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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1936
Page
4
The Winchester Evening Star masthead fragment shows editor BYRD Jr and postal classification as second class. It references daily publishing except Sundays and mentions subscription rates but text is incomplete.
Advertising rates include 2 cents per word with a 25 cent minimum, memorials 1 50 for four stanzas, cards of thanks 75 cents, and display ads 42 cents per inch. Office deadline 10 A M, national reps Tenney Woodward & Company. Associated Press notice. FRIDAY JUNE 12 1936.
A biblical line quotes Jesus from Matthew 5 8 declaring blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. The message echoes Christian teaching on inner virtue and divine vision.
The Star extends congratulations to ninety one Handley School graduates. They earned diplomas showing hard work and success and are equipped for life or further study. The piece urges community support for job openings and encourages patience as the economy improves.
A local notice urges residents and merchants to keep Winchester clean. It notes street litter harms the city’s appearance and health and calls for proper disposal of trash. The street department is sprinkling streets to aid cleanup and asks citizens to avoid discarding refuse in the streets.
The Cumberland Times notes the American fondness for picnics with people gathering along roads and in groves. Citizens haul baskets to remote spots, enjoy sandwiches and hard boiled eggs, and warm coffee over smoky fires while pondering why cold foods taste like nectar away from home.
The piece extols picnics beside streams as a healthful, refreshing escape from indoor chores. It praises fresh air, mood elevation, and vigorous games while warning against leaving trash and defiling nature, urging restraint and respect for beauty spots.
The Richmond Nevis-Leader notes the Queen Mary’s spectacular line inspires not only shipping markets but London dress designers show forty British creations on its maiden voyage. The piece argues British style could spread, raise court prestige, and mirror earlier French cultural influence through distinctive fashion.
The exiled emperor Haile Selassie traveled to England in incognito amid Anglo Italian tensions. Official receptions for visiting royalty were avoided due to diplomatic sensitivities, though countries may treat him kindly without recognizing him as a monarch in exile.
Laura Virginia Taylor died Wednesday night at her sister-in-law’s home in Bunker Hill West Virginia after four years of invalidism. She was 72 born in Ohio and had long lived in Berkeley County. Funeral services were held at the Taylor home by Rev T H Daffin and the body taken to Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester.
A visitor at the Leonard home tries to be sociable with young George remarking on his growth. The exchange reveals family nerves about gossip and the crowding news culture. Will Rogers notes caution against repeating remarks to children.
City and county youths organize for a rally at W. P. L. on June 17. Sen. Huey Long conducts a filibuster on NRA extension. William and Mary College honours Sen. Carter Glass as Sen. Harry F. Byrd delivers the principal address. Hunt for William Mahan, a Weyherhauser kidnapper, reaches Canada. Miss Elizabeth Haun, 25, of Woodstock, dies in an auto crash near Norris, Tennessee.
Fifty three Winchester pupils posted perfect attendance for the past session. Portrait of Major Holmes Conrad to be presented to Frederick County Circuit Court. Ivan F. Vanney earns the Vail medal and $250 from A T and T for saving Gore office during the fire. Edward E. Rogers, 70, a Baltimore and Ohio telegraph operator for 48 years, dies in Middletown. Rev Norris A Lineweaver transferred to Alexandria and Rev W M Brashears joins Market Street M E Church.
Ten years ago Mrs. Mary Rankin Purcell, mother of the state treasurer, dies in Richmond. Douglas School band and children parade downtown. Sixty graduate from Handley. Eleanor Chiles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Chiles, returns from the Peabody Conservatory of Music and Johns Hopkins University. Prof. H Augustine Smith of Boston University will speak here June 13 on the arts of religion.
Hugh Duffey will teach in the high school department at John Kerr school next term. Berryville hosts a three day horse show August 22 23 24 the only Virginia event of its kind this year. G Clarence Miller becomes chancery commissioner succeeding Herbert S Larrick who resigned. Mrs James R Castleman laid to rest near Gaylord. Edith Pearl Ryan former Millwood resident wed Edward L Ritchie of Washington.
The historical record notes New York City was incorporated on June 12 1665. This milestone linked governance to the growing settlement and its inhabitants.
In Cleveland the Idaho senator William E. Borah reacted with disbelief to Gov. Landon of Kansas declaring for a gold back currency and state wage and hour regulation. Borah, en route to Washington, awaited further comments as delegates adopted a platform echoing his principles.
New York June 11. Former President Herbert Hoover endorsed the Republican party platform after Gov. Landon articulated a personal support for the gold standard currency position that Hoover had not secured in the convention statement.
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A collection of brief local and quirky notices spans cases from Arizona to New Jersey. A wood leg compensation claim in Miami contrasts with Jimmy Money’s orphaned skunk tale in Dunbar. Joliet guards veterans with prison bonuses while a Miami tale blames a mustache on a stabbing scare. Rutgers prank food theft is confessed by the class of 1886 during a reunion invite.
Roland Kenny North Kenny and Claude Bell amy allegedly found a bee hive tree in Tarboro North Carolina and set it afire to drive the bees away. They obtained the honey but the blaze burned over eighty acres of forest. Warden M W Haynes took them to court and fined each two dollars and fifty cents.
Ward Van Every, seventeen years after a murder conviction, visits a known associate to reveal crucial knowledge about the case. He fears retribution and asks for discreet aid, avoiding police contact, while recounting his peril and desire to influence the ongoing investigation. TO BE CONTINUED.
President Roosevelt spoke at the San Jacinto battlefield saying the nation desires no further expansion. He praised Sam Houston's victory for Texas independence and urged maintaining principles through peace rather than war. He noted heroes gave more than territory and called for a glorious heritage.
The Greenway Sunday School invites all to its annual Children’s Day celebration at 7 30 Sunday evening June 14. An attractive program has been prepared for the occasion.
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