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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 26, 1932

Page

3

Social Calendar and Local Notices Highlight Martinsburg Week

Community events fill the week with meetings dances and theaters. Social Club Kiwanis Rotary and church choirs meet at George Washington Hotel and local churches while the Girls' Athletic Association plans tickets for Nancy Carroll's Laughter at Palace Theatre.

Kiwanis Club George Washington Hotel United Brethren Church Wright Patman Texas Grace Lutheran Church McKinley Order of the Eastern Star Harrisonburg Rotary Club Girls’ Athletic Association Nancy Carroll Palace Theatre Stanford Pemberton

Local Red Men and Pocahontas officials meet in Baltimore

About 200 members from Maryland Virginia West Virginia and the district attended the Tri-State League gathering in Baltimore last Thursday. Officers elected included G R Williams Martinsburg president Mrs Lillian Jenkins Washington vice president and other posts. Next meeting planned for Washington in April with District lodges as hosts. A banquet followed in Red Men's Hall, then Miannus Castle staged a minstrel show and dancing. Four great chiefs from the District attended and spoke briefly.

Tri-State League Shawnee Tribe No. 2 Order of Red Men Minnehaha Council Degree of Pocahontas Baltimore Tri-State League of Red Men Maryland Virginia West Virginia District of Columbia G. R. Williams Martinsburg Lillian Jenkins Washington W. H. Campbell Brunswick Elizabeth Williams Effie J. Albaugh Frederick Gertie Shaffer Hagerstown Effie Richards Lena Hoffmaster Cora Whisson Red Men's Hall Miannus Castle

Weekend Guests and Local Social Notes Across Washington

Washington residents hosted and visited friends over the weekend with gatherings at Pairmont Avenue West Germain Street andother local homes. The week includes a Little Theatre rehearsal at Handley High School and various health updates travel notes and social visits among families in Washington and nearby towns.

Mrs. Curtis Bowers and Family Washington Mrs. Travellis Clark Pairmont Avenue Nancy Gray Larrick West Clifford Street Handley High School

Cotton Foundation Helps Lighthouse Stand a Century

Story recounts sailors unloading wrecked ship cotton to stabilize a lighthouse foundation on a British coast. Spring field Republican notes this unusual method proved durable for about a century. The piece also cites editorial advice from Grit urging parents to assign small duties to children.

Springfield Republican

Congressmen Send No Postcards to Constituents

Quotations note that lawmakers may enjoy time in Washington yet rarely mail postcards with sentiment like "Wish you were here" to their constituents, a line from Topeka Capital.

Washington Topeka

New York Stock Exchange Quotations Listed

Hibbs & Company, members of the New York Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade, provide quotations from the Hibbs Building in Washington D C. Telephone National 0540.

W. B. Hibbs & Company New York Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Trade Hibbs Building Washington, D. C Telephone National

Stocks Slip On Broad Sale Activity At Noon On Wall Street

After hours of gradual price gains the New York Stock Exchange saw a broad downturn as selling increased post noon. Quotations show a weak British pound and many major issues with declines including Allied Chemical American Can American Telephone American Tobacco Anaconda Copper Bethlehem Steel Chrysler General Electric General Motors Kennecott Copper Paramount lines remain active with scattered prices such as U S Steel and Woolworth.

New York Stock Exchange

Sketch Album of Robert Stevenson and Valima Family Saved for Scotland

An album with 70 sketches of Robert Stevenson and Valima household members, mostly by Isabel Strong, is placed in the Me morial house museum in Edinburgh to preserve them for Scotland. One drawing is a rough sketch by Stevenson of his house.

Robert Stevenson Valima

Chicago Grain Closing Prices

Grain values lagged on the Chicago Board of Trade amid selling and short positions. Abundant winter wheat belt moisture and weak export demand pressured prices with May June July quotations for Wheat, Corn, Oats and Rye listed.

Chicago Board of Trade United States

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Home Service Department Northern Virginia Power Company Home Service Boyce High School Market Street M. E McKinley Chapter Order of Eastern Star Front Royal Belva Martin Goad American Legion Post Choral Society Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church Young People’s Choir Braddock St. M. E South Columbia, Maryland Clet Horn William H. Hunt Etta Herrell Fulk Berkeley Fulk Pikeside Berkeley Springs J. R. Collis Inwood Martinsburg High School Casualty Hospital Daniel W. Lupton Dorothy Lupton Cary Lupton Clearbrook Lydia Irish Lupton Virginia Lupton Maryland Institute of Art Washington Street Janney Carper Smithfield W. Va Harry Smithey Mount Williams J. F. Burchell Charles Swartz Brucetown Ida Reed White Post Stanley Reng Leetown Edgar Abrell Payne's Chapel Ida Copenhaver Mr. Fidler Ida Mae Copenhaver Asbury W. Fidler Jacob Copenhaver Frank Fidler Ridgeway Mrs. Fidler Sowers Thomson Sowers Winchester Memorial Hospital Clarke Miller New York James Miller Tripe A’s C’s Huntsberry Miss Or Jackson West Germain Street Bob Rea Mount Jackson Staunton Mary Elizabeth Smith L. R. Smith Clifford Street Mr. Ridgely White Century Club Stuart Bell North Cameron Street Lohn Clevenger Mae Miller George Miller Stephenson T. B. Patton West Boscawen Street Emma Ginn Baker Fred L. Glaize, Jr John Weems Charlotte N. C Fred Glaize, Jr Patterson Messrs Robert Glass Burr P. Harrison Richmond Susan Carson Riverton Anne Brooke Kern Fairmont Avenue Wilmington Del Boston Mass Ethel Knight Henry B. Gilpin South Washington Street Robert T. Barton, Jr Robert Barton 3d Robert T. Barton Barton Woman’s Church Institute B .B. Dutton City Percy Randolph Berryville Joseph Carson Woodstock S. Morgan Radford W. A. Baker Sonny R. T. Jones & CO Allied Chem. & Dye American Can Amer. Tel Tel Amer. Tobacco Anaconda Balto Ohio Bethlehem Steel Chrysler Oil Gen Stand N. J Texas Corp U. S. Steel Woolworth Stevenson George H. Maughan Cornell University Toledo Blade Judd Howard Speakman Ruth Judd Phoenix Ariz Winchester Paramount Percy Crosby Sooky Jackie Skippy Cooper Robert Coogan Warner Bros Apito Coco Cola Bottling Works Chicago W. B. Hibbs Valley Bottling Works Edinburg, Va Massanutten Mountain Y.u the Valley Bottling Works Homer Harloe RM. Swimley Hnerbert Chas. R. Anderson Fred S. Boyd James M. Brown Howell M. Bond George H. Eagle Joseph H. Funkhouser E. A Philip Klompus H. 8. Larrick T. J. Orndorff J. Henry Moling, Sr J. A. Richard John W. Rosenberger H. ©. Sheetz R. Bruce Slonaker John I. Sloat the Commercial & Savings Bank National Credit Corporation No. 1 Federal Reserve District Bell Clothes Shop Maine O. K Bis. Co New Orleans Ramsburg Grocery Roland C. Ryan Mer Fair Play Store Deliver Reardon’s Special Coffee Orner Braddock and Boscawen Streets Kauffman’s Ready TO Wear N. Loudoun St Buncutter Tire Co Loudoun St
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