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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1938
Page
8
The 1938 Handley High School senior class holds commencement exercises in the auditorium at 7:00 p.m. The event marks the culmination of graduates’ high school careers and features speeches and awards.
The Winchester County Garden Club met at Mrs. Alfred Kerfoot’s home with 25 members and guests. Dr. A. B. Groves of Winchester Research Laboratory spoke on Gladiolus care, noting key factors are selecting varieties bulbs and proper care, with color slides and prizes awarded for floral displays. Miss Virginia Curry returned home after two months in St. Louis and Louisville, and Cadet Douglas C. Polhamus will receive a commission in the U S Army after West Point graduation.
A column presents etiquette Q and A. It advises tipping weekly for long hotel stays, shows how to unfold a napkin properly with a center crease, and notes the server should call the score in tennis though players rarely differentiate.
The Brownie Pack held its final meeting of the season as a lawn picnic at Dr. E. C. Stuart’s Hawthorne home. Pack leader Phyllis Bryarly and council chair E. P. Browning led games and contests with many Girl Scout members present. A summer camp day was planned for attending Browns, with dates announced in this paper.
Miss Katherine Rusk and Miss Nancy Smith, co chairs of the Sarah White circle, will meet Presbyterian circle officers tomorrow at 11 in Miss Rusk’s home to discuss plans for the annual picnic. Attendance is requested for all indicated.
Mr and Mrs James B Yates and daughter Virginia winter in the city and leave for Kennebunkport Maine where Mr Yates runs a popular summer resort They expect to return by mid September Also noted are relatives visiting or returning from Baltimore Washington DC Richmond and Bryn Mawr along with other local guests and travelers of the period.
Market notes from Baltimore and Philadelphia show livestock and produce values. Cattle steers 8.50-9.80 with high choices 9.40-9.80. hogs 9.05-9.50. spring lambs 7.50-9.50. eggs 5,220 cases steady. butter around 0.90-0.90 per pound. various grain and feed prices listed. regional quotations reflect mixed gains and declines across produce, poultry, and livestock.
Daily market notes show wholesale and local prices for patent blends, corn products, dairy feed, and screenings. Items include 24 and 12 pound patent bags at various per barrel rates, shelled corn, course cracked corn, corn meal in 5 and 10 pound sacks, horse feed, dairy feed, and assorted screenings with price ranges.
New York June 9 trading action showed a modest climb as the market moved with indecision earlier. Transfers ran around 450000 shares with gains for U S Steel Bethlehem J I Case Douglas Aircraft Anaconda Kennecott American Telephone International Nickel Sears Roebuck Westinghouse Du Pont General Electric Santa Fe Southern Pacific Great Northern Homestake Texas Corp Johns Manville and Allis Chalmers. Wheat futures gained on crop damage concerns and government loan prospects while other commodities moved up and bonds and foreign markets offered limited guidance.
Mrs J A Burns and Miss Martha Burns of Nowata Oklahoma visit Mrs L H Stokes. Miss Lena Gore from the city joins Mr and Mrs Earl Clowser and Mr and Mrs James Alexander in Richmond Virginia for the annual state Lions Club convention.
President Roosevelt aims to address crowds in Covington Kentucky during a western trip planned for July. He will also attend a morning event July 8 in Marietta Ohio marking the Northwest Territory’s 150th anniversary and may visit Tennessee Oklahoma Texas and California with a coastal cruise.
Coast guard reports say yacht captain John Erickson of Brooklyn crippled the vessel, then jumped overboard near Key West at about 11 30 p m yesterday. Joseph Mann of Auburn assisted with a searchlight before a Honduran steamer Castillo took him off as the Mojave reached the scene.
Chicago dealers report wheat futures jumping sharply amid rumors of widespread winter crop damage and northward rust spread. July or September contracts advance, with mixed gains across corn oats soybeans and rye. prices for lard bellies and other grains also cited in market notes.
Insurance offer promises to pay hospital bills for accidents or illness with no medical examination required. Contact phone number 1895 for details and enrollment.
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