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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1934
Page
4
The notice outlines advertising rates per word with 25 cent minimum, memorials priced at 1.50 for four stanzas, and 5 cent cards of thanks. Display ads must be submitted by 10 AM on publication day with 42 cents per inch transient rate and contract rates on request. National reps are listed for Devine Tenney Corp. Midwest and Atlantic regions.
A short excerpt quotes Psalm 37 lines about trusting the Lord and doing good. It emphasizes committing one’s way to God and believing he will provide. The passage highlights guidance for faithful daily living with assurance of sustenance.
Winchester amateurs The Little Theatre present a blood and thunder melodrama The Drunkard of the Fallen Saved at the Green Gables Club on the Martinsburg Pike. The group trains long before each show and recreates period settings with accuracy for audience enjoyment.
A National Association committee urges the federal government to add grade crossing elimination to the next year’s public works program. It cites 237000 crossings with only 30800 guarded and 1511 deaths and 3697 injuries last year, plus 706 killed and 2023 injured in the first half of this year. The report notes state and rail funding gaps and argues the effort would aid safety and relief construction, especially in congested centers.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is the largest museum. Robert Burns is named the best-loved Scotch poet. FOB stands for fee on board meaning delivery to a carrier excluding later transport and shipping charges.
The piece notes past beliefs that women were inferior due to smaller brains. It cites a phrenologist claiming girls’ heads grow faster and are rounder than boys at school age. It cautions future findings may disprove such claims and emphasizes using brains over size or shape for intellect.
Farmers Exchange members in Stephens City prepare a stiff court fight on Monday January 7 to bar the receiver of the defunct People's Bank from collecting a $3000 note. Officials have named all 70 plus members as defendants. several have hired counsel. Also reported are 400000 acres on the west coast suitable for afforestation for a Scottish forestry expedition.
The 32nd annual mid winter amateur golf championship began with eight qualifiers ready for match play in Pinehurst North Carolina. Robert G Morrison of Pittsburgh led the qualifiers with a 38 39 77 six over par while H C Fownes of Pittsburgh and D G Nes of York posted 79 and 80 respectively.
Dr. Vannevar Bush addressed the Society of Industrial Engineers in Boston arguing that a post slump era will unleash new ideas. He contends prosperity will follow as timid business courage returns and inefficient firms are weeded out, with demand awakening and industry reconfiguring.
Leila Madison reads a sister Bet’s reckless plan to marry a carpenter and ends up racing toward New York to stop the elopement. She weighs Orton Johnston-Hedges as a future husband and contemplates the old families and Aunt Minnie while the Manor House looms as the backdrop.
Dr Mordecai Ezekiel argues that 2500 a year is needed for a moderately full life yet historic data show only 30 percent of families reached that level before 1929. He assumes a fixed link between income and spirit, but many pleasures and needs lie beyond price.
Alabama's football team prepared for the Rose Bowl against Stanford with renewed energy in Jacadena California. The squad scheduled its heaviest workout of the week at Occidental College field with a dummy scrimmage on both sides of the line as coach Frank Thomas aimed to sharpen offense and defense before New Year's Day.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour end at 8 pm none. December to date 1.09 inches year to date 37.09 inches. 21 year average 34.71 inches. Monthly averages list January 2.41, February 1.97, March 2.82, April 2.21, May 3.94, June 3.65, July 3.41, August 3.29, September 2.34, October 3.00, November 2.33, December 2.34.
Yuletide program at Gravel Springs Lutheran Church features songs recitations and readings culminating in Silent Night. Rev. Seastrunk offers scripture lesson and address with gifts distributed to Loman Home. Performers include Himerright Bentley Cooper Himelright Heishman and others.
In a Sunday matinee the Chanters staged Simeon and the Christ Child. The article praises the troupe for lifting spirits, focusing on inner spiritual resources and the beauty of the performance. It notes the young performers balance work and service, giving freely of time.
An appreciative listener notes that music remains the ideal medium to celebrate Christmas, recalling angels singing over Bethlehem two thousand years ago and praising the season's melody as a fitting tribute to the Christ birthday.
Lawson L. Hockman of Winchester was declared a bankrupt in Corporation Court after filing a petition in bankruptcy in the United States District Court at Harrisonburg on August 10.
Advertisers urge prudent mothers to choose Creomulsion for any cough or cold in children. The ad claims Creomulsion emulsifies creosote with six other medicines and promises a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved.
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