Pulitzer Awards Honor Post-Dispatch and Mitchell Novel
The 1936 Pulitzer list honors Margaret Mitchell for Gone With the Wind and Moss Hart with George Kaufman for You Cant Take It With You. Also recognized are Brooks Flowering of New England, Nevins Hamilton Fish, Frost A Further Range, and various reporting and editorial prizes to journalists from New York Times, Baltimore Sun, and other outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Margaret Mitchell
Columbia University
School of Journalism
Post Dispatch
St. Louis
van Wycks Brooks
New England
Allan Nevins
Hamilton Fish
Miss Mitchell
Atlanta
Moss Hart
George Kaufman
Robert Frost
C. D. Batchelor
New York Daily News
Washington
Anne O'Hare McCormick
New York Times
Europe
John J. O'Neill
New York Herald-Tribune
William L. Laurence
Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Gobind
Behart Lal
The
Universal Service
David Dietz
Scripps Howard
Harvard
Owens
John W. Owens
Baltimore Sun
Providence Journal and Evening Bulletin
Rhode Island
Cleveland Press
Ohio
Atlanta Journal
Georgia
W. W. Waymack
Des Moines Register
Tribune
John Francis Knott
Dallas News
Tex
Quincy Scott
Portland Oregonian
East Side
West Side
Alfred E. Smith
Final Tribute Paid To Memory Of Mrs. Carlisle
Funeral services for Mrs. Virginia Elva Carlisle wife of Frank S. Carlisle were held at 2 p m Saturday at First Baptist Church Winchester with Rev E T Clark and Rev George W Stover officiating Interment followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery Winchester A large gathering from Clarke and Frederick counties attended with many floral offerings Pallbearers were B N Brotherton Thomas Lawyer Frank Emmert Wilbur Gaunt Taylor Knight and Jude Williams
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Virginia Elva Carlisle
Frank S. Carlisle
Winchester Memorial Hospital
First Baptist Church
Winchester
E. T. Clark
George W. Stover
United Brethren Church
Mount Hebron
Clarke
Frederick Counties
B. N. Brotherton
Frank Emmert
Wilbur Gaunt
Taylor Knight
Jude Williams
Apple Blossom Festival Guests Attend Shenandoah Queen's Kin
Berryville local notes list Mrs A P Thomson and family hosting relatives for the Apple Blossom Festival in Berryville Va. Also mentioned is the wedding of Miss Harriet Bouldin Neilson and Mr William Herbert Gregory in Charles Town and attendance by Miss Williams and Miss Pottberg at Bryn Mawr College events. Several visiting guests from Baltimore Washington Richmond participate in local society events and garden visits at Rippon Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
A. P. Thomson
Gretchen Bigelow Thomson
Shenandoah
Hawthorn
Roscoe Anderson
Louise Roscoe
Danville
W Berry Grove
George Hartford
Washington
Prank V
Filford
Annie Stribling
Emily McCormick
Rippon Lodge
Thomas Blackburn
General Washington
Yorkshire
Eng
Dumfries
Prince William Country
Bushrod Washington
Blackburn Smith
William Byrd Lee
Mary. Page Lee
Evelyn Byrd Hutchinson
Gloucester
Col Blackburn
Wade Fillis
Samuel C. Williams
Anne Cabell Williams
Lorna Pottberg
Staten Island
Miss Williams
Miss Pottberg
Bryn Mawr College
Nelson-Gregory
Zion Episcopal Church
Charles Town
Bear hunter notice from Burr Oak highlights sold county bear
In Jewell county there is no game left as Vernon Lemley a North Branch curio dealer who owned the sole bear has sold it to a zoo leaving hunters with no local bears available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr Oak
Kas
Jewell
Vernon Lemley
North Branch Curio
Page calls for more funds for Virginia secondary highways
Norfolk May 3 State Senator Vivian L Page candidate for governor outlined a new plank to strengthen Virginias secondary road system He argued for additional road funds to aid agriculture and rural communities while criticizing current road conditions and calling for broader reforms including jail and tax policy changes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Vivian L. Page
James
Burg
Aus
Young Democratic Club
Page
J. Murray Hooker
State Democratic Committee
Stuart
Virginia
ABC Board
Mrs Pearson Dies In Philadelphia
Lewis Pearson learns of the death of his sister in law Mrs Fannie Pearson aged about sixty eight at her home in Springfield Philadelphia suburb after a brief pneumonia illness. A native of Sussex England she came to the United States with her husband many years ago. Surviving are two daughters and two grandchildren. Funeral set for tomorrow. She had visited often in this city and left many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Pearson
National Avenue
Fanniee Parson
Richard Pearson
