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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1934
Page
2
Local notes from Front Royal list residents traveling to Sprucetown New York and Washington and Goshen others visiting relatives. Several moves include Mrs. Jeris Cring staying with family and A B Crigler returning from Fredericksburg while James Moore returns from Arkansas to Newark.
The article explains that legal holidays are set by state law and vary by state. It notes that even the President's Thanksgiving proclamation is effectively limited to the District of Columbia, while states observe many common holidays such as New Year’s Day, Washington’s Birthday, Independence Day, Labor Day, and Christmas.
The sea elephant moves surprisingly fast on level ground for its ungainly size, slowing only briefly. National Geographic likens its movement to an inchworm and notes it can arch the spine and snap the flippers forward in a gallop like pace when in a hurry.
Local listing promotes KEFFER'S STORE offering beer brands Free State Gunther Neuweiler's Cream Ale and Blatz Old Heidelberg. Includes phone 484 and dated 6 14 1.
Frederick County Board of Supervisors met in an all day session with all members present. Reports from C I Brumback C M Rosenberger W H Branner Phil H Gold and agents I Fred Stine and Miss Elizabeth Farrar were approved. Monthly $29 17 payments to the Frederick County Tuberculosis Association were ordered until the $350 Christmas Seal pledge is paid. Refunds totaling $127 41 were authorized to Thwaite Jackson Robinson and Gold for cedar cutting expenses. An agreement with Winchester on the county comfort station operation was adopted noting the county will not pay water costs.
Friends report the death of Roy F. Long former pianist at the Empire Theatre at Greencastle Pa July 6 after five weeks illness from heart disease He had lived in Pittsburgh prior to death Funeral services were held Sunday at 3 PM at the home of his sister Mrs Albert M Stouffer in Greencastle with attendance from James A Johnson and other local residents.
The first highway emergency first aid station in Virginia was dedicated at 11 this morning in Stephens City. Winchester Rotary Club sponsors the station with Red Cross and police participation. Rev. Robert B. Nelson presided, and John L. Teets of the Red Cross spoke.
Albert Harris, jailed in Charles Town West Virginia, crawled halfway through a sanitary drain pipe from his cell and became wedged. Plumbers and mechanics spent five hours cutting the pipe away to free him. Harris had prior escapes including burning his bed and picking locks.
The article notes that only a handful of officers rise to the rank of general in the United States Army with just nine men ever attaining that high status.
E. Rutlege Coffey pro at Winchester Golf Club broke the local course record with a 66 on the 70 par layout. He birdied five holes and held par on all but one, after approaching the mark several times this summer. Coffey relocated from Harrisonburg in April and has become a popular figure at the Winchester club.
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