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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1932
Page
3
A brief notice recalls James Walker a known Confederate officer associated with Ore county. The fragment notes a connection to Sean Thy and mentions the name M Walker in the era context.
A dense schedule lists Handley High School events and community meetings across venues including the George Washington Hotel, Handley auditorium, church halls, and hotels. Highlights include senior class activities, annual class day exercises, graduation, alumni events, Kiwanis and Rotary meetings, church choirs, and dances at Hotel Drusilla and Rouss Hall.
Invitations issued for the fourth national Baylor and allied families reunion to be held in Williamsburg July 2 4. The biennial gathering expects many descendants tracing to 1654 founder John Baylor with events at Bruton Parish Church Newmarket plantation Old Debtors prison and Williamsburg Inn as headquarters.
The article surveys medieval illumination and modern Handley club activities. It lists officers for the Handley Military Chapter, wedding details for the Homars, and preparations for Handley High School Alumni luncheon and dance with plans, tickets, transportation, and chaperones.
The Gore home demonstration group held its June meeting in the Union Sunday School room with 27 members. 4-H Club girls presented a style show and prizes were awarded for best cotton dress. Members will participate in a Winchester show June 16 and several entered a Ball Brothers canning contest. The next gathering is July 6 at 2:30 p.m. for canning.
The Training School will host a Leadership Training School at Shenandoah College Dayton Va June 13 to 17. Senior delegates include Mildred Anderson Harry Fox Granville Cather and Miller McDonald. Intermediate delegates Ruth Anderson and Maxine Ludwig. Regular courses run daily with first classes starting Monday at 7 pm.
War veterans pour into cities and along Maryland routes to demand immediate cash bonus payments. Police guard encampments as thousands seek shelter, while leaders bar a Communist parade in front of the Capitol and veteran groups press toward Washington from Elkton to Hagerstown.
The Silver Cross Circle of 3, organized in 1921, remains active with Mrs. E. Reid of Boyce and Mrs. B. W. Petr of Boyce as secretary. The group funds and conducts aid to the sick, shut-ins, hospital patients, and the needy, including braces for a child, weekly fruit deliveries, rent support, and school supplies. They raise money through dues, lunches, and events, and contribute to multiple charities.
The Fairmont Times reports Venus, the brilliant evening star, appears high in the western sky with no rope or tether. Miss Medora Mason of State College had speculated a suspended rope, but staff confirmed the planet alone lights the May nights and dazzles observers.
Messrs. Charles M. Dingler and James Bowers of Washington spent the day in the city on business.
A Wichita Eagle note questions economic thinking arguing that dollars should be spent faster to increase value rather than earning more to stretch distance. The idea highlights urgency in spending to boost real purchasing power.
A compilation notes past anniversaries and civic items in Winchester including a church degree honor for Rev. Vincent Franks, a memorial at Mill City Church, water use drop in May, and over $900 raised for Virginia Children’s Home Society relief. Engagement announced for Meredith Todd and E G Stuart Jr. Also reports sidewalk widening approved, Lions Club president, Rotary–Kiwanis game, and other regional notes.
Stocks lost ground on the New York Stock Exchange as market demand eased. Losses averaged about three points with some issues posting fractional declines while the British pound slipped to about 3.68 dollars. Closing quotes featured Allied Chem 50 American Can 37 American Tel 89 American Tobacco 48 Anaconda Copper 45 Bethlehem Steel 914 Chrysler 6 General Electric 1049 General Motors 93 Kennecott 54 Lorillard 10 Montgomery Ward 5 National City ert 29 N Y N W R R 70 Packard 2 Standard Brands 10 Standard Oil Je 23 National Steel 27 Woolworth 25.
Handley school held a Junior-Senior Prom with dancing to Soddy Haines and His Virginians in the gym. A grand promenade and favors followed by refreshments. Edith Cornwell and John Parsons are sponsors. Charlotte Campbell is senior president, Kenneth Robinson junior president. Kathryn Crowell from New York visiting relatives. Miss Crowell recently arrived from Annapolis after at St. Petersburg Junior College attendance.
Market figures show Wheat July at 51 percent and December 5614, Corn July 28 percent and December 3214, Oats July 20 percent, Rye July 31 percent with September readings. A provocative line defines radicalism as a desire to get even due to loss.
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