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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1936
Page
2
Weeklong labor turmoil focused on steel industry strategy with Lewis and Green factions clashing over federation structure. President Roosevelt lobbied as both sides pressed plans touching 1.25 million members and a drive to unite steel workers across craft unions.
Bernard Newman, RKO Radio stylist, says any silhouette or color can be stylish this summer. He advises choosing flattering looks for each woman and notes that versatility in silhouettes, heels, hats, and ensembles is key while emphasizing smart, picturesque dressing.
Community notes from Hogue Creek Virginia record visits and gatherings among residents. Mary Chapin and Frances Larrick host and visit friends. Newport News guests include Lester Good and family. Saint Frances Dunn visits Winchester. weddings occur with Miss Nannie Orndorff and Mr Frank Wymer tying the knot. Birth announced for a son to Denver Newlin and spouse.
Albin Va July 11 report details dinner guests including Earl Edwards and R T Files plus families from Hedgesville and Jones Springs. Vacation Church School success noted with ice cream treat. closing program at Bethel Lutheran Friday. Other posts mention visits from Rev Seastrunk and Columbia relatives and a Fourth outing at Brown's cabin.
The group including Hilda Orndorff Mildred Snyder Sue Whitacre Dorothy Greenwalt Luther Patton and Marshall Patton attended a conference at Massanetta last week. They returned Sunday night reporting a very profitable week. Mrs. Guy Smith suffers from a painful skin infection.
Opequon Lake Virginia reports visits by Mr and Mrs Charles Holden and son Raymond of Hagerstown Md to the Santmier home. Harry Kerns visited DeHaven couple. H O Kerns bought a Model A while his Model T was wrecked by a wind storm. Ruth M Kerns stayed at her Siler old home. Eugene Santmier attended a birthday at Opequon Lake Park. G H Ritenour from Stephens City called on friends. Rural carrier Grove bought a new V eight Ford.
Opequon Virginia July 10 reports Miss Rhoda Keckley of Winchester weekend visit with Mr and Mrs Ollie Taylor. Miss Fay Marker visited her aunt Mrs J W Richard last Friday. Little Miss Margaret Cornwell of Middletown visited Miss Charlotte Hausensinck last Sunday. Community notes care about Mrs Henry Womeldorph illness and Mrs Milton Hausenfluck sickness. Ella Glaize visited Ollie Taylor last Saturday. A large gathering at the community event is noted.
The funeral of the late Mr. J. R. Snapp was held last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Dunn visited their daughter in law and son at Kernstown on Saturday. Mr. Ralph Marker and Mr. Ernest Funkhouser were in Baltimore for a few days. Mrs. Stella Henry visited her brother Mr. J. D. Marker. The Bible School opened at St. Pauls Church Monday with good attendance. Farmers plow corn. most have hauled wheat and some have threshed.
Green Spring Virginia residents report moves and visits as Ernest and Mary Milburn relocate to Apple Pie Ridge area while neighbors and friends travel to Hillcrest City Baltimore and Martinsburg for weekend and weekday social visits. Florence Harshman and her niece Jane Harshman from Ohio spend time with relatives here.
Messrs. Elmo Neff and Frank Rocker spent the July Fourth weekend in Maryland visiting relatives. Mrs. Robert Shiley and son Aubrey visited Mrs. Jessie Perry. Mrs. R. E. Albin and daughter Eloise called on Mrs. Lucie Painter. Fairview Ladies' Aid met with eleven members. officers re-elected. Various visits, dinners, and a picnic at Chestnut Grove marked the week including Thornton Ferrebee and a group from Washington, Baltimore trips.
Chicago reports corn prices leaping to season highs as heat and drought boost demand. September corn neared 82 7 8 cents with nearby futures at 85 5 8. Cash buyers paid $1 a bushel for top white corn, a first since January 1935, while wheat and oats also advanced. Government estimates pegged production at about 2.245 billion bushels, slightly below 1935.
The Evening Star offers a brochure prepared by the American Automobile Association for Washington Star Bureau readers. It explains proper cleaning, lubricating, and driving to extend vehicle life and safety and invites owners to send ten cents to obtain a copy.
Real estate transfers recorded by Clark M. Smith list multiple property moves. Laura V. Ashley to Theodore H. Legg for Highland avenue property at 550 dollars. Farmers Bank to Evelyn S. Jobe and Gladys F. Jobe for a 9 1/2 acre tract. S J McClung to James H. Jones for Shawnee Heights lot and dwelling. Glaize to Hart for two Orch ard avenue lots. Fawcett estate to Bernice Fawcett for two Franklin avenue lots at 80 dollars each. Copenhaver to Erickson Byrd for Fremont street lot and to George McCormick for 103-107 South Loudoun street brick dwelling at 12,500 dollars. Rogers to John Lamp for 906 South Braddock street dwelling at 10 dollars.
Private bids will be received for cash sale of a Winchester lot on the east side of Elm Street fronting fifty feet and 190 feet deep to an alley. The property was conveyed to W. Lee Fisher by Fannie O. Fisher et al by deed dated July 1, 1931 and of record in the Clerk of the Circuit Court deed book 1 at page 254. B. P. Harrison, Trustee in Bankruptcy.
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