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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1939
Page
2
Twenty three Shenandoah Area Boy Scouts sign up for a one week World’s Fair trip in August. Only 12 more spots available. reservations urged. Jones of Winchester named master, Fred Bane assistant, trip runs Aug 7–14 with on-site duties and camp rotation.
Colonel William G. Hawthorne commands 223 United States Marines in the area affected by the Japanese blockade of the British and French concessions in Tientsin China. Americans in Stone Troop 24 Charles Town W Va are noted as ready. Transportation to New York remains undetermined but will use fully insured carriers.
The thirty fourth Virginia State Aerie convention of the Fraternal Order of Eagles opened at noon in the new Alve Aerie home in Alexandria. Winchester Aerie sent G C Ritter Jr E P Spates J B Ritter R K Wiley and C F Hottle, with 300 delegates registered and 150 expected.
Milton Bassett of Henry County Training School won first prize of 15 dollars in a statewide essay contest for Negro vocational agricultural students. The Chilean Nitrate Educational Bureau and the Virginia Division of Vocational Agricultural Education sponsored the contest on fertilization of major crops grown on the farm.
The marigold, once called Marys Gold, was valued by peasants in Europe and Mexico for bright golden color used to decorate altars honoring the Virgin Mary.
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 include Venezuela Helium and words varying in sense but same sound or spelling. Other items cover horse racing Shoshone River It erativ Turkey Toronto La Scala and Pacific.
The Richmond Diocese marks the fiftieth anniversary of St James Church in Charles Town with Bishop Ireton presiding. Fr John Curran will lead Mass at St Joseph in Martinsburg and Fr J A Gilsenan will preach. A reception and dinner follow for visiting clergy. church history notes lengthy service by many pastors and local families.
Berryville Va June 16 Jet Spates hit a horse while driving home near Old Chapel. The horse is recovering, while Spates suffers about 150 dollars in car damage. Deputies say three horses escaped from a broken Donovan farm fence onto Route 12.
Dan Henry will depart tomorrow for Mendham New Jersey to serve as an instructor at the National Aquatic School on the Boy Scout reservation. Ralph Holt a Winchester Scouts waterfront man will attend the school. Lige Miller will join Henry the following weekend for a Camp Commissary School at Mendham.
Prof T B Hutcheson agronomist from Virginia Polytechnic Institute will visit Winchester and Frederick county on Monday and Monday night to supervise farm projects and lead the annual meeting of Extension TVA farm unit demonstrators. Demonstrations use TVA fertilizers on 15 Frederick county farms.
Mrs. C. A. Swann Sinclair State Regent gave the dedicatory address praising Fort Loudoun Chapter. Music of America and the Doxology was led by Opequon Memorial Sunday School. Dr. B. L. Flickinger pastor of Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church pronounced the benediction.
Over 100 officers from the U S Army War College Washington will spend the night in Winchester on their return to Washington after a week touring Army posts and other Virginia points of interest. They were guests at the George Washington last Saturday.
The Wyomin g Valley Historical Society asked county controller Leonard Morgan for a $500 donation to preserve local history. Morgan died six years ago, leaving the request unresolved.
Relatives in Winchester and Frederick county learn of the death of Mrs. Fannie Neville widow of James Neville at her granddaughter Mabel Thomas home in Thayer Kansas. She died 6 10 pm Friday June 9 age 91 years 25 days. She was born in Frederick county oldest of Eli and Leah Fry's 12 children married in Winchester 1863. She left 15 grandchildren 30 great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren along with two sisters three brothers and many nieces and nephews across Virginia West Virginia Ohio Missouri and Kansas.
Mrs. John Steinbrecker testified before County Judge C O Lyda that she spied 12 Barred Rock chickens in another’s pen and heard a German dinner call. John Florez, owner of the pen, denied German but admitted limited Spanish. The judge bound him over to District Court under a $300 bond for chicken theft.
Recruiter seeks a $25 a week salesman ready to earn $75 with better treatment from employers. Emphasizes salesman as key to success and invites qualified applicants to write care box XXX at The Star with experience age and current job. Promises confidentiality and personal interviews. Dated 6-16-21.
Clarence Madison, a Clarke county man, was captured by Winchester police at the request of Deputy Bob Buckner. Madison fled after allegedly stealing coin from H. L. Willoughby’s farm and forging a $12 check. He was returned to the Clarke jail for a hearing.
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