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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1936

Page

12

Fifty Farmers At REA Meeting Organize Rural Electrification

Approximately 50 people attended a county courthouse meeting to discuss farm electricity through the rural electrification program. County Agent I Fred Stine outlined plans, with speakers H E Swink and D W Burruss detailing association formation, survey steps, and potential 20 year loans at 3 percent.

County Court House I. Fred Stine H E. T. Swink Blacksburg D. W. Burruss Rural Electrification Association Shenandoah County Swink Bowling Green Frederick Frederick County Burr P. Harrison Commonwealth Attorney Harrison Stine

Welbourns Host Reception To Meet Dr Hans Luther

In Millwood Virginia on August 22 Rev and Mrs John Armistead Welbourn of Leesburg host a reception after 8 PM to meet German ambassador Dr Hans Luther at a cottage near Bluemont. The social column notes other visits and engagements among local residents and visitors including the Granby and Beatty families and the engagement of Cary Harrison to Henry Post Mitchell.

Millwood John Armistead Welbourn Leesburg Hans Luther Bluemont Grenada West Indies Helen Beatty Willard Cooke Galveston Texas Robert Hughes Cary Harrison Longwood Henry Post Mitchell

Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company Annual Meeting Notice

Winchester Virginia August 19 1936 The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders will be held at the office of R Gray Williams Counsel Winchester on Friday September 4 1936 at 12 85 oclock p m for the election of a President and Board of Directors and for other business as may come before it. G F May Secretary.

Winchester Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company R. Gray Williams G. F. May

Palace Theatre Buys Columbia's Latest Movies

Palace Theatre announces it has purchased the full Columbia Pictures slate for the 1935 36 season. Stars listed include Ronald Colman Bing Crosby Grace Moore Irene Dunne Richard Dix Madge Evans John Boles Rosalind Russell Chester Morris Fay Wray Melvyn Douglas Dolores Del Rio Joel McCrea Jean Arthur and more.

Hable Palace Theatre Columbia Pictures Columbia Ronald Colman Bing Crosby Grace Moore Irene Dunne Richard Dix Madge Evans John Boles Rosalind Russell Chester Morris Fay Wray Melvyn Douglass Delores del Rio Joel McCrea Jean Arthur

Upcoming Columbia Pictures Releases at Winchester Palace

In the coming weeks Columbia Pictures will release first run films at Winchester Palace Theatre. Titles include Pens from Heaven with Bing Crosby and Madge Evans Lost Horizon with Ronald Coleman Craig's Wife Adventure in Manhattan with Jean Arthur Joel McCrea Irene Dunne Theodora Goes Wild Two Fisted Fighter End of the Trail I Promise to Pay with George Bancroft and Leo Carrillo. More will be announced and shown at the Palace. Watch The Star for future announcements.

Columbia Pictures Bing Crosby Madge Evans Ronald Coleman John Boles Rosalind Russell Craig Manhattan Jean Arthur Joel McCrea Irene Dunne James Dunn Jack Holt Louise Henry George Bancroft Leo Carrillo Winchester Palace Theatre

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