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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1936
Page
4
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A church bulletin quotes scripture from 1 John 3 20 urging believers to trust in God as heart and conscience judge and to seek divine guidance during the Advent season in 1936.
Parents protest the stance calling it cruel and shameful and spoiling Christmas for many children. The article argues for keeping belief in Santa as a symbol of happiness and generosity, aligning with the school board president who still believes Santa will visit.
The condemned man, convicted of robbing and murdering Black victims and burning them alive, faces a hanging in Mississippi. The piece argues murder is murder regardless of race and calls for consistent punishment unchanged by color.
The Chanters under Floyd Haines stage a fourth annual cantata with success while the Lindberghs flee to England over kidnap fears. A City Hall fire remains a blaze. Robert E Ayler of Stephens City High marries Reba Rinker. Five years ago authorities move a holiday prisoner in Harrisonburg and Major James Mars appeals funds. Dr W D Cameron dies in Clarke county while treating a horse. A Piggly Wiggly joins local modern stores.
Ice cream cost $1.75 a quart in Alaska. Capt H B Grimm a veteran Winchester fireman long ill is now up and about. President and Mrs Coolidge hang mistletoe in the White House. Reports show 19000 Confederate veterans have died in the past year. Twenty five years ago merchants urge patrons to carry their own packages as clerks are scarce. A large Martinsburg sign aids tourists.
Mr. S. P. Carbaugh and Miss Lois E. Stickley both of Stephens City wed secretly in Winchester. Also notes historic event Dec 22 1922 when the Soviet Republic formed.
A column argues Christmas is of heathen origin and adopted by the Roman church, citing Hysslop and historical claims, then shifts to a 1937 budget critique. It laments tax-rate politics in Winchester Virginia with calls for council accountability and guidance from readers.
A man walks behind his wife’s coffin at her first burial as the gatepost jars the coffin causing a groan. A doctor is summoned and the woman, misdiagnosed as dead from catalepsy, recovers and lives ten more years before dying again. At the second burial the husband warns mourners to mind the gatepost.
The letter argues that minor taxpayers face negligible increases under current rates and urges publishing full assessment lists to promote fairness. It notes Winchester real estate values at about half full value and suggests reassessment of Main Street property to balance budgets, with examples of low assessments and a recent $2,400 home sale.
Congressman James P. Buchanan, a veteran Appropriations Committee chair, warns that Democratic unity could fracture into blocs. He cautions that growing bloc power risks marginalizing Republicans and intra party factions, while some favor bloc legislation as a flexible governance method.
A witty column mocks aviation enthusiasm with Napoleonic governance comments and Sunday pilots. It envisions egg shaped planes and messy crashes, jokes about radio noise, and jokes about a dirigible hot dog stand. It warns air traffic may clog skies above nudist colonies.
Robert B. Nelson rector of Christ Episcopal Church born July 6 1871 in Leeds Parish Fauquier county. educated at Episcopal High School Virginia Theological Seminary University of Virginia Cincinnati and VPI. served as assistant at St Marks Parish Maryland 1897 99 and in Baltimore 1900 03. held posts in Cincinnati Newport Blacksburg Christ Church Winchester and Camp Lee chaplainships. awarded Czechoslovakian Red Cross Honor for World War service. married Sallie Seddon of Baltimore and has five children. enjoys athletics.
J H Seal urges scrutiny of seven Star items totaling 8900 dollars alleged to be eliminable. He notes large street work costs benefiting under 5 percent of taxpayers and questions a 1000 dollar police budget cut. He compares Martinsburg and Winchester police costs and lists various police and private security officers in the area.
A compact compilation answers readers questions from historic topics. It covers Stone Age needles and German needle making by 1370, costs of feeding rodeo animals, Indian cattle holdings, buffo tenor definition, a new sand blasting hood, Tokyo's House of Parliament details, Marta Abba's biography, and soy versus navy bean protein values.
James Conolly the butler reports Sir Henry Severinge missing from Severinge Abbey after breakfast. Lady Hilda Severinge and estate agent Eric Colindale react with fear as James leads a search through the old house and chapel amid a murder mystery and suspicious clues.
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