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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1938
Page
7
County news records visits from Roy Camp family and others including C W Shearer and Hyers from Washington and Cincinnati. Locals entertain relatives in Winchester and Roanoke. Weather concerns rise as gardens burn for rain and crows cause damage while beans and potatoes are harvested.
Preaching services in Galilee Sunday July 10. Vacation Bible School at White Hall drew attendees from the area. Visitors and neighbors including Newcomb of Winchester and many local families shared holidays and gatherings. The Fourth of July passed quietly with little travel and crops needing rain. Obituary note for Lee M. Bender highlights his roles with White Hall Telephone and local orchard firm.
Community notes list residents visiting and traveling to Winchester Memorial Hospital for appendicitis care. Visitors include Raymond L. Heironimus and family from Washington D C and multiple trips by local residents to Siler Martinsburg Opequon Cross Junction Reynolds Store and Gainesboro for visits berry picking camping and social gatherings.
Rosenberger Virginia guests include Mina Snapp and son from Forest Glen Maryland visiting J B Snapp family. Harvey and children from Lanham Maryland join Iven Miller. James Williams from Washington DC visits sister Daisy Williams. Maynard and Maud Brewer of Winchester drop by William Brewer. Ernest J Shook of Shepherdstown WV spends weekend with Guy Frye. Joseph Bean of Washington DC stays several days over the Fourth.
Many friends gathered at Rest Church for the services of the late Reese B Carter. Mr. Carter and family lived in the community for years and had a host of friends who extend sympathy. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Pidgeon and Mrs. Blanche Stipe visited from Wadesville. Rev L H Smallwood preached. Young Peoples Conference attendees from the Methodist Church at Massanetta Springs included Ruth Ridgeway, Frances Ridgeway, Wilma Schlack, Catherine Coyle and Dorothy Smallwood. Esther Ridgeway accompanied them. Weekend guest list included Mrs Holmes Snapp of Martinsburg and others visiting from Baltimore and Hagerstown.
Mr and Mrs Maynard Fischer Russell Fletcher and note Place motored over Skyline Drive Sunday. Guests at Mr R E Place home included Mr Aust in Ware and family Martinsburg W Va Mrs Jennie Shipps Mr and Mrs Ralph Lucker Springfield Ohio. Mrs Ernest Batt and family spent Sunday with friends in Berkeley Springs W Va. Mrs Lee Cro sen spent Sunday night with Mrs C W Moore. Miss Elizabeth Holliday has returned home after spending time in Florida. Gilbert Catlett spent Monday with Mrs Will Catlett. Mr and Mrs C H Smith Winchester were calling on Mrs George Omps and Ardell Moore Sunday evening. Mrs Mary Myers and son returned to North Rosa N Y after visiting here.
Leroy Stant, 35, a filling station operator in Onancock Virginia, was seriously wounded by a shotgun blast during a hold-up. The robbers took $35 and fled as police search for an escapee from Delaware state prison and his companion.
An automobile stolen from the Rev. Carl B. Horsell was abandoned in Albany Oregon. Two hours later Lois and Marie Woodward went fishing in a nearby canal and their first catch was the keys.
The sermon by Dr. Alvin E. Bell cites Caleb and Joshua as models of faith over fear. It contrasts the ruinous majority view that cannot be conquered with the minority report of confidence, stressing reliance on Jehovah. It highlights Caleb’s lasting strength at 85 and the call to bold faith amid giants.
Salem Congregation Church of The Brethren Jubilee on Front RoyalPikes Sunday School at 10 a m Clyde Doyle superintendent Preaching second and fourth Sundays at 11 a m Young Peoples meeting 730 p m Flossie Fultz president Milton O Rear secretary Program by Opequon Presbyterian Church Sunday night Salem near Stephens City Sunday School 10 a m R L Lynn superintendent Preaching 11 a m First and Third Sundays Joshua said I wholly followed the Lord My God You are invited to these services.
Brucetown Circuit M E Church South holds Burnt Factory Church School at 10 and sermon at 11. Brucetown Church School at 10. Young Peoples meeting at 7 with sermon at 8. Circuit Union meets at Holmes Hardesty home Monday night July 11. Delegates to Front Royal and Massanetta will report. Vacation Bible School July 25 31 at Stephenson Church with five churches and Clearbrook Presbyterian School. Strong faculty expected.
Reliance United Brethren Church invites the public to morning and afternoon services led by Pastor W. D. Mitchell. Greenway at 10 a.m., Friendship at 11 15 a.m., Stephens City at 3 30 p.m., and another service at 7 30 p.m. The Sunshine choir will sing.
Rev Howard M Amoss presides with Little Mountain services at 10 a.m. and Sunday School at 11 a.m. White Hall teaches Sunday School at 10 a.m. and service at 11. Bunker Hill hosts Sunday School at 10 a.m. and service at 7 45 p.m. Yard parties planned: White Hall Mite Society Thursday July 7 and Bunker Hill Epworth League Friday July 8.
