Farmers Guests at Rotary Meeting Hear Soil Erosion Urgency
Front Royal December meeting sponsored by Rotary Club featured R A Winston outlining the administration’s agricultural program to let each farmer earn a living from their soil with surplus for improvements. He warned 100 million acres eroded and 130 million acres in sheet erosion with soil nutrients lost far faster than crop uptake.
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Front Royal
R. A. Winston
Department of the Interior
Rotary Club
Afton Inn
Winston
Hillidge
Benefit Card Party Draws Large Crowd at Warren County High
The benefit card party at the Warren County High School auditorium last night was well attended and successful. The sponsoring committee included Mrs. W. A. Coleman, Charles Ambler, Mrs. Coleman Ware, J. Grover Hillsidge, Mrs. J. F. Forsyth Jr., Mrs. John H. Downing, Mrs. Thomas Johnston, Mrs. B. V. Atwood and William A. Compton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Warren County High School
W. A. Coleman
Charles Ambler
Coleman Ware
J. Grover Hillidge
J. F. Forsyth, Jr
John H. Downing
Thomas Johnston
B. V. Atwood
William A. Compton
Plant Changes Sex In Jack in the Pulpit
Botanical science finds that the jack-in-the-pulpit often changes sex. When a female plant weakens it adopts male characteristics.
Gift Matinee Opens To Adults At Park Theatre
In Front Royal on December 19 adults may attend the Park Theatre matinee on a gift basis. Sponsors King s Daughters and Warren County Bureau of the Star note high call volume and present Joe E Brown in You Said a Mothful as the feature.
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Front Royal
Park Theatre
King’s Daughters
Warren County Bureau of the Star
Joe E. Brown
Red Cross Roll Call Reaches 1 004 Members
Bertha M. Hicks reports 1 004 members secured in the Red Cross drive at a Thursday executive committee meeting. City yields 765 members and county 239. Cash contributions total 1 341 51 in Winchester and 330 50 in Frederick County. Grand cash 1 672 01. Pledges 331 50 and in kind 130, bringing city county total to 2 133 51.
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Red Cross
Bertha M. Hicks
Winchester
Frederick County
Hold Rites For Charles McKay
Funeral services for Charles G. McKay 33 of 1300 block Kenyon Street N W Washington D C were held at Rockland Baptist Church He was killed in an auto crash on the Fairfax Warrenton road Thursday evening Survived by mother four brothers and four sisters A coroner s jury in Fairfax County found homicide by Charles Guavreau 24 of Otis Street N E held on 5000 bail Guavreau uninjured McKay s companion Florence McChesney is in Georgetown Hospital seriously injured
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Front Royal
Charles G. McKay
Kenyon Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Rockland Baptist Church
McKay
Fairfax-Warrenton Road
Vanderlinden
Edward McKay
Nineveh
Aubrey
Clarence McKay
Leo
Washington
Hunter
Boston
Mass
Hubert McKay
Lawrence Millan
Alexandria
Walter Shipe
Golden
Fairfax County
Charles Guavreau
Otis Street
N. E
R. J. Turner Named by Unity Lodge Masons
Unity Lodge No. 146 A F and A M elected officers last night with R. J. Turner named worshipful master and W C Deming senior warden. Other officers include E Barr Samsell junior warden George N Buck treasurer L B Cary secretary J T Stephenson senior deacon S C Payne junior deacon A N Carroll tiler L G Bierer and Jacob Kaplan steward W G Dearing installed as chaplain by Dearing and Shirey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Turner
W. C. Deming
E. Barr Samsell
George N. Buck
L. B. Cary
J.T. Stephenson
S. C. Payne
A. N. Carroll
L. G. Bierer
Jacob Kaplan
W. G. Dearing
P. M. Shirey
Contribute To Christmas Fund List of Subscriptions
Sergeant E. C. Smith has compiled a list of merchants and business men who subscribed to the community free fund. The canvass includes Motor Inn Dick Collins Meats Robert Hockman Stokes Furniture Co Venable's Drug Store Warren Drug Company J F Forsyth Company H H Marlowe Kendrick and Kidd Green Palm Restaurant John H Downing. He expects to finish by Monday with a complete report.