Springfield
Philadelphia
Pearson
Sussex County
Eng
Wheels Beat Heels In 16 Mile Race Rift
Kansas City story recounts Marvin Carter and Tom Hardaway racing to Platte City to settle a walking versus roller skating dispute. With seven miles left Hardaway ahead Carter stopped, his shoes wore through, ending the race prematurely. They planned a rematch after Carter gets new heels. Congressmen returning from Tidewater encounter a wind storm near Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Marvin Carter
Tom Hardaway
Carter
Hardaway
Platte City
Tidewater
Washington
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch
Historic Court House At Woodstock To Be Enlarged
The Shenandoah County board of supervisors discussed expanding the Woodstock court house to add juror rooms and judge chambers. Plans reuse the Fire Company building second floor and move the county agent, with WPA funding for alms house improvements and a new one room school for colored children on Water Street. The board also considered coal supply quality, road tile damages, dog damage claims, and multiple county service reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodstock
Bay 1
Shenandoah County
Board of Supervisors
Philps Williams
C. V. Shoemaker
Williams
Elwood Santmiers
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Alms House
Water Street
Irwin
Elon Sheetz
Lester Zirkle
Strasburg
Jacob Hollar
Edinburg
Davis
J. Ray Miller
Agreement Not Complete In Knight Orchard Takeover Report
An item claiming Eston P. Bean will take over the late Dr. B. M. Knight's orchards was described as in error. No agreement has been reached on operating the orchards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eston P. Bean
B. M. Knight
Seaboard Air Line seeks reduced Virginia property assessment
Richmond May 3 The State Corporation Commission set May 25 for hearings on Seaboard Air Line Railway's bid to cut its 1936 property valuation of 6 366 684 14 to 1 111 129 The railroad argues true value depends on market securities and net operating income and accuses assessed value of violation of state constitution and tax code. Attorneys for railway and state city and county representatives appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Seaboard Air Line Railway
W. W. Martin
Virginia
Corporation Commission
Thomas B. Gay
B. M. Preston
Eppa Hunton, IV
Child survives fall from window lands in tub of clothes
Barbara Kinney seven year old of San Francisco fell two stories from a home window and jumped up with a bruised leg landing in a wash tub full of clothes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Barbara Kinney
Pneumonia Fatal to Clarke County Boy
Eugene Calvin Chapman aged 11 son of Frank S and Maude Jackson Chapman of Clarke County died in Winchester Memorial Hospital after a week of pneumonia treatment. The death was reported from Berryville Virginia on May 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Eugene Calvin Chapman
Frank S. and
Maude Jackson Chapman
Clarke County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Chapman Siblings Remain With Parents After Funeral
Surviving with the parents are two sisters Elsie and Eunice Chapman and three brothers Donald A Roy and Raymond Chapman. Funeral from John Enders funeral home at 11 tomorrow morning with Rev W O Luttrell of Duncan Memorial Methodist Church officiating and burial in Green Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie
Eunice Chapman
Donald A
Roy and
Raymond Chapman
John Enders
W. O. Luttrell
Duncan Memorial Methodist Church
Green Hill Cemetery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carlisle
Ugar
Mrs. Thomson
Augusta Watts
Baltimore
Louis Tucker
Rose MacDonald
State Board of Education
Agnes Williams
Lorenzo Lewis
Saltville, Va
George H. Levi
Edward Joyce
E. L. Tessier
the Knoll
Horace G. Smithy
Washington and
Francis B. Whiting
Out
Governor
North Cameron ST
Adams
Windsor
Currier and Ives and Bailey
Miles B. Dean
Case of the Seaboard Company
Bullseye
Harosgistelor
R GA
Winchester R
Earl C. Fries
L. E. Harris and Co. Largent’s
City Meat Market
Cash and Carry
Buhl’s
J. F. Massey and Son
Larrick
Brown’s Meat Market
Eagle’s
Bailey Bros. Riley’s
N. Loudoun St
N. Cameron St
National Ave
Piccadilly & Cameron
E. Piccadilly St
W. Piccadilly St
S. Loudoun St
S. Cameron St
S. Braddock St
S. Loudoun
Loudoun St
Cameron St
Valley Avenue
RGA Food Stores
Clarke Co
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Phoenix
Wenders
John W. Rosenberger & Co
S. Braddock Street
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