Skeet Shooting on Sunday Debated by City Council
Council debates propriety of Sunday skeet shoots at Winchester Gun Club in Winchester Park. After public complaints, police action was questioned as council members weighed Sabbath observance, with club manager Arthur Seabright defending the practice and noting youths gaining skill.
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Winchester Gun Club
CR. Anderson
Winchester Park
Sharp
Arthur Seabright
Mr. Seabright
C. W. Hollis
Brucetown Notes Report Christmas Eve Services and Local Visits
Brucetown Virginia reports a well attended watch night service at the church on New Year's Eve. Locals include Mr and Mrs Andy Whitacre and daughter Rhodelle visiting relatives in Martinsburg. Several couples and individuals from surrounding towns are noted for visits and mild illnesses. The year ends with social visits among Hensell, Shirkey, Purcell, and Orndorff families in Grimes Gries Winchester and Opequon.
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Brucetown
Andy Whitacre
Rhodelle
Martinsburg
George Wilson
Keyser
W. Va
Opal Gardiner
White Post
J. R. Smith
Selma Hensel
C. W. Hensel
Grimes
Harry McAboy
Joseph
Bettie Boden
Edwin Marker
Mary Gay
Louise
Opequon
Leslie Carper
Lester Singhass
Winchester
Orndorff
Charles Hensell
C. W. Hensell
Evelyn Pugh
Paul Shirkey
Ward Purcell
Ridgeway
Hettie Purcell
Leslie Hensel
Selma
A. 8. Orndorff
Gries
Sunday skeet shooting compared with outdoor recreations
The Inquiring Reporter gathers opinions on whether skeet shoots should be restricted on Sundays versus other outdoor activities. William Bell, Ralph Sprinkle, George deGrange, Webb Jenkins comment that sport only or viewing on Sunday is acceptable, with notes on noise and non-discrimination.
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William Bell
Ralph Sprinkle
George Degrange
Webb Jenkins
Movement to organize Home Defense Club discussed
A plan to form a Home Defense Club was being considered. The Virginia State Trapshooters Association held its state shoot in this area last year and will return June 26 27 28. Claude Stickley of Vaucluse is a member of the State Association. Dr Hawthorne's motion to refer the matter to the police committee for recommendations to the council was approved.
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Virginia State Trapshooters Association
Seabright
Claude Stickley
Vaucluse
State Associaon
Hawthorne
Police Committee
Winchester Officials Address Beer and Wine Concerns
The board discusses issues with alcohol sales to underage girls and perceived promiscuity. ABC agents offer guidance and urge licensees to cooperate. Siple and aides are meeting in Front Royal to assess local problems.
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ABC
Alexandria
Mr. Siple
Front Royal
Clarence M Grim Dies After Ill Health At 65
Clarence M Grim 65 died yesterday afternoon east of Stephens City after noon. He was a retired painter and unmarried. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 PM at Friendship United Brethren Church Double Churches near Canterbury. Survived by sister Mrs Ivy Perry of Canterbury and two brothers Edward of Stephens City and Daniel of Aliquippa Pa. Rev Charles P Walz will officiate. Burial in church cemetery. Pallbearers not listed.
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Friendship United Brethren Church
Canterbury
Clarence M. Grim
Stephens City
Mr. Grim
Ivy Perry
Edward
Daniel
Aliquippa
Charles P. Walz
Reliance
Friendship Church
Berryville Council Sets Levy At One Dollar Per Hundred
Berryville council announced the current year tax levy at one dollar per one hundred dollars of assessed value. The measure is retroactive to last September. The meeting also discussed updating town ordinances with no action taken. The John H. Enders Fire Department reported a 1500 balance in its treasury. Approval was given to extend two sewer lines to Longerbeam property and to Mrs. Perry on Church street.
