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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1932
Page
8
Four masked robbers held up three clerks in Fall River Mass stealing a $21,000 payroll. They menaced workers with revolvers and a shotgun before fleeing in an automobile.
The Frederick County hunting season ends tomorrow per F W Pingley local game warden. After closing date it is illegal to kill quail wild turkey grouse rabbits squirrels and other game. Wardens told to enforce laws especially after closing date and during all times. Dog license tags must be bought by February 1 after grace period extended from January 1.
Andrew W. Mellon, millionaire ambassador to Great Britain, says he will welcome a retreat to private life after March 4. He served as secretary of the treasury under three Presidents before his appointment to the Court of St. James.
Ed Va December 30 Church of the South held a Christmas program at Stephens City with Dorothy Bean Carl Martin and Leslie Goliday as violinists. Mary Tevault chaired the committee assisted by Nellie Goliday Ruth Lemley. The program featured choir songs responsive readings prayers recitations solos dialogues and pantomimes performed by primary and junior classes. The event closed with offering and benediction.
Grimes Va December report notes a well attended Christmas program at Galilee Sunday School with a post event treat for all. Marie Beckey from Harrisburg Pa visited relatives at Poplar Shade Farm and returned home with her mother and sister. Several residents spent Christmas locally or with kin in Winchester Loom and Loom W Va. A four inch snow blessed the area before Christmas and quickly melted. The Barrow Clevenger wedding at Rich Hill Farm drew over 100 guests and gifts. The week brought visitors, sickness, and lingering colds amid rain and gloom.
The Post Office department notes that the initial postage stamps were manufactured under contract in 1847 by Rawdon Wright Hatch Edsom of New York. The fragment also notes a philosopher’s odd comment on crying and complexion.
Crums Sunday school 10 a m preaching 11 a m. Welltown 10 a m and 3 p m. Brucetown 10 a m youth service 6 p m Hi League 7 15 p m. Adult service 7 15 p m. Stephenson 10 a m Epworth League 7 15 p m. No preaching this Sunday. Burnt Factory 10 30 a m Sunday school 7 30 p m Christmas program.
Reverend W R Hardesty will preach at Stephens City South charge with Sunday School at 9 45 a m and service at 11 a m Epworth League 7 p m at Stephens City. Kernstown services 10 a m Sunday School 7 30 p m preaching by Rev E L Woolf D D. Refuge Fairview Sunday Schools 10 30 a m and 2 p m with 3 p m preaching. All are invited.
Rev H E Richardson leads Reliance United Brethren Church with a New Year sermon at 11 a m and Sunday School at 10 a m. Ridings Chapel holds 2 p m Sunday School and 3 p m sermon with quarterly church officer meeting after. Greenway offers 10 a m Sunday School and 7 30 p m New Year sermon with quarterly meeting after. All welcome to New Year services.
Wardensville Circuit lists Reverend A. M. B. Snapp leading worship at Williams Church School at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. services, Star Tannery church school at 2 p.m. and worship at 3 p.m. Mountain View church school at 10 a.m. with long service at 11 a.m. and evening worship at 7 p.m. All invited to all services.
Frederick Change and South Frederick Change M E Churchs list sermons at 10 a m 11 a m and 7 30 p m with Sunday schools at 10 30 a m 10 a m and 2 p m Leagues at 7 30 p m Paxtons Chapel and Relief meetings noted Carpers Valley and Round Hill services listed A board of stewards from each appointment meets at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening January 4 at the parsonage full attendance urged
Winchester U B church led by Rev. F G Senger announces New Year services at Mt Olive with Sunday School 10 am and 3 pm sermon. Evening Bible study and Christian Endeavor sessions set. Mt Pleasant and Red Bud also schedule Sunday School and program events. Visitors welcome.
The Clearbrook Presbyterian Church schedules Sunday School at 10 a m with Henry Cline as superintendent. The Rev Robert Campbell newly arrived pastor will preach at 11 a m. A cordial welcome awaits attendees.
The notice lists revival services led by Rev G Morrow at Opequon Memorial Kernstown Round Hill Burnt Church and Opequon Union Chapel with Sunday School times from 10 a m to 11 a m and evening sessions at 6 30 p m and 7 30 p m. You are cordially invited to attend these services.
Sacred Heart Church Loudoun and Cecil Streets lists masses at 8 and 10 30 a m with Sunday School at 9 30 a m and a reception after the late mass. Children of the parish will receive holy communion at the 8 o'clock mass.
The Church of Christ rural charge led by Rev. S J Good holds Ebenezer 10 a m church school 11 a m sermon Sandy Ridge 3 p m sermon Capon Bridge 7 p m Christian Endeavor 8 p m sermon.
A compact note links heraldry mottoes to their owners battle cries and traces a shift from a bitter past toward a sweeter present as an in nutshell reflection.
The State Fee Commission in Richmond plans significant reductions in expense allowances for officers including treasurer and commissioner of the revenue. The panel uses county population and general levy as benchmarks, drawing on an Andrews survey. Roanoke officials pressed for cuts, with hearings on Arlington postponed and Pennsylvania County officers slated to be heard next.
Virginia spent 1813.67 for the escort of marchers at Congress opening. T McCall Frazier, head of the division of motor vehicles, sent the itemized bill to Governor Pol lard and asked for reimbursement from another fund as the division will be pressed for funds by year end.
Rev Robert B Campbell arrives tomorrow to lead Presbyterian Churches at Clearbrook Nineveh and Highland Avenue Chapel He is a Washington and Lee University and Union Theological Seminary graduate class of 1932 He will preach at Clearbrook Sunday at 11 am and at Highland Avenue 730 pm
Rin-Tin-Tin Jr. stars with Sally Blane J Farrell MacDonald Barbara Kent and Victor Jory in The Pride of the Legion a gripping melodrama about police power loyalty in the city at Palace Tonight only headlined by the large cast and their roles in the story.
Warner Bros presents The Old Dark House at the Capitol for a one day showing. Boris Karloff headlines the cast in a mystery story adapted from J B Priestly famed for suspense and dramatic makeup.
Tom Mix leads a western adventure at the Colonial Theatre tomorrow in Hidden Gold. Co starring Tony and featuring Raymond Hatton and Eddie Gribbon, the program promises thrills fights and action with Mix on the road to Winchester.
Winter brings a rise in contagious diseases especially among children. Home treatment is safer and often better than hospital care to avoid cross infections. Isolating the child at home limits exposure, while hospitals carry risks to others. Readers’ questions address trichomonovaginalis, usually contracted via contaminated items and mainly affecting females. home medical treatment is advised.
Fossil remains identified as a horse are dated to more than 4,000 years old, marking a significant paleontological finding. The discovery contributes to understanding early equine evolution and prehistoric life.
A reflective line compares aging hair to a soft moonlit glow, describing the silvering of life as a gentle, quiet illumination. The tone is meditative, emphasizing beauty in aging and the soothing quality of time.
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