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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1936
Page
7
June notices from Front Royal Virginia include the Retail Merchants Association meeting at Fair Lawn at 7 pm and an 8 pm All-Star baseball meeting. Local residents and visitors from Reading Pa Washington DC Luray and Atlantic City are listed with weekend visits moved offices and family gatherings.
Frank Forsyth escorted Mayor B J Hillidge and J Hitch Downing to Culpeper to catch a train for Lynchburg where they will testify in a federal court case today. They plan to return to Front Royal tomorrow with A O Haley also listed as a witness.
William A Wilkerson a longtime Remount Depot foreman died at 58 after a heart attack at his home near the Remount depot. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 30 from his residence with Rev H W Shannon and Rev Emory Traingham presiding. Burial at Prospect Hill Cemetery. Also notes the deaths of Mrs Francis Lee and William P Beeching with brief funeral details and survivors.
Uncle Sam applies the official seal to war veterans bonus bonds. Jack MacInnes is shown operating the impression seal machine in the Washington printing office. Bonds will be mailed in registered letters on the night of June 15 to each addressee only.
Dr Logan Clendening presents a reducing diet with two types emergency and maintenance. Readers report weight losses up to 21 pounds in three weeks and the plan outlines a low calorie high protein daily menu with specific foods and substitutes.
Hollywood screen star Jack Holt and his son Tim Holt spent days in Front Royal and Markham with Holt family members including Mrs. Fannie Holt and Mrs. Giles Bolen. The party, joined by Gen. and Mrs. Browne sure, planned a return to California as Tim and Frances Bolen prepare to graduate locally.
Warner Bros presents Petticoat Fever a Met ro-Goldwyn-Mayer romantic comedy at Capitol Theatre for a three day run. The film follows a lonely wireless operator in an icebound Labrador station who imprisons a stranded flyer and her escort, then falls for the woman as comic complications arise including a former fiancée seeking marriage.
Banks close Wednesday June 3 1936 in observance of Jefferson's Birthday. Maturing deposits dated that day may be paid Thursday June 4 1936. Bank officers named include J H Yost cashier Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co John I Sloat cashier Commercial and Savings Bank Geo B Bushnell cashier Union Bank of Winchester and Harold G Brown cashier Shenandoah Valley News Bank.
Charles H Light a Frederick county native died at 4 30 p m last night at his son Wade H Light s home near Round Hill Loudoun county He was nearly 85 and had long worked in farming and lumbering He lived in the city for years and also worked in Hampshire County W Va The body was taken to Parlett funeral home for preparation Relatives will meet there at 10 a m Wednesday and proceed to Wesley Chapel Hampshire County for services conducted by Rev Dr Hubert Sydenstricker Interment will be in the church cemetery adjoining the chapel
Dorothy Lee’s portable music device attaches to her wire haired fox terrier in the Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey comedy feature. The leading lady enjoys music wherever she goes unless the dog wanders.
The article advises pairing peonies with lilies in any bed to share soil and shade. Peonies’ foliage cools lilies, enabling successive blooms. A garden graph suggests two lily types to produce continuous July to fall flowering in the same space.
Crochet pattern 5599 offers lacy mesh gloves with finger ease and a short cuff. Instructions cover small to large sizes with illustrations and stitch details. Send 15 cents to Winchester Evening Star Household Arts Dept. at 259 W 14th St New York for the pattern.
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