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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1936
Page
2
A survey of English monarchs named Edward from Edward the Elder to Edward VIII. It traces their reigns their challenges and key actions including parliament formation subduing revolts royal intrigues and abdications. The piece notes Edward VII as peacemaker and Edward VIII's voluntary abdication.
Wages 11 police lieutenant Lit field and Mrs. Littlefield and Lila Walsh of New York City spent Saturday with Mr and Mrs Harry C Gar and with Wallie Robertson and Nannie Ritenour of Front Royal visiting this week. Others noted include Mrs Lottie Wolfe Lucy Dean Willie Venable Frances Venable Kenneth Staples Richard Venable in Washington shopping. R M Krump of Hagerstown visited the Carbaughs. Mrs Samuel Sargent and daughter Ella Louise Jeff went to Jacobs Creek Pa to stay with William Marshall's family. Mrs Harry Carbaugh and Nettie Carbaugh visited Aunt Mrs Rachel Miller in Martinsburg W Va. William Herrell and Dorothy visited Barr Samsell in Front Royal. John Newell moved to a new home east of town. Mrs Elsie Hovermale ill. Mrs J S Sherman visiting Miss ly. guests at G and Rosier included Mrs Bes- and Mrs E O Foreman. Mr and Mrs Raymond Bradfield and daughter and Maynard Brewer visited their parents the Ww W Brewer. Stewart Racey guest of Martin Wisecarver.
Chambersville Va December 11 funeral services were held for Mrs. Martha Good who died November 29. A large gathering of friends and relatives attended a tribute to a woman loved by all who knew her. Little Colleen Rosier, ill for four weeks, remains in bed but shows slow improvement. Nellie Brill visited Ruth Wisecarver Tuesday. Loring Ritter of Kernstown and his wife spent an evening with his mother, Mrs. P. H. Ritter.
The Winchester and Frederick County Red Cross Executive Committee met with the council. Absent members were noted and approved. The Roll Call update showed 1202 contributors, with Mr. presenting the total and remarks on the drive.
Rest Virginia items report a Christmas program to be held Christmas Eve at Rest Church with supper after the service. Proceeds from a recent Friday supper at Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Snapp's home go to repairs at Rest Church. Rev H. Strieby and his wife hosted Ridgeway charge stewards at a turkey dinner at the parsonage. Reverend W. W. McIntyre, Winchester district elder, preached at Rest Church. Dorothy Roberts visited her grandmother Mrs A Bowers. Miss Frank Snyd, of Winchester, spent the weekend with Mr. G B Snyder and family. E W Small with relatives at Ridgeee.
Roger D. Greene profiles Britain's new king Albert, once shy and overlooked, who overcomes an inferiority complex and health troubles to become a confident monarch. The piece contrasts his underling role to his brother Edward and highlights his athletic talents and public poise.
Washington dissects the 1937 outlook noting a strong recovery but warning that labor leaders hold the key to prosperity. Liberal labor laws, Roe v Roosevelt gains, and wage pressure frame a potential wage-price surge, with craft unions split over consolidation and a looming risk of strikes if pay and hours push too high.
Kernstown notes report C. N. Cooper sold his house to C. K. Pangle and moved to Winchester. William S. Sargent installed a hot water heating plant at his home and returned from a hunting trip in Pennsylvania where he shot a deer weighing 170 pounds. Robert Bywaters is expanding his home with a double garage.
The column names M. M. Lynch Rev E T Clark John 8 Scully Jr H F Byrd Jr D H Sencindiver Mrs Fred Thwaite Mrs George Baetjer Mrs Claude Grim Mrs Jadi Keeler and Mrs Helen Wright appear among society notices, indicating attendees or associated residents in town events.
Minor injuries were sustained by 12 year old Robert Dunn when he ran into an automobile near Gas Beach in Conneaut Ohio. The vehicle was moving about 15 miles per hour and the boy was treated by a physician for cuts and bruises.
Cross Junction VA December notices list Mr and Mrs Curtis Funk and Mr Alvin Baker of Washington DC weekend guests of Mr and Mrs C G Barr. Harold Hobday of Berkeley Springs and the Lewis and Sibert families visited Winchester connections. A birth is announced for a daughter born December 2 to Mr and Mrs James Hottle.
Local notes from Brush Creek Virginia dated December 11 recount visits and family gatherings. Mrs I C Whitacre called on E R Dailey. Kernstown residents Harry Co Kerns and son Zane and Fervin O Heironimus helped butcher at Ruth M Kerns and E R Dailey’s home. Ernest L Gray visited Arnold V Dailey. Annie Collins hosted with A V B Reynolds. John W Dunlap is indisposed. Dr Rex Tugwell's case described with a cautionary note.
Marie, seeking a show part, sits in the Roof Garden of the Towers as a strike by elevator operators blocks Broadway traffic. An amateur showcase erupts, she sings to wild applause, and the master of ceremonies hints she could sign a contract to sing there starting next month.
The Winchester Evening Star advertises a compact 254 page New Testament red letter edition with gospel harmony, Bible history periods and a list of biblical trees waters mountains instruments and birds. It notes facts like longest book and shortest verse and offers delivery before Christmas for 20 cents with coupon.
Berlin reports that Voelkischer Beobachter front paged the British crown crisis and censured foreign press for boulevard sensationalism. Hitler’s circle noted sympathy for Britain yet warned nations change in crisis. Hitler reportedly considered King Edward's plan to marry a foreign-born commoner as a catalyst.
Boston December 11 operation will be performed on D Roosevelt Jr son of the President next week to cure an acute sinus infection Mrs Roosevelt visited him at Massachusetts General Hospital yesterday and returned to New York after Dr George Loring Tobey Jr said his condition not yet satisfactory for the operation Persons close to the family said his condition was not serious
Special Commissioners announce a public sale of Isaac Patton property in Winchester Virginia by decree of the Howard L Patton v George W Patton case. Sale set for November 29 1936 at 11 A M at the County Courthouse steps with two lots on North Loudoun and Gibbon streets including a store building and a four room frame residence. One third of the price is to be paid as bonds with interest at 6 percent and a deed of trust and insurance policy.
A reader encloses twenty cents, carefully wrapped, requesting a copy of the New Testament. The note indicates a simple, earnest purchase or request in a historical newspaper snippet.
Honor Roll listings for John Kerr and Virginia Avenue Schools include multiple grades with students named across sections Perfect attendance noted for Virginia Avenue School Grade 5 students and teachers. Readers see a dense roster of names reflecting school recognition and monthly attendance records.
Paul Jack of Washington D C will speak at the Seventh-day Adventist Church No 10 West Cork Street on the meaning and outcome of current peace talks and war preparations. A song service at 7 30 p m and a lecture at 7 45 p m follow. You are invited.
Robert Schaefer, a Chicago exterminator salesman, protests theft of his sample case. He fears the thief and warns that the unlabeled cans contain food treated with rat poison, amid concerns over dangerous contents.
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