Handley Christmas Concert Set for 3 PM
Handley Public School plans a sacred Christmas carol concert Sunday December 19 at 3 oclock in the school auditorium. About 500 students from fifth and sixth grades plus fourth graders and the high school glee clubs will perform a large chorus and special numbers. The program blends traditional carols with a history lesson on their origins and meaning. Attendees are advised to occupy seats by 3 oclock as seating will be closed during performances. City residents are invited.
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Handley Public
Frank Butcher
the Hill School
Europe
Italy
St. Francis of
Bethlehem
Urges Choirs To Turn Out For Rehearsal
Floyd Haines appealed to all city choirs to attend a final rehearsal at Handley High School for The Shepherds Prayer to be staged next Sunday night. Rehearsal is at 7:30 p.m. with The Chanters in principal roles and a large chorus needed to support them.
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Handley High School
Floyd Haines
Mr. Haines
Mary Creswell Died Today
Five year old Mary Creswell daughter of William and Maude Haines Creswell of Whitlock Avenue died at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a protracted illness. Parents are Frederick County natives and she had lived in the city most of her life. Funeral arrangements were not finalized this afternoon and will be published tomorrow.
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Mary Creswell
William and Maude Haines Creswell
Whitlock Avenue
Winchester Memo Hospital
Frederick County
Virginia county agents to speak at Blacksburg meeting
I Fred Stine county agent of Frederick C C Funkhouser Clarke county agent and Miss Madeline Blair Frederick Home Demonstration agent will depart tomorrow for Blacksburg Va to address the annual conference on The Program of Vocational Agriculture in Virginia The session begins Wednesday morning and runs through the week with G G Dickinson Woodstock Shenandoah county agent also on the program
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Virginia
Blacksburg
I. Fred Stine
Frederick
C. C. Funkhouser
Clarke
Madeline Blair
G. G. Dickinson
Woodstock
Shenandoah County
Panay Survivors Counter Japanese Sinking Statements
The Panay disaster near Nanking left 15 of 54 survivors injured and 12 Europeans sighted on the Yangtze shore. Japanese admiral Honda said bombs hit by three planes were aimed at a ship thought Chinese, with swift regret and promises to punish those responsible after investigation. The Bee and Augusta helped rescue survivors and coordinate relief as continued searches and talks followed the daytime attack.
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Nanking
Panay
Bee
Yangtze River
Tadao Honda
China
Honda
Admiral Honda
United States
Shanghai
Yangtze
Peperlas
Augusta
Vernon F. Puckett
J. W. Pickering
Cadiz
Standard Oil
William T Hoyle
Hohsten
Kaiyuan
Hohsien
Oahu
Fries Rites Set For Wednesday At Local Church
Funeral services for Turner Fries will be held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. from the United Brethren Church. Burial will follow in Mont Hebron Cemetery. Fries, 53, died at Memorial Hospital after a two week illness. He is survived by wife Ina Boyce and sons H. E. Pries and Boyd B. Fries, with brothers Duke and Clarence and sisters Bertha Rosenberry and Mrs. Guy Lynn. He was a member of the United Brethren Church and Modern Woodmen of America.
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Turner Fries
Memorial Hospital
George W. Stover
United Brethren Church
Millard Miller
Mont Hebron
Thomps Funeral Home
Fries
John B. Fries
Mildred Parlett Fries
Red Bud
Ina Boyce
Mt. Williams
H. E. Pries
Washington, D. C
Boyd B. Fries
Duke Fries
Martinsburg
Clarence
Bertha Rosenberry
Hopewell
Guy Lynn
Opequon
Modern Woodmen of America
Win Gaunt 90 Dies After Brief Illness in Boyce
William Marshal Gaunt, longtime Clarke County figure, died at 5 pm yesterday at his Boyce residence after a brief illness. A Civil War veteran and Methodist, he was 90, born February 17, 1848 in Rappahannock County. Funeral is Wednesday at 11:30 from his home, with burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, survivors include six children.
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William Marshal Gaunt
Clarke County
Boyce
Mr. Gaunt
Rappahannock County
William Andrew Gaunt
Emily Frances Johnson
Emma Adelia Humston
Gaunt
Methodist Church
Mount Hebron
Winchester
R. L. Moore
Westernport
Sheetz
Future And Cash Wheat And Other Grain Quotations
Wheat and grain prices edged up in Chicago on renewed demand tied to Sino-Japanese war anxieties. Export purchases estimated at 400000 bushels and US wheat visible supply fell 2745000 bushels. Cash grain quotes list prices for Chicago and Baltimore markets with various grades and deliveries.
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Chicago
United States
Lard
Baltimore Grain
Baltimore
Winchester
Tentative Budget Discussed For City 1938
The tentative 1938 budget proposes increases in street lighting police salaries uniforms and traffic upkeep. Parks library and welfare funds stay steady while improvements include airport funding highway payments and curb gutter work. Cattle and meat markets see price shifts amid a slow trade due to heavy snowfall.
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Friendship
Handley Library
Market summary for Baltimore Philadelphia livestock and produce
Baltimore and Philadelphia markets report prices for apples potatoes poultry and livestock. Apples range 1.25 to 1.00 per unit with various varieties listed. cattle hogs and sheep show mixed moves. Philadelphia quotes cover live poultry dressed poultry butter and eggs with multiple grade prices. Chicago reports hogs 30,000 head in from Dec 13.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
U. S
Washington
Jerseys
U.S
Kent Island
Baltimore Livestock
USDA
Philadelphia
P. R
Muscovy Ducks Ag
Chicago
Wall Street Ends Near Lows As Stocks Drift
Stock market eases through the day with early losses narrowing to near bottom. Leaders skid on offerings in steels oils and autos while the American Iron and Steel Institute reports mill operations at 27.4 percent capacity the smallest drop since the downturn began.
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Wall Street
New York
American Iron and Steel Institute
Gun Club To Hold a Shoot December 17
The Winchester Gun Club plans a clay target match at Rouss Park on Friday December 17 with turkeys as prizes in the Lewis class and additional turkey prizes for still target shooting. A rifle match offers further prizes at 7 30 PM Wednesday at Company I armory.
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Winchester Gun Club
Rouss Park
Ture
Winchester Park Association
Park
Park Association
Keep Doors To Your Car Under Lock
Chief of Police Clayton W Hobbs warned Winchester shoppers to lock their cars during the holiday season after daily reports of missing packages. He urged leaving no packages in vehicles or having a watcher if needed. A grocery order mix up Saturday showed how a locked car could prevent theft, with the owner to claim the merchandise at the police office.
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Clayton W. Hobbs
Winchester
Hollis
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Handley
Gwendolyn Haynes
D. J. Howard
Parkson
Playground Association
League of Municipalities
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Alexander Potter
Radio Commission
Finance Committee
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Jefferson Street
F. & M. Bank
Gas Company
Millwood & Shryock
Livestock and Produce Markets
Stock Market Report
al. Chem
AM. Can
Am. Rad
Am. Smelt
A. T. and
Anaconda
B. and
Chrysler
Con. Edison
Genl
Cigar
Elec
Genl. Motors
Goodyear
Int. Har
J. Manville
Kennecott
M. Ward
Natl. Dairy
Packard
Penn, R. R
Republic Steel
Southern R
O. of N. J
Texas Corp
Gun Club
Company I
Turkey
Winchester Furniture
South Main St
Red Steer
McCormick Deering
Brumback
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