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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1936

Page

9

Sister Dies After Brother’s Passing in Cumberland

Mrs. Alice Shanholtz aged 64 died the same day after a heart attack upon hearing of her brother Lu Loltz’s death in this city. She leaves a son Clifford and three daughters all of Cumberland. a sister Mrs. Sarah Good of Winchester is the sole survivor of ten. Double funeral services were held at Mt Hebron Cemetery. Seeded First Dallas A Black youth wins rapid-fire watermelon eating by confessing he ate all the seeds.

Alice Shanholtz Lu Loltz Marie Effie Reynolds Minnie Reynolds Herland Sarah Good Winchester Rock Enon Springs Shanholtz C. H. Anderson S. J. Goode Mount Hebron Cemetery Dallas

Grand American trap shoot opens with 500 plus contenders

Over 500 crack shots line up as the Grand American opens its trap shoot program. Competition includes professional, junior, sub-junior titles, veterans laurels, husband and wife event, and champions of champions. A barrage is expected as 100,000 targets are to be thrown with 10,000 shells costing about $5,000 and four tons of lead used.

Wife Testifies in Los Angeles Divorce Case Over Dogs

Mrs. Sally Ethel Bair testified in Los Angeles that her husband George Bair demanded the dogs sleep between them at night and called the animals Sugar and Darling while using abusive names toward her. Bair denied the allegations.

Los Angeles Sally Ethel Bair George Bair Bair

Alice Brooks Design Teas Towels Pattern 5685

Alice Brooks offers a playful tea towel design with eight to the inch cross stitch in black and colored ribbons. Pattern 5685 includes six motifs about 4 by 8 inches, materials and stitch illustrations. Send 10 cents to Winchester Evening Star Household Arts Dept in New York for pattern.

Alice Brooks Winchester Evening Star Household Arts Dept W. 14Th Street New York N. Y

Complex contract bridge problem challenges expert players

Mr. Lenz presents a difficult contract bridge puzzle. West opens clubs, North shows both red suits, South advances to a grand slam in hearts, and the opening lead is clubs eight. North must fulfill the contract against any defense. Lead strategy involves dummy and timing with diamonds and trumps, culminating in declarer's king of hearts to win a key trick.

Lenz West North South Hearts

Bridge play notes from KQ 64 opening feud

The excerpt outlines a bridge tactic where declarer ruffs and must avoid losing a trump trick to East. It advises discarding the lowest diamond or a spade to influence the grand slam outcome, then leads trumps and uses dummy ruffs to shorten trumps further.

Dummy Declarer Déclarer

Grand Slam in Bridge Ruled by Declarer Shortens Dummy

The declarer leads at trick eight and uses ruffs to shorten dummy by spades twice. East follows with hearts, defenders discard diamonds, and the declarer maintains four diamonds to secure the grand slam. Defenders are left with no winning option once the opening lead is made.

Vrer East Dummy Declarer

24 Hour Pajama Set Promotes Comfort and Style

Features careful tailoring for comfort with well cut sleeves non binding waist and roomy legs. Barbara Bell Pattern No 1913 B offers sizes 14 to 42 with busts 32 to 42 and 4 1/2 yards of fabric for size 16 34. Order the Barbara Bell pattern book for more designs.

Barbara Bell

Tire Plant Runs Amid United Rubber Workers Strike

The Kelly Field Tire Company plant in Cumberland Maryland opened despite a strike by the United Rubber Workers of America. About forty to fifty pickets greeted the early shift but no disorder occurred as police monitored the scene. Strikers claimed mixed success while company officials did not comment.

Cumberland Kelly Field Tire Company United Rubber Workers of America Cumberland Police Department

State Hospital Struck By Lightning at Spring Grove

A severe electrical storm struck the auditorium building of Spring Grove State Hospital in Catonsville, causing over 20000 in damage to the city and suburbs. 1700 inmates were not disturbed by the blaze though the hospital sustained 750 in damage.

Baltimore Spring Grove State Hospital Catonsville

Couple Feigns Stoppage Then Earns License With Extra Dollar

In Goldsboro North Carolina a couple sought a marriage license at the register of deeds office. The bridegroom had three dollars while the license cost four dollars. The bride produced the final dollar from her stocking to complete the fee and permit the marriage.

Goldsboro N. C W. E. Ormond Register of Deeds

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