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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1934
Page
4
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A religious prayer card quotes Psalm 64 verses one and two urging God to hear the prayer and to preserve life while seeking protection from the wicked. The fragment presents a devotional voice intent on seeking refuge and guidance.
The article laments theft of dogwood redbud and azalea along Virginia roadsides. It notes a state law prohibits plucking flowers from roadsides without owner permission and urges public education and sentiment against despoiling natural roadside beauty. The focus is on offenders from towns and cities who strip edge-of-road blooms for fragments of nature.
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors are praised for improving the grounds in front of the historic courthouse. The lawn has been sodded a hedge planted and shrubbery placed, ahead of the Apple Blossom Festival. The county funded the work for the benefit of both residents and visitors.
A former U S president lauded Dr William H Welch describing him as having contributed more than any other American to the relict of medical science. The tribute underscores Welch’s enduring impact on public health and education.
The text notes Free Soil as an American party opposing slavery and joining the Republican party in 1854. It reports British trade union membership fell from 8.3 million to 4.4 million over four years and states annual U.S. tin can production for food at 5 to 8 million cans.
The piece honors Dr. Welch as a leading American pathologist and founder role at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. It praises his scientific achievements and lifelong service to health, noting that medical pioneers often receive recognition late and commends those continuing his work.
One year ago Miss Miller Wisecarver and Mr Lou M Larrick wed. Common Council adopts tentative budget of 1.35 million. Mrs Bettie Tackett 75 of Front Royal dies from burns. George Francis Norton 69, Winchester printer, dies. Six bombs explode in Chicago during May Day protests.
Five years ago M Cc Armel, airplane designer from Athens Georgia, arrives at White Post in a bi plane built in Armel's shops Athens Georgia. Miss Esther Washington eighty eight of Hampshire County West Virginia visits Washington DC traveling alone. Curly Brown veteran baseball star dies in Washington DC. Richmond reports business volume in the fifth district ahead of last year. Miss Ruby Clark and Mr William Madigan marry.
City traffic crews under the city manager painted new center lines on West Boscawen Street at the curve by the Pennsylvania station and at the curve where the railroad crosses. The updated markings remove troublesome kinks that previously made driving difficult on these curves.
Present and past rainfall data including 24 hour total ending 8 am and year to date 7.15 inches. The report lists monthly averages from the 21 year record: January 2.41, February 1.97, March 2.82, April 3.21, May 3.94, June 3.65, July 3.41, August 3.29, September 2.34, October 3.00, November 2.33, December 2.34.
The District Nurse Association has arranged first aid service for the Apple Blossom Festival. Nurses Josephine Arthur and Evelyn Dean lead a staff with Boy Scout helpers. Stations will operate on the Handley High grounds Thursday and in downtown Friday at the Colonial Theatre lobby and 4 North Loudoun street hallway. The Friendship Fire Company ambulance remains on standby for calls.
James Lelane Legge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Legge, aged ten months, died of cholera infantum. Funeral services were held at the home in Middletown, Virginia, conducted by Rev. W. P. Saunders, with interment in Mount Carmel Cemetery. Survived by his parents and one brother. Mr. Legge is one of ten siblings, most of whom attended.
FAWCETT GAP Virginia May 2 The Luther League of St. Pauls Lutheran Church will present a special program Sunday May 6 at 8 oclock on Making My Life Count Special music and recitations will accompany the league program The main address will be given by W R Legge agricultural instructor of the Handley School The boys who have worked with Mr Legge look forward to the occasion
Back Creek Sunday schools plan the twenty second annual convention at Mount Pleasant United Brethren Church near Mount Williams on May 30 with two sessions 10am and 1 30pm. twelve schools enroll about 700 pupils and aim to increase attendance 25 percent. Secretary Minor C Miller urges faster reporting for the Winchester state convention in June.
W Sargent purchased a lot at Cameron and James streets at a trustee sale conducted by James P Reardon on Saturday. The site features two new double tenement houses and the total price was 4950 dollars.
Mrs Pred A Whitacre emergency relief garden director reported on seed and fertilizer distribution. A recipient who later gained work offered to reallocate her allotment to a less fortunate family. City and county garden districts organized with committees. two new city members named. Whitacre logged 198 client interviews and 1,456 miles. six distributions covered 180 families with 188 seed potato bags and 278 fertilizer bags plus assorted seeds.
Deeds admitted to record in the county clerk’s office include M. M. Lynch executor transferring Elizabeth A. Horsey estate to Harry H. Poole et ux for property along Berryville Pike east of Winchester valued at 800 dollars. Other filings cover parcels near Back Creek district, Route 11 widening right of way, and multiple parcels northwest of Gainesboro with nominal or no stated consideration.
Capitol presents Joe E Brown in A Very Honorable Guy as part of Apple Blossom Festival attractions. The film follows a clever but unreliable gambler with comic missteps, paired with a stage organ divertisement Changing Times by Billy Barnes. Bing Crosby headlines We're Not Dressing at Capitol Friday and Saturday with Carole Lombard, Burns and Allen, Merman, and Errol in supporting roles.
Colonial Theatre will show the pre release feature The Crime of Helen Stanley on Thursday as part of the Apple Blossom Festival. Ralph Bellamy stars with Shirley Grey and Gail Patrick in a dramatic tale of four lives entangled by crime and fate.
Anna Sten's Nana ends tonight at Hables Palace after a three day run praised by hundreds. Samuel Goldwyn spent two million on the film with Sten supported by Richard Bennett Mae Clarke Philip Holmes Lionel Atwill and Muriel Kirkland. Also on the bill Fox Movietone News and a cartoon The Owl and the Pussycat. Thursday features Ever Since Eve with George O'Brien Mary Brian and Herbert Mundin. Continuous shows Thursday 1 pm to 11 pm Friday 11 am to 11 pm.
Mrs. Mattie I. Mee relocates the Appleway Cabin Camp north of Kernstown along the Valley pike. Fifteen portable cabins are ready for occupancy, with several already used, and the barbecue stand and dancing pavilion are reopened for the Apple Blossom Festival and the upcoming season.
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