Fincham Tops List With a Game of 134
Fincham led with a 134 game and 346 for the set as the bakery boys swept three straight, while Cobb posted 132 in a strong showing and Lee Baking Company claimed the high team score of 549.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1935
Page
2
Fincham led with a 134 game and 346 for the set as the bakery boys swept three straight, while Cobb posted 132 in a strong showing and Lee Baking Company claimed the high team score of 549.
Major Robert T. Barton Jr. was elected chairman of Richmonds Democratic Executive Committee at a reorganization meeting held this week. A Winchester native and UVA alumnus, Barton served as an artillery company commander in the World War and later practiced law in Richmond.
Richmond dispatch reports Virginia public welfare commissioner Arthur W. James advocates permanent prison camps to replace portable road camps. The plan, put forward by Rice M. Conniero as penitentiary superintendent, aims to solve several serious prison issues.
Letter from Co L Hirth of Winchester Va dated December 14 1935 urges raising salaries for city manager and officials plus car allowances and raises for police and teachers. It flatly claims tax cuts could follow mirroring Front Royal and predicts broader wage hikes across mills and workers as a local New Deal style expansion.
Dec 13 report from CREEK VIRGINIA notes visits by C W Blair and family, Mrs. James Grove and Hazel, and gatherings at the homes of George Clark Ernest Daily and others. Updates mention Mrs Clark recovering from tonsillitis, and a local pork butcher activity with several households hosting visitors and kin.
A wave of acclaim for the automatic hill holder on Studebaker 1936 models spreads across America, with Delinger Brothers of East Piccadilly Street demonstrating the device. The hill holder enables a car on an incline to start without three feet, holding the brake and clutch automatically while the accelerator is eased, preventing rollbacks and bumper damage.
Deciduous fruit prices rose on British markets with Liverpool and London showing stronger prices. Apples and grapes demand remained firm while pears were less active. supplies were plentiful and rising next week. Best American apples averaged 2.35 dollars per bushel in London. pears 3.44 dollars.
The Netherlands designates Amsterdam as the constitutional capital while The Hague serves as the seat of government and the diplomatic corps. The Hague houses the States General, the High Council, the Council of State, and the Chamber of Accounts.
Sargent the school teacher and Byrd the Rotarian topped the senior bowling standings with scores of 140 for Sargent and 137 for Bryarly, while Byrd had 129. Sargent posted a high set of 387 and Byrd second with 218 132. Property listing Berryville Virginia includes 132 acre farm on Wardensville Grade with 25 acres timber and a six room house listed by G P Cadwallader.
E A Crowl chairman of the city radio commission reports a delay in starting because Hagerstown locating sets cannot reach Winchester until Tuesday. A permanent locating set may be built locally with cost deemed reasonable and possibly funded by radio dealers. A systematic city survey will follow to locate interference sources from vacuum cleaners to large motors.
Public auction to be held at Winchester Virginia in front of the county courthouse on Saturday January 4 1936 at 11 A M. The sale includes several tracts of Luther Brill s lands near Star Tannery Gravel Springs Paddy s Run and nearby areas with a flour mill 25 barrels per day and multiple dwellings. Terms require one third cash and two equal annual payments with 6 percent interest.
The Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries will not close the hunting season on December 23 as planned but will run until December 31. To curb depredations by skunks the trapping season is extended to March 31, with pelts providing a ready market. sportsmen see potential relief for game in the coming year.
Special Commissioner will sell at public auction in Winchester Va on Jan 7 1936 at 11 am a 147 acre timbered tract in western Frederick near Rosenberger adjoining Snapp Fauver and others. Sold as bulk with no cutting until full payment. Terms: one third cash at sale then two equal annual installments secured by deed of trust and insurance policy. Bond filed per decree Lena M Orndorff vs John Williams Heirs. Clerk Brannon. Auct Brumback.
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