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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1936
Page
7
The event limited entry to men for several hours at the Shopping Center. Management called it a success and reported many masculine shoppers were served with friends helping in gift choices. It appeared to be the first such promotion locally.
In Hot Springs Arkansas a fireworks incident at a hardware store sparked cheers from children as firecrackers popped and store workers dashed with water to douse a display window. The scene occurred on December 23 as part of Christmas celebrations.
Spectators witnessed giant crackers explode causing a storefront fire. Firefighters from Hot Spin responded and two ambulances were dispatched. The blaze was soon extinguished.
Dr. Walter J. Gifford of Harrisonburg State Teachers College says nearly all graduates secure teaching jobs. He notes 111 four year graduates Teaching positions, five in other work, eleven in further study, five married, six not interested, and three at home. A superintendent foresees 20 new teaching jobs next year.
Interwoven Stocking Company will give 3000 workers and office staff two weeks extra pay for those employed before February 1 and a lesser amount for those hired after. The bonus recognizes a small annual profit and applies to factories in Martinsburg and Berkeley Springs Virginia Maryland Hagerstown Morristown and offices in New Jersey New York and Chicago.
In Lakeland Georgia on December 23 a report notes Mrs. E D Rivers sixth grade class received new neck ties that symbolize more than holiday cheer, reflecting thoughtful learning and community sentiment attributed to the teacher and students.
Mrs. Rivers, wife of Governor elect E. D. Rivers, ends twelve years of teaching in the grade school. She awards boys bow ties and girls compacts as she resigns to become Georgia's first lady in Atlanta after January 11.
Joe E Brown returns from China to star in Polo Joe at Capitol Theatre on Christmas Day. He plays Joe Bolton who invents tall tales to win his Aunt Minnie and falls for Mary Hilton while joining a polo club to prove himself in this Warner Bros. comedy.
We thank our many friends for thoughtfulness during the illness and death of Newton B. Grove our father and brother. Mrs. S. M. Davis Mrs. Agnes Grove Printz.
The Winchester Evening Star promotes a New Testament volume featuring the Saviour's words in red with supplementary biblical facts. It lists trees waters mountains musical instruments and birds named in the Bible and offers a copy for twenty cents via coupon.
In Wheeling West Virginia Will Costello serving a shoplifting sentence won a Christmas parole but was back in jail within an hour. Officers saw him leaving a store with a pajama suit and an alarm clock hidden under his coat.
Galilee Church of Christ in Welltown holds Bible School at 10 a.m. led by superintendent Charles E. McVay and a communion service at 11 a.m. Perfect Bible School attendance earns medals for Jonah Good and a list of named relatives and friends. Everyone is invited to attend.
United Brethren Church on North Braddock Street will close Sunday services for the year 1936. Holy Communion will be held next Sunday December 27 at 11 a m. All members are urged to attend and partake in remembrance of Jesus Christ per Luke 22 14 20.
White Hall Church presents a Christmas program this evening at 7 45 p m featuring recitations exercises special music and two Christmas pageants.
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