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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1939
Page
3
Local notes report visitors to families in Brush Creek and Martinsburg with updates on cemetery maintenance at Mt Hebron United Brethren and a memorial service planned for June. Additional items mention illnesses travels and family visits among residents and guests from Washington and Harrisonburg.
White Hall notes summarize visits and health updates as Mrs. Mary Carr Anderson and Libby visit Mrs. Ollie Baker near Kernstown. Princess Strother and Edgar Smoke Jr. receive Handley High diplomas. Edgar Smoke Jr. attends Blacksburg track meet while others recall a royal parade in Washington. Stonewall Sunday School convention is set for June 20 at White Hall Church.
White Post notes list visits and travels among residents and relatives. Dr and Mrs John Sparks spent a week in Washington DC on business while Mr and Mrs John Martin vacationed in Hagerstown Maryland. Mr and Mrs Ivan Rohrer Rev and Mrs Mitchell were guests of Mr and Mrs J H Funkhouser. Eugene Stuart paid a visit here recently while Mrs Stuart recovers from surgery in Winchester Memorial Hospital.
Stephenson Va June 14 The Stephenson Missionary society met at Mrs Bertha Ashwoods home. Visitors from Vienna Mr and Mrs Harry Prince and the Thompson brothers called on the former's parents Sunday. Women of the church hosted a luncheon at Miss Ollie Wagely's sale raising a nice sum. Mrs Ernest Whitacre injured her arm recently. Mrs Lawrence Dorsey at Memorial Hospital Winchester improving.
Whitacre Virginia June 14 The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church will meet at the home of Mrs E W Braithwaite on Thursday June 15. Several residents and visitors including the Whitacres Boxwell Fletcher Kerns Omps Stine and Braithwaite families gathered for visits and memorial services in the area.
Mrs. Ruth M. Kerns hosted the annual carpet rag sewing at her home near Siler. Attendees included Mrs. Laura DeHaven Gainesboro and many others from nearby towns with Frivolous poem sung by Flosie Holliday and Ruth Kerns.
The question and answer identify Gabby Hartnett as Charles Leo Hartnett. The response states his full birth name, confirming the alias commonly known as Gabby Hartnett.
The Star in History of Beginnings reveals the pioneer who first spent a night atop a flag pole, highlighting OMPS Funeral Home’s note of record and its historical context.
Governor Price told VMIs alumni the institute carries a hundred year old torch and is the West Point of the South. He cited Gen Marshall as Army chief and praised VMI for shaping leaders while noting his Brazil trip could influence U S relations with South America.
Leach Rindfleisch and Scott announce Wendell R. Barney CPA as resident manager of the local office. Barney, a Boston native and Dartmouth graduate, will move from Richmond within weeks and has been active in area audits with J. A. Leach Jr. for eight years. He is married with a three month old son Wendell R. Barney Jr.
An excited Seattle woman phoned the Post-Intelligencer asking why it was so dark outside at 9 PM. She believed it was nine o clock in the morning and said she had slept through the day. The exchange highlights the daylight saving switch creating confusion.
The piece surveys Stanislavsky influence on modern acting, profiles Mrs Siddons and Noel Coward, recalls Jefferson and Marlowe, and previews Katherine Cornell and Hellman awards. It notes Steinbeck censorship debates, touring by Cornell, and drama critics choices. It also covers Richard Halliburton missing, rare Shelley's tract sale, Scribner’s ending, Macha reburial, and Edith Wharton manuscripts to Yale with 1968 access.
A 24 hour rainfall of 1.35 inches is noted, with June to date 5.50 inches and year to date 18.91 inches. The article lists 26 year month averages from 1913 to 1938, including January 2.53, February 1.98, March 2.94, April 3.20, May 3.64, June 3.58, July 3.34, August 3.68, September 2.36, October 3.13, November 2.32, December 2.40 inches. The average annual rainfall over the period is 35.09 inches. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
Frederick county commits 500 to combat the Japanese beetle with state and federal matches. Funds will pay for traps and supervisor salaries as the program begins.
A Virginia survey directed by state labor commissioner Thomas B. Morton shows carpenters and painters as the most overworked trades, with 998 and 628 job applicants respectively across 18 skilled occupations in 35 offices. The study covers counties and Virginia’s 22 largest cities, representing about two-thirds of state unemployment.
In Barcelona on June 14 prosecutors push for the death garrote for Alfonso Laurent Cik, a 38 year old Yugoslav architect charged with building torture cells for Republican authorities. Witnesses describe cramped, brutal cells as the defense cites coercion by Spanish syndicalist leaders.
Brunswick Maryland volunteers show off a new 400 gallon pumper purchased in Anderson Indiana. The blue fire wagon features modern improvements and readiness for any blaze.
Omaha Riverview Zoo faces high operating costs after a single month’s $128 meat bill for lions and bears. Park Commissioner Roy Towl ordered conversion of excess carnivores into deer and elk and other hay eating animals to curb expenses.
Norfolk Virginia fire chief and Virginian Fire Chiefs Association president Richard S. Baughan died unexpectedly in Durham North Carolina where he was attending a Southeastern Fire Chiefs Association meeting. He led Norfolk fire services and was a prominent figure in regional firefighting leadership.
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