River Condition Reports Clear At North and South Forks
Waterway status shows North Fork and South Fork rivers clear with no obstructions or hazards reported. Local authorities advise continued monitoring after recent rainfall and upstream activity.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1935
Page
7
Waterway status shows North Fork and South Fork rivers clear with no obstructions or hazards reported. Local authorities advise continued monitoring after recent rainfall and upstream activity.
Front Royal area residents attend dances church events and social visits with numerous residents traveling to Winchester Washington and Staunton for gatherings. appointments include Arthur Kresge joining Miller and Ander at Front Royal branch and Mrs Violette Collins visiting Washington.
Senator Aub G Weaver and State Coml ie R Combs of Richmond spent yesterday in Harrisonburg. Clarence Ritenour recovering from a fall on Royal Avenue. Judge A C Carson and Claude A stories were in Washington. Houston Marlow transferred from Sparta to Galax. Virginia Carson attended a What-So-Ever Circle Silver Tea at Mrs O R Bowen’s home. Mrs W E Rudacille returned from Washington. Peters Construction Company of Norfolk in town. J R Deverle and family from Roanoke visiting Mrs Deverle’s sister Mrs Frank Forsyth on Royal Avenue. Deverle to stay a few weeks while the others return home.
At a Front Royal Boy Scouts meeting it was decided scouts must be registered four months before the annual summer camp to participate. The troop has a 32 member quota and enrollment, including John D. Lauck, is rising to 24 members with three absent.
Front Royal bowling team faces Luray in a home match. The Front Royal lineup includes Billy Smith Wallace Thomason Beauford Armel David Rust and Morris Baggarly. They have defeated Luray in the two prior contests.
Special school buses will run Saturday from Front Royal to Winchester to take children to Handley high school for The Children's Theatre of New York City's stage play Alice In Wonderland at 10 30. Transportation for Front Royal pupils is arranged through cooperation with Supt. G Tylerer.
Mr and Mrs R O Fitch of 402 South Loudoun street learn of the death in San Antonio Texas of their son Charles Fitch 35. A World War II veteran he served in the 648th Aero Squadron and rose to sergeant. He had been in the dry cleaning business in San Antonio. His survivors include his widow Hazel Fitch and his brother Robert Fitch of Modesto California and his parents in Winchester. The couple could not attend the burial due to illness.
Guatemala, nearly the size of Louisiana, stands as Central America’s leading commercial nation with about 70 miles of Atlantic coastline and roughly 200 miles along the Pacific.
Secretary Wallace urged the Agricultural Adjustment Administration to stay in place and outlined eight tax and policy alternatives to finance farm programs. He spoke at the 36th annual livestock show as the Supreme Court nears a decision on the processing tax.
Investigators moved the Corina Loring case to a Baltimore suburb seeking a new lead. A woman who wrote to Lt. H Itzel may help explain the motive behind the Mt. Rainier bride elect slaying. Police also probe gloves found in Victor Redmond's car as he faces a hearing on attempted assault of a 9 year old girl.
A note on the origin of the five line nonsensical verse known as a limerick is in dispute and unclear. It mentions Uncle Eben and the proverb about rising in life implying effort rather than ease.
Conflicting war pens and renewed tensions in France kept the New York market restrained. Early trading showed dull declines with mixed commodity moves as cotton rose while wheat and cereals slipped. Bonds were irregular and rails led activity. foreign exchange stayed flat with call money at 0.75%.
The Star notes markets are correct daily but cautions about typographical errors. Traders and readers are urged to verify figures and headlines against official data releases for accuracy.
A cash listing shows wholesale prices for flour blends, corn meal, feed mixes, and dairy feeds with 98 and 48 pound bag options and per barrel rates. It includes egg mash and various bread flours, along with livestock prices for turkeys cows hogs and lambs.
U. S. Dept of Agriculture market notes from Baltimore Philadelphia and Chicago detail cattle hogs and sheep trading. Cattle 550 head with 1000 holdovers, beef cows 5.00-6.50, steers 8.50-10.26, fed steers around 1300 lbs at 10.75, calves 200 head steady. hogs 650 head steady to higher, 120-210 lb hogs 10.60-10.85, sows 8.15-9.35. sheep 400 head, lambs 11.50-12.00. Chicago hogs 16,000 head, 180-320 lb at 9.85-10.00, cattle 5,000 head with steers and yearlings steady, top steel 14.50, heifers to 10.50, sheep 8,000 with lambs 11.00-12.40.
Chicago shows mixed futures with wheat around 95 cents and corn near 58 cents for December and May contracts. Oats and rye trade higher into spring and barley near 40. Barrels and lard futures also listed with small shifts. Cash market reports from Chicago and Baltimore add No 1 wheat bids and white corn bids, all anchored to mill deliveries.
The note mentions putting up a new flag and pride in its impact on the lawn. It references the Sandy-Women group, various girls chewing gum for chin reduction, and announces an upcoming demerit system. The period ends with a line about events on the night of November 26.
The session opened in Warren County High School auditorium Front Royal Virginia with President John Fred Larrick of Middletown presiding. Dues of 10 cents per member were set and the nominating committee named. A varied program followed featuring guitar and harmonica music, a Ray Barret trombone solo, sleight of hand tricks by Front Royal youths, and refreshments. A large Thanksgiving turkey was won by James Tuttle from west of Stephens City.
Winchester Martinsburg West Virginia markets show moderate wire inquiry and light demand with a steady overall tone. Carloads list varied barrel and basket prices for Grimes Virginia Yorks and Black Twigs including U S Utility Stayman and Fancy varieties with several minimums and carload terms.
Home Economics Club met November 27 and planned to sell fruit cake tickets for a nickel and magazine subscriptions. Funds raised will buy curtains, a vacuum cleaner, and modernize the home economics cottage. A senior class dance on November 22 drew crowds from Winchester and Front Royal, ending in success. A new flag pole was installed by the Agriculture Class boys, with a small indoor flag added.
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