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Front Royal
E. C. Smith
Community Free Fund
Motor Inn
Dick Collins
Meats
Robert Hockman
Stokes Furniture Co
Venable’s Drug Store
Warren Drug Company
J. F. Forsyth Company
Whitacre Family News and Local Christmas Plans in Whitacre Virginia
Elmer Whitacre of Winona West Virginia visits his mother Mrs R E L Whitacre in Whitacre Virginia for several days. Redland M E Church plans a Christmas program Sunday night December 23 and Church of Christ Ebenzer will host Christmas entertainment December 24. Mrs Lula Loy and daughter Freda Loy of Winchester visit Mrs W C Whitacre Sunday. Presiding elder to preach Sunday December 16 at 3 pm. Guests of Fred Whitacre include R E L Whitacre Elmer Whitacre Frank Whitacre Emma Dick and J W Whitacre. Ebenezer Church Ladies Aid entertained by Mrs G C Peacemaker Tuesday.
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Whitacre
Elmer Whitacre
Winona
W. Va
R. E. L. Whitacre
Redland M. E
Church of Christ At
Ebenezer
W. C. Whitacre
Lula
Young People's Union Convenes in Warren Riverton
The Warren Riverton Young People's Union met last night at the Methodist Church. Miss Reba Riley of Winchester, district director, gave the feature talk on union organization. Officers for the year: Jack Franklin president, Randolph Gaunt vice president, Alice Rhodes secretary, Landon Haley treasurer.
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Front Royal
Warren-Riverton
Social and Personal News of Front Royal and Warren County
Mr and Mrs E A Clatterbuck attended a Standard Oil Company banquet in Warren ton. Rev T Eugene West left for Bacon s Castle to join friends and travel to Florida for a two week vacation. Randolph Macon Academy ends December 20 with exams ongoing. The Presbyterian church staged a Mock Wedding drawing a large crowd. Warren County Public Schools close December 21 for Christmas, reopen January 7. Paul Rudacille seeks talent in Washington for holiday dances. Attendees at Sperryville dance include Violet Clatterbuck Elizabeth Sonner Lucille Sloat Lewin Eastham Douglas Compton Shelby Compton Dalton Johnson Earle Edmonds. Mrs A B Crigler and Albert Jr visit Fredericksburg, returning Sunday. Mrs E H Stokes hosted bridge on Royal Avenue. Local races draw large crowds to Charles Town. Wyndham Lee visited Washington Friday. Reba Riley of Winchester stayed with Anna Haley on Blue Ridge Avenue. Mrs Garth Payne Helen Payne and Oscar Ettmuller toured Washington. Grover Hillidge was a business visitor in Luray.
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Winston
S. D. Boyd
Grover Hillidge
P. F. Keil
Chatham
J. J. Foster
Warren County High School
Lottie West Whitehurst
S. B. Downing, Jr
Cedarville
J. B. Earle
W. G. Fleming
W. M. Grove
C. A. Haynie
Sr. and
Miller Jett
J. F. Oliver
B. G. Ray
F. R. Simpson
R. L. Sowers
Emanuel Stickley
C. N. Shepherd
J. A. Trenary
Fork
J. Lee Burke
Grandison Catlett
G. W. Duncan
Wade H. Hunt
Blyden Ridgeway
Roy Mitchell
Lewis Smith
George L. Wilkinson
South River
J. W. Baldwin
Miller Cullers
H. Leland
Mathews
Pelham O. Morrison
T. M. Massaeus
William Robinson
I. J. Rudacille
Cleveland Updike
Front Royal
B. S. Atwood
Sperryville
Violet Clatterbuck
Elizabeth Sonner
Lucille Sloat
Messrs
Lewin Eastham
Douglas
Shelby Compton
Dalton Johnson
Earle Edmonds
Lions Defeat Doughboys in Close League A Bowls
Six teams bowled in League A this week. The Lions beat the Doughboys twice weakening their lead while the Legionnaires lost momentum. Sirbaugh Hawthorne and Newlin led scoring with 557 528 and 526 series, and Brubaker of Northern Virginia topped a single game with 144.
