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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 19, 1932

Page

2

Shapes program for community group meetings

The weekly plan lists 4 H Club meetings Monday through Saturday with activities in poultry gardening garment making dress fitting and baby chick care. A Stonewall Home Demonstration group meets at Mrs L O Dick at 2 30 pm for one dish meals demonstrations and invitations are extended to any interested woman. The week ends with a home demonstration market opening at 29 East Boscawen Street from 9 am to 1 pm selling home grown products and homemade food.

Branson Stonewall Home L. O. Dick White Hall Fairview Frederick Oentyre Stephensome Croup Ao Stephens Fois Benk East Boscawen Street

Rain Or Snow Forecasted For Coming Week

Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday covers the North and Middle Atlantic States. Fair conditions Monday with possible snow changing to rain in the south. Rain or snow likely in the north on Tuesday and Wednesday followed by generally fair conditions. Rain possible in the south and rain or snow in the north on Saturday. Cold Monday, rising temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday, colder Thursday, warmer Saturday.

Associate Press Washington North Middle Atlantic South

Bank Directors Pay Tribute To Late Mr. Grant

The Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company of Winchester Virginia announces board resolutions expressing profound sorrow over the death of director Os Grant who died March 16 1932. He joined the board August 28 1914 and was praised for finance leadership and community service. The bank will publish the resolutions and send floral tributes at the funeral.

Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Com Winchester Virginia Os Grant Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company Winchestre H. D. Fuller H. F. Byrd W. E. Cooper M. M. Lynch Geo. W. Haddox J. 8. Haldeman L. M. Allen Frank N. Hack Thos. E. Kremer Roland G. Mitchell Ray Robinson Phil H. Gold T. Y ¥. Kinzel John M. Steck Dr. H. H. McGuire C. R. McCann

Cambridge Oars Push To Win Over Oxford

Cambridge won the eighty fourth race of the rowing rivalry against Oxford on the Thames. Cambridge led from the first mile and a half of the four mile course and finished five lengths ahead as Oxford struggled. The winning time was 19 minutes 11 seconds.

Associated Press Putney Bhecuksi Oxford Thames Caabridge Oxford Shell Cambridge

Young People Sing Cantata at Capitol Theatre

A large chorus of young people under Fledy W. Haines will perform the Lenten cantata Olivet To Calvary by Maunder at 3 PM Palm Sunday in the Capitol Theatre. The final rehearsal is tonight at 11 PM.

Olivet Calvary Maunder Capitol Theatre Fledy W. Haines Winchester Union Orchestra Melvin Miller Elsie Carpenter Ritter United Brethren Church Young People’s Choir Billy Barnes

Massie Dies After Long Illness in Frederick County

John G Massie longtime Midlletown farmer in Frederick County died at 745 am after a long illness at his home He was 74 or 75 native of Shenandoah County survived by a widow four sons Grover Claude William Dudley two daughters and siblings Funeral from his home at 230 pm with Rev E T Clark of First Baptist Church officiating, Mount Hebron Cemetery burial

John G. Massie Middletown Frederick County Shenandoah County Massie Lina Robinson Grover Claude William Massie Dudley Massie Clarke County W. S. Derflinger Walter Sibert Thomas B. Massie Winchester Milton Massie Pleasantville Sophie Pifer Martinsburg W. Va E. T. Clark First Baptist Church City Mount Hebron Cemetery

Traffic ideas clash with narrow streets and long vehicles

A brief note considers potential traffic solutions but notes two power two wagons of twelve feet length would worsen congestion on limited streets. It suggests evaluating vehicle dimensions and street capacity before implementing reforms.

Prestige at Capitol Theatre Promises Glamour and Intrigue

Loretta Young stars in the Warner Bros Vitaphone tale of love and deception titled Prestige. Ann Harding leads a cast that includes Adolphe Menjou and Melvyn Douglas as a department store clerk and a gambler in a tale of romance and hidden wealth. Debuts at Capitol Theatre Monday and Tuesday.

Warner Bros Vitaphone Loretta Young Capitol Ann Harding RKO Pathe Prestige Capitol Theatre Meg Adolphe Menjou Melvyn Douglas Menjou Douglas Gloria Swanson

Growth of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America

An authority notes the General Convention assembled in Philadelphia in 1785 began the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States as a single body. It counted eight dioceses then, and now lists 73 dioceses and 32 missionary districts.

Episcopal Church In America Philadelphia Protestant Episcopal Church

Flying High at the Palace with Bert Lahr and friends

Hable's Palace presents the musical comedy Flying High starring Bert Lahr and Charlotte Greenwood with Kathryn Crawford Pat O'Brien Charles Winninger Hedda Hopper Guy Kibbee and Herbert Braggioti in colorful aerial humor. Dorothy Fields McHugh DeSylva Brown Henderson wrote the songs directed by Busby Berkeley. Also showing Arsene Lupin with John and Lionel Barrymore and Karen Morley at the Palace on Monday and Tuesday.

Kathryn Crawford Pat O’brien Charles Winninger Hedda Hopper Guy Kibbee Herbert Braggioti Dorothy Fields James McHugh DeSylva Brown Bert Lahr John Barrymore Lionel Barrymore Arsene Lupin the Palace Paris Maurice le Blanc Francis de Croisset

Sunset Trail at the Colonial with Ken Maynard

Ken Maynard stars in Sunset Trail at the Colonial Theatre as he rides to defend a rancher’s daughter from a greedy banker and rustlers. Also debuting The Lightning Warrior serial with Chapter One The Drums of Doom, shown each Saturday at the same venue.

