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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1939
Page
3
Virginia dairymen are cautioned to avoid selling surplus cows for quick profit. Dairy expert R G Connelly notes many farms loss long term production by market-driven culling, urging testing and careful breeding to maintain herd value and stable milk output.
The Brucetown Union Methodist charge official board will hold its annual picnic Monday evening on the church lawn at Ste phenson Church. Those who can may arrive as early as 5 o'clock.
In Boise Idaho Miss Belle Eagle suffered fractures to two wrist bones after a examination table tip at a doctor’s office. She was treated at the clinic following the fall.
Sir Howard Kennard British ambassador to Poland arrived in London on an unscheduled flight from Warsaw for a conference with Prime Minister Chamberlain about the Danzig situation and Poland's possible stance if Germany attempts to cut off access to the sea.
In Upper Darby Pennsylvania on July 6 an explosion hurled two men from a beauty shop. Charles Shaffer 40 and John Cash 38 were injured and burned, treated at a hospital. Police and fire officials probed whether a bomb or gas fumes from a broken pipe caused the blast.
Last rites for Conley D. Cooley aged 35 of near Marlboro were conducted at 2 30 PM Tuesday from the Abersole residence. Rev. Julian T. Owen and Rev. Harry Crim officiated and interment followed at Green Hill Cemetery Stephens City Virginia. Pallbearers were Strother Grim Olie Orndorff Me Tobin William Welch Wilbur Dicks and Harry Grim. He is survived by his wife Nellie B. Ebersole a daughter Francis Elizabeth his parents Jerden and Cooley and several brothers and sisters including Mrs Duncan Himelright Mrs Charles Tewalt Mrs Gar Crump Mrs Lee Estep Miss Bertha Cooley Russell Cooley Raymond Cooley and Amel Cooley.
Funeral services for the late Ralph Richard Whitmore of near Rest were held at 2 pm from Hopewell Meeting House. The Rev G H Fielding and Howard M Hoge officiated. Interment followed at Hopewell Cemetery. Whitmore, 57, died of a heart attack Tuesday morning at 8 45. He was a farmer with many friends in the area.
Shenandoah county school board in Woodstock appoints Paul Hounshell as principal of Strasburg high school succeeding G. W. Garner. Hounshell previously led Cheriton high in Northampton County after being born in New Market. A controversy over a new school site had simmered prior to the decision.
The District Nurse Association reports a quiet June with 308 visits, including 187 to adults and 65 to school children. Care involved hospital admissions, X rays, extractions, pre natal and infant visits, and support from Red Cross and Blue Ridge Sanatorium.
Director of Public Safety Andrew J. Emanuel ordered the city's biggest police shake-up in eight years. He put 543 officers back on patrol beats and assigned an equal number to replace them in their prior duties after challenging gambling overlords.
Mrs. Guy O. Hawks misplaced an amethyst ring and suspected it fell into a drain pipe. Her husband, covered in axle grease, reached inside but became stuck. After two hours of effort with neighbors, a plumber, patrolmen, crowbars and hacksaws, he freed his hand and the ring remained missing.
The world’s shortest air mail route begins at 2 p m with an autogiro flight from the Philadelphia post office to Camden airport six miles away. Five daily trips will operate under a 1937 congress authorized experimental service. Piloted by Johnny Miller the craft lifts off to haul mail to receivers as thousands of letters await, with 25 000 at the post office and 20 000 at the airport.
Cross Roads Va July 6. Mr John Clark and family called on Mr and Mrs J B White Sunday afternoon. Mr W V Carpenter returned to work in Winchester after a weeks vacation. Miss Lucille Hardee of Roninemy has been visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs George McKee. Mr and Mrs Woodrow Line spent Wednesday in Winchester. Maynard Fletcher and family Akron Ohio Bettie Fletcher and granddaughter Colleen Farmer and Ola Fletcher called on J B White Tuesday afternoon.
Chicago industrialist James McVittie held a Lisbon stake but returned home to Chicago after a transatlantic journey. He traveled by the Dixie Clipper from Lisbon to New York then by land plane to Chicago with meals noted during the trip.
Real estate transfers listed include Lena F. Byrne to Harry M. Lynch with lot 515 on West Side South Loudoun Street for $1, plus other considerations. Lucy F. Kurtz and others to Katherine K. Eddy for house and lot 430 Fairmont Avenue with $10. Katherine K. Eddy to Lucy F. Kurtz et al for lots 117 and 119 on West side South Braddock Street with premises and $10. Louis H. Grim et al to Emily W. Windley trustee and Mary Wilson Boyer for a tract on North side Clifford Street with $10. Harry H. Bowers et al to Maurice E. Bowers for lot 603 Woodland Avenue with $10. John Henkel Henry executor and Edward L. Henry to Eldridge M. Lemley for lot 31 South Werk Street with $10.
Washington July 6 The first batch of 37 000 youths will begin a month of army life at 51 army posts this summer. About 15 000 young men start today or tomorrow in citizens' military training camps as a cross section of America. They will drill eat army chow study and engage in strenuous sport without becoming part of the army.
Karen Bijerkeng of Minneapolis ate suspicious items during the Fourth of July dinner causing concern. Parents found she had been eating dischas ed pistol caps disguised as snacks, prompting investigation into her unusual appetite.
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