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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1939
Page
9
From Boyce Virginia on July 18 Nor folk and Western Railway uses oil tank cars for fresh blackberries bound for New York City fruit packing houses. berries shipped from Galax and southwestern Virginia. Cars scrubbed and filled to top with berries then sealed and sent, preserving quality beyond expectations.
Martha Lipton a New York native and Juilliard scholarship winner joins the Music Festival at Massanetta Springs on Friday July 21. Her early training came from a concert-singer mother and she has drawn praise from authorities for her vocal gifts.
Training of youths in Virginia folk dances and games begins at Konnarock led by Richard Chase. The program runs across Southwestern Virginia with White Top Folk Festival backing. Demonstrations occur August 11 and 12 at White Top Mountain to preserve old songs dances and customs from Virginia’s early settlers.
Dr. J. D. Eggleston will describe 25 years of the state extension division at the Institute of Rural Affairs session at Virginia Tech tonight. Burruss will present citations to 14 extension workers for their quarter century service with the extension division.
Ezra B. Whitman, chairman of the State Roads Commission, said Maryland must spend 13 million dollars on partially finished road projects before it can begin any new large scale construction.
The twelfth consecutive Music Appreciation Hour begins October 13 led by Dr. Walter Damrosch. The 2 o clock Friday program on WJZ NBC features Damrosch and guests. Bing Crosby guests on his own program via WEAF NBC with Bob Burns in charge during Crosby’s vacation. Renewed for 52 weeks from July 27. Tonight’s schedules list WEAF NBC and WABC CBS lineups with Johnny Presents, Battle of Sexes, Alec Templeton, District Attorney, and more.
Pi Waldo Clemmons a 26 year old black man burned to death as fire damaged the city jail in Bonner Springs Kansas. Night Harshal L. V. Lingo said Clemmons had been jailed only an hour before on his mother's complaint he was drunk and disturbing the peace.
Washington July 18 Police believed a body found in the Potomac might be James Leonhardt after Mrs James Leonhardt identified it as her husband. A day later Leonhardt appeared alive claiming the man in the river was not him. Sheriff Robert V Cooksey of Charles County Md said the body appeared murdered by blows to the head and resembled Leonhardt.
Nashua Montana July 18 A grasshopper fed on poison bran a fish ate the grasshopper and Claud Heath ate the fish and grew ill Heath suspects the fish ate a poisoned hopper just as he did last year when he ate contaminated vegetables
Northern Virginia Odd Fellows' Association will convene July 28 in Alexandria with Potomac Lodge No. 38 hosting at Odd Fellows Hall on North Columbus Street. More than 200 members from area lodges are due. guests include Thomas B. Morton state labor commissioner and L. G. Heflin Virginia Grand Master. W. C. Cunningham named general arrangements chairman. Liberty Rebekah Lodge No. 16 assists with the event.
Cadmus Kansas hosts the Patrons' Cooperative Mercantile Association origins tracing to 1873. For 66 years the store has served patrons with a dividend system, broad supplies, and a growing petroleum department. Fire setbacks did not deter rebuilding stronger facilities.
Paris reports German steamers carrying Jewish refugees found temporary refuge at Bierut Lebanon after a pestilential disease outbreak among passengers. The illness arose amid personal crises as refugees wandered for weeks seeking a safe haven.
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