Evening Star Ladies Bowling League shows improvements
Highlights from last night’s matches include Berry Jr. Woman's Club 134 Baker 131 and F Van Deventer 120 as top individual scores. High sets reach 315 for Berry and 309 for Jasper and Van Deventer, while Hershey Pints and Star Office post the top team totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Star Ladies’ Bowling League
Berry Jr. Woman's Club
Baker
Star Office
F. van Deventer
Boyce
Berry
Jasper
Jr. Woman’s Club
Hershey
Dolphin Oe
Buckley Steer
Burch Sae Wae
Lunsford Seeees
Sete
Winchester Knit
Little Theatre
Seee
Pearson Cammers Sane Eee
Eee Eewe
One Ae
Handley Er
Woman’s Club
Reall Eee
Beta Sigma Phi
G. A.A Preffitt
Widmyer Setae
Sullivan Eeee
D. Jolliffe
Coenene Ne
F. Feltner Seace
Ne Beta Sigma Phi V. Eutsler
A. Taylor
L. Eutsler
G. Forman
E. Eutsler
Rosenberger
Loy
Jr. Woman’s Club East Reat
Russell
Ritter
Rice Ee
McCann Anes
Fredericksburg High Wins Middle Atlantic Class B Title
Fredericksburg High, The Big Yellow Jacket eleven, upset Reidsville North Carolina 13 to 0 before 3500 fans in Fredericksburg Friday to claim the Middle Atlantic Class B championship. Randy Haflin scored on a four yard run in the third quarter and Russell Carneal caught a nine yard pass from Bobby Bellamy in the fourth. Reidsville never advanced past Fredericksburg’s 35 yard line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg High
Big Yellow Jacket
Reidsville
N. C
Randy Haflin
Russell Carneal
Bobby Bellamy
Amherst Helps Residents With Christmas Paid Stamp on Bills
For the second year in a row Amherst Ohio residents received a paid stamp on their monthly electric bills. The board of public affairs which runs the municipal electric plant reported the total gift amounts to 3275 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Board of Public Affairs
Municipal Electric
Relief cases in Virginia up grade this year
Virginia expects relief load to rise this year with October gains over last year. James W. Phillips of the State Department of Public Welfare notes increases in unemployables, employables, transients, aged, blind and children, with total active and current cases higher than 1936. He adds more welfare units were added from 103 to 114.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
James W. Phillips
Public Assistance Division
State Department of Public Welfare
Phillips
Young Men of Samoa Demand Stronger Beer
Washington reports Captain Milne reveals in annual review that unrest grows among Samoa's 12 000 Polynesian inhabitants. He says youth resent chieftains power and seek stronger beer while chasing movie stars and brighter fashion. Women meanwhile adopt silk rayon dresses and bicycles, with mail order catalogs popular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Samoa
Naval
MacGillivray Milne
South Pacific
Swanson
Too Much Pork and Kraut
Twenty five midshipmen returned to duty at the Naval Academy after hospital treatment for upset stomachs following a luncheon mainly of pork and sauerkraut. Three midshipmen remained in the Naval Hospital, not seriously ill, and they will rest over the weekend and return to duty by Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Naval Hospital
Robber breaks into bank in Cockeysville
Baltimore county police report a robbery at the National Bank in Cockeysville where a thief forced open the front door early Thursday and stole the night watchman's pistol seven dollars and his watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towson
Baltimore County
National Bank
Cockeysville
Forced To Flee In Baltimore Fire
Dense smoke and flames forced five people to flee their home in Baltimore. All escaped safely as the fire was confined to the first floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Illness and Funeral
Family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and death of husband and father. Appreciation expressed for floral tributes and use of cars. Mrs. Wi Cain and Family. Mrs. Gilbert Whitmire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wi) Cain
Gilbert Whitmire
Danger Love at Work at Hable's Palace
The Palace presents Danger Love at Work starring Ann Sothern Jack Haley Mary Boland and Edward Everett Horton Monday and Tuesday. A Fox News reel will accompany the feature offering a more frenzied romantic mood and zany humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Sothern
Jack Haley
Mary Boland
Edward Everett Horton
Fox News
Newly Organized Quint To Play Martinsburg Here On December 14
The Winchester Bucaneers led by John Webber and Charles Aikin will host the South Club of Martinsburg on December 14 at Handley gym for the Fellowship Club Christmas fund. The lineup includes Miff Clowe Chick Curry Clevenger Red Baker Bob Sutton Braxton Duvall and others as they seek sponsors and more games. The So Ath Club of West Virginia prepares for a strong season under Ben Wild with Rhodes Miller Stotler Callahan Dean Fowler and Yeakley.
