Literary Groups Elect New Officers at Harrisonburg College
Special to Stat. Harrisonburg State Teachers College societies named winter season officers. Page group selects Elizabeth Thweatt Petersburg as president and Julia Darden Holland as vice president. Lanier group names Catherine Matthews Cambridge Md president and Janie Miner Meridian Miss vice president. Nine officers share duties including program committee chairs and sergeant at arms.
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Ie de Va
Harrisonburg State Teachers College
Lee
Elizabeth Thweatt
Petersburg
Annie Glenn Darden
Holland
Eleanor Taylor
Eugeniaum
Meltons
Polly Stephenson
Norfolk
Evelyn Pugh
Eden
Joyce Rieley
Troutville
Henrietta Manson
Lottsburg
Ruth Manning Accomac
Catherine Carter
Hagerstown
Flora Heins
Ballston
Audrey Slaughter
Charleston
W. Va
Lanier
Catherine Matthews
Cambridge
Janie Miner
Meridan
Miss
Mildred” ‘Townsend Manguin
Mary Knight
Ann Gunter
Katherine Beale
Dual bill at Colonial Theater features Silver Streak and Wednesdays Child
A Saturday program at the Colonial Theatre presents two features. Silver Streak stars Sally Blane and Charles Starrett, showcasing a Burlington Railroad steam train in a railroad drama. Wednesdays Child follows Bobby Phillips, a sensitive boy whose family upheaval after divorce and remarriage shapes the tragedy.
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Colonial
Colonial Theatre
Sally Blane
Charles Starrett
Hable's Palace Shows The White Parade and Hell in the Heavens
Loretta Young and John Boles star in The White Parade at Hable's Palace Theatre with Jane Darwell Dorothy Wilson Muriel Kirkland and Astrid Allwyn. Fox News reel on the Lindbergh kidnap trial also shown. Warner Baxter stars in Hell in the Heavens with Conchita Monte Negro Russell Hardie Herbert Mundin Andy Devine and Ralph Morgan.
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Hable’s Palace Theatre
Loretta Young
John Boles
Iwds
Jane Darwell
Dorothy Wilson
Muriel Kirkland
Astrid Allwyn
Fox News
Warner Baxter
Hable’s Palace
Hell In the Heavens
Conchita Montenegro
Russell Hardie
Herbert Mundin
Andy Devine
Ralph Morgan
Farm Enumerators Begin Census Work in Frederick County
Frederick county enumerators under district supervisor from Harrisonburg start U S Department of Commerce census work. Enumerators include M. J. Pease, William Carpenter, H. E. Shull, David M. Reardon, Grover Teets and C. R. Boyce. The survey will last about three weeks until all farms are enumerated.
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Frederick County
United States Department of Commerce
Harrisonburg
M. J. Pease
William Carpenter
H. E. Shull
David M. Reardon
Grover Teets
C. R. Boyce
Legalization Of Betting Sought By Horsemen
Virginia horse breeders press for legalized betting on horse races with a new bill next session. W J Carter notes House approval last year but Senate defeat. Fair associations report a profitable season with $345000 receipts and $305000 disbursements, $40000 profit.
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Richmond
Virginia Association of Fairs
W. J. Carter
Horse Breeders Association
General Assembly
Carter
House of Delegates
Senate
Assembly
Several Charges Placed Against a Greenbriar Man
ROMNEY W V a Jan 16 June McClung 24 of Greenbriar county was arrested this week by State Trooper G S Knight and Chief of Police H M Cookman on a charge of impersonating a member of the state police force. McClung was questioned regarding a bad check and a gun was found in his possession. He said he was a state officer and was allowed to carry the weapon. Harry Ebert of Winchester came here for the Winchester Credit Corporation with a check issued by McClung as part payment on an automobile. The check bounced from the bank claimed McClung had no account. The car was returned to the seller. McClung formerly worked in Romney.
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Romney
W. Va
McClung
Greenbriar
G. S. Knight
H.,.m. Cookman
Harry Ebert
Winchester
Winchester Credit Corporation
Government Not Paying for Red Cedar Trees
Frederick county fruit growers misunderstood a Richmond dispatch stating federal payment for cedar destruction. The government is not reimbursing landowners. funds from FERA cover wages of workers cutting cedars. Landowners seek proper property care and support the cedar eradication campaign to aid apple quality.
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Frederick County
Richmond
Virginia
FERA
Fear vs Reward Debated by Mount Williams Society
The Mount Williams Debating Society schedules a debate on whether fear of punishment dominates human conduct over hope of reward. On Thursday night January 17 at 7 30 students N C Williams B C Hulver and N B Fout will argue the affirmative with H A Snapp J B Snapp and Mrs Josephine Hinkle opposing. There will be music and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Williams Debating Society
N. C. Williams
B. C. Hulver
N. B. Fout
H. A. Snapp
J. B. Snapp
Josephine Hinkle
Farm Records Are Available
County Agent Fred Stine reminds farmers of a supply of farm record books and pamphlets on How to Take a Farm Inventory and Make Out a Credit Statement. Both booklets are free for the asking.