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Berryville
John H. Enders Fire Department
Auto Tags Go On Sale In S. Guy
STEPHENS CITY VA Jan 8 Owners of autos in Stephens City about 125 people will pay the first town tax of the year. Auto license tags sell for $1 and sale runs through February 1. Councilman John W Hartley resigned to become police chief succeeding Harry F Lemley who served 12 years. Hugh C Racey elected to fill the vacancy. Water system approved by State Health Department with signs to be posted at highway entrances.
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Stephens City
Pitalacton
Ryen
Harry F. Lemley
Lemley
Hugh C. Racey
State Health Department
Winchester man Morgan A Anderson plays Christmas carols in Washington
A Winchester native known as Morgan A Anderson, now living in Washington, D C, is photographed playing a cornet at Connecticut Avenue and K Street during Christmas. He has sold newspapers there for five years and notes the cornet was a gift from his father, the late Daniel H Anderson. He also recalls a prior fortune of about seventy five thousand dollars.
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Winchester
Washington
Morgan A. Anderson
National Capital
Connecticut Avenue
K_ street
America
Anderson
Daniel H. Anderson
Roosevelt outlines $28.48 billion defense plan and debt limits
President Roosevelt argues for a vast $28.48 billion defense program to expand army to 1.4 million, double the navy, boost aircraft production, and fund power projects and FBI surveillance. He warns Congress on debt limits and bond sales while weighing aid to democracies abroad.
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Tive
F.B.I
Navy
Army
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Roosevelt
Committee Named To Survey Parking Meters In Other Cities
City council formed a four member committee to study parking meter use in other towns and gauge business sentiment. They will report at the next meeting as the meter ordinance moves toward final action.
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Common Council
Thomas Kremer
Percy Miller
W. W. Dellinger
Brady Largent
Lee Grant
Virginia
Changes at O Sullivan plant leadership and staffing
The article notes H H Jennings becomes O Sullivan plant manager replacing R L Hunter who resigned. Gettysburg plant closure affects about 175 staff. O Sullivan employs about 900 people including sales and office staff in New York and Boston, with most payroll staying in Winchester area. When full time, about 700 work at the plant and local offices.
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Victor
H H. Jennings
O'Sullivan
R. L. Hunter
Gettysbig
Mr. Bunting
O’sullivan
New York
Boston
Winchester
Bunsine
The
Bunting
Snail Shell Material Formation
The snail forms its own shell by extracting calcium from its food and water. The shell material is primarily calcium carbonate deposited as it grows.
Nast and the GOP elephant symbol on Cavalcade of America
Radio highlights outline that Thomas Nast created the GOP elephant and the Democratic donkey, with William Johnstone portraying Nast in Cavalcade of America. It also mentions Dr Allan Ray Dafoe discussing the Dionnes, and other program notes and schedule entries for WRC WMAL WJLV WISV stations.
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WRC
Thomas Nast
Tom Nast
William Johnstone
Cavalcade of America
Allan Ray Dafoe
Garson Kanin
Eddie Cantor
Flounder
WMAL
LaGuardia
New York
Forty-second Street
Philip B. Fleming
Department of Labor
WJLV
Joseph E. Davies
Answers to Today s Quiz
Quiz answers printed on page 4 include items such as Madam Chairman New Mexico a white clay Redskins Rome Samuel Gompers There s a way and North This note lists diverse responses from a newspaper quiz segment.
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New Mexico
Redskins
Rome
Samuel Gompers
North
All Night Lights In Middletown
Middletown Virginia Town Council debated keeping street lights on all night Mayor Fred Larrick to study costs of the plan The Northern Virginia Power Company contract runs through September 1 Officials discussed a small mercantile tax but delayed decision until budget Highway Engineer Yellett to estimate paving costs for Church Street next spring
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Middletown
Fred Larrick
Northern Virginia Power Company
Yellett
Church Street
City Builds Savings Cushion Through Municipal Fiscal Reform
City officials report shifting from red to savings with bank balances rising from 43 000 in 1934 to 92 000 in 1935 and a formal aim to keep at least 50 000 as working capital. Council members pledge to avoid external borrowing and cut taxes equivalent to a 30 percent dividend to residents over the past decade.
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Baker
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