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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1935
Page
2
Waynesboro Nurseries of Waynesboro Virginia received a patent for a new apple sport named Yorking. The Yorking is a color altered, more prolific variant of York Imperial, claimed to have denser foliage. It was exhibited locally and at horticultural meetings last winter and about five thousand trees have been distributed to fruit growers and experimental stations in several eastern states.
Bernie Burns colored was fined $10 and costs for unlawfully allowing a minor to drive his car. A young colored girl drove and crashed injuring three, with hospital treatment. Ellis Turner colored of Stephens City released on costs after wife did not appear to press assault. Lawrence Cox of Stephens City fined $10 and costs for reckless driving while speeding a motorcycle through the village. A month ago three Stephens City youths died in a motorcycle collision.
A group of Virginia apple growers and state commerce counsel H E Ketner prepared to oppose a proposed freight rate cut from 1 25 to 1 on apples from the northwest to the midwest and south. The Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in Washington was set for today as shippers argue the lower rate would harm Virginia producers.
The article notes that Texas received its name in 1727 during early settlement with unclear provincial borders. It explains the origin as Tejah or Texas linked to the Tejas Indian tribe within the Tejas confederacy.
Lexington Virginia garden clubs seek to preserve the North River covered bridge in East Lexington as a historic landmark after a newer bridge is built 100 yards away. State Highway Commissioner Shirley says the old bridge will likely be abandoned and torn down, but could be turned over to the garden clubs if property owners consent, with pedestrian use only advised.
Edward Crisman of Greenspring was sentenced by Judge Philip Williams in Frederick County circuit court to 30 days in jail, a $100 fine and costs, and $1,000 bond for selling illegal liquor. The sentence matches the trial justice court verdict and bars liquor violations for one year.
The United States leads as the world's chief peppermint oil source with over 25,000 acres of mint grown in Michigan Indiana and Washington.
Richmond confirms widows of Confederate veterans married before January 1921 are now eligible for a pension under a changed law. Few applications have been filed, and this should not be confused with maiden daughter pensions which face a long waiting list and restricted new applications.
All licensed pilots and aircraft in Virginia are invited to join a statewide air tour scheduled for late this month. A special committee meeting in Richmond tonight will finalize plans for visiting about 24 airports over three days with around 40 ships. The itinerary will be released later this week as many cities have requested inclusion.
Julian D. Steele and Miss Mar guarite Wingfield have recently been appointed as notary publics. Both have qualified by posting a bond of $500 each.
A Virginia reader writes in June 1935 about breaking a chain letter scheme that promised easy money during the New Deal era. The letter urged sending 28 cents for a purported payout, and the writer links the chain to happier times for a needy family, but laments the chain’s collapse and warns others to avoid such schemes.
Judge Philip Williams opens the June term with a clean criminal docket in Frederick County Circuit Court. No civil cases are set. occasional chamber arguments may occur. July and August are vacation months, and the circuit court will reconvene in October.
Ebenezer Disciples of Christ host an all day service Sunday June 9 starting at 10 with a children’s day program and sermon by the pastor. Dinner in the new assembly room under construction. At 2 pm the annual memorial service led by Rev. B J Goode with visiting ministers including Rev. George Earle Owen of Winchester Church of Christ.
A reflective aphorism compares courage to a star and a sea captain’s compass, suggesting you cannot grasp courage with hands yet steer by it to reach destiny as a guiding force.
A jumble of short clippings notes incidents and curiosities. A birdie mishap at Lake Country Club kills a wild duck. A sewing machine reveals a rattlesnake in Mrs. Seale Springle’s drawer. Dinosaur trades involve Carnegie and Colorado museums. A Alaska instructor arrives before his wife’s birth in Granger. A Spokane plumber builds a portable baptistry for his car. Chicago hosts a shoe company led hunt for a Cinderella at a manufacturers’ style show.
An advertisement highlights the Plymouth car with a safety steel body hydraulic brakes and a floating ride. It touts weight distribution softer springs a sway eliminator and reduced gas and oil use. The copy invites buyers to test drive through Chrysler Motors Commercial Credit Plan.
If the twins miss a Sunday at Trinity Episcopal Church in suburban Arlen Illinois attendance will fall. The Sunday School enrolls 100 with ten percent twins, five sets. Ages range from 16 years to six months.
Pimlico Futurity a $25,000-added race for two year olds will return at Pimlico on November 2 after a two year lapse. Since 1921 it has rarely paid less than $41,000 to the winner and this year’s edition will be run over a mile and a sixteenth as the feature of Pimlico’s fall meeting.
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