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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1940
Page
3
Captain M W Bott announces the Salvation Army basement at headquarters is renovated with indoor sport facilities books and magazines for young people. A generous citizen funded the project and the space will serve recreation study and greater service opportunities.
Troop No. 1 assisted the Fellowship Club with Christmas baskets and delivered donations to County Arms House. Beaver Patrol leads the patrol contest with 335 points, while Fox Patrol has 298. Troop 9 plans next year with a table tennis set and winter camping trips and will re-register soon. Troop 40 held a winter hike distributing bird seed, with plans for another hike. Troop 21 welcomed Johnny Pappas and noted Tenderfoot progress. current patrol scores show Lion 84 Beaver 73 Wolf 56, with a leaders council meeting scheduled.
Reginald Vesey Holt advanced from rear admiral to vice admiral in the British navy two years after earning the American Distinguished Service Medal for the Panay rescue in China.
Randolph Carter Colston a native of Jefferson County died Friday at Walter Reed Hospital Washington after several weeks illness. He served many years as postmaster at Summit Point and spent 14 months in France with the AEF in World War I. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 pm at the Baptist Church Summit Point with burial in Berryville. He is survived by his widow Anne Fagans Colston and two brothers William W. Colston and R Dean Colston.
Fred J. Larrick of Middletown and Opequon district in Frederick County is recovering from an illness that has kept him at home for 10 days. He serves on the Frederick County Sunday School and School boards.
Bids on the estate of the late Wilmot E. Gardner of Stephens City offered at public auction on December 28 were rejected as unsatisfactory. Planing mill equipment sold with the realty was bought by individuals in broken lots.
A 1889 fashion note promotes Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1889-B for sizes 12 to 20. The smart sports and resort frock features front pockets, a wide inset belt, and sleeves cut with the shoulder. Patterns emphasize easy sewing, midwinter wardrobe, and decorative yet practical pockets.
San Antonio resident Frank Randies leaped from a burning home forgetting his wallet and false teeth. Firefighters recovered the wallet in a burned shirt pocket and found the teeth unharmed in a bowl nearby.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Roe 84 died yesterday. Funeral services held today at 3 from Omps Funeral Home with Rev. C W Lowe officiating and Mount Hebron Cemetery interment. Pallbearers included Hinkle Carper William Stine George Jenkins Conrad Filsinger Leslie Fletcher and W F Artrip. She lived with Mr and Mrs Robert McIlwee near Gainesboro and was a daughter of the late Hiram and Elizabeth Roe. She is survived by sisters Miss Sarah Roe of Gainesboro and Mrs Susan Fletcher of Hayfield and nieces and nephews Dr Joseph Roe of Washington and Mrs Julia Fil singer of Hagerstown Md.
The piece surveys state budget pressures and proposed policy moves in New Jersey New York Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia Texas and other states. It notes fights over sessions taxes education relief and labor laws and mentions governors and gubernatorial elections shaping legislative calendars.
Real estate transfers listed include Edwin T. Fritts to J R Brogg for a Harris East Orchard Tract parcel with $10 and valuable considerations. Several transfers involve Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company, Berryville area tracts, and multiple Middletown properties with nominal sums. Notable gifts and mineral rights are noted, with tracts totaling hundreds of acres across Frederick County and surrounding districts.
Funeral services for Emma Estelle Bowman were held at 2 PM at her home 610 South Cameron Street. The service was led by Rev. Carl A. Honeycutt of Grace Lutheran Church with Rev. S J Goode of the Church of the Disciples of Christ assisting. Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Bowman 65, daughter of Hiram and Elizabeth Clowser Bowman, survived by sister Martha Bowman and another sister Mrs Anna Shuler. Death attributed to complications after a streptococcus infection.
North Platte Neb Sheriff Dan Hoppes of Alliance went to Grand Island to fetch a prisoner but was arrested for speeding before arriving. On returning he paid a $10 fine.
Reports say Finnish forces push within 250 miles of Petsamo as Port Recapture could aid the northern campaign. Turku, including its famed castle, burns after Soviet air raids with casualties reported. Rail lines remain intact. Salla and Jyvaskyla bombed. 15,000 Soviet troops said destroyed near Suomussalmi.
A Hagerstown family mailed Christmas cards intended for local streets on a trip to St. Augustine Florida causing 63 cards with names like Franklin North Potomac and Oak Hill to be misrouted. A clerk sent 62 cards to Bridgeport Connecticut before Washington rediscovered the error and delivered them one day late.
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