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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 08, 1937

Page

8

Social calendar highlights from Winchester area

Thursday events include Winchester Girl Scouts meeting at Camp White Rock with campfire supper and program, Grace Lutheran Church Women’s Missionary Society gathering, American Legion R. Y. Conrad Post at George Washington Hotel, a Clarke County Garden Club card party at Scaleby, and a Margaret Collins Denny Class social at Braddock Street Church School.

Winchester Girl Scouts Council FE. B. Cooper Camp White Rock Women's Missionary Society The Grace Lutheran Church Red Church American Legion R. Y. Conrad Post George Washington Hotel

Local social notes highlight picnics and visits across towns

Mr and Mrs Frank Plank return from a mid western visit visiting relatives including Mrs Daniel Quick and Leo Quick and A E Sargent. The Winchester Wholesale Grocery Corp held a July Fourth picnic at Big Bubbling Springs Capon Bridge WV with guests and a talk on cooperation. General and Mrs Beverley Browne plan buffet supper in Warren County. Rosa May Schwartz and Holmes W White married at United Brethren Church. Tom Baldridge attends Boy Scout Jamboree in Washington. Winchester Travel and Guide Service members dine at Natural Bridge VA. Baptist Church ladies plan a yard party July 22. Meadow Brook Farm visitors and Dorothy Nassau to visit Gladys Haldeman.

Mrs. Plank Mid-West Frank Plank Est Boscawen Street Mr. Plank Daniel Quick Mascontah, li Leo Quick East St. Louis A. E. Sargent Stewardson Winchester Wholesale Grocery Corporation Cash and Carry Grocery Company Harrisonburg Big Bubbling Springs Capon Bridge W. Va R. Anderson Winchester W. A. Baker Donald Petton Betty Charlotte Santmyers Anderson He Rsonburg Edythe Devier Samuel Wampler H. L. Garber Patsy d'Sullivan Rosa May Schwartz Holmes William White O’sullivan Rubber Co Mentzen United Brethren Church Mann Forse

Modern Etiquette Questions and Answers

A sequence for theater seating etiquette places the usher first, followed by the woman and then her escort. Guidance on removing fruit stones at table uses fingertip pressure to transfer the stone to the plate. It is proper for a man to have the prefix Mr engraved on his social card.

DAILY CROSS WORD PUZZLE ACROSS AND DOWN WITH CLUES

Answer to previous puzzle is not provided. This clue list shows across and down items for a typical daily crossword puzzle with hints including writers, musical terms, tools, animals, and various objects.

Daily Cross

C I O Goes Collegiate in Southern Ohio

John L Lewis is overseeing a new classroom program for C I O members in southern Ohio. A anonymous college professor leads sessions on Roberts Rules and orderly unionism while 34 of 49 locals participate. The program aims to educate workers, recruit faculty from regional colleges, and expand with weekly courses in bookkeeping and management.

Cincinnati John L. Lewis Ohio Robert Paul W. Fuller C. I. O. Organiz Southern

Account Confusion Marks Plant Strike Shootout

Conflicting accounts emerged after a plant strike turn violent. A wounded armyman Clyde Testerfield recalls rock and bottle throwing by strikers before gunfire erupted. Wetmore, Alcoa police chief, says guards fired at unarmed pickets, claiming wounded workers were struck by their own side in a cross fire.

Clyde Testerfield

Last Rites For Mrs. Mary W. Rinker in Stephens City

Funeral services were held for Mrs. Mary W. Rinker at her Whittier Avenue home with Rev. Floyd M. Lucas officiating. Interment followed in Green Hill Cemetery. She died of a heart attack Tuesday at age 78, survived by her husband J. W. Rinker, sister Miss Cora Barley, and three brothers.

Mary W. Rinker J. W. Rinker Whittier Avenue Floyd M. Lucas Methodist Episcopal Church South Stephens City Green Hill Cemetery Hunter Frank Miller Barley Luttrell Ollie Cooper James F. Beatley Rinker Adam Barley Cora Barley

Cooperative Opens Tomato Packing Option Amid Strike

Cambridge Maryland July 8 The Hillsboro Queen Anne Cooperative Corp offers to process 20 acres of Dorchester County tomatoes at Vienna Maryland if farmers agree The move provides an alternate market after a Phillips Company strike closed five packing plants during the bean season

Cambridge Dorchester County Phillips Company Phillips Hillsboro-Queen Anne

Death Removes Retired Farmer Near Berryville

Nathaniel Hamston Sibert 75 born Mount Olive Shenandoah county died at home of son in law J W Anderson near Berryville after a week of illness. Survived by daughter Mrs. Anderson and two sons J W Sibert and Roy Sibert as well as sister Mrs Bettie Gay and brother C R Sibert. Funeral Saturday at 11 with Rev W O Lutrell at Anderson home Hamilton area.

