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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1936
Page
9
Local residents and visitors compiled a week of social activity in Front Royal including trips to Washington Richmond and Romney. The Royal Troubadours perform for dances hosted by Boyce Alumni Association and by local couples at multiple venues.
The School Board approved a loan of 8000 to meet current expenses and noted a remaining balance of 6550.56 on hand. Uncollected school taxes total 12198.62 for 1934-35 and 1935-36. Delinquent taxes include 2457.26 and 9741.36 respectively. Monthly reports from Massey Nalley Stine and agents were approved and many bills were paid.
A statewide wildlife conference will be held in Richmond on Friday and Saturday, June 12 and 13. Game Warden Francis W. Pingley expects to attend and invites others interested in fur feathered animals or birds to join the meeting for discussion and fun.
The column lists residents and guests in Fredericksburg and nearby towns. Mrs. Henry Smith visits with her sister in Fredericksburg while Nellie Cone stays with grandparents in the area. Numerous families travel to Blacksburg, Front Royal, Harrisonburg and Washington for visits, work, or dances. health updates and local engagements are noted.
Delegates mingle as stage lighting shifts to white on black. Ogden Mills, Secretary of the Treasury, appears on the platform, while tensions flare briefly over a guard restricting a negro delegate. Fletcher arrives in flannels, declares no speech, and emphasizes being a businessman.
The note from Britain confirms a default on the June 15 installment while Senator Lewis predicts France Britain and Italy will seek new settlement terms with the United States. State Department officials said they have no knowledge of such plans.
Madison Lodge No. 6 hosted the Tri County Odd Fellows quarterly meeting with 188 members and visitors from Winchester Middletown Front Royal Stephens City Martinsburg Alexandria Warrenton Edinburg and Waynesboro Virginia. Visitors included Grand Lodge officers and Virginia Rebekah officials who gave brief asks. The program featured solos readings songs and reports from Front Royal Stephens City Middletown Winchester and other lodges with favorable notes.
Winchester Lions Club discusses tentative plans for Lions International state convention to be held June 25 26 in Winchester Leaders expect International leaders to attend and urge wide member attendance Winchester leads Virginia clubs in May attendance with 95 5 percent Membership noted for Blacksburg 92 9 Salem 81 7 Three members plan to attend Red Cross meeting June 19 auditing committee named Kenneth Wheeler and Leonard Sirbaugh to audit club accounts Guests include C Joe Smith De Mall George Cobb A G Leake W H Boyden Robert Anderson George Rush new member slated for induction
Idaho Senator Borah assails Landon faction platform planks on money and monopoly in Cleveland showdown. He demands a hearing and vows to submit his own proposals if allowed, while London headquarters denies some of his claims as convention opens.
Daniel McFarland is on trial in Frederick County circuit court for involuntary manslaughter after a truck struck Dorothy Bunner near Gore School on March 31. Witnesses described braking tests and the child’s fatal injuries as jurors prepared to visit the scene.
Members of the Skeet Club will shoot tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock at their range on the Front Royal road. All members and others interested are asked to attend. Several members have made excellent records.
Senator Landon outlines his views on foreign relations neutrality and a crack down on corporate price fixing. John Hamilton notes Borah may back a strong platform opposing monopoly, with Landon offering his own planks on each topic.
Trustees urge volunteers to gather Friday at 1 PM with tools to clean the Mount Olive United Brethren Church and cemetery for the annual memorial service set for Sunday at 2 30 PM Graves will be decorated beforehand Preparations include piano prelude devotional songs recitations and sermons by Rev Ralph Cather and Rev C Anderson with several musical numbers and endings with benediction
Hopewell grand jury indicted Wilfred Thompson on murder charges after he claimed he killed Edith Atwater in a death by own action pact and then lost his nerve before his suicide. Also notes cabinet shakeup in Rome and other brief items.
President Roosevelt greeted by a large crowd as his special train halted briefly in Bristol Virginia Tennessee en route to Little Rock. The June stop drew several thousand well-wishers amid tension and strong security briefings.
North Bay Ontario June 9 Ernest and Therese Dionne siblings of the quin tuplets contracted measles and the Dionne homestead was placed under quarantine authorities announced.
Resentful Chicago man Newman awoke in a rear seat to a stranger driving off. The stranger produced a gun, forced Newman to disrobe, robbed him of $4 and a watch, bound him, and left him by the roadside with only a sack for warmth.
Market notes from Baltimore and Chicago show mixed activity on June 9. Cattle calves and hogs varying by type and weight with steady to weakened bids. sheep and lambs mixed, truck lambs and rail lambs price-sensitive. Grain and feeds listed alongside livestock prices with dairy feeds and chick feeds noted.
Local markets show daily prices for patent and crystal brands with 98 and 48 lb bags. Cracked corn, shelled corn, corn meal, and various feeds list per bag or per hundred weight rates, alongside dairy and animal feeds and fresh butter prices.
Conferees in session with President Roosevelt yesterday discussed the subjects of the two rival tax bills. No sign of agreement emerged as attendees noted free exchange of views on divergencies. Senator King said no prophecy on when a revised measure would be ready for submission to the House and Senate.
A classified notice highlights STAR JOB PRINT as the source for producing bill heads envelopes statements and letter heads. The listing emphasizes efficient printing services and competitive rates for business stationery needs.
A four point rise in American Telephone stock boosted the market in New York on June 9 as Western Electric dividend news spurred gains among utilities rails and other big names. Transfers reached about 800000 shares while grains showed modest advances and some profit taking hit motors and steels. Lone losses appeared in pockets as bonds and foreign exchange shifted with franc weak and pound recovering.
Chicago market reports show overnight rainfall shortfalls in North Dakota lifting wheat bids while milling demand limits bears. Winnipeg export demand hints at 750000 bushels to Europe with July wheat at 84 53 to 84 44 cents and nearby corn bid around 61 34 to 58 58. Cash grain exchanges note No 2 mixed corn around 62 34 to 69 4, and No 1 white 69 4 to 70 cents. Baltimore wheat quotes set at 1.04 with spot market shown in Winchester at 97 cents per bushel and local yellow and white corn priced around 3.25 to 3.50 per barrel.
Hazel Anne Mauzy three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Mauzy of Ridgeway West Virginia died at 10 o clock after ten weeks illness of complications. She is survived by five sisters Katharine Mary Margaret Blythe Maury at home. Funeral Thursday with a service at the house and at the Methodist Church in Rest and interment in the cemetery adjoining the church.
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