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Lions
Legionnaires
Sirbaugh
Hawthorne
Newlin
Sirbauch
Brubaker
Northern Virginia
Renegades of the West and Tailspin Tommy at Habies Palace
Tom Keene stars in a hard fighting western tale of revenge love and guns. Maurice Murphy and Noah Beery Jr lead Tailspin Tommy and Mahoney in She's My Lily with a cartoon Black Sheep as accompany. The program features three big featurettes and lively leather action.
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Tom Keene
Maurice Murphy
Noah Beery, Jr
Tommy
Will Mahoney
Lily
Flaming Wax Fire Destroys Hillcrest Area in Elmsford
A wax factory fire in Elmsford New York caused 12 buildings to burn or roof fire to 10 others destroyed five main structures near Old Colonial Hall and Valley Stream Hotel. Fire Chief Harv Dunnigan put damage at 150000 dollars as twenty families found themselves forced into the cold with twelve neighboring towns bringing aid.
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Elmsford
N. Y
Harvey Dunnigan
Old Colonial Hall
Elmsford Wax Works
Valley Stream
Saw Mill River
Westchester County
New York City
Elmsford Fire Prompts Early Help Requests
The first call for outside help went out at 2 a.m. and the second at 4 a.m. as the fire grew. Elmsford, a village of about 400 residents, faced a rapid blaze at night.
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Elmsford
Former Winchester Resident Ida Harford Dies in Washington
Ida L. Harford 79 died last night at the Presbyterian Home for the Aged in Washington DC. She was daughter of the late Andrew Jackson and Regina Glaize Harford and longtime Winchester resident now to be buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery after services in Washington. Surviving relatives include sister Mrs W S Dudrear of Philadelphia and nieces and nephews including Mrs Grover Lewis and Andrew Harford of Winchester. Funeral arrangements place service in Washington Monday then interment in Winchester.
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Ida L. Harford
Presbyterian Home For the
Washington, D. C
Miss Harford
Winchester
Andrew Jackson
Regina Catherine Glaize Harford
Washington
W. S. Dudrear
Philadelphia
Grover Lewis
George W. Lind
Andrew Harford
Louis
William Harford
Mount Hebron
Radio Schedule Highlights From 1935 Stations
Radio programming across WEAF WOR WJZ WABC features orchestras, talk and news segments. Notable guests include Ely Culbertson, Roscoe Pound, and Grace Hayes with performances by the King Orchestra and Pickens Sisters. Debut of broadcasting blocks runs from 6 to 11:30 PM with diverse genres and live entertainment.
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WEAF
Coakley Orch
Don
WJZ
Ferdinando
WABC
Ely Culbertson
Weaf—Press
Wjz—Press
Navara
WOR
Ironians
Margaret Branard
Wabc—Press
John Herrick
WAEBC
King Orchestra
E. E. Free
Jack Arthur
Grete Stueckgold
Giibson
Wance
National Barn Danese
Himber
Richardson Orch
Cugat
Goodman and Murray
Wintz
Kemp
Wabc—V
Canterbury Notes from CANTERBURG Virginia social roundup
Miss Elizabeth Shanks and Mr McClure Rowland were guests of Mr and Mrs Mick near Middletown. Susie Shryock visited Helen Painter. Jessie Perry stayed with sister near Stephens City. Nealson couple shopped in Winchester. Melvin Woods of Rileville visited Perr family near here. B A Rowland stayed with father C O Rowland in Stephens City.
