Special Services County Churches Preacher to Lead Whitacre Whitacre and Gainesboro Plans
Rev. C M Hesser of Romney will preach at Whitacre Episcopal Church South on December 20 at 7 o'clock and oversee quarterly reports. Christmas services are being prepared in Whitacre and Gainesboro congregations. Whitacre plans a service on December 24 and Gainesboro on December 27. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Hesser
Romney, W
Whitacre Episcopal Church
South
Whitacre
Gainesboro
Climsen
Winchester Man Serves on Kane Case Jury in Virginia Beach Murder
J. Lewis McVicar formerly of Winchester and long based in Hampton Va serves as a juror in the Elizabeth City County Circuit Court trial of Prof Elisha Kent Kane of Tennessee charged with murdering his wife by drowning near Virginia Beach last summer. The case draws broad interest across Virginia and neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lewis McVicar
Winchester
Hampton
Elizabeth City County
Elisha Kent Kane
Tennessee
Virginia Beach
Virginia
Stores To Remain Open Late For Xmas Buyers
Winchester merchants announced stores will stay open each evening starting next Monday December 14 and continue until Christmas Eve December 24. Andrew Bell of the Chamber of Commerce says the late hours aim to aid shoppers with evening purchases as holiday demand grows and stores offer a wide assortment at attractive prices.
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Winchester
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
To Picture Life Of Washington On the Screen
A motion picture on George Washington, filmed at Mount Vernon Kenmore Fredericksburg Independence Hall, to be released January as part of the 1932 bicentennial celebration. Dr Edgar Dawson of Hunter College and Eastman Kodak aided in the scenario. U S Army regulars and Pamunkey Virginia woodsmen appear. Ellsworth Woods portrays Washington.
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George Washington
George Washington Bicentennial Commission
Historic
Mount Vernon
Kenmore
Fredericksburg
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Washington
Edgar Dawson
Department of History
Hunter College
Eastman Kodak Company
U. S. Army
Virginia
Missionary Talk on China by Rev Horace Lequear
Rev Horace Lequear, long time China missionary, speaks on missionary work among the Chinese at Centenary Reformed Church Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The event, in Chinese costume used for realism, is under the Women's Missionary Society with members urged to bring bank boxes. all invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan
Centenary Reformed Church
Horace Lequear
Rockingham County
Lequear
Women’s Missionary Society of Centenary Church
Agreement on Potomac Fishing Is Being Sought
State officials from Virginia Maryland and West Virginia met in Washington to back legislation validating Virginia and West Virginia fishing licenses in the upper Potomac. The plan would authorize a special nonresident license for fishing in the non tidal river above Great Falls and direct funds to restocking the stream. They also urged cooperation on restocking above Tidewater and pollution prevention.
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Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Washington
Potomac
Great Falls
District of Columbia
No Service At Stines Chapel Saturday Night
No service to morrow evening at Stine’s Chapel where evangelistic meetings have been in progress this week. At 10 o’clock Sunday morning the Rev G M Morrow will preach on The Christian Home. The meeting targets Sunday School members but all are invited. The Rev John Henry Parlett, now 81, preached last evening on The Immortality of the Soul to a packed house. The meeting closes Sunday evening with the Rev Cephas Fahnestock at 7.45 on The Gift of God. Emmett Dettra will sing two solos. The Rev E D Witherspoon will preach tonight.
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Stine’s Chapel
G. M. Morrow
John Henry Parlett
Cephas Fahnestock
Gift of God
Emmett Dettra
E. D. Witherspoon
Four hogs yield 1618 pounds for home larder
In Boyce Virginia families boost larders as hogs sell for low prices. Correll Brown on the southside estate of Kenneth N. Gilpin slaughtered four hogs yielding 1618 pounds of pork sausage and lard. Other residents report hogs over 300 pounds dressed and stored meat and fats for hard times. Hog fattening driven by corn feeding despite low grain prices.
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Boyce
Correll Brown
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Park Acreage Not To Be Cut Says Mr Carson
William E Carson chairman of the Virginia Conservation Commission states that the Swanson bill does not diminish Shenandoah Park’s total area. He says 160000 acres will be set for immediate development with the rest to be acquired later as the Sky line Trail survey begins from Swift Run Gap to Waynesboro, a four day effort jointly by the Bureau of Roads and Parks and the state commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Carson
Virginia Conservation Commission
Swanson
Shenandoah National Park
Mr. Carson
Aca
Blue Ridge Mountain
Swift Run Gap
Waynesboro
Shenandoah Park
Carson
Federal Bureau of Roads and Parks
State Conservation and Development Commission
President Hoover Praises Christmas Seals Drive
President Hoover lauds the National Tuberculosis Association and state and local branches for their work to check and destroy tuberculosis. He urges purchasing Christmas seals to fund the anti TB campaign, noting the seals support prevention efforts and help reduce the national death rate, protecting the health of children and the wider population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Tuberculosis Association
Hoover
Virginia Tuberculosis Astron
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Robert Ames
Myrnaloy
Hedda Hopper
Robert Williams
Charles R. Rogers
Warner Boroe
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Lisle
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Hamman’s Dollar Store
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Triandley Night
Richard
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Lionel
Toomey
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Pure Food Store
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Fisherman’s Paradise
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