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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1936
Page
8
The Winchester weather bureau predicts fair to very mild conditions for the festival days. Dr W S Hough notes opening program crowds may see orchards turning pink with blossoms, depending on warmer temperatures and clear skies.
The NBC vested music rights need band conductor interviews and advance arragements. Chairman Cooper noted nationwide broadcast plans will promote Winchester and boost next year festival interest, with vivid parade coverage inspiring listeners to attend future events.
Carl H. Claudy past master Harmony Lodge No 17 Washington D C will lecture on a Masonic subject at a special Communication of Hiram Lodge No 21 A F and A M in their lodge hall tonight at 8 o clock. Claudy executive secretary of the Masonic Service Association of the United States has lectured in many Grand Jurisdictions. Neighboring lodges invited. Harvey F Carper is Worshipful Master of Hiram Lodge.
Claire Trevor and Paul Kelly star in George M Cohen's Song and Dance Man at the Palace Theatre for the last performances today. The program includes a Fox News reel, with additional acts featuring Harry Langdon in Pass Marriage Mix-Up.
The Winchester veterans Rotary club meeting at the George Washington Hotel featured humorist Dusty Miller discussing three classes of people the I Know class the Is that so class and the Lets go class. He urged serving others as in the Rotary motto Service Above Self and stressed sportsmanship in all life areas including courtship marriage and citizenship. President Peyton J. Marshall presided with J Pinckney Arthur introducing the speaker and Dobie rendering a special selection. New members Dr and Mrs Ellsworth Johnston and Mr and Mrs Herman Stine were welcomed. Rotarian Porter House was honored for perfect attendance.
W. Nelson Page postmaster addressed Lions Club at their weekly luncheon on employer employee relations. Guests included Dick Simmons from Frederick Md and Ted Bateman and Robert Puckett. Page urged careful hiring and personal interviews and warned against criticism while stressing social contacts to prevent labor disputes.
Social and Personal notices name Mrs E Carlton Flick and her son of Saville Florida visiting her father Mr Harry T Cook on North Braddock Street during Apple Blossom Festival. The Rev and Mrs W Hamilton Benham of Elmira New York are guests at the Washington Inn on South Stewart Street. Mr and Mrs Russell Burton and Miss Marion Burton of Bristol Pennsylvania visit during the Apple Blossom Festival with Mr and Mrs Allen Bond.
I E William heads to Baltimore then New York. Claggtts attend Moorefield wedding. Irene Hoskins and Ethel Stickley return from New York shopping for Weaver store. Various residents visit relatives, attend court of honor, or host gatherings in Front Royal and nearby towns.
A Democratic county convention will be held in Front Royal on Saturday May 16 at 2 30 o clock in the new courthouse. Delegates will be elected to attend the state convention in Norfolk on June 16 following a meeting of the Democratic committee at Senator A G Weaver's home.
The Southeast Public Service Corporation is cabling the line between Front Royal and Riverton. A Leaksville North Carolina crew works on the task. Charlottesville office staff LB Densmore and P H Lydne visited yesterday with Ray Jones, the local manager.
FRONT ROYAL April 28 Yesterday County Treasurer Bryne Downing Trial Justice Walter G Olmstead and 8 D Boyd commissioner of Revenue moved into their offices on the first floor of the Warren county courthouse which has just been completed. Later this week Commonwealth Attorney John H Downing Marvin A Trout clerk of the court G Tyler Miller superintendent of schools Mrs Leslie Keyser supervisor of rural schools and Sheriff Ernest Marlowe will move into offices in the new building The May term of court will be held in the new court room.
Front Royal Lions Club meets at the Royal Club on West Main for a regular session. Guest speaker is G Tyler Miller, superintendent of Warren and Rappahannock schools, addressing attendees.
The Skyline Scenic Association plans its memorial election meeting at 7:30 a m Thursday in Shenandoah. President R Mims announces three committees and a year program including the Big Meadows glider meet and promoting Skyline tourism ahead of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Front Royal joins the group bolstering strength and merger talks with East Side Highway Association emerge. Louis Spilman leads the Skyline Shenandoah organization with the current board of directors continuing.
Mrs Hugh Drayton Hite announces the marriage of her daughter Drayton to Mr Stuart Barrett Worden formerly of Abingdon Virginia now of Front Royal. The ceremony occurred Sunday evening April 26 at the Front Royal Presbyterian Church. Reverend H W Shannon officiated. Worden, a graduate of Greenbrier Military School Hampden Sydney College and the University of Pennsylvania, works with Riverton Lime and Stone Company. Mrs Henry Downing hosted a reception for the couple on Royal Avenue last night.
