Judd known as the trunk slayer is described as insane and fondling a kitten in the yard while awaiting transfer. On the day of this note she was moved to the State Hospital for the Insane in Phoenix.
A specially assembled Warner theatres reel titled for wartime viewing will be shown at each performance today. It circulates to Wanes Bros theatres in the valley to boost the 1933 festival scheduled for May 3 and 4 this year with cooperation from Frank Boucher, former Capitol Theatre manager.
The Norfolk and Western Railway reports a net income increase of 869005.85 for the first quarter of 1933 versus the prior year. Despite banking holidays causing a March dip, February showed strength and overall figures trend upward since last summer with a single downturn during holiday disruptions.
An advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as boosting energy and vitality for women. It claims clear skin, a happier tone, and more pep after daily work, with a testimonial that 98 out of 100 women report benefits.
The pattern 9595 offers a flattering youth frock with three sleeve flares and a waistline suited to young figures. Sizes 8 to 16, requires 34% yards of 39 inch fabric for size 12, with diagrammed cutting and step by step instructions. Catalog and pattern offered for fifteen cents, combined price twenty five cents. Mail orders to Winchester Evening Star Pattern Department, New York.
Seven local men earned the Red Cross Advanced First Aid Certificate under instructor Tay lor L Barr at the South End Fire Company. The ceremony follows completion of the Senior Standard Course and ten additional hours of advanced work with exams. A formal presentation is planned for Monday night May 1. Recipients include Oscar H. Lewis Jr Alston R Lafollette Ira T Haines William N Godenour Kenneth W Curl Edwin H Lillis and Martin S Peters.
Winchester and Frederick county Boy Scouts will join Clean-Up Week ahead of the Apple Blossom Festival May 3-4. They will work with the city manager to clean homes yards streets and alleys and assist in the city's general cleanup. The program serves as community service for participating Scouts.
The heaviest snowfalls in the United States occur in the central Sierra Nevada mountains of California, where winter storms pile deep drifts and heavy accumulation across high elevations.
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