National Bachelor Maiden Day Proposed by Miss Calling
Washington dispatch reports Miss Cecile Calling of Chelsea Massachusetts seeking a congressional bill to declare a national bachelor maiden day on June 27. She envisions honoring all unmarried Americans of marrying age and suggests gifts like flowers cards and tokens to celebrate bachelors and maidens.
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Washington
Cecile Calling
Chelsea
Mass
Capitol Hill
Ettine
Congress
Police Chief Wiley Driskiskell marks 25 years on force
Police chief Wiley W. Driskell retires after 25 years on the force. He notes he has always carried a gun, never used it, kept in its holster, and warns wrongdoers that it remains ready in emergencies.
McAboy Wins Second in State Essay Contest
Jack E. McAboy of the Stephens City F F A chapter won second prize in a state wide essay contest on How the Major Crops Grown on My Farm are Fertilized. Instructors note his leadership and scholastic record. Prizes ranged from 15 to 5 dollars with a top cash award.
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Jack E. McAboy
Stephens City
R. A. Wall
Frederick County
Jack McAboy
Paul Hanna
Robert Russell
Kenneth Campbell
Ross Lillard
Kansas City
Hears Testimony In Torch Death In Chambersburg
In Chambersburg Pennsylvania Judge Watson R Davison heard testimony in the torch slaying case of Ralph Hawk 20 charged with setting a fire while Hazel Gelwix and her daughter Helen 15 slept on New Year’s night The hearing sought to determine guilt Hawk also faced claims from Catherine 20 that they planned marriage and she was an expectant mother she said Hawk struck her with a flashlight during the incident
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Chambersburg
Watson R. Davison
Ralph Hawk
Hazel Gelwix
Helen
Hawk
Catherine
Wife Sold for Twenty Dollars Sparks Sheriff Hunt
Nevada City California June 8 deputies hunted Ray Delama after his wife 39 claimed she was sold for 20 dollars to a woodcutter. The captor allegedly dragged her by the hair and broke her ribs. Deputy William Eubaugh identified the woodman as 29 year old William Eubaugh of Willow Valley and said he admitted paying Delama the twenty dollars.
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Nevada City
Calif
Ray Delama
C. J. Tobiasson
William
Woods
William Eubaugh
Willow Valley
Eubaugh
Delama
Barbara Bell Pattern 1321 B Travel Dress with Cape
The Evening Star presents Barbara Bell Pattern 1321 B a travel dress with cape for summer. Includes step by step sew chart and sizing 12 through 20 with bust measurements 32 to 38. Pattern requires yards of 39 inch material and contrasting trim for size 14.
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Barbara Bell
Veteran Scout Praises Horton For Good Work
Harvey E Sheppard of Covington Va writes to praise Scout Executive Frank R Horton Winchester Va for his leadership. He recalls serving as a counselor in the Shenandoah Area Council and credits Horton with reviving Scouting in Front Royal and shaping his own life in the movement. He requests his ten year veteran records be sent to J W Fix of the Stonewall Jackson Council Staunton Va.
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Harvey E. Sheppard
Front Royal Va
Covington
Boy Scout Council
sShenandoah
Scout Ca
Front Royal
Troop III
Stonewall Jackson Council
Shenandoah Area
J. W. Fix
Staunton
Shenandoah Council
London Paper Protests Against No Duke Films
The Daily Express condemns a decision to withhold newsreels of the Wind sor wedding as treating Britons as a mentally deficient race. It notes high authority pressured film firms to skip pictures of the abdicated monarch and his bride, leaving readers to seek coverage abroad.
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London
The
Daily Express
Windsor
Britain
France
America
Russia
Dives Off A Bridge On Bet Of One Penny
In Baltimore Thomas Whalen 25 leaped 80 feet from the Hanover Street Bridge in a one cent bet. Magistrate Saul R Levinson dismissed a disorderly conduct charge noting the stunt as a risky dive. Two companions were involved but fled as Whalen plunged.
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Baltimore
Thomas Whalen
Hanover Street
Whalen
Saul R. Levinson
Southern Police Court
Three Way Senate Race Over Roosevelt Supreme Court Choice
President may name Joseph T. Robinson to the U S supreme court triggering a three cornered Democratic leadership race in Washington. The contenders are Alben Barkley James Byrnes and Pat Harrison, each a close ally of the president.
