Record Year for Winchester Marriage Licenses Reaches New Total
The Winchester marriage office reports 316 licenses issued in 1838, 35 more than the previous year on the same date. Most applicants are from outside the city and state, with the 48 hour wait law expected to boost numbers further, possibly setting an all time annual record. Out of state marriages have long accounted for a large share of licenses.
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Winchester
Clark M. Smith
Corporation Court
Maryland
Gretna Green
Young F F A Officers Lead March Meeting
The BGandley F F A chapter at the high school held a monthly meeting led by first and second year boys with Charles Bailey as president and Jack Sale as vice president. Officers discussed objectives for the coming month and music was provided by Roland Snapp while refreshments followed. Basketball practice and physical training were also noted for the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bgandley F. F. A
Charles Bailey
Jack Sale
Cyrus Greenwalt
Foster Bageant
Douglas Bailey
James Webber
W. R. Legge
Handley
Roland Snapp
John
Edward Crowser
Webb
Chamip
Dr. H. L. James
Ester Willis Dies After Brief Illness in Byville
Ester Willis a well known color ar m hand of Josephine City died yesterday afternoon at home after a brief illness. A Clarke county native he was a son of Jack and Joe Preston Willis and survived by his widow Janie Tracey Willis two sons William and Howard three daughters Estelle Corrine and Mary and six grandchildren. Funeral will be Monday at 2 PM from Zion Baptist Church in Josephine with Rev Swann officiating burial in Milton Valley Cemetery.
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Byville
J. Willis
Josephine City
Clarke County
Decesed
Jack
Joe Preston Willis
Janie Tracey Willis
William
Howard
Estelle
Corrine
Mary
Zion Baptist Church
Josephine Jth
Rev. Swann
Milton Valley Cemetery
Trick Knee Verdict in Omaha Woman Sues for 5000
A district court jury in Omaha awarded Barbara Urbach 3250 for a knee injury from a store fall. She testified the knee caused embarrassment and limited kneeling and house chores she could not perform. Her husband George bears the duties at home.
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Omaha
Neb
Barbara Urbach
George
Will Lecture Dale Carnegie at Martinsburg High School
Dale Carnegie author of How To Win Friends and Influence People will lecture at Martinsburg High School on December 5 at 8 p m under the Martinsburg Lions Club. A number of Winchester residents plan to attend.
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Dale Carnegie
Winchester Evening Star
Germans Collect Big Relief Fund Day of National Solidarity in Nazi Germany
Berlin reports a mass coin drive labeled the day of national solidarity with non Aryans barred from giving. Goering Goebbels Ribbentrop Rosenberg Emma Goering Magda Goebbels took leading roles, Hjalmar Schacht supervised bank contributions. Officials predicted the total would top last year’s eight million marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Joachim von Ribbentron
Alfred Rosenberg
Hitler
Munich
Emma Goering
Magda Goebbels
Unter den Linden
Kurfuerstendamm
Potsdamer Platz
Bank
Box
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Austria
Sudetenlland
Kitchen Gutted By Night Blaze
Firefighters answered an early night alarm at 614 North Cameron Street to a kitchen blaze in Fred Ford's home. The interior of the kitchen suffered heavy damage but the flames were contained to that room. A defective flue was suspected as the cause.
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Fred Ford
North
Cameron Street
Miss Smith Dies in Baltimore After Sudden Stroke
Miss Smith 49, daughter of Rev. Dr. William D. Smith, longtime Clarke county resident, dies in Baltimore from a stroke suffered at 6 p.m. She taught mathematics at St Timothy’s School and studied at Bryn Mawr. Survived by sisters Jacquelin, Mrs. Dean, Mrs. Baker, brother William D. Stith Jr., and half brothers Holmes Conrad Smith and Nelson Smith. Funeral to be in Berryville Grace Episcopal Church with interment at Green Hill Cemetery.
