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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1931
Page
2
The Winchester motion picture houses showcase future and current bookings with previews and critic notes. Screenings include new releases and audience favorites as schedules evolve through the week.
Universal film Reckless Living stars Ricardo Cor Mac Clarke and Norman Foster as a young couple drawn into decoy life for a race track gang. Police raids and thrills unfold with Emmett O'Connor, Jackson, Sum merville, Prevost, Natheaux, Kinnell, Hopton, Ivins, Benedict, and Pauline Moore in a comedy-tinged wartime style.
A brief quip from the Passing Show notes that America’s wild ride neglects a weekly Phoe joke while a specialist quips that cold baths in winter prevent rheumatism yet leave the reader amused.
Eddie Cantor headlines the Capitol in Palmy Days starting today and tomorrow. The film features Charlotte Greenwood as Cantor’s romantic counterpart in a string of laughs and entertaining misadventures.
Eddie Cantor stars in Palmy Days a Ziegfeld all star musical comedy pathbreaking in its field. The witty ensembles and attractive cast travel to the coast for this entertaining across the screen, promising laughs and spectacle for Winchester audiences.
Testimonial from Glenvar Virginia farmer Taylor Hill praises Natex for rapid relief from kidney trouble rheumatism indigestion and constipation. He claims five weeks of use restored sleep digestion nerves and energy and says Natex costs no more than other patent medicines offered by Peoples Service Drug Store.
Moran and Mack, the Two Black Crows, arrive at the Palace Theatre with Anybody's War a lively WWI era comedy based on The Two Black Crows in the A. E. F. by Charles E. Mack. The skit follows their adventures in France with a Tennessee dog catcher and a sidekick who joins the recruits.
Winchester Memorial Hospital receives Thanksgiving contributions from Christ Church Millwood and Church of the Good Shepherd Clarke County. Christ Church sent 83 dollars to furnish a hospital room. Good Shepherd gave 12 dollars and fruits and cans. Rev B Duvall Chambers serves both churches. Mr and Mrs E G Butler Millwood donated two boxwoods from their gardens at The Play House.
Drilling at the almshouse farm in Shenandoah county by William J. Gochenour reached 132 feet. Three streams of water were found, the strongest at 124 feet increasing flow to over 1000 gallons per hour with a 100 foot draw. A third water layer yielded a strong trace of high quality sulphur water.
A local column lists visits and family gatherings around Opequon and Wardensville. Residents and relatives from Williams, Kibler, Fauver, Smithey, Jobe, Purcell, and other area families are mentioned visiting kin near Fawcett Gap, Handley, Harrisonburg, and Winchester. Church and school events are noted along with a Christmas program plan.
Brucetown Virginia dispatch reports Rev. C. J. Clarke and Mrs. Newton Clarke visited friends at Mt. Solon on Thanksgiving day and returned home Friday. The piece also mentions Mrs. Frank Morgan Huyett in a continuing local note.
Choice yellow top corn priced at $2.00 per 350 lb barrel. First come, first served in Berryville, Virginia. Haul from Berryville by truck.
Mrs Dewey Brown spent Thursday night with her mother Mrs George Kirby of White Post. The Milldale Church meetings closed Saturday with six baptisms and strong music from Miller brothers of Winchester. Funeral services for Mrs Melissa Cameron were conducted by Rev Walter S Burton at Happy Creek Baptist Church with interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery. Sunday School resumes next Sunday at 2 and preaching at 3. Everyone is welcome.
Evangelistic services opened last night at Stine's Chapel on Gainesboro road. The historic church was filled and interest was strong. Services run each evening at 7 45 with a song service led by Edward Daugherty. The Rev. Guy M. Morrow preached last night and Rev. E A Lambert preaches tonight. Rev. C E Seastrunk speaks Tuesday with possible Bethel Church music.
Winter brings car starting difficulties and mechanical problems. J D Cammer of Braddock and Boscawen streets urges proper oil and grease, anti freeze radiator liquid, and careful winter adjustments. Brakes, tires, chains and equal wear on tires are essential for safe winter motoring.
Acting under a city ordinance requiring license for slot machines, Winchester police seized five machines from local businesses. Three were found in operation without proper licenses.
Police seized two other slot machines at the mentioned locations while reporting the Shawnee Station seizure. The machines are said to be owned by other parties and the police plan further action against them.
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