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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1937
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star edited by H. F. Byrd Jr is a daily publication except Sundays issued by The Evening Star Publishing Co Winchester. It lists subscription rates for various periods and notes national advertising representatives in major cities.
A Bible verse from Isaiah 1 13 condemns vain oblations incense and ritual assemblies deeming them iniquity and improper solemn gatherings. The passage emphasizes inner righteousness over ceremonial acts.
A Chelan plan proposed by Townsend uses a $200 monthly fund to fund a pension for a single founder. Merchants would pay a 2 percent transaction tax to finance the scheme, but critics say the money comes from local merchants and would dry up if spending reasons end. The Roanoke Times notes waning interest in the Black Legion.
Helena woman asks Arkansas State Auditor Oscar Humphrey to stop sending pension warrants. She says she has received several, irregularly issued, and she notified the former auditor and the pension board. Humphrey quickly assures her the request will be granted.
Mrs Alice Rankin 57 seeks a separation from Campbell Rankin in Brooklyn court claiming marital strain. Rankin 68 a carpenter says he has worked for 58 years and does not wish to work further. Supreme Court Justice Pynyage grants separation.
After four weeks of spring like weather in midwinter an inquiring reporter checks the season. Daffodils and dandelions bloom peach apple and strawberry blossoms pussy willow catkins and open buds on maples and hickories. Spring peepers bees lightning bugs and lilacs in leaf signal warmth. Snakes and turtles crawl as horses shed winter coat and farmers plan to plant garden peas when ground dries.
The President's appeal for relief funds drew donations at the Lee Baking Company plant. Manager W A Dean announced the hat collected about $35 in voluntary employee contributions to aid flood victims along the Ohio and other rivers.
The Opequon district Christmas seals sale totaled 74.27 dollars under Miss Bessie McNeer. Frederick County reports suggest a hopeful overall total for the campaign.
Draws Term charged with driving an automobile while under the influence of intoxicants, R. B. Clevenger of Grimes, Va., was assessed $100 and costs and sentenced to two months in jail by Judge Donald Weems this morning.
This notice advertises a booklet titled Presidents and Their Wives with pictures and biographies of every president and White House hostess. It highlights facts about presidential ages, spouses, and marriages at the White House and invites readers to order for ten cents postpaid.
A reader can obtain factual answers by writing to The Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington D C directed by Frederic J Haskin and enclosing three cents for a reply.
Plans call for a statue to General Pershing at Versailles to be completed and dedicated next September on his seventy seventh birthday.
A father brags about his prize scholar son from a state university as the boy returns home for a break. He jokes about the son’s appearance and menacing rumor, saying if you see him tell him to look up his dad for money before returning to school.
The House overrides President Roosevelt on the Bonus Bill prompting political backlash. Rural mail carriers struggle through snow to reach remote delivery points. The Shenandoah County Corn Poultry and Egg Show opens at Strasburg. Lieutenant George F. Miller receives a citation for solving the Berryville armory robbery. Dr M H Porterfield is named head of the local Boy Scouts area.
Five years ago water from Rouss Springs was barred until a dumping pit was cleaned. Winchester is named a first class city by Gov Pollard due to population growth. Mr and Mrs B P Harrison announce the birth of a son Thomas Brinton. G S Ralston returns from Europe to lecture apple growers on new foreign market conditions. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is playing at a local theatre with March and Hiriam Hopins.
A decade past reports note the Milton Rouss orchard being cut down due to dying trees. Hubart Ryman injures his foot when his ax slips while chopping wood. Banks publish 1926 year end financial statements. P H Haldeman wins top honors with Holsteins in the northern valley contest. Governor Byrd calls a special Virginia Assembly session for March 16.
In Washington the Roosevelt administration faces congressional friction over a sweeping government reorganization plan. Louis Brownlow heads the White House committee while Senator Harry F. Byrd leads a parallel Senate panel. The piece notes the paradox of abolishing emergencies while expanding overall government, with Byrd denying any recommendation for a new department.
The piece blends humorous anecdotes about politics taxes golf and poetry with light mockery of public figures and cultural trends in a dated voice. It notes a Kentucky resident paying taxes 10 weeks before the deadline and jokes about golf clubs and cab rides for lawmakers.
Stephen L Flickinger born July 11 1881 at Reinholds PA educated in PA schools A B and Ph B from Albright and Fenton colleges theology at Ursinus S T D and D D from major universities has held pastorates in IA PA WV VA and served on many synod committees He chairs liturgical work including coronation ceremony of the ABF married Kathryn Royer in 1903 with seven children and hobbies of study and fishing
Reid, badly wounded, urges Selden to escape and investigate the Abbey danger. Selden crosses the lake to the Abbey cellar and finds Sylvia and the children missing, the rooms in disarray, hinting at a fled scene and a perilous chase ahead.
Anchorage trains revise schedules due to moose on tracks after blizzards. Moose delays caused one train to lose 46 minutes as two bulls and a third moose died after a trestle plunge. In Quitman a boy’s air rifle prompts cautious deputy Arch Moore to swap the gun for a tail light. In Raleigh a trucker wakes with a bullet lodged behind his ear and no memory of being shot.
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