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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1934

Page

3

Pifer Hosts Singing Party and Community Notes

Mr and Mrs L D Pifer of Re ef entertained friends with old time music and singing followed by refreshments. Episcopal Choir meets Friday night at 7 30. Ladies Aid plans at Mrs Matthews home 806 South Stewart. Spelling match December 14 at Kauffman School Stephen son with captains Riley and Duvall. Young Christians Class meets Friday at Braddock Street Methodist Patton home. Garvin families visit Winchester and Lynchburg return home. Mrs Funkhouser improves after operation at Memorial Hospital.

Pifer L. D. Pifer Reef Earl and Harold Edwards C. J. Sibert Wilbur City Eemmart Dettra Rosaleen Kernstown Fred Ridings John Crim Floyd Snapp Relief Ladies Aid Kauffman School Stephenson Hoye Riley Winchester Roy Duvall Carl Martin Stephens City Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South Gertrude Carper Patton East Piccadilly Street Garvin David P. Garvin Danville William C. Garvin Lynchburg Frederick County B. F. Line V. B Avenue M. C. Garvin Gore W. J. Muse Trone Funkhouser Thomas Funkhouser Capon Bridge W. Va Memorial Hospital Paul Line Baltimore Line

Social calendar of meetings and events in Winchester

A schedule of Rotary Club inter city meetings at Strasburg and George Washington Hotel, Girls Athletic Association, Sacred Heart Church fundraiser at Mrs Harty home, American Legion luncheon, Better Film Council, Music Lovers Club, Braddock Street M E Church class, play Here Comes Charlie at Market Street Methodist, nurses alumni charity dance, Eastern Star, Lions Club, Kiwanis Club, Winchester Lodge Benevolent Order, Adult Choir practice, and Rotary Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel with times and locations for Thursday to Wednesday.

Rotary Clubs Strasburg Morris G. Smith George Washington Hotel Girls’ Athletic Association West Piccadilly Street William P. Harty South Stewart Street Sacred Heart Catholic Church American Legion Post Better Film Council Victor Arthur Handley Library Music Lovers’ Club R. E. Griffith Clifford Street Braddock Street M. E Gertrude Carper Patton East Piccadilly Street Charlie Market Street Methodist Church Nurses Alumni Association Winchester Memorial Hospital Kiwanis Club Winchester Lodge, Benevolent Order Grace Ee Church

Martin Painter wedding announced in Williamsport Md

Announcement of the marriage of Virginia Painter of Stanley Page county and Paul Martin of Middletown. They wed Sunday evening at United Brethren Church Williamsport Md with after service ceremony. The couple to live in Middletown where Martin works at R L Long’s garage.

Charles Long Stanley Page County Middletown Williamsport Ned Haines

Funkhouser Announces Marriage Of Romaine Funkhouser Painter

The wedding of Romaine Funkhouser to Robert Painter occurred quietly at 2 30 PM yesterday at the United Brethren in Edinburg with Rev L A Racey officiating. The bride, a Toms Brook High School graduate, and the groom, a farmer, plan to reside next spring on a Shenandoah River farm east of Toms Brook.

Romaine Robert Painter G. Frank Painter Maurertown L. A. Racey United Brethers Edinburg Toms Brook High School Mrs. Painter Mr. Painter Shenandoah River Toms Brook

Master List of Fellowship Club Being Prepared

A Christmas giving effort called the Fellowship Club seeks widespread help to provide gifts to families and children without duplication. District agencies and local organizations including the Red Cross Lions Kiwanis and Boy Scouts have endorsed the plan and urge early action to share the master list and accelerate distribution.

District Nurse Association Red Cross, Child Welfare Board Emergency Relief Fellowship Club

Feen a mint laxative gum for gentle relief

A vintage advertisement touts Feen a mint chewing gum as a mint flavored laxative. It claims taste matches regular gum and that saliva carries the laxative for gentle, gradual action suitable for children and finicky adults.

Farmers chart new corn hogs contract terms

The article explains a revised hog and corn price support plan with payments of 15 dollars per head for hogs under a ten percent adjustment. Half the payment will come on contract approval by the Secretary of Agriculture, and the remaining 7.50 dollars minus local expenses will be paid around January 1, 1936. The contract imposes no limit on total acres devoted.

Secretary of Agriculture

Shifting Acres Allow Noncorn Crops in New Planting Rule

A field note explains that farmers may plant crops other than corn on shifted acres previously used for corn. The policy adds flexibility with no explicit location limits. The text emphasizes that the shift widens crop options while avoiding corn on those acres.

Drought Relief Measures Include Corn Loans and Hog Tax

The plan outlines a corn loan program for drought affected growers and a processing tax starting Novem ber 5, 1936 to fund relief. It totals $165 million in payments, funded by a tax of $2.25 per hundredweight on hogs and 5 cents per bushel on corn, with details on loan value to be announced after the next harvest.

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