Randolph-Macon Academy travels to Alexandria to play Episcopal High School tomorrow at 3 o'clock in a planned baseball matchup.
Senator Byrd reported the Justice Department sees no federal violation in the Hilda Utterback case as Loudoun county investigates the 18 year old girl's alleged abduction. The torn coat from Utterback was given to the sheriff and Commonwealth's Attorney for potential testing or use in the inquiry.
Mrs. Mattie Josephine Fuller wife of James W. Fuller died at her home near Berryville Clarke County after long illness. She was elderly and the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs John Grubbs. Survived by husband one son Edwin R Fuller and three daughters Mrs Hunter Fuller Sadie and Frances Fuller. Also a brother Mortimer Grubbs and half brother Petersbrgg. Funeral Thursday at 3 from Baptist church with Rev Parker and Rev Brown officiating. interment at local cemetery.
Baltimore and Chicago livestock markets show mixed demand with cattle and hogs mostly steady to lower and fat steer runs weak. Hogs in Baltimore decline 25 cents, Chicago quotes 25 cents lower. calves steady to 50 lower. sheep steady to higher on wooled lambs and ewes.
The Star lists daily local wholesale market prices for Crystal and Magnolia brand flours, cracked corn, shelled corn, cornmeal, mixed feed, dairy feeds, scratch feeds, and egg mashes. It includes per bag and per bushel rates, plus butter, veal, lamb, hog, and other market items with varied unit measures.
Washington April 28 The price on the head of Alvin Karpis rose to 7000 dollars as the post office inspections service conducts an undercover search for the man billed as Public Enemy No. 1.
Fragmentary notice notes a plan approving a distribution of corporate income to stockholders. It references a withholding mechanism by proportion and district involvement, but details are unclear in the readable text.
Markets ended broadly unchanged with a sharp intraday sell off and intermittent declines and rebounds on light volume. Bonds and commodities showed mixed results while the dollar traded in a narrow range, franc and pound barely moved.
Chicago trade notes May wheat at 98 4, July 874 4, and Sept 85 1 4 as buyers help lift prices after yesterday’s downturn. Reports warn of dry southwestern crops and weak selling. Cash grains show No 4 red wheat 98 4, No 3 mixed corn 62 44, No 2 yellow corn 64 14 15, oats No 3 white 26 12 29 44.
Directors of Union Bank of Winchester met in the bank building today to elect officers. J. Fred Thwaite was named vice-president, George B. Bushnell cashier, with McVicar John H. Rosenberger Llewellyn Jackson J. W. Richard Ange P. Harrison and W. A. Bai among others. The annual statement was read and showed a satisfactory year of business.
Sponsored by the colored citizens of Winchester the Commonwealth Band of Baltimore will perform on courthouse steps after the children's parade Thursday morning. An old-time band will support with a symphony. That night a full concert is set for the John Mann Church on East Cork Street starting at 8 30 p m with a section reserved for white guests.
Arthur Shoemaker was found guilty of reckless driving and illegal liquor transportation in Police Court. He received a three month jail term and a $1000 fine plus costs, with an appeal notice filed but no bond posted, bond tentatively set at $1000. He fled a Millwood pike chase at 75 mph, tossing three one gallon jugs that were later used as evidence.
Ambassador Constantine Youreneff of Russia protested to the Japanese foreign office about activities of special organizations of the Japanese army in Manchoukuo. He also objected to White Russian groups being harbored there in Manchoukuo.
April 28 reports show Timothy seed at 2.70 to 2.85 per hundredweight and clover seed 14.75 to 22.25 per hundredweight. Wheat No 2 red winter 1.02 per bushel in April, other notes cite 98 cents per bushel. Yellow corn 3.25 per barrel, white corn 3.50 per barrel. Prices tied to delivery at mill.
In Danville Virginia on April 28 Mayor Harry Wooding aged 92 remained at his desk as usual but received a steady flow of flowers and well wishers amid plans for a public event and tribute.
Announcement notes Miss Nina Wolford formerly with Carnation Beauty Shop is now at Colonial Beauty Shop located at the corner of Pictadilly and Cameron Streets, phone 1110. The notice includes a court decree excerpt from Frederick County Virginia detailing a refereed matter with commissions and scheduling.
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