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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1935
Page
6
The town manager announced the corner stone laying for the new municipal building and Warren county court house will occur on August 17. Local and county organizations must submit member and officer lists for inclusion in the metal box set in each cornerstone, with only one county group having filed so far.
In Royal court Brice Jenkins, an offender, was fined 20 and costs 7.50 by Justice G Olmstead for illegal ardent. Raymond Knight, a local, was fined 5 with costs 5.50 for public drunkenness.
The Warren County School Board invites sealed proposals by 11 a.m. August 24 1935 for a Front Royal and a Riverton Virginia school building. Plans are at Eubank Caldwell Roanoke and at the superintendent's office. Separate proposals required with 5 percent bid bonds and authority to reject bids.
Culpeper leads the standings with 6 2 record followed by Front Royal Waynesboro and Harrisonburg at 4 3. Orange sits at 4 5 and Charlottesville 4 4 while Heurich has 2 4. This week's schedule includes matches: Waynesboro at Staunton, Waynesboro at Heurich, Staunton at Harrisonburg, Heurich at Front Royal, Harrisonburg at Culpeper, Charlottesville at Orange, and Staunton at Waynesboro.
Front Royal host the Silver Springs Giants Saturday at 3 PM in the local park. On Sunday the team faces a strong Washington club on the All-Stars diamond.
Front Royal Virginia August 9 area office held a picnic on Skyline Drive. The column lists visiting relatives and guests staying with local families across Front Royal Winchester and Rockland including Miss Dorothy K Smith Miss Mary Louise Purdum and Margaret Reeves with updates on hospital and family visits.
M Katherine Reinburg transfers 94 acres along the Shenandoah River in Front Royal magistrate district to George E A Reinburg and Annabelle Moore Reinburg. Sale valued at 10 dollars with deed recorded August 8, 1935.
GOES FOR TRUCK FRONT ROYAL Aug 9 Paul Jones of this place left yesterday for Fort Wayne Indiana where he will receive the new truck recently purchased by the Warren Company.
Warren County School Board invites bids for an eight room primary building at Front Royal and a four room elementary at Riverton. Bids must be submitted by 11 o'clock Saturday morning August 24. Plans were revised to fit the funds after prior bids were rejected.
In Front Royal last evening the Palace Barber Shop group skippered by Billy Smith beat Harmony Hollow C C C 8 to 5 and then routed Rotary Club 11 to 2. Schwarzenbach Huner silk mill edged Shireys Frigidaire 3 to 2 in a tight contest.
D H Kendall of Front Royal shows a 2.5 pound radish in his window at Warren press. The root, grown on his farm, is said to be among the heaviest ever grown in the area.
Lovell Tobias Stickley infant son of Mr and Mrs Lovell Stickley of Nineveh Va died at Winchester Memorial Hospital Saturday evening at age three months and twenty days Funeral services were held at the grandparents home in Refuge with Rev Floyd M Lucas officiating Interment followed in Refuge Cemetery Pallbearers listed and a poem recalling a mother and father grief.
Washington Virginia August 9 Work on the new water system for this town is 65 percent complete. The project, a PWA effort, taps spring water from a mountain source about three miles northwest of town. A dam is under construction and a pipeline will carry water into the corporate limits.
President Roosevelt asked Congress to approve state oil compacts. He sent certified copies of the Dallas February agreement that aims to control producers and impose conservative measures in oil production.
Rep. Drewry of Virginia, chairman of the Democratic congressional campaign committee, predicts Roosevelt will win re election by overwhelming margins. He cites 50 percent returns from a confidential House Democrat poll showing nine tenths believe the president's popularity and policies hold up, with stronger rural support than in 1932.
Washington August 9 The shift from dole to the 4 billion work relief program faces a major issue as Harry L Hopkins criticizes states and cities for not providing for unemployables after November 1. He says every state can care for its unfortunates unless it is unsocial minded.
President Roosevelt plans a week end fishing cruise aboard the government yacht Sequoia from Annapolis Maryland down Chesapeake Bay inviting a party of friends. He may extend to the Pacific coast for the San Diego Exposition if Congress adjourns, and will likely stay at least a week to push social security measures.
A grand jury returned a true bill charging Mandeville V. Zenge, Missouri carpenter, with murdering his love rival Dr. Walter J. Bauer by penknife mutilation. Prosecutor Dougherty presented witnesses after five days of questioning, while Zenge claimed innocence. Witnesses linked Zenge to fleeing the car where Bauer was found wounded at a south side filling station.
The Gravel Springs Lutheran Parish led by Rev. C. E. Seastrunk lists Sunday School at 2 p m and divine service at 3 p m in Gravel Springs Star Tannery, with St James Zepp holding Sunday School at 10 a m and divine worship at 11 a m conducted by the pastor. All are welcome.
Rev. Ivan R. Smith fronts a 10:30 a.m. Sunday School led by superintendent Vernon Whitacre. The Endeavor Union visits Winchester Church this Sunday evening, meeting at the Cather home at 5 30 p.m. sharp.
Coroner's jury recommends second degree murder for Mrs. Mary Dodd Smith after the death of her husband Wade L. Smith during a honeymoon bungalow incident in Laurel Maryland. She claims the gun was pushed into her hands by her husband as he rushed at her during a tintype dispute.
U S Department figures from Baltimore and Philadelphia on August 9 show cattle at 5.00 to 8.50 for common to high grade, hogs at 12.50 to 12.75, and lambs around 7.50 to 8.25 with fat ewes down to 3.00. Philadelphia notes white Leghorn poultry and steady eggs with US standards around 27 to 28 and 25 1 2 to 26 in various grades.
Chicago August 8 closing grain prices show Wheat Sep 90 54 34 Dec 92 42 5g May 93 7 94 Corn Sep 76% Dec 59% 60 May 61 44 Dec 30% Dec 31% May 34 14 Rye Sep 43 34 Dec 46 42 May 9 34 Barley Sep 42 Dec 43 42 Lard Sep 15 70 Oct 15 40 Dec 13 50 Jan 13 17 May 12 27 Bellies Sep 18 70 Baltimore August 9 Wheat No 2 red winter spot 80%4 August 80 Winchester Markets Wheat 75 cents bushel Yellow corn 90 cents bushel 4 50 barrel White corn 93 cents bushel 4 65 barrel Quotations based on mill deliveries.
Actress Toby Wing shows a large diamond ring on her engagement finger, a gift from Jackie Coogan. She told friends at the station she boarded a train to Toronto, Ontario, after appearing at a Hollywood event while under contract for two British film productions.
The halo style hat called the saintly chapeau is shown on Miss Lone Morf in Los Angeles Market Week. The model also displays a horseshoe ringlets coiffure to accompany the unusual accessory.
The white tailed Kaibab squirrel is one of the rarest forms of the species in America. It inhabits the western mountains and is distinguished by its white tail.
Market activity showed limited influence from rail and utility stocks as grains steadied after a dip and government crop data. Bonds strengthened while exchanges were calm. call money held at 0.25 percent. Gold and currencies eased early with minor shifts in the franc and guilder. sterling dipped slightly. Closing quotes listed major industrial and utility names with modest gains and losses across sectors.
The Star lists daily market prices for flour, patent brand and mixed feeds, corn meal, dairy feeds, egg mash, and hogs at wholesale and retail. Prices vary by bag size from 12 to 98 pounds with rates shown for both wholesale and retail lines.
Six infantile paralysis cases were reported to the Virginia State Health Department. Albe marle county contributed four cases today, Charlottesville two, Dinwiddie one, and Nelson one, bringing totals since July 1 to 94 in Albemarle and 35 overall with 111 to August.
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