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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 04, 1935

Page

3

Luttrell Brothers Debating Teachers at Stephens City

A Stephens City Order of Fraternal Americans event hosts a debate in the high school auditorium on Thursday evening March 7 at 8 p m. The topic is education versus law with G W Ropp J W Tidler and R E Ayler for the affirmative and Luttrell Brothers of Winchester for the negative. A stringed band will perform and a local organization handles refreshments. Public invited.

Luttrell Brothers Stephens City Stephens ‘City G. W. Ropp J. W. Tidler R. E. Ayler

Social Calendar Highlights Weekly Civic Meetings

A sequence of community gatherings is listed with dates and places. Events include American Legion Auxiliary at Mrs. Griffiths home, Lions Club luncheon in George Washington Hotel, Winchester Girl Scouts all day session at West Leicester Street, Modern Woodmen of America at North Loudoun Street, Kiwanis at George Washington Hotel, Aid Society at Mrs. Russell’s 113 Whitlock Avenue, Winchester Elks Lodge, and choir practices at local churches. Other items cover Rotary Club, a Stephens City debate, Robert Y. Conrad American Legion luncheon, and World Day of Prayer service at Centenary Reformed church.

Lions Club George Wash Winchester Council Herbert Solenberger West Leicester Street Winchester Modern Woodmen of America North Loudoun Street Kiwanis Club George Washington Hotelington Hotel Aid Society of Frederick Charge M. E. Church South J. D. Russell Whitlock Avenue Winchester Lodge Benevolent Order of Elks Race Lutheran Church United Brethren Church Rotary Club George Washington Hotel Stephens City Luttrell Robert Y. Conrad Post American Legion George Washington Centenary Reformed Church

Miss Evelyn McGill Weds James Ferrell Jr at Petersburg Church

Miss Evelyn Page McGill daughter of Dr and Mrs Elisha Leavenworth McGill of Petersburg Va marries James William Ferrell Jr son of Mr and Mrs James W Ferrell Raleigh NC on Feb 28 at St Pauls Episcopal Church in Petersburg The couple leaves for New York and Bermuda for their honeymoon He works for American Machine and Foundry Co based in New York The bride is granddaughter of the late Dr Robert P Page of Berryville and has lived with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs John S Goldsmith in Berryville Net reading confirms the wedding and family connections

Elisha Leavenworth McGill Petersburg Evelyn Page James William Ferrell James W. Ferrell Raleigh N. C St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Gill New York Bermuda Ferrell American Machine and Foundry Company Robert P. Page Berryville John S. Goldsmith

Church Circle to Meet With Miss Katie Miller

Circle No 3 of the Woman's Missionary Society of Grace Lutheran Church will meet at 3 o clock tomorrow afternoon at Miss Katie Miller’s home 209 Fairmont avenue with Mrs Howard Grove as leader. Mrs Harry Schmidt, chairman, requests full attendance to arrange for their part in the week of prayer.

Woman’s Missionary Society of Grace Lutheran Church Katie Miller Fairmont Avenue Howard Grove Harry Schmidt

Girls Raise Funds For West Piccadilly Card Party

Girls' Athletic Association hosted a card party on West Piccadilly to fund new uniforms. Prizes awarded include contracts and auctions won by Mrs. Cora Crowl, Mr. Rodney Lovejoy, Miss Margaret Sullivan, Miss Helen Shockey, Mr. Warren Eddy, Miss Frances Forney, and door prizes to Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes Huntsberry. Local shops and theaters donated prizes.

Girls’ Athletic Association West Piccadilly Street Cora Crowl Rodney Lovejoy Margaret Sullivan Helen Shockey Warren Eddy Frances Forney Rhodes Huntsberry Wonder’s Apparel Shop Margaret Hodgson Shop the Smart Shoppe Timberlake’s J. C. Penney Company Baker’s Drug Store Gray and Sheetz Capitol Theatre L. R. Smith, Inc Harper Method Shop A. and P. Tea Company Palace Theatre

Veterans of Spanish War Urge New Members Appeal

The piece urges enlistment in the United Spanish War Veterans with a fiery appeal on law and order. It laments foreign extraction and hyphen usage, recalling the old blue shirt days from fever camps to the Cuban shore and Philippines, celebrating camaraderie and sacrifice.

