Galleher Tours Virginia Seeks Attorney General Nomination
Galleher spoke in Staunton and issued a radio address announcing his opposition to A. P. Staples for the August 1 nomination. He backs Roosevelt policies and James H. Price for governor, supports a nine month school term with a 720 dollar minimum salary, and calls for crime crusade measures including a public safety department and stronger coordination among law enforcement. He also urges removal of the state compensation commission from politics and promises decisive action if elected attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Staples
Harri
Galleher
Young Democratic Clubs of Virginia
Staunton
Roosevelt
James H. Price
Virginia Education Association
Supreme Court of Appeals
Virginia
Galleber
State Compensation Commission
Atoney
Tex Ritter Stars At Palace Today And Saturday
Tex Ritter appears at the Palace Theatre today in Trouble In Tex and Saturday in his new film. The program includes the serial Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island with Mala Rex and Buck the wonder dog. Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard return Monday and Tuesday in Romeo and Juliet at popular prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tex Ritter
Palace
Texas
Palace Theatre
Robinson Crusoe
Clipper Island
Mala
Rex
King of the Wild Horses
Buck the Wonder Dog
Norma Shearer
Leslie Howard
Romeo and
Juliet
America
Broadway
Yard Party at Macedonia Church Benefit
A yard party at Macedonia Church is planned for Saturday July 17 to support the Young Peoples' League with activities from 7 to 10 and 16 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macedonia Church
Benefit Young Peoples’ League
Popular Books For Vacations At The Library
A library feature highlights novels suitable for summer readers. Illyrian Spring follows an English woman who flees her family to pursue art. Other titles include The Stone Field, Bushman's Honeymoon, Time Out of Mind, The Outward Room, Of Lena Geyer, Letape, and Truth To Tell, detailing varied journeys from personal reinvention to musical ascent and family reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Bridge
Martha Ostenso
Dorothy Sayers
Miss Sayers
Rachel Field
Maine
Mullen Brand
Short Illness Proves Fatal To Joseph R. Watson
Joseph Richard Watson 31 of Middletown Frederick county died Thursday night at his mother’s home after four days illness from a heart ailment. He was born September 15 1905 in Middletown son of Mrs Ethel Wright Watson and the late Joseph R Watson. A Middletown High School graduate he worked for the State Highway Department then sold explosives and managed his mother’s farm. He belonged to the Episcopal Church and is survived by his mother and one sister Katherine Watson. Funeral was at 1 30 this afternoon from the home with interment in Mount Carmel Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Joseph Richard Watson
Frederick County
Ethel Wright Watson
Joseph R. Watson
Loudoun County
Middletown Higzh School
Here
Episcopal Church
Katherine Watson
Watson
Mount Carmel
Death Summons Mrs. Heater At Advanced Age
Mrs. Cora Henkle Heater widow of Charles W. Heater died Thursday night at her Strasburg home after illness. Funeral 2:30 p.m. from High Street residence. interment Mount Hebron Cemetery Winchester. Born June 13, 1855 in New Market, she was daughter of Dr. Samuel Godfrey Henkle and Susan Keiner Henkle and last of 13 children. She married Charles W. Heater on June 16, 1874.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strasburg
Cora Henkle Heater
Charles W. Heater
Lower
Shenandoah Valley
High Street
Lote Mount Hebron
Winchester
New Market
Business Men Given Advice
Charlottesville July 9. A A Berle Jr urged business men to take an active role in eliminating conditions that lead to war or risk losing functions to Communists and Fascists. Edward Tomlinson contrasted democracy with dictatorship, advocating the democratic and American way. El Salvador’s Hector Castro warned secular education can attack religion and fuel materialism, but Christian education can foster peace and cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
A. A. Berle, Jr
Chamberlain
New York City
University of Viginia Institute of Public Affairs
Berle
Edward Tomlinson
Western Hemisphere
Hector David Castro
el Salvador
United States
Sealed bids sought for U S P O grounds seeding at Strasburg Va
Procurement Division announces sealed bids in duplicate will be opened at 10 A M July 30 1937 for seeding and planting the grounds of the U S P O at Strasburg Virginia Drawing and specifications may be obtained from the custodian or the office in the discretion of the assistant director W E one assistant director
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Buildings Branch
Washington, D. C
Strasburg
W. E
Yard Party At Stephenson For Church Benefit
Yard party at Stephenson on the church lawn Thursday July 29 to raise funds for Ladies' Aid. Community event features light refreshments and social gathering with proceeds aiding church work.
Death notice of a longtime Lutheran church member in Strasburg
The couple lived at Montemavis ta near Middletown. In 1919 they moved to Strasburg where she has lived since. One son, Charles Hallar Heater, of Pittsburgh, survives. She was a faithful member of the Lutheran Church from girl hood and was generous in her support of this and other charitable institutions. She was of a retiring, gentle nature and loyal to her many friends.