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Roosevelt
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
U. S. Supreme Court
Willis van Devanter
Senate
Washington
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
James Byrnes
South Carolina
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Central Press
Odd Fellows Hold Service For Departed Members
Dr. Hubert Sydenstricker spoke on the three links of their order in a service honoring 80 deceased Winchester Odd Fellows Subordinate Lodge No 6 and Rebekah Chapter No 21. The ceremony at Mount Hebron Cemetery included a roll call, hymn singing, and a post-service social hour at the lodge hall. Visitors from Stephens City and Bentonville attended.
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Oddfellowship
Hubert Sydenstricker
Braddock Street
Sydenstricker
Odd Fellows Hall
Marshall BE. N. Larrick
Noble Grand
Stephens City
Bentonmire
The
Valey
Girl seeks pistol after cafe hold up attempt in Denver
Denver acting Police Captain Charles Burns says a 20 year old girl walked into the station asking help to recover a pistol she had used in a failed cafe hold up. The cafe manager took the gun and offered his sister’s help for clothing money, then the girl sought police assistance to reclaim it.
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Burns
State Grange Officers To Visit Frederick County Friday
Virginia State Grange Master Mark Turner will lead an official visit touring Smyth county and the Valley of Virginia ending in Fairfax County. Executives Dr Meade Ferguson J R Horsley W A Kinzie James E Rogers Robert H Baker join from across the state for a 8 p m meeting in the Middletown High School auditorium with Frederick County Pomona and several Granges participating.
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Pomona
Virginia State Grange
Smyth County
Valley of Virginia
Great Falls
Fairfax County
Mark Turner
Herndon
Meade Ferguson
Richmond
J. R. Horsley
Stapleton
W. Kinzie
Elliston
W. A. Common
Floyd
James E. Rogers
Big Island
Robert H. Baker
Middletown
Middletown Grange
Frederick County
Gravel Springs
High View
Mt. Airy
White Hall
Friendly Grove
Fairview
Education Arteries Outline by Harvard Philosopher
SWEET BRIAR, VA. June 8. Dr. William Ernest Hocking of Harvard University outlined five arteries of education for graduates at Sweet Briar College. He urged work well done, play well played, people well met, reading well chosen, and reverence as a habit as essential to living learning beyond mere veneer. He warned education is a risk but growth is limitless, urging learning by doing outside school and reading to foster democracy and world involvement.
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Sweet Briar
William Ernest Hocking
Harvard University
Sweet Briar College
Hocking
Death Removes Humanity Mite
Albia Iowa June 8 Chas Peter Johnson known as Albia s mite baby died in his incubator at the hospital The infant weighed about 12 ounces at birth on March 30 and had been gaining until a sudden heart failure ended his short life He was one of the nation s tiniest infants.
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Albia
Iowa
Chas
Peter Johnson
Amphibious Golf Hero Renews Par At Water Hole
George Lewis wowed crowds in Kansas City by driving into a lake on a 135 yard par three. A splash shot lifted the ball from four inches of water and mud to within three inches of the cup. He holed out in par despite wading into the lake for the second ball.
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Kansas City
George Lewis
Lewis
Sun-Tan Sports Frock Pattern by Marian Martin Offer
A Marian Martin sun back frock pattern for easy vacation wear and sports use is advertised. Pattern 9292 suits misses sizes 12 to 20 and costs fifteen cents per pattern, with a book option and complete diagram included. Order forms request size name address and style number.
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Sun-Tan
Marian
Marian Martin Lew
Marian Martin
Winchester Evening Star
18Th St
New York
Trustees Sale of Valuable Farm in Frederick County Virginia
In execution of a deed of trust dated January 17 1922 from Wade H Muse and wife to H B Kline trustee the deed is foreclosed for default. The sale will be at the Frederick County Court House Winchester on June 19 1937 at 11 AM. The 57 acre farm lies along Buckton Road about 1 1/4 miles southeast of Middletown. Terms: one third cash at sale with two bonds equal in amount due in one and two years bearing interest. remaining payments secured by deed of trust.
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Wade H. Muse
H. B. Kline
Frederick County
County Court House
Winchester
Virginia
Buckton Road
Middletown
Dunn & Duvall, Pioneers
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