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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1931
Page
6
Circles push against unclassified fruit packaging as sales agents concur it would lower value. The horticultural society plans to mail letters to every apple grower asking for a concrete statement of intent on the proposal.
A sermon excerpt reflects on Acts 10 11 and Peters vision breaking racial walls. It cites Cornelius and the Gentile Pentecost showing God’s grace without distinction, urging believers to end prejudice and embrace universal salvation.
Brucetown city pastor Rev C J Clark leads Sunday school at 1 a m preaching at 11 a m Epworth League at 715 p m Welltown church holds Sunday school 10 a m preaching 3 p m Burnt Factory 10 a m Epworth League 715 p m Epworth League 8 p m Ephenson 10 a m Crums 10 a m Epworth League 8 p m The fourth quarterly conference business session will be at Welltown Church Saturday Aug 22 at 10 a m All conference members urged to attend.
Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Loudoun and Cecil Streets lists Sunday Mass at 8 AM and a late Mass at 10 30 AM in Front Royal with Rev. Robert B. Hannon as pastor.
The Opequon group led by Rev G Morrow will observe Country Church Day at Kernstown with a 10:30 morning service, a noon grove lunch, and a 2:00 afternoon service. Dr H W McLaughlin will give two addresses. Round Hill Burnt Church skip services. Opequon Chapel and Stines hold Sunday schools at 10 or 10:30.
Nineveh Presbyterian Church invites worshipers to Sunday school at 10 30 a m and morning worship at 11 18 led by Rev E D With pastor. A cordial welcome is extended to all who will join these services.
Reliance Ju B Charge led by Pastor H E Richardson holds an 11 am sermon at Friendship Double Churches. Sunday school at 10 am with illustrated sermon and hymns in the school auditorium. Mrs Guernsy of New York expected to sing. Kens City Sunday school at 2 30 pm and 3 30 pm sermon by the pastor.
Mount Pleasant and Palmview and Pleasant Valley church schedules list Sunday school times sermons and Christian Endeavor sessions with Rev C J Racey pastor inviting all to attend services in Winchester U B circuit in Mount Pleasant West Virginia on Sunday mornings and evenings with specific times for each location and "Everybody welcome" note.
Pastor O D Lambert leads the South Street charge with services at Stephens City Kernstown Refuge and Fairview. The fourth quarterly conference meets Monday August 24 at 8 pm, with all church officials urged to attend as officers for next year are elected and future plans discussed. Rev E L Woolf will preside. this is the pastor’s last conference on the charge.
Religious notice inviting all to worship at the Frederick Circuit with Pastor Rev. P R Diehl. Sunday school at 10, sermon at 11, Epworth League at 7 30, lamps at 2, sermon at 3, Paxton Sunday school at 10, sermon at 8. Come and worship with us.
Banker and grower D. M. Wertz of Waynesboro Pennsylvania and Ed Nicodemus large Pennsylvania grower spoke as part of a Virginia horticultural society discussion. The group unanimously approved the proposal with Harry F. Byrd, and veterans suggested no reaction was needed as prices held steady.
Greenspring Va August 21 The Old Stone Church Memorial Association held its annual reunion and picnic in the church grove with services in the afternoon led by Rev William Wolfe and local families in attendance. Braithwaite reunion guests visited Cross Junction area Sunday and a Saturday night gathering at the Fries home included Lamp Luttrell McDonald McDonald and others from Martinsburg and Winchester. Amelia Barrett Ann and Harold Barrett with Kenneth Strobridge visited Miss Louise Shepard at Shepard field near Martinsburg Sunday afternoon.
The Lindberghs were towed by the Shimushiru Maru to the north side of Ketoi Island as winds shifted, making the south side unsafe. Tow line breaks hampered the operation and Col. Lindbergh assisted with the tow despite rough seas.
The Lindbergh party faced a difficult night as the Japanese ship Shimushiru Maru failed to repair a trouble and tows the monoplane toward Muroton Bay on Shimushiru Island. Supplies for Seiji Joshihara the “Japanese Lindbergh” were cached at Moronto Bay. Col Lindbergh called the Wednesday night unease the most he ever experienced due to fog and moisture.
An odd note notes that one lobster in 800 reaches maturity while a riddle questions cheaper than corn for chickens. It also mentions Maryland residents making demands and few offering public good services.
Howard county health officials report a typhoid outbreak at a Cooksville area dairy, with seven family members ill. Milk shipped from the farm to Baltimore and other cities has been halted as the State Department of Health investigates origin, possible external source, and local carriers.
The piece critiques laziness among natives who avoid exercising citizenship rights while aliens pursue naturalization. It argues few individuals create needed goods and many push unwanted products, urging more productive community contribution over tireless fundraising calls.
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