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Fred Stine
Oil and Gas Dealers Invited to State Meeting at Old Point Comfort
Wholesale and retail oil and gasoline dealers in Winchester are invited to a two day convention at the New Chamberlin Hotel Old Point Comfort with the Virginia petroleum industries committee and the Virginia petroleum code committee meeting Thursday afternoon. D D Monroe of Norfolk will introduce B H Markham of New York who will discuss public relations and government cooperation to curb gasoline tax evasion and tax trends. The Friday session will be led by EB Schill and opens the new year with important business on the agenda.
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Winchester
New Chamberlin Hotel
Old Point Comfort
Virginia Petroleum Industries Committee
Virginia Petroleum Code Committee
A Petroleum Industries Committee
D. D. Monroe
Norfolk
Virginia
B. H. Markham
New York
American Petroleum Industries Committee
Markham
United States
EB. J. Schill
Tribute to Ada Beemer by Kernstown Bible Class
The Onward and Upward Bible Class of Kernstown Methodist Church South adopts a memorial tribute to Mrs Ada Grace Beemer who died December 30 1934. The class expresses gratitude for her devotion to church and class and resolves to publish the tribute in the Winchester Evening Star and Baltimore Southern Methodist and to record it in class minutes.
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Kernstown Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Ada Grace Beemer
Winchester Evening Star
Baltimore Southern Methodist
Airplane buried in snow for five years readied for Far East flight
New York dispatch reports the Stars and Stripes, buried under Little America snow for five years, is to be flown through the Far East. Fairchild Aviation plans support a possible voyage via Antarctica, New Zealand, and Australia with Lt. Cmdr. Isaac Schlossbach directing test flights and part requests moving from San Francisco to Wellington.
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New York
Little America
Far East
Antarctica
Richard E. Byrd
Byrd
Sherman M. Fairchild
Fairchild Aviation Corporation
Hagerstown
Isaac Scholossbach
U. S. Navy
Australia
China
Japan
Siberia
New Zealand
Schlossbach
Urges Taxpayers To File Returns Early In Richmond
The Richmond office of the collector of internal revenue urged taxpayers to file federal income tax returns early with a separate statement of income, deductions, net income, credits, and taxes payable. Forms available at the collector’s office. missing statements incur a $5 fee. final filing date March 15.
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Richmond
Collector of Internal Revenue
English Tailor Refuses Furrier Label for Chinchilla Overcoats
A London tailor, opening a new business, declares he is a tailor not a furrier when customers request chinchilla overcoats. The chinchilla cloth known as pilot cloth is worn by naval officers and imported from England.
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England
Carter's Little Liver Pills Advertises Breath Remedy
An old newspaper ad explains bad breath from excess food in the bowels and insufficient bile flow. It touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a gentle laxative to start bile production, warns against calomel, and notes a 25 cent price from 1934.
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Carter
C.m.co
Valuable Silver For Sale In Winchester Virginia
Under a deed of trust from Annie P Smellie widow of James W Smellie and Herbert H Smellie, a large lot of silverware is to be sold at public auction January 26 1935 at eleven oclock A M in the basement of Shenandoah Valley National Bank building Winchester Va. Cash terms and immediate delivery to winner. Trustee Gray Williams reserves the right to reject any bid.
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Annie P. Smellie
James W. Smellie
Herbert H. Smellie
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Winchester
Ees
Gray Williams
Shoemakers Near Woodstock Prepare for Trial
Hade and Elbert Lee, brothers and West Virginia suspects, face robbery charges after an arrest following a failed entry at Lonas store in Mount Jackson. The two were wounded during the capture as detectives linked them to several local gas stations robberies. Trial likely to begin after Wednesday in Woodstock.
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Lee
Hade
Elbert
West Virginia
Woodstock
Mount Jackson
The Gay Bride star Carole Lombard dazzles Capitol scene
In the Capitol film The Gay Bride Carole Lombard shines in a sultry scene with Chester Morris in the lead. Supporting roles feature Zasu Pitts Nat Pendleton Sam Hardy and Leo Carrillo in this Charles Francis Coe adaptation.
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Carole Lombard
Capitol
Chester Morris
Charles Francis Coe
Zasu Pitts
Nat Pendleton
Sam Hardy
Leo Carrillo
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Harrisonburg College
Warner Bros. Colonial
Mount Williams
Mrs. Beemer
San Francisco
Wellington
South Pole
Robert F. Scott
Pole
Quinn A. Blackburn
Seattle
Wash
Antarctic
Blackburn
Stuart B. Paine
Durham
N. H
Richard Russell
Boston
Mass
Paine
Richard E Byrd
Ford
UP P.O. B
Detroit
Universal Credit Co
Ford Finance Plan
Ford Symphony Orchestra
Fred Waring
Columbia Network
Muggs McGinnis
By Wally Bishop
Maid OF Orleans
Joan OF Arc
Central Press Association, Inc
Balbriggan
Wenders
E-Z
N. Main Street
ASCO
Victor
Acme
Buncutter the Co
Minstrel Monarchs
Lions Club
Capitol Theatre
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