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Clarke County
Wincoaneie
Woman’s Hospital
Baltimore
Miss Smith
William D. Smith
Christ Episcopal Church of Winchester
St. Timothy’s School
Catonsville
Virginia
Powers
Christ Church
Episcopal Female Institute
William C. Marshall
Bryn Mawr College
Pennsylvania
St. Timothy's School
Christchurch
Middlesex County
Jacquelin Smith
Sidney Dean
Norwell Mass
Woodhull Baker
William D. Stith, Jr
Holmes Conrad Smith
Washington, D. C
Nelson Smith
Berryville
Kate Powers
Grace Episcopal
Bus Drivers Urged To Use Utmost Caution In Virginia
Richmond December 2 Col Marion S Battle director of the state motor vehicle division urged Virginia school bus drivers to halt, look and listen at railroad crossings and to have older children scout crossings in bad weather. He opposed leaving seats to check crossings arguing a fast train could alter the scene before the driver returns to motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Marion S. Battle
State
Virginia
Utah
Battle
Jews Banished From Berlin Streets Plan Moves
Germanys drive for foreign trade and Nazi plans for German Jews surface. A prominent editor claims emigration could be induced by trading rights, with Goering to announce soon. Walther Funk said foreign trade currently dominates politics at an exporters meeting.
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Berlin
Germany
Walther Punk
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Funk
Frederick County School Band To Hold Its First Practice
The Frederick County School Band under Paul Riley will meet Monday at 7 30 p m in the county courthouse for its first practice. The group has 16 members and includes students from Stephens City Middletown Gore and Denver Hershman. A Drum and Bugle Corps is planned by F F A members with 15 bugles received and drums expected. The band schedule includes a December 17 appearance at the courthouse with school board and board of supervisors as guests. Any county student may join and some parents plan to gift instruments for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Paul Riley
Stephens City
Middletown
R. A. Wall
Riley
Charles Mudd
Eldon Brumback
Ann
Lemley
Albert Colaw
Freeda Spurs
Mike Collins
Robert Stine
Charles Flint, Jr
Buddy McComas
Roland Snapp
Bobby Norman
Kernstown
Richard Campbell
Denver Hershman
Harry Hershman
Baden Larrick
Gore
Hugh Dailey
Gainesboro
Board of Supervisors
Miss Bean Wins Beauty Contest at Endless Caverns
Miss Bean won the Shenandoah Valley 1938 pageant at the New Market Theatre. Judges included Dorsey Doniphan and Jerry Price. she received a vanity case and a pendant, then was crowned in the Underground Cathedral. Maj. E. M. Brown and Mrs. Brown hosted a reception at Endless Caverns Farm House.
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John Miller
New Market
Dorsey Doniphan
Washington
Jerry Price
Vincent Daugherty
New Market Theatre
Miss Bean
Endless
News
Mas
Mrs. Brown
Endless Caverns
Two Year Plan Proposed to Stabilize Industry Growth
Henderson noted the keynote as change and warned growth has stopped since 1929. He cited slower per capita production despite steady technological progress and argued social adaptation lags behind rapid change. The plan outlines anti trust policy standards and a broad review of corporate practices and distribution.
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Lubin
Throp
Henderson
40 Hour Devotions Begin at Sacred Heart Church
The 40 hour devotionals start Sunday at 10 AM in the Church of the Sacred Heart with high mass led by Rev. Father Robert E. Hannon and assistant Rev. Father Michael Molloy. The sanctuary is decorated with white chrysanthemums and ferns by Miss Nannie Murnan and Mrs. James B. Grant. Services continue until 7 30 AM Tuesday morning with mass and benediction. the public is invited to attend.
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Church of the Sacred Heart
Robert E. Hannon
Michael Molloy
Nannie Murnan
James
Negro Convicted Of Killing In Greene County
Harry Williams, 25, a Black man, was found guilty of murdering Clarence Mills, another Black man, near Stanardsville on November 20 after a quarrel over pay for a gut. A death sentence was recommended by a jury of two undertakers and ten farmers, the first such penalty in Greene County since the Civil War era. Mills was shot three times on the highway one mile east of Stanardsville.
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Madison
Harry Williams
Clarence Mills
Anther
Williams
Greene County
Mills
Stanardsville
Sale Attracts Large Attendance In Winchester Subdivision
Interest ran high as buyers gathered in the Henry subdivision in south Winchester for a morning sale of lots. By noon several plots had sold including two to Braddock Street M. E. Church and one to Ansel Solenberg er. six sales reported with others unnamed. Prices ranged from 650 to 1400 dollars as Montague avenue lots, recently paved with water and sewer lines, curb and gutter, attracted buyers. Auctions continued at Belleview avenue opposite the Shawnee Inn.
