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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1939
Page
5
Puller's earth is an impure jety of clay with fine sand and lime making it non plastic. It was used for fulling removing grease from cloth and wool and now serves as a filtering medium to purify fats for soap making and as a polishing powder.
Dr. Raymond Powers preached at Brucetown Methodist on seven steps toward God with cities of revelation conviction repentance faith conversion consciousness and consecration. He voiced a preference for perdition over Heaven if he failed to aid Jesus in making a better world, and upcoming services include a Welltown Church duet by Frances Ebert and June Shillingberg.
Funeral services were held at Tinkling Springs Presbyterian Church in Augusta county for Mrs Haddie Bell Patterson Timberlake wife of David W Timberlake of Westfield New Jersey who died Monday after an illness Interment followed at the church cemetery She is survived by her husband two daughters and two sons as well as several Winchester family connections The Timberlakes have broad Augusta Valley ties and many local friends noted in Staunton News Leader remarks
Michael Comarinsky of Centralia Pennsylvania is held in Clay West Virginia for action by a federal grand jury after being arrested on a stolen car charge. Corporal Ezra Zirkle and Clay County Sheriff W. S. Triplett captured him near Clenden, following a wreck. Dame, the car’s owner, remains missing.
About 600 Frederick county farmers attended the Stephens City Southern States Cooperative annual meeting in Stephens City. I. W. Scothern and M. K. Sandy were elected to vacancies on the board of directors while R. A. Wall, J. B. Jackson, and Amos lard were listed as local members on the program. In Hawaii Hickam Field is named for Lieut Colonel Horace M. Hick tan, Air Corps, killed at Fort Crockett Texas on November 5 1934.
William Warden Whirley of Clarke county was released on $500 bond after a warrant charged him with giving false testimony during a motor violation hearing in Winchester. Court records show prior conviction for operating under the influence of intoxicants. Whirley is a Clarke county farm manager.
A six state shutdown strike halts about 70 percent of U S crude output jobs feared, yet official reports show mostly temporary layoff or vacations for under 10 percent of midcontinent workers. 170 833 wells produce 2 356 000 barrels daily amid price cuts and hot oil laws at issue.
Henry Ford declares newspapers the best educators as they arrive daily and stay up to the minute. He emphasizes their role in informing the public and shaping knowledge through current events.
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