Girl Scouts Campfire Circus Delights Council Visitors
Girl Scouts at Camp White Rock near Capon Bridge West Virginia staged a campfire circus for visiting council members led by Mrs. Donald McFadden and Miss Gertrude Richardson. Beatrice Bell served as side show Barker while many scouts performed acts from fortune telling to trained elephants. The council later met at White Rock Lodge and discussed funds troop expansion and leader training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scouts
White Rock
Capon River
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Girl Scouts Council
Donald McFadden
E. B. Cooper
Elsworth Johnson
Joseph Hodgson
W. P. Massey
E. N. Whiting
D. W. Lupton
Harold Brown
Mary Katherine Aulick
Gertrude Richardson
Beatrice Bell
Hildegard Wheeler
Evelyn Preston
Anne Barton
Jeanne Cather
Dottie Cooper
Irene Johnson
Allison Cooper
Ann Oakes
Isabelle deSparre
Virginia Tate
Evelyn Ann Crabill
Janet Lovett
Pavey Lupton
Anne Treadway
Jane Cather
Ann Robinson
Rebecca Kern
Dorothy Cooper
Jack Kern
Jack Boyce
Douglas Cooper
Margaret Cammer
Frances Ranier
Betty Stough
Virginia Mudd
Betty Ann Hawthorne
Miss Richardson
Toreador
June Hawthorne
White Rock Lodge
George Earl Owen
Owen
New York City
Civic League
Women's Civic League
Cooper
Freddie Steele to Meet Charles Williams in D C July 20
Middleweight champion Freddie Steele travels from the coast to Washington D C for a July 20 bout with Charles Hobo Williams promoted by The Variety Club and sponsored by The Washington Post. Steele trains at Griffith Farms Maryland while Williams stays in his gym. Williams has upset history and can challenge the title in this city showdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Freddie Steele
Stanley Ketchell
Charles
Hobo) Williams
Steele
Variety Club
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Washington Post
Barney Ross
Phil Farr
Griffith Farms
Tom O'Donnell
Williams
Hobo
Jacket Frock On Princess Lines For Summer Parties
A Barbara Bell pattern presents a two piece dress with a scalloped neckline and a short peplum jacket. The Princess line design flatters the high waist and offers options in linen, silk crepe, or cotton. Pattern No. 1263 B size 12 to 20 and 40 with busts 30 to 40. Send 15 cents for the Barbara Bell Summer Pattern Book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bell
Rayon Co Takes Case To Court In Court Fight Over Strike
Industrial Rayon Corp. sent 50 workers back to its Covington plant under police protection and filed suit against about 160 individuals for allegedly obstructing reentry. The move aims to resume operations at a plant with 1,250 workers before the March strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rayon Co
Covington
Industrial Rayon Corporation
Charles Dasher
Robert Gaffney
Textile Workers Organizing Committee
Lloyd Mays
The
Synthetic Yarn Federation
Alleghany County
Grover Higgins
Cleveland
Ohio
Gaffney
Dasher
America
Spare That Tree Brings Fight Over Elm Dispute
Kansas City man Lutie Kern trims 33 inches from a 40 inch Elm while court and neighbor Joseph Edmonds block full removal. Property line runs through the trunk and Kern seeks to build a business. Edmonds objects and the court sides with Kern on partial action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Lutie Kern
Joseph Edmonds
Kern-Edmonds
Kern
Edmonds
Suit to Sell Real Estate and Construe Will in Frederick County
In the Circuit Court of Frederick County Virginia on June 17 1937 executor M M Lynch seeks to sell Henry F Haines estate realty in Winchester to fund the will and determine proceeds. Defendants Eva Haines Younger et al are nonresidents and must appear within ten days after publication. Notice ordered by weekly publication for four weeks in Evening Star and posting at courthouse door by June 21 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Virginia
Circuit Court
County of
Frederick
M. M. Lynch
Henry F. Haines
Eva Haines Younger
Winchester
Virginia
Eva H. Younger
Hattie H Dising Hill
Fannie E. Briscoe
George Haines
Eva Louise Farley
Naoma Farley
Evening Star
Bessie Brannon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hable’s Palace
Mrs. Heater
Stephenson
Miles Music CO
South
Loudoun St
Council
Alexandria
Winchester Evening Star
Times Square Station
New York
N. Y
Bell Syndicate, Inc
John Q. Rhodes, Jr
State Capitol
Peery
Rhodes
R. E. Dyche
Commonwealth
Cecil Collins
P. A
Thewanes
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Mr. Homebuilder
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Braddock Street
Tate’s
Loudoun
Electrolux
R. M. Swimley
N. Cameron St
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!