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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1934
Page
2
Front Royal fronts a roundup of local visitors and travels. Miss Nancy Burgess Simpson returns from Annapolis area after visiting Miss Henrietta Crosley. Mary Buckley hosts in Winchester as J Hilton Freeman visits his parents. Several couples plan trips to Chestertown Rehoboth Beach and Charlottesville.
Robert A. Uncle Bob Robinson son colored 79 died at home in Stephens City Thursday. Burial Sunday at 2 p m from A M E Church with Rev R A Griffin. Burial in Stephens City. He was highly respected in Stephens City where he was born and lived most of his life. Survived by widow Eliza and daughters Josie Myers of Plains Maryland and Sachem of Stephens City plus many relatives including a great grand- There is a continuation fragment.
Floyd Chamberlain 32 of Dodge Park was crushed when another machine struck his parked car in Muirkirk Maryland. David W. Gibson 28 of Washington was injured. Robert Hecht 38 of Atlanta was arrested for reckless driving.
Scientists assert that early Americans lived among elephants, noting evidence of coexistence and possible ecological interactions in ancient North American habitats.
A year ago in Woodstock a truck and car collision left three men hurt, one seriously. I Walker Truxton was named collector of customs for Norfolk port and Nat B Early of Green County was appointed collector of internal customs in Virginia. The Little Theatre announced Expressing Willie for September 1. Mrs Beulah Nolan Grim aged 68 died locally.
The court refuses to restrain the State Highway Commission in a water supply dispute affecting Pike north of the city. Road work continues on U S Route 50 between here and Aldie and between here and the West Virginia line. Jewel theft totals 150000 with a 100000 diamond necklace taken from Sydney Hutchinson of Philadelphia. Fauquier County Fair and Horse Show slated for August 15 and 16.
Jack Carmichael a former 8 S V A student with local relatives dies at the U S Military Academy West Point from injuries after target practice. Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor declines invitation to John W Davis Democratic nominee notification at Clarksburg W Va. Drought in the Valley declared worst in years lowers corn harvest below local needs. Funeral services for Mrs Julia Cochrane aged 66. Self Floto circus draws immense crowds locally.
Twenty five years ago estimates place the Frederick County apple crop at 80 000 bushels John Sims colored is being sought for the alleged shooting in the home of Samuel Lewis colored of Stephens City Vote between J Thompson Brown and George W Koiner for commissioner of agriculture is undecided Captain Robert Haymaker miraculously escapes suffocation as second floor collapses and he falls under a huge heap of junk in building on Fairfax Lane Handley Library expected to be completed by the last of September.
Middletown Grange plans a weiner roast on August 16 at Strasburg Bathing Beach with Mount Airy and Fishers Hill Granges as guests. Boosters Night is set for September 26 and third and fourth degrees will be conferred on Fishers Hill candidates August 24.
Elks from Maryland Delaware and the District of Columbia gather in Hagerstown for the district association convention. The event runs Monday through Wednesday with morning business sessions and afternoons and evenings for entertainment. The fairgrounds auditorium is a convention hall with a large dance floor, featuring an ox roast fashion revue wrestling exhibition picnic ballroom dance and vaudeville. A parade is planned for Wednesday.
HAGERSTOWN Md Aug 11 Mrs Mary Conrad 59 died at her daughter's home from a .32 caliber revolver bullet to the heart Coroner Richard Duffey ruled death by own action caused by despondency over ill health the report states
The film Born to Be Bad starring Loretta Young and Cary Grant comes to the Palace Theatre Monday and Tuesday. Joseph M. Schenck and Darryl F. Zanuck produce a story of a turbulent woman whose charm collides with a man of integrity, delivering humor, pathos, and a dramatic climax.
The heavy cruiser Pensacola lay off Annapolis awaiting the arrival of Paul May former Belgian ambassador from Washington. He is due next Thursday to sail the ship back to Antwerp.
The Winchester Golf Club announces the opening round of its tournament on August 19 with pairings including D. L. Weems versus C. Cooper and W. Nelson Page against E. C. Goss. Other matches list F. L. Glaize Jr. versus J. F. Hayley and L. R. Fox versus P. H. Fowle among eight additional games.
Pvt. Peter Paul Panagolous of the 29th Division Military Police escaped a fire while pouring kerosene on a stove and was rushed to a hospital in Waynesboro Pa for an emergency appendix operation. He was reported doing well.
Executor Herbert S. Larrick offers two tracts totaling 144 acres at public auction September 1 1934 at 11 A M in Winchester Virginia. Tract A 135 acres includes a colonial brick mansion with modern improvements and a large bank barn plus orchard. Tract B is 9 acres of woodland. One third cash, balance in two annual installments with deed of trust and insurance policy.
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