Winchester classifieds rate card and policy notice
The Winchester Evening Star lists classified rates at 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum, memorials and cards of thanks at 10 cents per line, and display ads due by 9 PM the prior day. Transient rate is 45 cents per inch with contracts on application. National reps include Tenney Woodward in major cities.
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Tenney- Woodward and Company, Inc
New York
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Advance rates listed for subscriptions dated 1939
The notice lists prepaid subscription prices for readers in advance with terms of one year four dollars fifty six cents six months two dollars twenty six cents three months one dollar two tenths cent per month forty cents weekly six dollars outlined for July 27 1939.
Be Charitable Proverb Quotation
A short biblical verse attributed to Proverbs 17 17: A friend loves at all times and a brother is born for adversity, cited as a moral maxim about loyalty and kinship.
Moral Rearmament In Hollywood Bowl draws 25000 supporters
At a Hollywood Bowl gathering 25000 attendees backed a plan for moral rearmament to secure perpetual world peace. Delegates from 25 countries attended, with letters from figures including the U S president Henry Ford and former President Hoover. The movement aims for permanent peace, global sharing of wealth and a new culture signaling a golden age.
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United States
Henry Ford
Hoover
The Power of Friendship in Achieving Success
A reflective piece argues that success is not a solitary achievement. It emphasizes friendship as a hidden factor, noting great men rely on others' support, loyalty, and encouragement to progress. Everyone needs fellow workers, and success honors those bonds.
Boom Time for Education Amid Slump Says Institute
In Chicago the Institute for Administrative Officers of Higher Education reports a 22 percent rise in American college and university attendance over the past decade. Unemployment, scholarships, federal aid, and youth’s aim for practical training fuel demand, with engineering and technology programs leading the surge.
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Institute For Administrative Officers of Higher Education
Chicago
Raymond Walters
Critics Back Elliott as ABC Suspends Suffolk Manager
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board suspended M. T. Elliott, a Suffolk liquor store manager, for insubordination after criticizing pay methods tied to sales. Gov. orders a budget study to review compensation, and officials pledge a full hearing with possible restoration of duty after review.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
General Assembly
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Virginia
M. T. Elliott
Suffolk
Elliott
ABC
Rowland Egger
Egger
Decline of the Male Quartet Observed in Tulsa
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes only 16 towns in seven states sent male quartets to Tulsa Oklahoma for the world championship in masculine foursome harmonizing. The piece humorously laments the decline of male singing groups and wonders what happened to quartets and barbershop harmony nationwide.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
America
Tulsa
Okla
Seven quiz questions from The Daily Quiz page two
A batch of seven questions tests knowledge of world capitals races of mankind colonial discoveries prayer terms Scottish lakes tea etiquette Pitcairn Island fame English observatories word pronunciation statehood and orbital paths. The item asks readers to turn to page two for answers and presents general trivia for a mid-century paper quiz page.
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Belgian Congo
South Sea Islands
Pitcairn Island
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Today’s Common Error In avoiding awkward phrases
The guide points out how to correct phrasing for clarity by choosing simpler terms and avoiding bulky expressions. It suggests replacing turgid constructions like back of his ingenuity with concise equivalents such as behind or at the back of for smoother writing.
Berryville Legion Plans Community Building Site Purchase
Berryville American Legion post announces plans to buy a site for a community building and armory. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Headley host a birthday party for their daughter Jean who turns six.
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Berryville American Legion Post
Raymond Headley
Jean
Winchester Woolen Mill appoints Hunt again as manager
Fred 5 Hunt is reappointed manager of Winchester Woolen Mill as directors are also reelected at a board meeting. Jimmy Gheen entertains Rotary Club members, their wives and friends at a hotel event featuring a famous New York humorist.
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Fred
Hunt
Winchester Woolen Mill
Jimmy Gheen
Rotary Club
New York
Virginia Apple Storage bonds advertise six and a half percent
A Virginia issuer promotes first mortgage bonds at 6 12 percent interest. In Berryville a six year old girl, Little Mary Virginia Lancaster, is struck and killed by a automobile. Eagle Scout Charles Anderson represents Shenandoah Area Council at the International Jamboree in England.