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Canterburg
Elizabeth Shanks
McClure Rowland
Mick
Middletown
Susie Shryock
Helen Painter
Jessie Perry
Robert Sheyly
Stephens City
Nealson
Winchester
Melvin Woods
Rileyville
Yawning Woman Improves as Doctors Watch More Signs
Yawning Mrs Harold McKee of ROUND GROVE II shows improvement but doctors question if she will become the sneezing type. Dr H L Pettit and consultants conduct tests while a rest cure is prescribed. reference is made to a Chicago study by Dr Morris Fishbein about yawning followed by sneezing after dental work.
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Round Grove
Harold McKee
Chicago
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Girl Of The Limberlost at Hable's Palace
Louise Dresser Marian Marsh and Ralph Morgan headline a main screen attraction Monday and Tuesday at Hable's Palace Theatre. The film adapts Gene Stratton Porter from American fiction about a young girl's heart in a timeless drama.
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Palace
Louise Dresser
Marian Marsh
Ralph Morgan
Hable’s Palace Theatre
America
Gene Stratton Porter
Tarzan and I Hate Women headline Colonial double feature
This Saturday at the Colonial Theatre the weekly double bill offers Inside Information starring Tarzan with Rex Lease and Marion Shilling and I Hate Women with Wallace Ford June Clyde and Fuzzy Knight. Also on the program are Buck Jones serial chapter 12 The Red Rider and a Charles Judels comedy Salted Sea Nuts all for one admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Theatre Management
Inside Information
Tarzan
Rex Lease
Marion Shilling
Wallace Ford
June Clyde
Fuzzy Knight
Charles Judels
Flood danger in California believed past today
Flood danger along the Los Angeles foothills appeared over as a storm moved east. Cloudbursts over La Crescenta Montrose caused floods forcing 300 residents to evacuate temporarily. A previous January 1 cloudburst killed more than 30 people in the same La Crescenta Montrose area.
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California
Los Angeles
la Crescenta-Montrose
Yesterey
Tiber Rises as Floods Hit Rome and Cargo Ships Reach City
The Tiber surged to 46.7 feet after a night of heavy rain, lifting water levels by two feet and enabling boats of heavy draft to travel upstream from Ostia to St. Pauls Gate to unload cargo. The flood endangers areas along the river in this extreme rise.
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Father Tiber
Ostia
St. Paul's Gate
India Uses 225 Languages and Scripts Across Population
A historical report notes India’s vast population uses 225 languages and dialects with 20 different writing systems. It also cites a new study placing the age of man at 16 million years based on blood serum analysis of humans and apes.
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India
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W. B. Thomason
Telephone Front Royal 213
Charles McKay
Masons
Unity Lodge No. 146
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Whitacre Mention
Young People’s Union
Warren County
E. A. Clatterbuck
Standard Oil Company
Warenton
Pittsburgh
T. Eugene West
Bacon's Castle
Florida
Randolph- Macon Academy
Presbyterian Church
Paul Rudacille
A. B. Crigler
Albert, Jr
Fredericksburg
E. H. Stokes
Bridge
Royal Avenue
Charles Town
Wyndham Lee
Reba Riley
Anna Haley
Blue Ridge Avenue
Garth Payne
Helen Payne
Oscar Ettmuller
Luray
Lions Wallop Doughboys
Handley
Coca Cola
Lions Vs
American Legion
O’sullivan
N. Va
P. Co
Handley Yates
Parsons
Sargent
Joyce
Dummy
Coca Cola Hawthorne
Miller
Brown
Hawkins
Rainsberger
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Smith
Sirbaugh Cather
American Legion Gearing
Boone
Darlington
Plank
Fairney
Legion
Sullivan
Halvosa Hunter
Grimm
Kremer
Fletcher
N. Va. P Peery
Luttrell
Babb
Eo Pet
Lions Aeneee Aneweenee
O'Sullivan
Iseeseees
Rotary
Habie's Palace
Tom Keene In “Renegades
Habie’s Palace
New York
Philco
Miller & Anderson
Canterbury
Warner’ Bros. Colonial
Tiber
Rome
Wenders
Star Office
Mae West
Clark Gable
Dick Powell
Lux Toilet
James Cagney
Lux
E-Z
Buncutter Tire Co
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