United Spanish War Veterans Blue Shirt Philippines Pekin Bono

Old Blue Shirt Volunteers Battle Hymn Remembrance

The poem by AUSTIN ROWELL honors the old blue shirt volunteers who carried the Flag in war and the faded memory of their days. It contrasts past soldiers with current cheers and recalls their roles defending the nation and its seas.

G. O Sol Austin Rowell

Tri State Gang Members Held in Jail Under Guard

Doylestown Pa March 4 Roy Francis Wiley and Martin Farrell two Tri State gangsters are kept under heavy guard in solitary confinement cells awaiting formal sentencing on death penalty convictions for the kidnap killing of William Weiss. Convicted Saturday by Bucks county jury with a death recommendation they were rushed back to Eastern State penitentiary Philadelphia from which they escaped last summer. After sentence is imposed they will go to Rockview penitentiary to await execution.

Doylestown Roy Francis Wiley Martin Farrell William Weiss Philadelphia Bucks County Eastern State Penitentiary Herbert Smith Rockview Penitentary Bellefonte Walter Legenza Robert Mais Richmond Robert Eckert Weiss Beatrice Wilkinson Joseph Coffey Harry Seibel

Council Sets Tuesday Night Session at City Hall

Common Council plans a regular 7 30 p m meeting in city hall chamber. Items include automobile license tax debate with possible reduction or retention. Commissioner C P McClear presents quarterly revenue data as basis for discussion.

Common Council Council Chamber City Hall Commissioner of Revenue C. P. McClear

Missionary Society Meeting at Braddock Street Church

The Adult Woman's Missionary Society of Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South will meet in the Bible Class room at 7 30 tomorrow evening with Mrs. John S Sloat presiding. The topic is The Old and the New Gospel Trail. Full attendance requested. District Nurse Association to hold meeting Wednesday with reports from Misses Arthur and Dean and assistant Pearson at 3 o'clock at their office near the Court House. Members and visitors welcome.

Sunshine Club Ritter Braddock St. Methodist Episcopal Church South A. Taylor Ritter East Cork Street W. H. McKilwee George W. Haddox H. B. Garber District Nurse Association Court House Josephine F. Arthur Evelyn C. Dean Mary Pearson

MacDonald urges large increases for armaments

Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald told Parliament that additional expenditure on Britain’s three defense forces can no longer be safely postponed. A white paper explained the navy army and air force estimates will rise, with the army totals at 217.75 million dollars, up nearly 20 million from last year. Navy and air force estimates due next days are expected to show similar increases.

London J. Ramsay MacDonald Great Britain

Tropical Limit on Island Smiths Island North Carolina Coast

The article notes that a tropical limit on Island Smiths Island near the Gulf stream edge off North Carolina marks the farthest north where tropical vegetation grows. It also mentions R H Helms of Peoples Life Insurance Co being transferred to Shenandoah Page county, and states Mrs Helms is native to that area.

Island Smith's Island Gulf Stream North Carolina R. H. Helms The Peoples Life Insurance Company Shenandoah Page County Helms

None Particularly Blamed In Crash That Killed 45

New York March 4 local steamboat inspectors released findings on the Mohawk disaster of January 24. They attributed the collision with the Talisman to a signal misunderstanding and said no action would be taken against surviving Mohawk officers. Sixty five persons perished.

New York Talisman Sea Girt N. J Atlantic

No Trace Of Two Fliers Searched In Rhodesia Mystery

In Bulawayo on March 4 twenty aircraft and ground parties combed the area for Lady Young wife of the Northern Rhodesia governor and Dr. J Kerby government physician who vanished after an air flight. Information from Middletown reports George B Wright in serious condition after a Friday morning high blood pressure attack.

Louis E. Rice Bulawayo Southern Rhodesia Lady Young Northern Rhodesia Dr. J. Kerby Middletown George B. Wright

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