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Virginia Apple Storage, Inc
Little Mary
Virginia Lancaster
Berryville
Charles Anderson
Shenandoah
Stephenson Yard Party Clashes End With Injuries
Michell Cornwell is badly cut and hospitalized after a confrontation at Stephenson Yard Party with Ashley Pugh. A battle between Austrian and Servian troops is reported as a major European war threat. Dr. Robert Powell Page, longtime Berryville resident and Confederate veteran, dies before church services.
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Michell Cornwell
Stephenson Yard
Ashley Pugh
Europe
Robert Powell Page
Berryville
Local Notables and Events Highlight Kernstown Era
R M Henry crafts a jewel box from timber sourced on Kernstown and Winchester battlefields. aac Martin suffers injuries after a fall from a hawman on his farm near Nain. Josiah L Baker a leading county figure and descendant of the area’s Lutheran founders dies.
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R. M. Henry
Kernstown
Winchester
Martin
Nain
Josiah L. Baker
Flight Lover and Summer Romance at a Moonlit Pool
Judith Drake recalls a childhood romance with Jack Courtney who earns sudden fame by flying the Pacific. In a summer night scene Sarah Anne urges a swimming party as Jack and she share a tender kiss and bright plans for tomorrow while the veranda hums with friends and family.
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Judith Drake
Luxury
Jack Courtney
Jack
Sarah Anne
Pacific
Corrinne
Judith
Sally Anne
Bob Kennedy
Judy
Jeer Youngs By Helen Welshimer
In Perryville Indiana a social pool party scene unfolds with Judith, Sarah Anne, and Jack. The trio discuss aviation dreams, romance, and dinner plans while flirting and navigating social tensions, as Sarah Anne contemplates Jack and an unknown aviator. Bing Wells presses, testing loyalties and withholding sentiment.
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Jack
Dorcas
Sarah Anne
Judith
Perryville
Indiana
Bob Kennedy
New York
Sarah Jane
Caution
Bing Wells
Open letter disputes Boyce road relocation plan
E Blackburn Moore explains he did not confer with Mr Cather about Route 50 relocation until after Senate passage. He says he urged hearings for Boyce residents, but the House Roads Committee killed the amendment and defeated the bill on the session’s final day.
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T. Russell Cather
Boyce Road
The
STAR
Weaver
E. B. Moore
House of Delegates
Clarke
Boyce
House
Moore
Senate
House Roads Committee
Cather
E. Blackburn Moore
Crampton Replies To Senator Cather On School Program
Benjamin Crampton of Berryville Virginia writes to Senator T Russell Cather defending his July 25 letter criticizing the Three Point School Program. He disputes Cather’s figures for annual costs and taxes and cites a state superintendent’s breakdown while urging tax relief and pay-as-you-go sanity.
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T. Russell Cather
Winchester
Mr. Cather
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Moss A. Plunkett
School Trustees Association of Virginia
General Assembly
Virginia
Washington
Benjamin Crampton
Berryville
Open Letter Contends Cather Misled On Route 50 Move
Winchester council accuses State Senator T Russell Cather of delaying a reply to the Route 50 relocation controversy. The letter charges he promised to keep the highway in Boyce, blocked notice of the bill, and acted under pressure from Gilpin and Weaver, urging Governor Price to veto a competing measure.
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Winchester Evening Star
Highway Commission
J. R. Strode
Senate
Gilpin
Boyce
Governor Price
Price
Boyce Road
Shirley
W. R. Heine
Kibler C. Vandevanter
Insect Behind African Sleeping Sickness Spread
The tsetse fly transmits animal parasites causing African sleeping sickness. Several disease varieties arise from different parasites, but all fall under the same genus of trypanosomes. The text notes Puerto Rico rum shipments to the United States totaled 242000 gallons in the first five months of 1939.
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United States
Puerto Rico
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Helen Welshimer
Star's Open Forum
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Front Royal
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