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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 08, 1936

Page

2

Local Social Notes From Vaucluse and Nearby

Vaucluse Virginia notes list visits and travels among residents. Mr Pe ogome pis Vie ho Uncle and aunt Miss Frances Eliott and friends from Washington spent the Fourth with Miss Mary Fall. Mr and Mrs Kilmer of Martinsburg visited Mrs Costello. Miss Mildred Kline visited Lost City and others. horse of Henry Dwyer killed by lightning at Ripple Farm.

Vaucluse Pe Ogome Pis Vie Lawrence Kilmer Martinsburg W. Va Robert Costello L. D. Jones Washington, D. C Tom Campbell Lemuel Grace Gilbert Sam Starkey Wade Starkey Skyline Drive Clyde Thompson Pennsylvania Henry Dwyer Pall Mildred Kline Wood Jones Crim Foeamily Hendersons

Traps Planned in Frederick County for Japanese Beetle Study

United States Department plans to place 300 beetle traps in and around Win to determine beetle presence. Inspectors will enter private property with credentials. traps use a four winged baffled funnel and odor attractant to capture adults. Residents may seek information from the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine in Bloomfield New Jersey.

United States Department Ofture Win Mic Rtment of Agriculture U.S. Ment of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Glenwood Avenue Henry Street Bloomfield New Jersey

Martinsville Man Charged With Bigamy and Auto Theft

A grand jury indicted Rufus Metts, 92, of Winston-Salem, for marrying while already married on June 20 in Martinsville. He allegedly stole a car for his honeymoon, wrecked it, and fled the scene without identification.

Martinsville Rufus Metts Winston-Salem N. C

Executor's Sale of City Property in Winchester Virginia

Executor E. E. Fawcett announces a sale on July 11 1936 at noon in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia. Property is 423 Highland Avenue a 25 by 15 foot lot with a two story six room house. Terms: one third cash the remainder in two equal installments secured by deed of trust and building insurance. Auctioneers in charge are In & Duvall.

Besere Joseph M. Fawcett Turday County Court House Winchester Virginia Highland Avenue E. E. Fawcett Dec

Broadcast the NBC Studio Quietly at Radio City Theater

An excursion into a 250 seat NBC sponsored radio broadcast at Radio City. Performers rehearse behind glass as a packed hall listens to singers actors and a live announcing crew. The director conducts the show with a bellhop and a pilot star in a staged aviation drama ending at eight thirty Bulova time.

NBC Radio City New Bulova Rocky Mountains Canada Aviaon Caperton Tahiti Pacific Ocean Manila New York

Shenandoah County Creates First County Policeman

The Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors passed a bill to establish a county policeman with Paul B. Borden to be paid 600 for a year of service. Borden, sworn by Judge Philip Williams, has served as deputy sheriff since last November under Sheriff Carl F. Godenour. The board cited rising lawlessness on rural highways as the reason for the hire.

Woodstock Shenandoah

Handley Library News Highlights 1934 Literary Honors

Autographs, medals, and prizes mark a busy Handley Library year. Walt Whitman’s May 15 1873 will and books head to his mother Louise Whitman for 3100 at New York sale. Edgar Lee Masters wins Mark Twain silver medal with past recipients named. Cornelia Meigs wins the Newberry Prize 1934 for Fox and Geese. Kipling exhibit at Bodleian. Stribling earns Doctor of Letters from Oglethorpe University. Winifred Mayne Van Etten wins Atlantic Novel Prize 10000 for I am the Fox. Asia magazine banned in China for critical content. borrowing notes include Works by Sayers Kipling Buck Du Maurier Farson Sherwood and others.

Walt Whitman Louise Whitman New York City Cornelia Meigs Newberry Medal William Penn Philadelphia Child Life Melvin Green T. S. Stribling Osglethorpe University of Georgia Handley Library America Winifred Mayne van Etten Mount Vernon Iowa Am the Fox Baummend Paris Elizabeth Bo Pearl Buck le Inn Daphne du Maurier Negley Farson Eer Charles Sale Guady Dorothy Kaye Robert Sherwood

Registered Sheep Sale in Northern Virginia This Month

Two sales of registered rams will be held in Culpeper on July 15 and Berryville on July 16 starting at 1 30 PM. About 45 Hampshire Shropshire and Southdown rams from Valley Northern Virginia Sheep Breeders Association flocks will be offered. County agents and the Animal Husbandry Department sponsor the event with details via county agents or Mr Stine.

Animal Husbandry Department Northern Virginia Culpeper Berryville Hampshire Shropshire Southdown Virginia Stine

Public Sale of City Lots in Winchester Virginia

The owner will sell at public auction on Saturday July 11 1936 at 12 o'clock M in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia. Lots include a 150 foot frontage on Franklin Avenue Dart's Addition formerly Joseph M Fawcett and Lot No 34 Block 3 Harris East Orchard Sub-division. Terms are cash. Auctioneers Dunn and Duvall.

County Court House Winchester Virginia Franklin Avenue Dart Joseph M. Fawcett Harris East Orchard Bernice R. Fawcett Dunn & Duvall Fawcett Gap E. E. Fawcett

Public sale of county home at Fawcett Gap Virginia

Public sale announced for a one acre property with a five room house and outbuildings at Fawcett Gap Virginia. E. E. Fawcett promotes the site as an ideal home and poultry farm with sale dates listed.

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Vaucluse News Frederick County Man At Miller’s Arax Shenandoah Co Handley Library News Edgar Lee’ Masters Mark Twain Rudyard Kipling Booth Tarkington Willa 8. Cather Edwin Arlington Robinson William Seabrook Asylum Dorothy L. Sayers Harriet Vane Kipling Bodleian Library Oxford Asia China Foreign Office Chiang Kai-Shek Chesterfield Sherri & Myars Tobacco Co International Panel Ford Bickers Jno. W. Rosenberger & C Pine Motor CO Brad & Cecil Baker’s Service Station Shenandoah Motor Co., Inc Valley Avenue Winchester, Va Cammertire CO Brandock & Boscawen Sts Jae Our Buick Plymouth H. W. Ebert McCormick Deering C. I. Brumbac
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