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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1939
Page
15
Local items note obituaries for Jacob Cline Hockman and assorted deaths in Middletown and Lebanon Church cemetery. Family visits and illnesses appear frequently, with marriages of Grace Elizabeth Miller to Marshall Foltz Hayden. A school board election results show Frank Stover winning to fill Rev. Wake’s term. A debate at the schoolhouse features local officials and lawyers debating farm versus factory prosperity.
Brucetown notes report visits by Rev C J Clarke and Mrs Newton Clarke of Ridgeley West Virginia. Mrs S J Swimley Jr. left for Philadelphia to visit her daughter and son in law. Local residents J R Smith and Marion hosted guests at Swimley. Rev W O Talbert of Winchester made a call. Bertha Tharpe of Winchester visited relatives. C W Hensell and nephew Nelson Hensell, of Grimes, were guests of Paul Kirkey and wife.
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1720 B offers a girl friendly afternoon dress with shirred shoulders a slim waist and wide hem. It suits sizes 12 through 20 with busts 30 to 38 and requires 4 5? yards of 39 inch material for size 14. Includes step by step sew chart and optional pattern book, priced 15 cents each or 25 cents together.
Mrs. Russell Price and two sons are named alongside Mrs. Mary Cline of Swimley Hiram Catlett in a local notice fragment.
Wet weather sweeps ground with more rain hoped after a dry previous year. Local church announcements include M E Church South service at 7 30 p m and illnesses affecting Mr Edward Price and Mr Ring. Social notes mention visits, gatherings, and trips among Middleway residents and nearby towns.
White Hall Va March 16 Mr Eugene Garrett of Indiana called at the home of Mr and Mrs C W Lamp last Monday evening. Among those who are indisposed are Mr B F Strother and Mr John Adams.
The report lists visits and gatherings across families and friends including Robert Clevenger at Mrs. Edgar Smoke's home with Rev. Philpott Friday night. Emily Vanzee Virginia and Ann Brown attended Saturday evening at Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Brown’s home. Princess Strother Franklin and Ralph Brown of Winchester spent Wednesday at College Park Md for a flower show and banquet. Irene Browne and Rev. Wilbur Reed attended dinner with Henkel M Lamp and C W Lamp. Mary Lee Berry, a former resident, wed Moses Woodward of Leon Va, with Rev H J Beery officiating at Gore.
Mr and Mrs W J Hottel of Winchester visited Boyce Sunday. Mrs M E Smith returned from Washington and opened her home for summer. Mrs Valentine Isemann of Washington spent the weekend in Clarke county. Dick Kibler returned to Ft Monroe after a visit home folklore. Betty Drake of Winchester visited Madrid Heine. Aileen Payne of Washington visited H B Lloyds. Brownley McKay and family of Washington spent the weekend with B B McKay. L K Burch visited J G Burch’s home Sunday. Mrs P H Grim and Miss Joe Jolliffe spent Tuesday in Winchester. Ernest Hottel of Winchester visited Boyce Sunday.
Bloom Virginia March 16 Mrs R L Long confined to bed two weeks with grippe and rheumatism. Mr Ernest Nesselrodt has been
A patient at Winchester Memorial Hospital has pneumonia and has been there a week. Miss Mary Melsinee remains ill at home in Mt Falls. St Johns Sunday School plans an Easter service. The program committee met at Mrs Ivan Millers scene last Monday night. The 4 H Club met at Friendly Grove schoolhouse Friday night led by Mrs C H Harbaugh. Mrs N B Williams visited sister Mrs R L Long. Several community members attended Mr Stuart Green's last rites. he lived in the area for years, with sympathy offered to his family.
Middletown Va March 16 reports show Mr and Mrs Fred Manuel visiting relatives while Jake Rinker recovers from pneumonia. Mrs R A Larrick elected delegate to the annual Missionary society meeting in Alexandria. Amye Clark, faculty at Hume High School, visited her parents. Mrs Casper Craig of Hyattsville attended Ruth Mauzy funeral in Ridgeway with her mother Mrs Frank Weirich. Church group begins study of the miss book The Church Takes Root in India next Tuesday at 2 pm at Miss Mae Ginns home. Second session March 23 at the parsonage. All members urged to attend. visitors welcome.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Rinker who stayed at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Jake Rinker have returned home. Mr and Mrs Stephens and family moved into Mrs Guthridges rooms on Main street. Miss Vertie Borden remains troubled at her home near town.
Virginia's early spring lamb crop marketed before July 1 will total about 100000, according to Henry M. Taylor of the Virginia Co operative Crop Reporting Service. He says the early crop matches last year but the total could be smaller due to fewer ewes and pasture conditions in April and May. US reports suggest a slightly smaller overall lamb crop this year with fewer slaughter lambs before July 1, impacted by very poor lamb condition in California and Texas.
Morris, a farm laborer, admitted fatally stabbing his wife when he could not find a shoe. Judge H W Bertram ordered commitment to Southwestern Hospital for the Criminal Insane after Dr David C Wilson reported Morris sane at his March 8 exam. Wilson noted Morris has a mental age of six and complained of mistreatment by his family.
Secret Service agent John Osborn warns that a counterfeit five dollar bill with a winking Lincoln eye is fake. The note lacks the pupil in the right eye, signaling altered design and forgery risk.
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