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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1940

Page

9

Glaize Brothers Employes Hold Annual Picnic

Glaize Brothers employees and families gathered at Rock Enon six miles south of Gore for their annual picnic the first in years. The old hotel site hosted a square dance highlighted by committee members Rollin Larrick Jack Marple M J Billmyer Fred Glaize Jr Virgil Wilson and W E Bridgeforth. Activities included swimming and horse shoe pitching with a box supper planned for the evening.

Glaize Brothers Rock Enon J. Billmyer Fred Glaize, Jr Virgil Wilson W. E. Bridgeforth Glaize

Municipal Band Presents Evening Concert in City Hall Plaza

A large audience enjoyed a concert by the Municipal Band on the City Hall plaza last evening. The program opened with America and included God Bless America and Morning Noon and Night in Vienna among other patriotic pieces and waltzes.

Aed Be Twee Court House-City Hall Lastvening America F. Schubert Vienna F. V. Suppen Hall Ashton Dvorak Herbert Clarke

North and South at Antietam Memorial Plot Ceremony

SHARPSBURG Maryland July 6 North and South met at Antietam to mark a peaceful ceremony for the Robert E Lee Memorial plot. The tract, where Lee’s headquarters tent stood in 1862, was leased by the state and later transferred to the United States Park Service by Mrs M S R Moler of Shepherdstown WV.

Sharpsburg Antietam Robert E. Lee Shepherdstown United Daughters of the Confederacy Lee Optson M. S. R. Moler West Virginia Sharpsburg-Lee Memorial Committee United States Park Service

Special Patriotic Program at Greenway Church

The Christian Endeavor presents a patriotic program tomorrow night at 7 in Greenway United Brethren Church. Mrs C E Armel is in charge, Mrs J W Bell speaks on the Origin of the U S, flag drills and other patriotic exercises will be performed.

The Christian Endeavor

Arrest of Mason for Prowling Terrifies MorningSide

Marshall Mason, 22, colored, of Red Gibbons Street is held by police and MorningSide Drive residents after confession to prowling past two years. He supposedly chased residents from porches and yards and was shot at several times. arrest made by Private Ward.

Marshall Mason Red Gibbons Street Morningside Drive Mason Morningside Ward

Trial Justice Donald Weens Court Docket Summary

Trial docket lists multiple defendants before Trial Justice Donald Weens. Names include Wheeler Nicholson 1102 South ae charged with drunk and disorderly conduct with a $15.20 fine, Charles Briggs 410 South Cameron with a $15.25 fine for drunk and disorderly, Pred Taper for petit larceny with one month suspended and costs, Huston Taylor for larceny with one month suspended and costs, John Cook 1104 South Loudoun for petit larceny with one month suspended and costs, and Grant Rudolph 542 Fairmont Way for drunk and disorderly with a $10.25 fine. Also listed are Emma Tation, Robert Snare Frederick or, Milton An Maioanoes dou, and De Brooke Haws with various $10.25 fines or related charges. A 9reenance license shows a $10.25 fee.

Donald Weens Wheeler Nicholson South Ae Arthur Agel Highland Emma Tation Charles Briggs South Cameron Pred Taper Huston Taylor Robert Snare Frederick Milton An Maioanoes Dou John Cook South Loudoun Petit Larceny Grant Rudolph Fairmont YY Ee de Brooke Haws Bert Humbert Stephens Ci

Eternal Light in Madison Square Park Projection

The Eternal Light memorial in New York City sits in Madison Square Park on Broadway between 23d and 27th Streets. A tall shaft supports a glass star at the top that is perpetually illuminated day and night. The memorial was erected by Rodman Wanamaker.

New York City Madison Square Park Broadway Rodman Wanamaker

Labor dispute halts as government mediator calls for restraint

Dr. John R. Steelman asked CIO Aluminum Workers' Union to withhold strike action and summoned union and Aluminum Company of America officials to Washington for talks. He spoke for the government and urged compliance as the company, a $250 million producer, handles government orders amid wage demands for 15,000 workers at five plants in New Kensington, Edgewater, Badin, Alcoa, and Detroit.

CIO Aluminum Workers’ Union John R. Steelman Labor Department Aluminum Company of America Washington Steelmen N. A. Zonarich I. W. Wilson Com United States Steelman New Kensington Edgewater N. J Badin, N. C Alcoa, Tenn Detroit

Lone Soldier Takes Bold Dash Into Dobruja

In Sofia on July 6 a lone Bulgarian soldier reportedly crossed the frontier into Dobruja with a rifle and two hand grenades. Romanian troops retreated from the post after the incursion and the soldier, found singing by a Bulgarian patrol, was removed.

Sofia Rumania Dobruja Con

Purge From School Board Sparks Political Controversy

The article discusses a local power struggle over the removal of Ansel Solenberger a Republican from the Frederick county area alleging residency grounds while noting he maintains residence and property in Frederick county. The piece blames the political machine led by George P. Sedgwick and R. L. Smith as motives.

Ansel Solenberger George P. Sedgwick R. L. Smith Solenberger Winchester Frederick County

Public letter defends Thwaite and Solenberger on school board

A Frederick County reader backs J. Fred Thwaite as school board chairman and defends Solenberger against non residence charges. The letter praises board cooperation, cites gains in school financing, consolidation plans, and local improvements at Gainesboro, Round Hill, and other sites. It urges keeping Thwaite and Robinson and criticizes political feuding within the board.

J. Fred Thwaite Frederick County School Board Thwaite Ooe Uwven Weatewe Gainesboro Gore Round Hill Kernstown Stephens City Middletown Solenberger Evening Star Carper's Valley School Brucetown Stonewall Carper's Valley

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Greenway C. E C. B. Smalts & Son Richard E. Byrd Commonwealth Burr P. Harrison Harry L. McCann C. C. Brannon Sedick Sedgwick Saean Messrs. Thwaite Robinson J. J. Stover L. D. Pifer B. L. Snapp Ture ICE Des Winchester Homes Winchester Cold Storage Virginia Apple Storage C.l.robinson Ice & Cold Storage Goodyear Goodrich George Washington Garage N. Loudoun St George’t Main St
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