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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1940
Page
2
A six day weekly program at the Winchester Recreation Center begins Thursday January 2. Activities include ping pong pool cards games reading drawing art work and social dancing for folk dancing. Evening hours feature group singing skating folk dancing and badminton with open house and safety clubs on Saturday noted.
Mrs Anna Belle Walters 63 died Friday night December 27 and was laid to rest in a Street Church of Christ service at 2 pm. The funeral at Gay Street featured Rev C H Funk delivering the rites. Attendees included distant relatives from Baltimore Harrisburg Harris Pa and Wilbur Walters among others.
Readers from Winchester share views on giving away apples to visitors at hotels and public spots during the festival. Supporters say it would advertise the fruit industry and boost sales. concerns include financing and practicality.
Mrs Albert Moatz and Mrs Bertha Hershey join Mrs Meta Kerschner and Miss Eloise Walters all of Baltimore with relatives Mr Charles Burk and niece of Washington and Mr and Mrs Rivley Carter and son Arlen of Millboro Virginia in a social notice noting connections and households across locations.
The article notes expected talks in Richmond with Guard authorities on mobilization issues and potential induction dates. A officers training school may open February 2 at Fort Meade Md. with orders for local unit officers not yet received. Company I strength currently 78, peacetime 128, wartime 228. Headquarters Company 17 men.
Health Centre Bowling Alley run by Jack Zimmerman raised 70 dollars for Bundles for Britain to fund surgical instruments for England. Gordon McKlwee Russell LaFollette and others donated services. funds will buy medical tools as Winchester granted Sunday operation permission for the cause.
The Star notes that afternoon news arrives late as press time hits 9 P M in London 10 P M in Berlin Rome 11 P M in Alexandria and Bucharest highlighting time zone delays in global reporting.
Fred Stine the Frederick county agent reports that since 1933 the agricultural adjustment administration has netted farmers 326 609 16 after costs of 25 829 01 from 352 438 17 in gross receipts. Including 1940 estimates the total gross since 1933 is 408 446 75 with expenses 30 990 bringing net to about 377 456 75. The 1939 40 report notes a shift to diversified farming with stronger livestock and more purebred rams. Parasite control via a dipping vat treated 2 460 sheep.
A series of January 2021 meetings across Frederick County discuss provisions of the 194% agricultural conservation program. E M Punk addresses wheat acreage adjustments, Mildred Tidler covers wheat loans and insurance, and I Fred Stine discusses soil conservation.
F. L. Largent Jr of the FBI addressed the Lions Club at a luncheon this afternoon. He gave an on the record talk about FBI activities. Two visiting Lions Earl W. Ruble and Henry V. Blosser from Buena Vista attended. President Wheeler presided. Herbert Miller led the program.
The 1790 census counted New York 33 131 residents and Philadelphia 28 522. This confirms New York was the bigger city at the nation’s first census.
Baltimore and Philadelphia reports show mixed movement in vegetables poultry and eggs with steady to weak tones. Cattle calves hogs and sheep prices posted shifts across regions while waves of demand and regional grading influenced quotations.
Selected stock prices at 2 p m show American Can, Anaconda, At and T, U S Steel, Woolworth, Sears Roebuck, Union Pacific, Penn R R, Goodyear, and other names with mixed gains and losses. Notable levels include Alchem 162, Amrail 6 3 4, Chrysler 72 1 2, Penn R R 23, U S Steel 69 7 8, Western Union 20 1 4, S and Roebuck 78 7 8, J Manville 61.
Wheat futures closed the year on a high note with gains of up to 8 cents a bushel. May wheat settled at 87 1/8, July 82 1/8, and September 82 1/2. Corn futures also rose with May at 63 3/8 and July at 62 7/8.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Alice Carr Clark 69 of 12 West Gerrard Street will be held tomorrow at 2 PM from the residence with Rev. Luther G. Bridgers of the United Brethren Church officiating. Interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery. She died Sunday afternoon of a heart attack after a brief illness. She is survived by daughter Mrs. Robert B. Rogers and son Lawrence Clark plus two brothers, seven grandchildren and a great granddaughter. Pallbearers named: Clyde Sibert Hoye Riley Walter Cooper Tom Clark Carl Cather Llewellyn Jackson.
The famous memorial stands in Agra, India. It is known worldwide as a symbol of eternal love and is a premier cultural landmark attracting visitors from across the globe.
Chicago and Baltimore grain markets close with No 4 yellow corn at 60 1 2 to 61 1 2 cents and No 3 white oats at 40 cents per bushel. Wheat No 2 red winter 94 cents, corn 76-78 cents, barley 53 cents. year ago figures cited. Field seed and various clovers listed with per hundredweight ranges.
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