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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1936
Page
7
Front Royal Virginia council meets with full attendance and votes to retire an issue of school bonds due January 4 1937 from the sinking fund. The town also refunds 36000 of bonds callable April 1 1937 and approves a new town charter to coordinate previous acts of the legislature.
Funeral services were held at 4 o'clock this afternoon for William Updyke a restaurant proprietor who died suddenly Sunday morning Rev R B Claggett pastor of the Methodist Church officiated Pallbearers included R F Collins William Proctor William Boyd Edgar Updyke Steve D Boyd and Walter Cory in attendance were family friends and community members from Front Royal Virginia
Erastus E. Compton, Warren County's oldest Confederate veteran, died at Browntown. He had warned his wife of hidden money in the house. Omer Maddox and three of Compton's sons retrieved more than $5,000 in bank notes from between the leaves of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.
Front Royal policeman Sergeant E C Smith resumes duty after four months off with an infected foot. He had spent two months in Memorial Hospital recovering before rejoining the force.
The will of the late C. E. Johnston, of this city, is recorded with Mrs. Nava E Jol as executrix. Bond fixed at 3,000 dollars. Personal estate goes to Mrs. Johnston, realty to be divided among her children after death. Executors include Lynch and Smith. witnesses include Miss Margaret Kelchner. Estate valued at about 40,000 dollars per Cooper report.
A three judge federal court in Alabama holds the state employment insurance law invalid as it violates federal constitutional provisions. The ruling grants a permanent injunction against enforcing the act while leaving the related unemployment compensation act undecided. The judges composing the panel were C B Kennamier Samuel H Sib and R T Ervin.
Front Royal scenes as county agents and educators travel to Blacksburg Charlottesville and New York for meetings and visits. Residents including Walter Reed Hospital patients and Washington callers are noted along with a Christmas play rehearsal at the high school and local social visits.
The article praises William Brown of Miami for a rapid, precise contract bridge play. It details a potential grand slam sequence with bids and the declarer’s planned play, noting Law 29 and emphasizing Brown’s perceptive decision making.
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