Gravel Springs Lutheran pastorate lists revival and installation services for Rev. E. B. Smith. Services at Bethel Freemont St Johns Gravel Springs and St James with Sunday School at 10 a.m. and services at 11 a.m. or 2:30 p.m. as noted.
Wilbur A. Reid, minister, invites all members to Bible School at 10:00 a.m. with Charles E. McVay as superintendent. Preaching at 11:00 a.m. followed by communion. Church business meeting after morning service. Christian Endeavor at 7:30 p.m. Evening preaching at 8:00 p.m. Baatt welcome to our services.
Opequon Group Presbyterian and Burnt Church join Bethel Lutheran in a union Vacation Bible School at Burnt Church beginning Monday July 11 with Miss Ada Glass Baker in charge. Sunday schools listed for Opequon Round Hill and Opequon Chapel plus youth services and communion notes.
The White Post Charge of the M. E. Church schedules worship at Cedarville at 10 a.m., Rockland at 11 a.m., and Boyce at 8 p.m. A Children’s Day program is planned. Rev. W. D. Sheets serves as pastor.
Rev B F Spitzer preaches Pleasant Grove at 9 30 and 11 15 at Laurel Hill Sunday School 10 15 preaching 11 15 Rev Charles Beard to preach Mt Hebron at 11 Big tent meeting Whitacre 7 30 p m Baptismal service Olive 2 30 p m Invitation extended to all.
Quick sale advertised by C. H. Musselman for 1 4 by 6 Fairbanks platform scales 1 100 H P Ames steam engine three used 5 bathtubs without fittings plus a large quantity of Grabill sorting units webs and rollers at the Musselman Inwood plant West Virginia offering attractive prices for fast disposal.
Gen Jose Felix Estigarribia, head of Paraguayan forces in the Chaco turmoil, left Miami aboard a Clipper to return to Asuncion amid headlines of a new Bolivia Paraguay war threat. Central Press report.
Dooley Hospital at the medical college of Virginia broadcast an appeal for a donor to help six year old Betty Jane Clark gravely ill with Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The donor must be a recovered case with blood matching Betty. Betty was admitted eight days ago to the Childrens Hospital after home treatment. Similar cases have been reported at University Hospital in Charlottesville this week.
Probable pitchers in the major leagues today include Chandler facing Wilson in New York at Boston and Custer opposing Kelley in Philadelphia at Washington. Mills meets Whitehill in St. Louis at Cleveland, Straton and Lee tackle Kennedy and Poffenberger in Chicago at Detroit. In the National League Boston heads to New York with Turner opposing Gumbert.
Sacred Heart Catholic Church lists Rev. Robert E. Hannon as pastor and Rev. Charles Comaskey as assistant. Sunday masses at 8 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School at 9 a.m. Novena devotions at 7:30 p.m. Also St John’s Front Royal holds 8 a.m. mass with 9 a.m. Sunday School. St John’s Woodstock offers 10:15 a.m. mass and 11 a.m. Sunday School.
Methodists at Ridgeway Charge led by Pastor L. H. Smallwood. Paynes Chapel Sunday School 10 a.m. preaching by Rev. E Gent at 11 a.m. in absence of the pastor. Gerrardstown Sunday School 9:30 a.m. preaching by Rev. E Gent in absence of the pastor at 7:45 p.m.
Rev. S. J. Goode pastors Mt. Union Bible School at 10 a.m. Morning worship 11 a.m. Sandy Ridge Bible School 10 a.m. Evening worship 8 p.m. Communion observed at these services.
Notice announces a Frederick County Virginia Circuit Court hearing on July 26 1938 under Georgia B Leight guardian for wards Mary Catherine Leight David B and Robert Leight to move funds from Virginia to their residence in Jefferson County West Virginia. Deputy Clerk Bess Brannon signs the notice.
Peters Kiwanis Club president and Hopewell merchant vanished June 27 during a Kiwanis convention in San Francisco. He claimed he was drugged and robbed of 183 dollars after entering a courtesy car, later found in Pasadena, with a long odyssey returning to Montana and home by July 1. He traveled with Walter Stebbins and others from Hopewell and was later described as in good condition by his physician.
In New York Chinese children are described as the best behaved among races. Legislators were told that only one juvenile delinquency case occurred in eight years among 3,000 Chinatown children. Chinese leaders attributed this to the emphasis on losing face and reverence for parents.
A promotional notice from the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau advertises a new beauty guide titled Beauty and Charm. It promises simple aids for all ages and invites readers to send ten cents, with payment enclosed in wrapped coin, to receive a copy.
Trustee Cather to sell 38 acre orchard land four miles northwest of Winchester at public auction on Saturday July 23 1938 at 12 noon. Property subject to first mortgage with The Federal Land Bank of Baltimore. payment cash at sale. Auction held at front door of Frederick County Court House Winchester Virginia.
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