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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1940
Page
12
Vivien Leigh winner of an Academy Award for her portrayal in Gone With The Wind is featured opposite Charles Laughton in Side Walks of London. The film, which earned Leigh a top acting prize, comes to the Capitol Theatre this Saturday.
Five awards totaling 15 dollars were given to attendees at the Lions Fun Festival held last night in the Baker building on North Cameron street. Turner Sencindiver won the 5 prize. Esther Butler and Mrs R G Groves won 3 each. J W DeHaven and Miss M J McCone won 2 each. a grand prize automobile will be awarded Saturday night.
Palm Beach newspapers report the death of socialite Madeline Force Astor Dick Fiermonte at age 47 after a lingering illness. She was once married to Col John Jacob Astor and survived the Titanic disaster in 1912. Her second marriage was to William K Dick, a New York banker, in 1916, ending in divorce in 1933.
The Star announces a daily apple recipe to boost local consumption of Winchester apples, highlighting this major regional commodity and inviting readers to try new uses for the fruit.
Peel and quarter five or six cooking apples and place in a baking pan. Add one and a half cups water. Cover with two to three cups brown sugar, one teaspoon cinnamon, and a quarter cup shredded coconut. Bake forty minutes at 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
Pinehurst North Carolina March 28 Harold Bachman flew over 8S B Ghapin's peach orchards all night hedging the trees with a constant wind to prevent frost on tender buds and brooms.
The obituary notes Count de Montaigu born in Paris, taught French at Virginia Military Institute and Shenandoah Valley Academy, and married Sara West Chew. Widower, he lived on a Frederick County farm near Hayfield. He will be buried tomorrow at Edge Hill Cemetery in Charles Town with Catholic services.
Capon Bridge West Virginia hosts evangelistic meetings at the Presbyterian Church led by Rev. Preston Sartelle and Miss Avery Kendall of Columbus Bible School. Services start 7:30 pm with daily ten minute Scripture graphs and nightly children’s sessions through Sunday. Topics include Departure of the Church and The Battle of Armageddon.
More than two hundred reservations are logged for the Junior Board of Trade second annual dinner dance at the George Washington Hotel. Washington area delegations from Hancock Hagers town Berryville Front Royal and other Virginia towns are expected. The event includes dinner at 7 with George Washington Hotel Orchestra providing music and dancing. Tom Scully toasts. officers and directors to be introduced. Civic service award to C Ridgely White presented by Garland Quarles.
The Luttrell debating team of Frederick County versus a Berkeley Springs, West Virginia outfit will clash at the P O S of A hall in Angers Store on Saturday evening, March 30. The issue is whether the Townsend Plan if enacted would solve unemployment and economic conditions in a United States.
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