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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1937
Page
4
The notice details post office entry as second class matter in Winchester Virginia and lists subscription prices for The Evening Star Publishing Co. The rates cover mail and carrier options for one year six months three months and monthly terms with varying advance payments.
Classified rates 2 cents per word with minimum 25 cents. Memorials and Cards of Thanks 10 cents per counted line. Display ads border required by 10 A M publication day. Transient rate 45 cents per inch. National reps Tenney Woodward Co. offices in NY Detroit KC SF Chicago Boston Atlanta LA. The message of love from 1 John 3 11 quoted.
The Daily Worker lauds the Stalin constitution as the broadest elective system yet, claiming universal suffrage for those over eighteen and near total unity with 90 million voters, while the paper notes few contests and one party domination. It contrasts with American skepticism about democracy and notes limited opposition and nomination methods.
Hollis B. McCormac of Winchester has died at age 62 after years of declining health. A prominent business figure and former chairman of the Republican State Committee, he led industrial ventures and headed a Winchester bank. His death closes a longtime chapter in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley business and political life.
A Virginia political figure, a Republican in party but nonpartisan in public good, is mourned after being cut down in the prime of life. The reflection notes his dedication to bettering Virginia beyond party lines.
The Logan Banner urges company officials to share news to ensure accurate reporting. It argues newspapers will print any worthy story and cooperation prevents reliance on dubious sources, stressing a mutual interest in truthful publication.
In a World Telegram critique, Sinclair Lewis is challenged by evidence from 1918 to present fiction. The piece notes top sellers include Think and Grow Rich and How to Win Friends, but recalls When a Man's a Man and Pollyanna as major hits. It argues bestseller lists often underrate American grit.
News of Other Years notes F A Read chosen director general and Dr L M Allen named chairman of the executive committee for the Apple Blossom Festival in 1937. Edith Maxwell, facing a second murder trial for her mountaineer father, receives a 20 year sentence from Wise county jury. Agnes McCrea wed Henry Lewis in New York, son of Mrs Richard Dole of Boyce Clarke county. Mrs Herman Stine hosts at Tokus Inn for bride elect Harriet Pearson and her fiancé Douglas Sale of New York.
Five years after a white Christmas news notes a new school in Washington DC named for Rose Lee Hardy, a Winchester native who contributed to public education. A Georgia petition seeks a pardon for Robert Burns, escaped prisoner and author of I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang. Col Roszel warns Century Club that pacifism is too dangerous to toy with.
Ten years ago Shenandoah Valley Academy closes for holidays and its 80 students return to varied homes for Christmas. Richard Fellers, Martinsburg airport manager, narrowly escapes death in an Lexington airplane disaster. P H Stephens Valley Airport head hurled 1000 feet to death. Red Cross reports no outside help needed for county and city needy children. Engagement announced Ruth Douglas New York to Donald McFadden F and M bank.
Twenty five years ago the hospital executive committee led by Dr McGuire votes a ten thousand dollar addition. Peter Reuss donates two thousand and city doctors raise fifteen hundred. Dr William Love’s will is probated leaving twelve thousand to his wife plus real estate. Local growers urged to exhibit apples at the state horticulture meet to aid community interests. Lafe Omps loses two horses when a tree falls on them during lumbering in the western county woods.
Forty years ago Lewis Seal bagged a 19 pound turkey while hunting in the county. Lewis Barr severely burned his fingers while repairing a stove at the Troy Laundry. Citizens complain about boys playing shinny on streets as Shenandoah, Virginia suffers a downturn after the railroad repair shop and round house were removed.
The Wright brothers achieve the first powered flight at Kitty Hawk North Carolina on December 17 1903 with the Flyer The event marks the birth of heavier than air aviation and alters transportation history.
A reader query column answers varied topics from World’s Fair site size to Mayo carillon details, Bund party, Washington population, film production in the United States, and more. The piece compiles questions and authoritative-sounding responses with names like Frederic J. Haskin, Mayo Clinic, and Walter Camp era references.
Washington report notes President Roosevelt quietly shielded a highway funds curtailment idea from Congress while fighting over a war referendum. The piece cites Ludlow and Fish campaigns, Wallace budget blocks, and resistance in Congress amid re election concerns.
A fragmentary narrative about a country clergyman's son in modest means recalling his first romantic episode. The text reads like an early serial with informal narration and incomplete phrases.
A youth recalls kissing Theresa during grape harvest and a later promise to meet at the burial ground. He reflects on his father’s stern morality and his own youthful ardor amid family farm life, milking cows and tending roses in a candlelit evening.
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