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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1938
Page
7
A garbled Will Rogers humor tale shows him distributing five dollar bills at a saloon on election day. One man refuses the money and declares honesty, saying it would take at least eleven dollars to sway him to change.
Everett resident T H Bowman celebrated his 90th birthday while vetoing his twelve children’s plan for a lavish chair gift. He joked the present would be wasted without exercise and brandished a five-foot cross-cut saw as a playful gag.
Helen Pappas Mists etwas nara Cook Helen Carper Kenneth Campbell and John Carbeugh listed in a local school days notice or staff roster with partial readable names and roles. The fragmentary text suggests a personnel or event record from Stephens City.
Biographies of Ruth Bauserman and Catherine Cooper from Ak ron Ohio and Stephens City Virginia. Ruth daughter of Mr and Mrs John Bauserman belongs to Refuge Methodist Church and is a dependable shy member of the class. Catherine born October 18 1921 daughter of Mrs Earl Ewing attends Trinity Lutheran Church and is noted for wit and independence.
A fragmented note describes a sophomore girl named Elsie Edwards causing a stir in the school Chronicles. Garland Parker grows weary worrying about her, and the piece hints at a welcome reunion with the cherished school community.
A freshman boy appears to challenge a blonde girl as flirting continues. The hints of a race or contest suggest a race to win affection. The tone implies playful rivalry and a casual bet on the outcome.
A brief compiled excerpt from junior news notes alongside wartime quotes reseen for morale. The items present short aphorisms from public figures and editorial voices reflecting on truth, strength, and restraint during conflict.
The article notes boys preparing for the rifle team with evening drills and some practicing basketball at Handley. It highlights progress and interest, plus a week of fruit study covering pruning grafting and ideal fruit growing regions and tree limb sizing.
A fast paced miscellaneous sports column notes trade rumors among major leagues including Red Sox and Indians and misc college and boxing items. Mentions Hank Anderson seeking higher pay at Cincinnati, Van Mungo at Joe Stripp's Baseball School in Orlando, Braddock and Farr odds, and Max Baer sending a telegram. Also covers Princeton chess, Mor ris Harvey in Huntington West Virginia, Gibby Welch quitting Pitt, and prize fighters Rosenbloom visiting New York.
The Barbara Bell Pattern Book offers a beach ready housecoat with slim Princess lines, a square neckline, and beltless waist. The pattern No. 1452-B covers sizes 14 through 46 with a detailed sew chart and a $2 idea insert.
A devotional on Jesus healing Simon Peter's mother in law and casting out demons, emphasizing Jesus authority in doctrine disease and exorcism. It contrasts prayer with busy ministry and urges faithful prayer as source of strength for service.
The Ridgeway Charge of the Methodist Episcopal South led by Pastor L. H. Smallwood invites the public to all services. Paynes Chapel Church School at 10 a.m. Sermon and communion at 11 a.m. Gerrardstown sermon and communion at 7:30 p.m. Worship with us.
Brucetown Circuit M. E. Church led by Rev W O Talhert. Brucetown services at 10 a m Church School and 11 a m sermon with holy communion. Burnt Factory 10 a m Church School 7 30 p m sermon and holy communion. Stephenson 10 a m Church School 7 p m young people's service. Welltown Church School 10 a m Crums 10 a m Church School.
Reliance United Brethren Church announces sermons by Rev. W. D. Mitchell and Rev. J. T. Brown. Friendship service at 11:15 a.m., Stephens City at 3 p.m., Reliance at 7:30 p.m. Public cordially invited.
Middletown M E Church South led by Pastor Brown announces church school at 9 45, services at 11 am and 7 30 pm with Epworth League. A special service on Better Racial Understanding features Mae Thomas as principal speaker. colored group to sing. Hites Chapel holds Sunday School at 2 pm and preaching at 3 pm.
Opequon Group Presbyterian Rev. E. McGaveth pastor. Phone 1198-1. Opequon Memorial Sunday School 10 a m Worship 11 a m. Burnt Church Sunday School 2 p m Round Hill Sunday School 10 a m Young Peoples 6 30 p m Service 7 30 p m. Opequon Chapel Sunday School 10 a m Young People service 6 30 p m.
The Galilee Church of Christ on Welltown Road invites the public to Bible School at 10.00 p m led by Chas E McVay and communion service at 11 30 a m Minister Wilbur A Reid hosts a study on the gospel according to Mark inviting attendance at services and Bible School.
George L. Waters pastor leads M E Church South Frederick Charge with relief Sunday School at 10 a.m. and preaching at 11 a.m. Communion follows. Lamp’s Sunday School 2 p.m. preaching at 3 p.m. Paxton Sunday School 10 a.m. and preaching at 7:30 p.m. Macedonia Carper's Valley and Round Hill keep usual Sunday School times.
Rev B F Spitzer leads services at Grove and Mt Hebron with Sunday School at 10 30 a m. preaching at 11 20 a m. revival at Mt Olive 7 p m. Good singing expected each night at Aurele Hill and surrounding churches.
Bunker Hill West Virginia church notices Rev. Howard M. Amoss pastor. Bunker Hill Sunday School at 10 a.m. Preaching at 11 a.m. Little Mountain Sunday School at 2 p.m. Preaching at 3 p.m. White Hall Sunday School at 10 a.m. Preaching at 7:45 p.m.
Cedar Cliff Group with Julian T. Owen minister lists worship and preaching at Cedar Cliff Church School 9 30 a m and 7 30 p m Friday for youth at 7 30 p m Cedar Creek Church School worship at 2 p m preaching at 2 45 p m Ninevah Church School worship and preaching at 10 15 a m.
Havana reports Dr. Elias Stern of New York City presented a new use for synthetic vitamin B-1 injecting it into the spine. He said elderly patients felt rejuvenated and noted clinical improvement in nervous disorders including cancer, beri beri, multiple sclerosis, alcoholic neuritis, sciatica, von Recklinghausen’s disease and infantile paralysis. The method relies on synthetic production to provide the vitamin more effectively than natural intake, which is destroyed in alkaline areas before reaching nerves.
Cedarville and Rockland hold morning worships while Boyce hosts young people's service in the evening. Reverend W. D. Sheets leads Cedarville and Rockland services with evening worship at 7.30 p m. including a call to join in worship.
The notice advertises low subscription prices ending February 1 by mail at $3 per year and by carrier at $4 per year. It urges readers to act quickly to secure the discounted rates.
Harry Silver ran a grocery in Indianapolis and faced burglars who turned the store into a slapstick scene using eggs bananas and beans. The incident mixed theft with humorous mischief as the attackers escaped with a carton of cigarettes.
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