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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1936
Page
2
A. H. Teske of the Virginia Agricultural Extension Division notes snow adds moisture and protects roots from cold, but hinders pruning and invites pine mice to gnaw bark. He urges careful baiting to control mice, warns against overuse, and recommends periodic baiting and consulting county agents for guidance.
Two sets of twins now husbands and wives honeymooning in Memphis Tennessee. Hubert and Herbert Sharpe both age 30 along with Morris Lois and Louise Coats aged 25, all four from Corinth Mississippi, are described in notices and court records attached to a Frederick County Virginia probate order dated December 22 1936. The order concerns C Maurice McDonald petitioning to be administrator of Julian W McDonald declared presumed dead with a hearing set February 3 1936 and publication in The Evening Star Winchester Virginia.
CLARK M SMITH Clerk of the Corpora Winchester Virginia. Official notice appears with dated integers 0 412 8 15 22 29 41 indicating docket or filing sequence for public record.
The article lists critics including Harry Sherman William Harris and Susie Shryock along with several others such as Retha Edwards Billy Williams Charles Cook Agnes Grubbs Betty Wohlford Emma Swim ley Julia Steele Alice Lemley and more in relation to Stephens City school activities.
An editorial urges striving for high ideals and seizing opportunities while cautioning against neglecting foundational steps. It contrasts the star guiding the baby Jesus with the innkeeper’s focus on material wealth. The piece ties in student verse about schooling and ends with a school club note and banquet planning.
A school brief lists nightly pressures from teachers. Ayler orders twenty problems due tomorrow. Elsie to know authors themes and titles by tomorrow or stay until learned. Rhodes demands smock finished by tomorrow. Wall pushes all work finished before bell. Wake requires five formulas. Stickley warns all review questions due tomorrow.
Several weeks ago a group drew names for a Christmas gift exchange and today the idea materialized with presents given the decorated tree a program and ice cream service. Merry Christmas.
Governor-elect BE D Rivera of Georgia assures Democratic leaders that his state will be 100 percent New Deal on a goodwill tour to Washington. Rivera will succeed Gov Eugene Talmadge, who was 100 percent anti New Deal, January 12.
The Middle chapter hosts Stephens City Chapter with entertainment led by Mrs J D Steele. Mr Wall speaks on his summer trip including Norris Dam and the Tennessee Valley Authority. The group aided needy families by donating clothes, food, and other items.
Transfers on record at the county clerk show W Z Adams and wife to Mervel Hardy a Stonewall district lot for nominal consideration. Newton K Larrick to L H Ramey 170 acres eight miles west of tee for nominal consideration. Irvin Newcome to Rebecca Drummond a lot south of Front Royal turnpike eight miles from Winchester for nominal consideration. Jacob E Randall and wife to Albert L Anderson 56 acres near Grimes Fredericks County. Clarence Haymaker and wife to John W Harper 24 acres near U S Route 50. Elizabeth Nicholson and wife to Mattie I Mee a lot in Munting See ama for nominal consideration.
Hollywood observer Clarence Sinclair Bull claims to judge a girl’s character by her legs after reviewing two million legs photographed over 12 years. He links leg length and contour to traits like nervousness, calmness, decisiveness, and homemaking potential.
Eleanor Powell clinches her title as the world's greatest feminine tap dancer in Metro Goldwyn Mayer's Born To Dance, seen at Capitol. The star dazzles with a versatile range from tap to ballet and introduces an original swing tempo routine.
Clara, longtime lover Norman, debates marriage as they share night walks and home dinners. A sudden walk leads to a proposal idea and a romantic kiss, with dreams of travel to Canada and starting a family of quintuplets.
ARAX promotes quick relief from gas stomach heartburn indigestion and constipation. The herbal formula claims to improve digestion by boosting liver bile flow and cleansing intestines. The ARAX man is at Miller's 107 North Loudoun Street Winchester Virginia and can be seen daily by customers.
An old-time observer notes how corrupt leaders squander public funds and hints that several nations push for fresh conflict to cover debts from prior wars, undermining fiscal restraint and fueling instability.
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