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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1935
Page
3
Members of the club can buy tickets with the first concert price deducted. at the door the night of each concert. The next event will be March 19 featuring harpist Hazel Moses of Richmond Virginia.
The Girls A A basketball squad will sponsor a bridge party for its uniform fund at the club rooms on East Piccadilly Street this Thursday night January 31. Reservations via Miss Frances Preffitt or other squad members. Tables one dollar with prizes and refreshments.
Wednesday events include Junior choir United Brethren Church at 6 45 p m Elks and Grace Lutheran adult choir practice at 8 15 p m senior choir practice United Brethren at 8 15 p m President s Ball at George Washington Hotel with dancing till 1 am Rotary Club luncheon at 12 30 p m in the same hotel Bryarly Community League and Kernstown Community League meetings at 1 30 p m Robert Y Conrad Post American Legion luncheon at George Washington Hotel Second concert of Music Lovers Club series Saturday at 8 30 p m featuring Christine Gunn Mary Baldwin College faculty with Miss Fishburn as guest artist at George Washington Hotel.
Mid winter dances at the University of Virginia run Thursday to Saturday sponsored by the P. E. Society and the German Club. After Leo Reisman cancelled, Mal Hallett and his band will play the two formal dances, while Red Nichols and his Pennies provide the Saturday informal music. The Virginia Players present The American Fairy Tale with Elizabeth McCormick as lead. A double header boxing match Virginia vs VPI precedes Saturday’s dance. Also listed are private house parties and a Music Lovers' Club recital by Christine Gunlangson at George Washington Hotel with accompanist Miss Fishburn. Tickets for the remaining three shows remain on sale.
Steph ens City Lodge No. 383 marks the death of W. Boyd Steele a charter member and past master with a unanimous tribute. The committee notes Steele loyalty faithfulness and sorrow at the loss and asks sympathy be extended to his family and the resolutions published locally and in the Virginia Odd Fellow.
Mrs. Lilliatt D. Kern 35 wife of Clark E. Kern formerly of the county now residing in Lynchburg Virginia died Sunday evening at Virginia Baptist Hospital in Coleman Falls near Lynchburg. The body was sent home to Kurtz funeral home for funeral arrangements. She was born October 17 1900 in Frederick County a daughter of Morgan A. and Katherine V. Rosenberger of the Hayfield area with many Frederick County connections Delayed notification notes several family ties in Winchester.
Howard J. Shirley aged 59 of Green Spring Frederick County died at his home after a long illness. He was a farmer with a wife Lillie and two daughters Mary Milburn and Ella Rose Shirley. Survived by five sisters and two brothers. Funeral Thursday with processional from Roy Abs hire's home to Stone Church United Brethren. Interment in church graveyard.
Winter weather cancels all corn hog education and sign up meetings for this week. If weather allows, meetings will resume with a February schedule across multiple districts and school houses at 7 30 p m.
New York reports 40 to 50 carloads of apples shipped from the city last week missed the Cunard liner Laconia’s Friday connection to Liverpool. The apples are held in storage in New York for a ship sailing this week.
Dr. Porterfield elected president of the Shenandoah Area Scout Council in Winchester with Martinsburg and other guests in attendance. The meeting featured reports on the 10 year program, endowment fund notes, and a February 12 session at Charles Town.
Washington notes pour in as Franklin D. Roosevelt nears his birthday. The 53rd year marks a quarter century since his public life began in 1910, with age comparisons to past presidents. Birthday balls across the country honor him and aid infantile paralysis victims.
Mrs Anna Hauptmann voiced unwavering confidence in her husband Richard Hauptmann and his possible acquittal. She defended his character, noting he told the truth, while prosecutors highlighted episodes of secret savings and his visits to a friend’s home.
Rosholt Wisconsin January 29 players faced a 220 mile detour to play Mattoon due to snow blocked roads. The Rosholt high school basketball team still defeated Mattoon despite the long trip and repeated route changes.
Secretary Wallace proposes an economic Supreme Court tested in one state with four members to issue policy rulings for public vote. He argues the plan would inform voters and bind even the Supreme Court, while denying it enables every wild scheme. He notes criticism but insists four prudent councillors would reveal truth and not push Townsend plan.
Major and Mrs James Mars announce series of Salvation Army meetings at Court House Hall this week at 745 p m. Regular services Tue Thu and Sat evenings and a youth meeting Wednesday. A 15 minute song service will precede Sunday School at 2 pm Y P L at 7 pm and preaching at 745 pm. Public encouraged to attend all services.
Frank Richards of Luray insists he will not yield his claim of curative powers despite challenges from Sam Seal who is reputed to cure bodily imperfections as a seventh son from the third generation. Richards denies being the seventh son but says he heals by laying on of hands and by grandmotherly incantations he will not reveal.
In Holland the picturesque windmills that drained the marshy lands are largely replaced by oil driven pumping machinery as modernization advances.
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