Berryville Nathaniel Hamston Sibert Mount Olive Shenandoah County Hamilton Loudoun County J. W. Anderson Sibert Toms Brook Mary Alice Keller Loudoun Anderson J. W. Sibert Roy Sibert Leesburg

Dimm to Vote in August Primary Before Turning 21

Newport News voters report Milton Dimm will cast a ballot in the August 3 Democratic primary though he does not turn 21 until five minutes after Election Day. Richard Newman cited a precept that fractions of a day do not affect a citizen’s majority. Registrar K. K. Jones registered Dimm.

Newport News Milton Dimm Richard Newman K. K. Jones Dimm

Hazards For Caddies at Meadowbrook Golf Course

Meadowbrook owner John Williams in Tuscaloosa installs a five foot alligator in the pond at the fourth hole to deter caddies from removing and selling golf balls, aiming to curb ball recovery and sales by players.

Tuscaloosa Ala John Williams Meadowbrook

Brooks' Pharmacy Ad Promotes Ice Cream Specials

An old advertisement touts fountain offerings at Brooks' Pharmacy including jumbo ice cream sodas for 10 cents, milk shakes for 10 cents, double dip ice cream cones for 50 cents, and old fashioned plate ice cream in raspberry and lime sherbets, with the store phone listed as 766.

No Hope In Sight For West In Heat Spell

Heat wave continues across the middlewest and North Atlantic States with at least 14 deaths. Temperatures rose into the nineties after a slight overnight drop as hot winds from the plains persist. Washington Weather Bureau predicts the heat will persist through Friday with some areas seeing local thundershowers. Phillipsburg Kansas hit 196 degrees as the day’s nationwide hotspot.

Chicago Middlewest North Atlantic The Mercury Plains Weather Bureau Washington Phillipsburg Kas

Paul Kantner Struck By Automobile On Main Street

Paul Kantner a 14 year old son of J H Kantner of 348 National avenue darted from behind parked cars into Main Street and was struck by Boyd Ritter 22 driving Ola Ritter of 348 North Loudoun street s car The injuries were minor and Ritter was not held for reckless driving as Kantner failed to look before crossing managers stated the incident occurred yesterday afternoon

Boyd Ritter Ola Ritter Loudoun Street Paul Kantner J. H. Kantner National Avenue Paul

Park Pool and Tennis Lessons For Children

Gene Dunn will instruct children at the Park pool to learn swimming on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Charles Beaver will offer beginner tennis instruction on the same days from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. The only charge is for court usage.

Gene Dunn Park Pool Charles Beaver

Negro Midshipman Trivers resigns from Naval Academy

Representative Mitchell says George J. Trivers has resigned from the Naval Academy after concluding he could not perform midshipman duties. Mitchell, the only Black member of Congress, appointed Trivers. Captain Todd, acting superintendent, reports no unpleasantness surrounding the departure.

Washington Mitchell D-Kd George J. Trivers Naval Academy Congress Trivers Academy Forde A. Todd

Burglar Interruption Finds Robed Robin in Home

Niagara Falls patrolman Harrington H. Thomas rushed to a burglar alarm to find a robin loose in the parlor knocking over vases while a frightened maid hid in an adjoining room. The woman said she had made the call.

Niagara Falls N. Y Harrington H. Thomas

Rioting Breaks Out as Alcoa Mill Reopens

Adjutant-general R O Smith noted militiamen arrived from across the state and expected no further trouble. Wetmore said Aluminum Company guards caused the riot and planned civil and murder suits against city officials and guards. The clash followed a mill reopening after a walkout over wage increases from 45 to cents per hour, affecting about 3 000 workers.

Alcoa R. O. Smith Wetmore Aluminum Company

Shakespeare on Air Sparks Network War in July Broadcasts

CBS announces eight Shakespeare broadcasts starting Monday with director Brewster Morgan aiming for faithful renditions. NBC emphasizes modernized productions led by John and Elaine, while WOR-MBS outlines specials including a 1913 Roosevelt recording and a Jardine talk. Evening lineups feature Holt discussion, Virginia town meeting, and various music and variety programs.

New York CBS Brewster Morgan NBC John Elaine Wor-Mbs Theodore Roosevelt R. Anderson Jardine Duke of Windsor Warfield WEAF Rush D. Holt WJZ America University of Virginia H. J. Voorhis Clark M. Eichelberger Rudy Vallee Charles Winninger Bob Burns Music Hall

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