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Winchester Bucaneers
John Webber
Charles Aikin
Handley Gym
Fellowship Club
South Club
Martinsburg
Hugh Crisman
Celtics
Aikin
Rehobeth Beach
Del
American Legion
East Coast Naval Service
Miff Clowe
Handley
Chick Curry
Clevenger
Handley F. F. A
Northern Virginia Federation
Red” Baker
Bob Sutton
Braxton Duvall
Bucaneers
Webber
Welfare Bureau
So-Aths
So-Ath
West Virginia
Ben Wild
Emory and Henry College
Robert Rhodes
Junior Miller
Potomac State College
Berkeley Stotler
Alf Callahan
James Dean
Howard Fowler
Bee Callahan
Forrest Yeakley
Paul Stotler
Citizens Road League Opposes Federal Road Aid Curtailment
The Citizens Road League of Virginia adopts a resolution opposing any reduction in federal aid for roads below the total amount Virginia gets from gasoline and lubricant taxes. The group cites President Roosevelt's Nov. 30 message and notes Virginia motorists pay about 25 million dollars annually in auto taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Citizens Road League of Virginia
Roosevelt
Congress
Virginia
Australia and New Zealand Fruit Exports Fixed
Exports of apples from Australia and New Zealand to Europe in 1938 are expected to rise slightly over 1937, while United Kingdom shipments stay near 1937 levels. The UK quota from Australia is 3,750,000 boxes. 1937 Australia exports to the UK were 3,840,000 boxes. New Zealand UK exports are undecided, with 1938 NZ crop likely above 1937’s 770,000 boxes by about 250,000. Continental shipments should also grow due to greater supply and new trade agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Australia
New Zealand
United Kingdom
F. A. Motz
London
Apple and Pear Export Council
Motz
Mr. Motz
Minister Freed At Second Trial Is Job Hunting
Rev. Monta H. Ball, a 38 year old former pastor, is job hunting after being acquitted of the slaying of his second wife Vic tory Gay Cooper Ball. The trial's outcome follows a prior hung jury. Ball planned a trip to his brother’s Boone county home for rest and expected to return to Beckley soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
W. Va
Monta H. Ball
Gay Cooper Ball
Rock Creek
Ball
Virginian Is Killed In Spain
Ver non Snow of Lynchburg died in battle October 17 while serving with loyalist forces in Spain. The 30 year old former AT&T employee sailed for Spain months ago to enlist with Franco loyalists. initial reports of death were confirmed by loyalist New York headquarters. Snow was brother of Elmo S. Snow of Lynchburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Vernon Snow
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Spain
Snow
Franco
New York
77 Year Old Grocer Held For Murder
Newport News December 4 Michael Ritter a 77 year old recluse was ordered held for the grand jury on charges of murder and felonious shooting in the death of 12 year old Sue Stokes and the wounding of Mary Ellen Coleman near his store. Captain J M Peach testified Ritter borrowed a pistol from an unidentified man and fired at the girls after they left school. Ritter reportedly handed the gun to the man after the shooting and was later jailed. Funeral services for the Stokes child followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
Michael
Mike) Ritter
Sue Stokes
Mary Ellen Coleman
Ritter
J. M. Peach
Peach
Stokes
State reports mixed Virginia employment for November
The State Industrial Commission said total hours of work in Virginia manufacturing in November were 3 percent above the previous year, but employment fell short of October 1937. Using occupational accidents as an index, the commission estimated overall hours of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Industrial Commission
Virginia
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Zero Pack
D. Boyce
Nurses
Cammers
Minneapolis
Victor Heiser
Harry H. Willis Real Estate
Baker & Anderson
N. Braddock St
R. M. Swimley
East of Geo
Middle Atlantic
Laren
ASCO
Samoa
Rob Watchman
Hable’s Palace
Citizens Road League
Virginian
Muggs and
Skeeter
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Waterford
H. S. Lupton & Son
Winchester
Frederick County
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