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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1939

Page

3

Enders Firemen Schedule Bazaar Fund Campaign

Berryville Virginia March 24. The John H Enders Fire Company will hold its annual bazaar on Friday and Saturday April 14 and 15 starting with a supper on the 14th. The event features a dinner bingo games and other amusements as part of a fundraising drive to support operation and maintenance. The department serves Berryville and surrounding areas including recent calls to Boyce and White Post.

Berryville John H. Enders Fire Company County Board of Supervisors Enders Fire Department Boyce and White Post J. M. Strother White 11 Thor Delco Long John Joan Durham Carl Umstot

Meticulous care advised for raising baby chicks

Virginia Tech poultry experts urge careful pre brooder prep and precise heat during the first days. Maintain hover edge at about 100 degrees, watch for crowding, provide cool fresh air, avoid late stove starts, and gradually remove heat as chicks feather.

Virginia Tech Poultry Department

New World Records Sought At Chicago Indoor Track Meet

Chicago March 24 The indoor track season may yield three world records at the Chicago meet. Johnny Borican vows to set an approved 1000 yard mark after a false start incident. Earle Meadows seeks pole vault glory while a hot 600 yard lineup features Jim Herbert Harold Cagie Wes Wallace and Charlie Beetham.

Chicago Wani Chicago Teays Johnny Borican Earle Meadows Jimny Herbert Herbert Harold Cagie Oklahoma Baptist Wes Wallace Fordham Charlie Beetham Ohio State Milt Padway Wisconsin Dick Ganselen Meadows Mel ‘Trutt Art Bodeau Borican Cunningham Melvin Traylor Morphy Gene Venzke Chuck Fenske New York John Munski Missouri

Advice on keeping chicks safe and healthy indoors

The guidance warns to house chicks indoors except on clear warm days due to rain. Do not let them eat decayed material or spray leftover materials. Wash dusty water eyes with boric acid solution. Prevent broad er pneumonia from musty litter and guard young birds from weasels skunks hawks and house cats.

Pastor to Preach About Marriage at Reliance Church

Rev W D Mitchell of the United Brethren Circuit will deliver a Sunday night sermon at Reliance Church titled Are We Really Married When Legally United by the Laws of the State. The talk targets young people considering marriage.

W. D. Mitchell United Brethren Circuit Reliance

C M Plotner Dies Aged 79 In Clarke County

Berryville Virginia March 24 Charles Marion Plotner died after a protracted illness aged seventy nine. He was a lifelong farmer and carpenter a native of West Virginia born January 28 1861 and resided in Clarke county about 50 years. He survived two wives and leaves two sons and three daughters plus three sisters. Funeral 2 pm Saturday at Brucetown Methodist Church with burial there. Pallbearers named.

Berryville Charles Marion Plotner Mr. Plotner West Virginia John Katherin Dick Plotner Clarke County Charles Stanley Plotner Harry W. Plotner Bolivar, O Annie E. Myers Bertha V. Plotner Clarke Harriet C. Myers Hedgesville W. Va Sarah Myers

Miss Spring Comes to Bend in Hopeful 1939 Farm Note

Hayfield Virginia reports spring arrival with sunlit days and dove songs. Farmers begin garden work selecting certified seeds. onions feature among early crops. Wheat shows strong growth with prospects of a bumper crop. 75 percent of spring planting completed as youth clubs join the farm program for 1939.

Hayfield Jupiter Pluvius Farmer Frederick County

Twenty One to Fly on Plane in Transatlantic Flight

Baltimore March 24 21 persons will fly in a 74 passenger Yankee Clipper the largest heavier than air crossing. Technical observers include Capt Lawrence J Carr Lt Ira E Hobbs Commander L T Chalker and Pan American official C H Schilhauer. Capt Harold Gray will command with Capt Arthur E La Porte as acting first officer.

Baltimore Lawrence J. Carr Army Air Corps Ira E. Hobbs Navy L. T. Chalker Coast Guard C. H. Schilhauer Pan American Azores Libson Harold Gray

Maryland lawmakers enjoy record 1275 bills in session

Annapolis March 24 Maryland legislators pursued broad aims as a surge of 1275 bills filled the hopper marking the largest total since 1914. The General Assembly reached the deadline for new measures with 788 filed in the House and 439 in the Senate amid expectations of a progressive session.

Annapolis Maryland General Assembly Horace Flack Department of Legislative Reference

Long List of Roles for Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth

The article outlines Raymond Jackson’s many titles including secretary of the commonwealth official administrator for the state and statutory agent for out of state corporations. It notes his duties in the division of records dating to 1623 and his memberships on boards such as canvassers and the military board. Jackson previously served as Albemarle county assistant commonwealths attorney and trial justice before his appointment by Governor Price.

Raymond Jackson Secretary of the Commonwealth Virginia Commonwealth of Virginia Commonwealth State Board of Canvassers Military Board Albemarle County Lemuel F. Smith GolVernor Price

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