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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1938
Page
7
Rev. Fred Crowe leads the Gaihesboro Charge Church South with Sunday School 9:30 am and 10 am sessions. Morning Worship at 11 am features a sermon by the pastor. Evening Young People's meetings at 7:30 pm. Redland and Wesley Chapel hold 10 am and 9:30 am Sunday School respectively.
Ed ward Dobbin’s five foot black snake charmed passengers into paying fares aboard two trains. The serpent’s rhumba on the railroad prompted riders to contribute twenty cents in one case and eighty cents in another. Police rewarded the reptile with a turkey dinner at the station after its acts.
Stephens City Charge of M. E. Church South with minister Homer Welsh lists services for first Sunday at Stephens City 11 a m Fairview 3 p m Kernstown 7 30 p m second Sunday Kernstown 11 a m Refuge 3 p m Stephens City 7 30 p m and third Sunday at Stephens City with times shown for each location.
The report lists livestock bids and prices for cattle calves hogs and sheep with regional quotes from Philadelphia and Chicago markets. Cattle demand limited small lots steady to weak calves light steady good grades cattle mostly steady hogs higher in parts while lambs and sheep show mixed trend. Prices for eggs butter and other goods appear steady with regional variations.
Local markets list wholesale flour prices by bag and per barrel, shelled corn and corn meal rates, plus live poultry and fowl prices including young roosters and guineas. The ad notes potential typographical errors and includes scattered unreadable lines and brand references.
New York June 24 buyers supported the market for the fifth consecutive session pushing leaders up more than three points before facing profit taking. Stocks listed include Anaconda 29 1 4 Bethlehem 54 3 8 Chrysler 54 1 8 General Electric 39 1 4 General Motors 35 3 8 Goodyear 20 3 8 International Harvester 61 3 4 J Manville 82 1 2 Southern Railway 9 1 2 Vanderbilt Car 4 1 8 Va Car Pier 24 1 2 Western Union 25 5 8 Woolworth 45.
Chicago and Baltimore grain quotes show slight declines in wheat amid spring moisture, with rallies in stocks offsetting rains. Closing prices list mixed futures for wheat corn oats soybeans rye and lard and bacon futures. cash grain prices vary by grade and delivery.
In Detroit Susie, half sister, and Lonnie Louis, brother of boxing champion Joe Louis, are pictured reacting to Louis’s first round knockout of Max Schmeling in New York. The scene captures family pride as the crowd learns of the win.
Citizens in Winchester elect A. C. Halvosa as temporary secretary treasurer and adopt by laws for a new Municipal League. The group, led by Millard, aims to promote informed voting and better city government through study, policy development, candidate sponsorship, and educational outreach.
The document details term lengths for officers and committees, election procedures, and eligibility. It specifies a nine member general committee and a seven member executive committee, with officers elected for three-year terms. Membership rules limit city employees and outline dues: regular $1 and subscribing $5 or more, due after June 1 with arrears cutoff December 1.
The Countess Feels Strain as London talks on custody of Lance continue. Count Haugwitz-Reventlow may face magistrate in non extraditable case if he returns to England. Franklyn Hutton in Paris weighs mediation while Lance stays under guard at Winfield House.
In Brooklyn, Gerbert H. Lehman announces a Democratic Senate bid while Attorney General John J. Bennett Jr. enters the Democratic gubernatorial race. The shift sets a high profile statewide political spotlight.
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