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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1937
Page
5
Final official estimates for November 1 indicate Germany will harvest a record apples crop of about 85.98 million bushels, about 20 percent above 1934 postwar peak. Pears rise 17 percent to 20.26 million bushels, while total tree-fruit production is seen at 32,562 short tons, near the 1934 postwar peak and above four-year averages.
Virginia relief loads for the coming winter are rising toward last year’s figures. James W. Phillips, director of public welfare, notes October gains over prior months and over October 1936 in unemployables and other categories. He cautions increases may reflect better reach by more welfare units, from 103 to 114, rather than a greater need.
Miss Louise Bly returns to duties in Fawcett Gap after Thanksgiving with her mother Mrs Ursula Bly. Several local residents and visitors are noted including Miss Ruth Brumback a Harrisonburg State Teachers College student spending Thanksgiving with her parents. Local movements and family visits are listed with brief remarks on work and travel.
Hable's Palace Theatre hosts a two night 1938 edition led by Harry Berry with Wal lin Barnes Mary Keith and the Seven Sirens of Swing featuring Flying Feet and Buck Jones Jr plus the Johnsons and the all girl chorus. Admission is 15 or 35 cents.
At Stephens City High School a diphtheria clinic led by the faculty and Dr. C. R. Anderson immunized 188 students. Of 489 pupils, about 439 are immunized, yielding roughly 90 percent. The article notes funding for a filing cabinet and library recovery after a fire, plus reports on faculty activities and daily class periods.
In the 32 000 acre Big Levels refuge within George Washington National Forest officials and wildlife groups note rising populations of ruffled grouse and wild turkeys. An unofficial survey found 14 flushed grouse on a short trail test and estimates a refuge grouse population between 1500 and 2000, higher than any other area of similar size in the forest. The report also counts at least 20 coveys of quail amid the mostly wooded refuge.
A collage of quotations on practical psychology urges discarding worries and grudges to conserve energy for achievement. It notes education comes from lifelong learning and self critique. Seniors host a party with games, decorations, and a lab equipment donation from Mr. White and Marshall Lovett joining the school lab effort.
R K Smith chairman of the Virginia Federation of Labor poll tax committee says despite the Supreme Court approving Georgia's poll tax system the federation will press on. He notes efforts with other state groups to remove poll tax restrictions and pursues a Virginia constitutional amendment to liberalize the laws.
In Upperville locals recall Col John S Mosby on his birthday. A legend from 1864 near Lakeland recounts Mosby and Thomas Love evading Federal pursuit at Rectortown and Lake home. Mosby feigned death after a leg wound, was misidentified, and later carried to safety before resuming raids in northern Virginia.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive examinations for assistant fisheries statistical and marketing agent at 1800 dollars yearly and junior fisheries statistical and market agent at 1620 dollars yearly in the Bureau of Fisheries, Department of Commerce. Certain education and experience in fishery work required. full information from Herman Lee, secretary of Board of Examiners, at the post office in this city.
A humorous tale about selling brooms in London contrasts two marketers. One man makes his own brooms from stolen raw materials, while the other claims to buy cheaper goods already finished, highlighting the quirky economics of the broom business.
Brunswick County farm boy Charles P. Taylor, 16, AP 4-H member since age nine, has been named the state's outstanding 4-H club member for 1937 by the State Club Department. He may accept a $100 college scholarship or an educational trip to the National Club Congress in Chicago and won the Chilean Nitrate Educational Bureau prize.
A student from Burg completed annual farm projects since 1931 including calf and tobacco projects and corn for five years after winning a scholarship last year.
An old advertisement touts Creomulsion as relief for persistent coughs and chest cold symptoms. It highlights ingredients like Syrup of White Pine Compound, licorice root, Ipecac, Cascara, and Beechwood Creosote, claiming to soothe mucous membranes and loosen phlegm. It asserts safety for adults and children and urges widespread use.
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