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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1936
Page
7
Front Royal residents share travel notes and family events as Randolph-Macon Academy prepares for commencement. Local graduates, guests from Washington and Baltimore attend ceremonies while relatives visit, celebrate births, and attend related activities.
plan details for Warren County High School and Randolph-Macon Academy seniors include a dance tomorrow night at Burke's restaurant. new floor praised and a $5 prize for best name announced. music by Royal Troubadours directed by Jimmy Doman with designated chaperones listed.
Front Royal reports a temporary concrete bridge over the Shenandoah east of Strasburg on the John Marshall highway opened yesterday afternoon at about 5. The old bridge was washed away in late March. a new concrete crossing over the Southern railroad track east of Strasburg will be completed soon.
The funeral of William A. Wilkerson, tied to the Remount Depot for 22 years, was held yesterday in Front Royal. A large out of town turnout attended with many floral tributes, marking one of the largest services in recent memory.
Washington June 3 Representative Cartwright co author of the Hayden Cartwright bill pro vides for federal funds to states for regular federal aid highways farm to market roads and grade elimination allots Virginia 2 278 475 in federal aid funds 460 000 for farm to market roads and 940 000 for grade crossing elimination.
John D. Rockefeller Sr., 96, left Florida after nearly eight months and rode north by rail today bound for his Lakewood New Jersey estate. He departed with his special car attached to a regular northbound train and was expected to reach Lakewood late today.
In Jerusalem on June 3 the government announced two emergency regulations to end the Arab general strike and curb racial disturbances. District commissioners may order stores and businesses to reopen and violations face heavy penalties. Military forces are authorized to stop importation and manufacture of all explosives.
Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur star in Columbia Pictures Mr Deeds Goes to Town at Hable’s Palace for the last showings today. Frank Capra directs a comedy praised as a pinnacle of humor and suspense with George Bancroft and Douglas Dumbrille in the cast. Fox News reel supplements the feature. Devil’s Squadron set for Thursday and Friday with Richard Dix Lloyd Nolan and Karen Morley in a sky thriller.
Frederick William Martin aged 58 died at his home near Middletown Warren county after a long illness. He was a Clarke county farmer for years and for the last decade lived across the line on a Middletown farm. Survived by widow Alberta and siblings H J Martin Col I S Martin Mrs C E Royston Mrs Mary Singer. Funeral Thursday at Grace Methodist with Rev W A Clark. Interment Green Hill Cemetery Berryville.
In Richmond Virginia on June 3 banks and state offices closed to honor the 128th birthday of Jefferson Davis. U D C chapters held a memorial service at the Jefferson Davis monument while the Confederate Museum stayed open from 9 to 5 with no entry fee.
Singapore-lilmenite, a source for smoke screens used in naval and aerial warfare, is boosting income for native miners in Malaya amid the unsettled international scene.
Hartman outlines Winchester Park Association drive for a civic center at Rouss Park and a wider program with tennis and softball courts. A $500 contingency fund appropriation funds park facilities and tree planting. A council motion directs cooperation between the Public and Local Improvement Committee and park bodies. Opponents contest a Berryville avenue filling station plan, with legal questions to be decided in court.
Small pattern series shows seven cat motifs washing ironing cooking sewing for tea towels. Includes running stitch transfer 5 x 7 4 inches per motif and color ideas material list. Send 15 cents to Winchester Evening Star Household Arts Dept New York for pattern 5634.
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