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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1939
Page
11
Game Warden Julian H Hill will oversee a shotgun barrage against thousands of starlings settled in trees along Maplewood Avenue. The attack, authorized by the chief of police, aims to drive the birds from the area.
J Malcolm Pace, chief of the bureau of parks, says Hill believed he could surprise the starlings after dark with roman candles. Last week children cheered as rockets were fired, but the birds ignored them and settled back on their roosts once the game warden ceased.
The annual pre harvest fruit growers meeting in Augusta County will be held at the Mondemaine Orchard packing shed near Waynesboro Friday starting at 4 oclock. Rockingham county orchardists are invited. Programs include demonstrations by Byers Warrick Pool and others, talks by state officials and local agents, lunch, a tour of the packing shed, and a 3 o clock conclusion with reports and questions.
Ensenada Baja California reports Rochelle Hudson, successor to Janet Gaynor in Way Down East, married Hal Thompson of Hollywood, a Walt Disney writer. The couple honeymoon in Mexico, joining a trend set by Gaynor and Gilbert Adrian as they wed near Yuma, Arizona.
In Warrenton Virginia on August 17 the Baptist gathering featured sixty of the sixty four churches in the region hearing multiple speakers in a regional religious assembly.
The Potomac Baptist Association met with 130 delegates at Warrenton Baptist Church in its 84th session. Speakers included Rev. E H Puryear Rev H A Sodergren Rev R E Riley Rev C W McElroy Dr F W Boatwright and R F Hough. Officers to be elected today.
Senator Harry F. Byrd and Governor James H. Price will share a platform at the treasurers association of Virginia annual banquet at the Cavalier Hotel Virginia Beach tonight. They plan brief remarks as the two day convention opens with a business session and continues Friday morning.
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