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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1933
Page
3
Gore Glean Four-H Club with 20 members outlines yearly aims including sending delegates to a state short course and entering clothing contests. Miss Farrar demonstrates dressmaking patterns as members plan twelve meetings and a written work plan.
A dense schedule lists the Music Lovers' Club rehearsals at Mrs. Buckley's home, a Friday Legion luncheon at Geo. Washington Hotel, Civic League and Otterbein Guild meetings at Handley Library and Loudoun Manor, Braddock Street choir practice, a Courtfield recital kickoff, Lions Club gathering at the George Washington Hotel, Kiwanis and church choirs across town, with multiple weekly sessions noted.
The Whitacre Four H Club held its regular December meeting at Redlands School with Miss Gladys Stotler presiding. Seventeen members and three visitors attended. poultry was discussed as a boys project and refreshments were provided by Mrs. Fred A. Whitacre.
A parade of residents returned to Lexington and nearby towns after Christmas and New Year visits. Students and relatives from Washing and Lee University, Radford, Bristol, Summit Point, Mount Pleasant, and Columbia are mentioned, with influenza illnesses noted but improvements reported for some.
The Senate judiciary sub committee voted four to one to approve a repeal resolution to state legislatures with protections for dry states and Congress power to legislate against a saloon return. Senator Borah reserved a floor opposition.
Gilbert Colgate 74 former Colgate Company president and chairman died in his sleep of a heart attack in his Park Avenue apartment A religious social and child welfare worker his death was announced from New York January 5 through early today
Prof John David Brunks 58 of Wilson College Chambersburg Pa died in Florence Italy while on sabbatical with his wife. Born in Bangor Pa he leaves a widow and four children two sons in Aliquippa Pa and two daughters in Germantown Pa as ashes to be brought to America after cremation.
The Winchester Bowling League opens its regular winter schedule with a 7:30 PM roll-off. Teams include American Legion Rotary Kiwanis Lions Coca Cola Handley High School faculty and local firms. Matches are Thursday with two games at Winchester and Funk's alleys on North Loudoun Street. Tonight features Legion vs Rotary Kiwanis vs Lions Punk's alleys O Sullivan vs Cola and N Virginia vs Handley.
Barry Connors, 50, screenwriter and Oil City, Pa. native, perished in a Hollywood apartment fire that started after he slept with a lit cigarette. Firefighters rescued residents from the blaze and confirmed Connors wrote on films like The Mad Honeymoon and Charley Chan Carries On.
The will dated December 13 1927 leaves the estate to wife Mary E Brown for life and upon her death to be divided equally among children Viola F Cather John I Brown Jr Pearl I Brown Ruth E Parks and William F Brown. Executrix Mrs Mary E Brown appears with appraisers George B Bushnell Floyd Haines E V Hodges Earl Parks and Carl T Cather. signature proven by Floyd Haines and George B Bushnell.
At Winchester Memorial Hospital, Elizabeth Faulkner Kline of Harrisburg and Charles Hatfield of Connellsville are listed as improved after separate accidents near Winchester in the past week. Kline suffers multiple injuries including a fractured hip and internal injuries from a fall at the Washington Hotel. Hatfield sustained a skull fracture and possible internal injuries when a motorcycle crash left him headfirst on the roadway.
Four bandits shot and killed Ellsworth Billman cashier of the Kaleva State Bank in Kaleva Michigan. They escaped with an estimated $3 in cash. The incident occurred today as a bank robbery in KELEVA, Mich.
Scores of families fled before flood waters after levee breaks along the St. Francis river in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas.
Dr. Logan Clendening argues the common cold may be a psychological aid and not harmful. He claims colds let people rest, dodge obligations, and even provide happiness, noting medical reports exaggerate danger. The piece references pamphlets by Dr. Clendening offered for ten cents each through the newspaper.
Central Press writer E. V. Shepard analyzes a bridge hand where player A blocks a correct no trump contract. The narrative follows misbidding decisions by A and how Y Z countered, ending in a six trick defeat, with a lesson on avoiding stubborn overbidding and missed opportunities.
The city expands its sewage system with two Imhoff tanks and new sprinkling filter beds totaling about three fourths of an acre. Existing old beds will be converted as finances allow, while sludge from Imhoff tanks is managed with lime and a portable pump to break foam. Cooperative effort between the sewer department and the State Board accompanies the project.
A fragment references a work titled Dance of the Virgins in The American Weekly weekly magazine distributed with Next Sun Herald. The piece mentions themes of love fortune life misery torture and death involving a girl her lover and her enemy.
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