County Farm Meeting Schedule For Next Week
County agent Fred Stine releases a week of meetings on land resources and cropping systems. Gatherings aim to discuss best use of land across Frederick County with leaders named for each session.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1938
Page
2
County agent Fred Stine releases a week of meetings on land resources and cropping systems. Gatherings aim to discuss best use of land across Frederick County with leaders named for each session.
The Mt. Olive Church revival continues next week per pastor Rev. B. F. Spitzer. Topics include Monday A Quartette of Fools and Friday The Unpardonable Sin with other titles through Saturday What About the Devil Su y The Last Roundup. Public invited to services.
The Star publishes daily market rates with numerous grain and feed bag prices. Entries include 12 and 24 pound bags priced per barrel for patent and short patent brands, plus shelled corn meal and other commodities with varying per barrel costs.
At Handley Library the Shenandoah Area Council executive committee outlined participation in National Boy Scout Week. Fred Maphis announced Tom Baldridge as Shenandoah Area director of the week and presented an approved program. He praised Scoutmasters and urged community support and constructive suggestions for the drive.
Market notes from Baltimore Philadelphia and Chicago show mixed results. Cattle receipts are light with steers and bulls generally lower or steady and fat cows trading 5.00 to 6.75. hogs up about 10 cents with top around 9.60. sheep listings sparse and steady. Philadelphia reports diverse poultry prices and steady cheese butter and eggs. Chicago notes firm hogs but lower steer and yearling values with some top cattle over 11.50 and sheep prices firmer late in the week.
Farmers from Mount Airy formed a Community D Group for the upcoming year. Chairman H. T. Snapp leads with vice-chairman E. R. Marker and secretary Lucien C Brumback. Other officers include J. B. Bywaters C. K. Wright J. W. Richard and H. M. Brumback. Meetings are scheduled each Friday night for five weeks.
New York traders saw selective gains and some declines as a listless session left many stocks flat or down. U S Steel and Bethlehem slipped while rail shares showed relative strength amid hopes of a spring economic upturn and a cautious recovery in bonds.
The report lists church activities for Frederick Charge M B Church South including George L Waier Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m. and service 11 a.m. Lamp's 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Paxton 10 a.m. preaching 7 30 p.m. Macedonia Carper s Valley and Round Hill Sunday School at usual time.
Frederick, Warren, Clarke and Shenandoah counties report new maintenance charges on checking accounts starting February 1. Banks say small accounts lose money and charges cover bookkeeping and handling costs. Harold G. Brown notes nationwide adoption and public cooperation, citing rising operation costs and federal deposit insurance premiums.
The United States Chamber of Commerce says business leaders are greatly disconcerted by the White House proposal to lower prices while maintaining or increasing wages. It notes wage costs dominate protection costs in many industries and that prices cannot be cut without wage reductions. The chamber questions a uniform national wage and price policy and calls for clearer anti trust enforcement after a Madison Wisconsin oil case verdict.
Chicago January 29 persistent selling pushes wheat prices down more than a cent a bushel as foreign demand fades except for Portugal. Forecast snow and rain across much of the grain belt spurs liquidation while a trader reportedly closes spreads.]
The Winchester Chamber of Commerce re elected its secretary last night for the 17th consecutive term. The veteran secretary holds an outstanding record of unbroken service.
In Geneva on January 29 reports say Britain France and Russia agreed to extend economic and financial aid to China in its war with Japan if the United States cooperates. A Polish veto did not halt the plan, while in Washington Secretary Hull said the US would not join and noted no new policy beyond neutrality.
John L. Clark, lifelong county resident and United Brethren Church member, died Wednesday morning at his daughter’s home on West Gerrard Street. Impressive services were held at 2 pm with Rev. Miller and Rev. G W Stover, followed by burial at Mt Hebron cemetery amid many floral offerings. Pallbearers included L Jackson, Walter Anderson, Thomas Clark, Carl Cather, Joe Cather, and Vail Hardy.
President Roosevelt, nearing his fifty sixth birthday, is reported in good health by personal physician Dr. Ross T. McIntire. His weight remains about 184 pounds with minimal variation since taking office in March 1933, aided by regular exercise and swimming despite long desk hours.
Chicago and Baltimore grain notes list futures and spot bids for wheat corn oats and barley. Prices show No 4 hard wheat at 94 1 2 cents, corn No 3 mixed at 57 1 4, yellow 59 1 2, oats No 1 mixed 31 1 4, white 33 3 4, rye 76 1 2 to 80 1 4, barley seeds 47-60 nom. Time seed 2.95-3.00, red clover 32.00-32.00, sweet clover 10.00-10.50. Baltimore notes No 2 red wheat 99, Winchester Wheat 95c bushel, corn 65c. Prices based on deliveries.
Death is reported for F M Huyett a Charlottesville real estate figure and former Berryville confectionary owner. Survived by widow five daughters and one son Frank M. Huyett Jr, sister Miss L Tabb Huyett and a brother, with funeral held at Charlottesville Presbyterian Church and burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
Relatives report the death of Bernard S. Smith 30 at the Veterans Hospital Oteen North Carolina from tuberculosis contracted in the U S Army. A Riverton Warren county native he served in 1929 and later at Fort Belvoir and Denver before discharge to Brucetown Virginia. He leaves father, two sisters Ardel Barr and Selma Headley and brother James Smith with funeral arrangements to be set after arrival of the body.
The executive committee of the Charley Rouss Fire Company sends a letter to Dr. L. M. Allen praising Tom Baldridge as director general of the 1938 Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester Virginia. They pledge wholehearted city cooperation to ensure a successful event amid strong visitor interest and world wide advertising benefits.
Kay Clark of the University of Iowa blindfolds the groundhog in Iowa City to test the traditional shadow omen. The event, described with light humor, aims to predict the end of winter per folklore.
Executive Committee reports enthusiastic backing for the fifteenth annual Apple Blossom celebration. Messages from community leaders and organizations express praise for the festival and support for the director general. Additional notices indicate ongoing interest in securing festival contracts in Winchester and the Shenandoah Valley.
In the Clerk's Office of the Cir cuit Court of Frederick County Virginia on January 28 1938 the case of E L Humston Executor for Alice M Golliday decd v George and Roy Golliday proceeds to construe the will. The suit seeks to determine beneficiaries and their interests in real and personal property, authorize sale and conversion of assets, and distribute proceeds under court direction. Defendants non residents must appear within ten days after publication to protect interests. notice to be published weekly in Evening Journal Winchester and posted at the courthouse.
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