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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1920
Page
4
Fragmentary notice warns that Associated Press dispatches are for republication only and must be credited, while local news communications are distinct and not tied to AP. The text is incomplete but indicates publishing rights and affiliations.
The New York Times notes ministers earn under $1,500 a year with parsonages, contrasting clergy pay with rising wages in trades and industry. It warns inadequate clergy compensation risks lowering spiritual leadership quality and prompts calls for a $1,500 annual salary plus a parsonage.
In Hagerstown and Martinsburg bakers cut loaf weight and prices as wheat trends slash costs. T M Singluft of Caskey Bakery says small loaves gain two ounces and large loaves three, saving about one cent per small loaf and one and a half cents per large loaf. Martinsburg bakers announce increased loaf weight offsetting the price while most loaves stay at ten cents.
You should not appoint friends or relatives as executors or trustees for estates. The Shenandoah Valley National Bank has years of experience handling personal trust business and all estate problems. Call or write for information.
A verse by Walt Mason laments how gainful schemes derail simple joys. The speaker recalls lively evenings with neighbors and family, reading, playing the graphophone, and shared laughter, now lost to busy profiteering and fixation on money.
Sunday School at 9:45 morning services followed by preaching at 7:30. Young people's meeting at 6:45 with a hymn and prayer. Delegates to a forthcoming gathering to be elected. Church events and notices mentioned by church secretary.
Public auction scheduled at 11 a m on Thursday December 23 1920 in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia. The handsome brick residence on the west side of South Stewart Street near Handley site fronts 57 feet six inches and extends 150 feet to a common alley. Terms require one third down and balance in two equal annual installments with six percent interest. Trustee James P. Reardon states debt totals $11985 with interest from August 23 1920.
Kernstown Virginia December 4 Miss Katharyn Sowers of near Berryville is the guest of her sister Mrs Richard Osbourn Nell Cooper and family have moved from their home here to near Winchester and will be greatly missed by the community.
Mr Muntzing and family of Arthur West Virginia moved into their newly purchased home from Mr Neil Cooper's place. Miss Lena Lichliter returns from relatives visits in Ashland Kentucky and Alderson West Virginia. Grace Berrick hosted Thanksgiving guests including her sister Miss Elizabethick of Washington D C.
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