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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1936
Page
11
Local items report Thurston and Mrs Clevenger returning from their wedding trip and living in Winchester. Obituary notes Irvin Zinn of Stephenson died. Dennis Gardner receives hospital care for an infected arm. Miss Josephine Strother stays with Pittsburgh parents for summer. H B McCormac remodels old Woodbine School for tenant housing. Farmers harvest early apples and haul in wheat and hay.
Bracetown Virginia notes record Miss Lillian Carter visiting Mrs. J R Smith and dinners hosted by Mrs. J D Russell and Mrs. John Locke. Visitors include Edgar Fisher of Martinsburg WV and Kathleen Catlett with brother Charles Catlett. Rest and Stephens City stops, plus several Swimley and Campbell family mentions.
A compact guide presents quick hot breads for breakfast to please every family. It lists spiced coffee cake, peanut butter shortbread, berry flake muffins, prune muffins, and apple butter muffins with detailed ratios, mixing steps, and oven temperatures.
J Swimley and Mrs Roy Campbell returned from a weeklong trip to Massanetta Springs where Mrs Swimley and Campbell acted as chaperones for the young people.
Miss Anna Jane Cooper returns home after an extended visit with relatives in Washington D C and other points. Miss Jamesetta Glynn of Cumberland Md spends vacation with her parents. Alice Funk Yeakle Landon Chilcott and Allen Coverstone of Stephens City guests of Glynn. Rev C E Seastrunk dined with Mr Smoke. The Long and Glynn families visit Cooper family Monday night.
Earl Heckethorn finally reached the State Prison after five days to begin an 18 months to three years sentence for calf theft. He vowed not to surrender to the Coconino county sheriff, while prison officials waited for his commitment papers to arrive.
Miss Charlotte Stickley returns home from Washington D C with Mr and Mrs Ed Rogers. Guests include Mr and Mrs Sam Stickley of Strasburg and the Dempseys of Fort Belvoir. Local visits span Winchester Atlantic City Washington and Massanetta Springs with Lu theran work and community notes. Richmond Times Dispatch reports oil prospect from a Louisiana wealth sharing enthusiast.
The Hughes farm in Virginia is electrified except for the hired man. Secretary Ickes unveils an exhibit showing a fully wired agricultural setup with electrically driven milking, egg laying aids, and a house full of electric appliances. The system will be on display for months with a plan to sell equipment later at reduced prices.
Honolulu reports that the punk business has collapsed with stock considered worthless as Federal Administrator Frank H. Lacey is asked to intervene. Dealers blame FERA for ruin, saying it killed progress by exterminating the mosquitoes. Civil War Belle Adeline Eby of Dauphin County turns 100 in Harrisburg on July 23.
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