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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1939

Page

9

Capon Bridge Senior Class To Present The Ghost Parade

Capon Bridge High School to stage The Ghost Parade a three act mystery farce by Catherine Kavanaugh in the Hotel Imperial office Littleboro. Cast includes Absalom Hawkes Helsley Sowers and Margaret Farmer with two vaudeville heirs in a humorous hotel setting. Play scheduled May 6 at 8 o clock admission 15 and 25 cents with reserved seating 35 cents.

Apon Bridge W. VA Catherine Kavanaugh Cagn Bridge High School Dramatics Comany of Chicago Ann Mamie Fastus Hriek Absalom Hawkes Helsley Sowers Russell Allery Hiram Carl Foltz Rastus Garlan Whitacre Abe Higgenbottom Walden Grapes Adamie Rose New York Roberta Smith Anne Watkins Evelyn Wolford Aleck Smart Ted Lewis Hiers Chub Maton William Slonaker Abigail Jones Genevieve Johnson Billy Lamont Red Ruby Company Gay Cunningham Lorraine Anderson Time Hotel Imperial Littleboro

Jackson Is Still Mayor

Baltimore voters returned Mayor Howard W. Jackson to a fourth term amid factional splits. Jackson captured 109 368 votes to Theodore R. McKeldin 84 832 across 471 precincts, with Jackson winning less than half of Baltimore's 272 000 registered Democrats.

Baltimore Howard W. Jackson Jackson Theodore R. McKeldin McKeldin William Curran Howard Bruce Herbert R. O’conor Charles Buck O’conor

Front Royal News Notes Weddings Visits and Deaths

Local social page records weekend visits by Miss Martha Burruss, Miss Anne Daniel, and Miss Anna Haley. Mary Washington College students, church events, and a May Business Women's Circle meeting are listed alongside a church wedding of Cora Gertrude Borden to Leo William Richard Rader in Front Royal. Funeral services are noted for Mrs. Annie Baggarty Walton aged sixty five.

Front Royal Martha Brent Burruss Anne Daniel Carroll Burruss Shersburg June Clagett Mary Washington College Fredericksburg Edith Walter Business Women's Circle No. 4 The Presbyterian Church Cameron Cora Gertrude Borden Leo William Richard Rader Rockville First Baptist Church Q. D. Gasque Maurice Shirey Bessie Manuel Laura Clarke Sharon House Harry J. Mcliver K. Butler Gene Lubking W. E. Trainham Louise Borden James Hurka Baltimore Donald Simpson Francis Dudley Wilson Annie Baggarty Walton Charles L. Walton Thobart Kipps

Virginia Leader Announces World Poultry Congress in Cleveland

Charles W. Wampler of Harrisonburg says fifty nations will attend the World Poultry Congress opening July 28 in Cleveland. He notes U S government funding of 100000 is under ten percent of the total, with rest raised by poultrymen and allied industries. Virginia is among seven states with full memberships and tours will visit Winchester Martinsburg and Rockingham county.

Cleveland Europe Charles W. Wampler Harrisonburg Virginia Industries Committee Wampler Congress United States Mr. Wampler Shenandoah Valley Washington Winchester Martinsburg W. Va Baltimore and Ohio Ohio Kentucky Tennessee North Carolina Rockingham County Allied Industries En

Call To Arms Is Given To Gardeners

BLACKSBURG Virginia May 3 A call to arms for gardeners to prepare to repel the 1939 insect army was issued by L B Dietrich Virginia Tech garden specialist. He urges early action beyond spraying including sanitation plowing crop rotation and mechanical aids to control pests and warns against delays and improper materials.

Blacksburg L B. Dietrich Virginia Tech Dietrich

Controlling Plant Pests With Spray and Dust Methods

The guide advises early and thorough spraying or dusting of plants to combat pests. Use soap solution or nicotine dust, target undersides of leaves, and reapply as needed since complete elimination may require multiple applications throughout the season.

Virginia Dietrich

Va Livestock Market N Kent St Tuesday Auctions

Virginia livestock market at N Kent Street runs extended sales every Tuesday with prices across cattle hogs sheep and calves. Cows prices range from 6.75 to 7.50 per cwt with veal calves top 10.20, hogs to 6.75, lambs around 11.60, and feeder stocker cattle from 30.00 to 52.50 per head.

N. Kent St Rene Pat Pia

Long Distance Moving Aero Mayflower Transit Co

Moving notice lists Aero Mayflower Transit Co as agent at 24 W Picca St for long distance relocation services. No client names or dates provided.

Aero Mayflower Transit Co W. Picca. St

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Capon Bridge Cwhvere N. Loudoun St Front Royal and Warren County News Anna Haley Charlottesville Mrs. W. A. Haley Blue Ridge Avenue George Buck Monty Hill Hill Buck Paul Rudacille W. E. Rudacille Wasam Durn Fodrie Gladys Dutrow Courtney Edmonds Dutrow L. B. Dutrow Margretta Burke Margret Cassidy Mae Burke Fox Elizabeth Sherman Eugene Tyler Maurice Evans Hamiet Washington, D. C Larry Boerner Mrs. Boerner Jesse D. Borden Wesley Fellowship Society of the Methodist Church F. Owens W. G. Barraclough Edgewood Mrs. Marshall Jarrelle Lyle Hansbrough Marie Dewitt Dr. Hansbrough L. F. Hansbrough Benjamin F. Rowe Jr Barbara Lane New Bern, N. C Young People’s Council of the Methodist Church Emma Mauck Granville Kelly of Luray Morris Bolber Brooklyn N. Y Philadelphia Arsenic Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co W. Boscawen St Bugs Adams N. Cameron Street John M. Miller Harry R. Kern Gertrude John C. Woolfolk Sinclair Agent Sinclair Ae Hay Matic Montgomery Ward S. Loudoun St
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