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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1935
Page
2
A narrative blends myth and history recounting springs of healing fame and the colonial rise of Virginia. It weaves a legend of renewing waters with figures like Captain Smith, Spottswood, and Washington, tracing Bath town origins and the Shenandoah valley journey to health and civilization. The piece ends urging readers to drink and bathe where waters bubble.
The statement casts education in ancient Sparta as lifelong conditioning that molds individuals into obedient cogs, drawing a controversial parallel to totalitarian movements. It frames disciplined training as the core aim of Spartan society rather than broad learning or civic development.
A Winchester Lions Club reading promotes a Youth Moral Code to be framed in every school room. The code urges bravery hope wisdom industry honesty healthfulness usefulness truth reverence humility and responsibility as guiding virtues for young citizens.
Richmond July 15 Virginia may keep the present tax system as the General Assembly considers a social security plan. Ashton Dovell, unopposed candidate for speaker, argued a sales tax may not be needed to fund a state old age pension and noted possible credits from old state and Confederate pensions. He also predicted shifts of highway funds into the general fund could spark the January session debate. State officials estimate about 2 1/2 million dollars may be required to meet federal old age pension allotments.
The Federal Reserve Bank reports district department store sales in June up 6 percent from last year, despite June having an extra business day. US stores averaged a 4 percent rise. Eight Washington stores led district gains with a 10.9 percent jump, while Winston-Salem, North Carolina, posted a 13.6 percent rise for the first half of the year.
Better Housing Pictures produced by Pathe News for the Federal Housing Administration will be shown at the Palace Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday. The two reels, each 600 feet, aim to depict local and national Better Housing efforts in a news reel format. Theatre managers nationwide were contacted, and about six thousand managers agreed to show the subjects. Motion picture experts previewing the flashes praise their entertainment value.
Earthen Confederate defenses remain intact in the Grant Park section of Atlanta, Georgia, preserving wartime earthworks from the Civil War era.
Approximately 100 artists from Virginia and the United States gather in Harrisonburg for the Eighth Annual School of Sacred Music at Netta Springs. The event features an open air chorus of over 1,000 voices, directed by Dr. John Finley Williamson with assistance from Mrs. Rhea B. Williamson and Mrs. LoRean Hodapp.
A mixed set of brief items: a man in Grafton files for divorce after 24 years of separation. Augusta warns of a red spider threatening cotton crops. a 98 year old San Francisco woman learns to swim at a club. Yakima fisherman hooks a baby beaver in the Naches river.
A man named Daniel Arch Mc Callumn, a black roadside station owner, is approached by a stranger with a glossy car. They travel together and crash through a bridge railing into a river, leaving the car as a somber monument to romance.
An agile woman cut across a viaduct and jumped to a levee, injuring a motorcycle policeman when his unit collided with a car. The incident prompted a motorist to report a death by suicide, contributing to an hour long traffic jam.
Two robbers took 300 dollars from a paint store after locking the proprietor and two clerks. The thieves wore white overalls and painters caps, appearing to blend in as workers.
In Joliet Illinois George Knapp 21 wrestled a normally docile bull that charged him He was bowled over but fought back with a hoe then seized the bull by the ears and pinned it to the ground until assistance arrived This vivid feat of nerve ends with Knapp surviving the incident uninjured except for his shaken condition.
Choral committees from St. Paul Episcopal Richmond Buena Vista and Strasburg with Mrs. Strickler Mrs. Boles and Miss Mary Lou Bell will attend. W P Twadell of Durham leads 35 junior voices. Rev Felix Robinson of Mountain Lake Park WV directs Mountain Lake Park Festival and Keyser choir entering the contest.
A local dealer advertises a handful of good used autos accepted recently with no reconditioning. Cars are sold as received and buyers are urged to act quickly before stock moves.
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