Ken Maynard Colonial Colonial Theatre Tiffany Productions Ken

Early Sprinklers and Glaciers Noted

The first automatic sprinkler was patented in England in 1828 by Ambrose Godfrey. Bradley's Weekly Messenger cites 1729 for an earlier reference. John Carey devised the first pipe driven automatic device in 1806. Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana contains about 80 glaciers from five square miles to small patches.

England Ambrose Godfrey Bradley Weekly Messenger John Carey Glacier National Park Montana

Today's Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues

Puzzle notes a long mixed list of across clues including Otalgia Pimple Soon and many more with numbers 1 7 13 14 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 25 26 30 31 32 34 35 38 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 48 49 62 56 68 59 60 61 63 64 65 67 68 71 80 33 34 86 37 39 41 44 47 48 50 61 53 64 65 67 60 62 63 64 65 64 65 67 68 69 with a final garbled end.

Charlotte Corday

Hart and Basquette Back on Coast with Film Party

Remember Bill Hart and his gun with Lina Basquette, former screen star. They returned to the coast from New York City with a party of film folk.

Bill Hart Lina Basquette New York City

Winchester items highlight civic notes and local plans

One year ago T Russell Cather spoke to the Winchester Kiwanis on citizenship. A rifle and pistol match is set for Saturday at the Winchester Gun Club. Old Gore railroad cars are being removed after August fire damage. IRS reports show first day income tax receipts $5 000 000 below last year. Dispatches caution against rushing to Washington for jobs. Arthur G Jones says reports on oil at Jones Woolen Co are incorrect. Brunswick Md plans to participate in the 1927 Apple Blossom Festival. Pete the goose at Woodstock has died. Bishop Collins Denny to reopen the Southern Methodist Church at Stephens City. B F Davis sold his Leicester street residence to Philip R Fowle. President Wilson urges rapid prep for possible war with Germany. Armory classes teach local men gun use. Hansbrough and Carter seek girls to sew. Farmers enjoy wheat at $2.03 per bushel. A large industry may locate in Winchester. But why jail an alimony dodger for not supporting an insupportable wife. The power to tax is key to winning votes of the envious.

T. Russell Cather Winchester Kiwanis Club Winchester Gun Club Gore United States Internal Revenue Washington Ing Pete T. Glenn Locke Woodstock Collins Denny Southern Methodist Church Stephens City B. F. Davis Leicester Street Philip R. Fowle Wilson America Germany Hansbrough Carter Winchester

Stock and implement sales listed in March directory

March sale notices include G M near alls Town stock and implements March 21 Green Bros stock sale March 23 L W Ebert Allen farm near Berryville stock sale March 24 S D Childs Allen farm stock sale March 29 Crampton sale 144 miles south of Berryville stock machinery and household furniture March 30 Brent DeHaven 4 miles north of Carter's Ford stock and feed offerings.

G. M Alls Town Green Bros Ll. W. Ebert Welltown S. D. Childs Allen Farm Berryville Crampton Sale Brent DeHaven Carter’s Ford

Americanism and Majority Rule: A Critical View

The piece argues that professing belief in majority rule allows thirteen states to block thirty five. It contrasts this with a claim that even prominent figures like Teddy Roosevelt never hunted an elephant from a tiger’s back.

Teddy

Public Sale of Valuable Lots in Opequon Terrace near Winchester

A public auction by H R Kern trustee due to Ruth E Crisman et al defaulting on a note to The Greenbrier Joint Stock Land Bank will offer Lots 1 2 3 4 5 6 14 15 16 17 27 28 29 30 35 36 42 43 44 48 50 51 53 54 55 56 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 36 87 88 90 91 in Frederick County Virginia near Winchester at 11 am on Saturday April 16 1932. One third cash, balance in two annual 6 percent bonds. Some lots subject to prior deed of trust. Plot at Kern office. Auctioneers Dunn & Duvall.

Frederick County Virginia Winchester Aylor M. Rudolph Et Ax Ruth E. Crisman D. B Opequon Terrace Jacob L. Crisman Herbert S. Cain D. B. 156 H. R. Kern Harry R. Kern Dunn & Duvall

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Shapes Mr. Grant Union Iseus United Brethren Young People’s Choir Young People’s Union Choir Rifle Rangers Lightner Young the Capitol Hable’s Palace Charlotte Greenwood Bill Warner Bros. Colonial Rabla Retter Sio William S. Hart Hollywood Arthur G. Jones Jones Woolen Company Brunswick, Md Circuit Court Greenbrier Joint Stock Land Bank Lewisburg West Virginia County Court House Winchester Printers & Stationers, Inc Ford’s Detroit Henry Ford Ford Chevrolet Bickers Motor CO Cery Coy Whippet Willys C. B. Organ Willys Dealer Braddock ST BUICK Winchester Garage Twin City Oil & Gas Corporation Shell Martinsburg Pike Shell Station Amherst & Boscawen Sts Valley Ave Goodrich THE Cammer Tire Company Braddock & Boscawen Sts Lower C. I. Brumback
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