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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1933
Page
7
Marian Martin unveils Slip Pattern 9616 with built up shoulders and side pleat for comfort. Sizes 34 through 50 offered. 3 yards 39 inch fabric for size 36. pattern and book priced at 15 cents each, 25 cents together. Order from The Winchester Evening Star Pattern Department, New York.
Legislation to legalize beer up to 3.2 percent alcohol by weight advances with hearings set for Monday. Proposals cover state licensing, taxes, and a referendum on the Eighteenth Amendment to be held October 3 with a convention vote on October 25. The Staples Eggleston bill seeks parallel state prohibition referendums and a liquor control study.
Opposition to a forty member convention surfaced led by Senator Lloyd Robi nette and Senator George Layman both supporting district chosen delegates. The Assembly opened with new members sworn in and the governor delivering a lengthy message. He and his secretary bride received a silverware gift from the Assembly and state officials at the capitol.
Grimes Virginia August reports Mr. Harry W. Butler of Winchester has leased the Clark H. Purcell farm near Grimes for stock grazing this year. A local obituary notes Arthur Dokes of Cedar Hill died suddenly while threshing at the John W. McKown farm near Galilee last Saturday. He leaves a widow and six children and was famed as a top horseman. Mrs. Verona J. Gardner returns from Pennsylvania and Chicago after a Century of Progress visit. A local couple, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Berry, move into a brick tenant house owned by Ernest B. Clevenger at the cross roads. A business remark closes with a Tarzan metaphor about a market in turmoil.
Mr and Mrs Alvin Colley of Akron Ohio died with two of their three young sons after drinking grape juice laced with strychnine while driving near Malvern Arkansas. Mark Shank a respected Akron lawyer traveling with the Colleys confessed to poisoning saying they knew too much about a legal case.
Mrs Maggie Strickler, walking east of New Market, killed a 3 foot rattlesnake with 10 rattles using a stick about 500 yards from her home. Local residents describe her quick action as practical defense against the snake.
Clyde Colley, three, whose father Alvin Colley and two brothers died at a Malvern Arkansas picnic, identified Akron lawyer Mark H. Shank as the man who put poison in grape juice. The boy survived and Shank reportedly confessed claiming Colley knew too much about him.
Notice is given that the undersigned have qualified as Administratives of the Estate of G H Kneisley Deceased. All persons owing said estate are requested to settle at once. Any claims should be presented verified for payment. Myrtle Mowery and S L Keller as Administratives Middletown Virginia. (7-22-paw-4wks) Also a note about Bess Fayne the Holstein producing 1200 pounds of butter annually.
Substituted Trustee Herbert S. Larrick offers for sale at public auction the James H. Rosenberger tract of 170 acres plus 1 road in Frederick County Virginia, west of Wardensville Grade, seven miles southwest of Winchester. Sale set for August 17, 1933 at 2 pm. terms require one third cash and balance in two annual installments secured by a deed of trust and insurance. adjourned to August 25, 1933 at same time and place.
Trustee James P. Reardon will sell at public auction on August 25 1933 at 2 pm on the Canterbury road two miles southeast of Stephens City Virginia. Personal property includes three Guernsey dairy cows one black cow soon to freshen two young black cows one large black Holstein heifer all home bred. Terms cash.
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