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Henry
Winchester
Braddock Street
M. E. Church
Ansel Solenberger
J. H. Henry
Montague Avenue
Feed prices prompt dairy farmers to favor milk form sales
Virginia dairyman R G Connelly of Virginia Tech Extension says with current grain and hay prices the best value for home grown feeds may be to sell them via milk or cream from high quality cows. He notes wheat and other feeds are abundant and cheap, and provides comparative costs per 100 pounds of total digestible nutrients for various ingredients. Ground wheat can be useful but should be mixed with bulky feeds and not exceed half the total dairy grain.
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Blacksburg
Virginia
R G. Connelly
Virginia Tech Extension
Connelly
Roanoke
O Ae
Acquitted In Crash Appeal Near Berryville Virginia
In Berryville Circuit Court a five member jury acquitted J H Carlyle of reckless driving in a October 14 triple vehicle crash near Opequon bridge. Mrs D B King and Mervin Carlyle involved. Williams prosecuted for the Commonwealth. Separately Jane Lewis and Floyd Jackson faced liquor and breaking charges with fines and jail time imposed.
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Berryville
Justic Court
J. H. Carlyle
Loring C. Kackley
L. H. Roy
Kackley
Georgia Magee
Floyd Jackson
Clarke Turnip Weighs Five Pounds in Berryville Orchard
L C Minnick who works in the Redskin Orchard four miles east of Berryville brought a 5 pound turnip to The Star office. The specimen measured 23.54 inches in circumference. While not all turnips reach this size, 3 pounders are not uncommon.
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L. C. Minnick
Redskin
Harry R. Kern
Minnick
Berryville
Star Office
Hin
Colored Football Team Prepares Last Game at Park
The Young Colored Men’s Athletic Club hosts Culpeper, Northern Virginia champs, tomorrow at 3 PM at the Park. Injuries hit Mose Long and Carter Wright with fractures, and Howard Walker nurses a knee, but Harry Basey says Brown Bombers will still challenge Culpeper, with the lineup largely unchanged from the Leesburg win.
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Young Colored Men’s Athletic Club
Culpeper
Northern Virginia
Mose Long
Carter Wright
Howard Walker
Harry Basey
Brown Bombers
Long Illness Causes Death Of Mrs Funk
Mrs Annie Dakeman Funk dies after ten weeks bedfast illness at home of daughter Mrs Frank Brown on South Braddock street aged 64. She leaves a daughter Mrs Brown three sons Brooke Funk Edward Punk and Collins Punk two sisters Mrs Norvel Walters and Mrs E A Marshall two brothers James Dakeman and Collins Dakeman and many grandchildren. Funeral 1 pm Sunday from 607 South Braddock street with Rev Vaughn and Rev Wilson officiating. Burial Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers named C R Anderson Charles Lillis James Loy W H McIlwee Emmett L Henry Oscar H Lewis.
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Annie Dakeman Funk
William G. Punk
Prank Brown
South Braddock Street
Punk
George P
Emily Dakeman
Berryville
Funk
Pittsburgh
Presbyterian Church
Brown
Brooke G. Funk
Edward Punk
U. S. Army
Hancock, N. J
Collins T. Punk
Los Angeles
Norve] Walters
E. A. Marshall
Clearwater
Fla
James R. Dakeman
Collins Dakeman
C. R. Anderson
Charles H. Lillis
James A. Loy
W. H. MclIlwee
Emmett L. Henry
Oscar H. Lewis
Infant Larrick Child Buried at Shiloh Cemetery
Wade Wilson Larrick, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Larrick, was buried at Shiloh in West Virginia on Monday November 28. He was 3 months and 8 days old.
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Wade Wilson Larrick
Merle Larrick
Shiloh
W. Va
Sheriff Joseph Baker Dies in Caroline County at 78
Fredericksburg December 2. Caroline county sheriff Joseph Baker aged 78 died at a hospital after a brief illness. He served seven years as the county’s chief law enforcement officer and previously as a deputy. Survived by his widow of Bowling Green.
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Fredericksburg
Caroline County
Joseph Baker
Bowling Green
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Elizabeth Sue Woodstock
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Edinburg
Gladys Effler
Helen Venable
Josephine Wolford
O' Winchester
Frances Wandless
Bridgewater
Martha Alice Coffman
Woodstock
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Belleview Avenue
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Clarke Turnip
Leesburg
Bombers
Northern
William G. Funk
Larrick
Ridgeway
Firestone Auto
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