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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1932
Page
2
Warner Bros presents So Big adapted from Edna Ferber's novel at the Capitol Theatre. Barbara Stanwyck stars as Selena in a powerful American character study praised as her finest screen work.
Harry Carey presents Border Devils a detective murder mystery at the Colonial Theater in a rare Western style. The film based on Murray Leinster’s story unfolds with a complex plot and a climactic reveal keeping audiences guessing.
Beloved star Marie Dressler returns to the Palace for two days with Emma an intimate family life story. The program also includes Color Scales and The Galloping Ghost as features plus Fisherman’s Paradise. Jackie Cooper’s When a Feller Needs a Friend arrives Monday as requested by audiences. Hearst-Metro News provides Winchester Ninth Apple Blossom Festival footage tonight and Saturday.
Local items report Mrs J S Gusherd of Cannonsburg Pa visiting her Weirick brothers Grant and Frank in Middletown. Various residents, including Miss Loretta Miller Washington and Miss Esta Lee Saunders Handley alum, are noted visiting or returning home amid a string of weekend hospitality and short travels.
Sunday family visits anchor a roundup of residents visiting relatives in Winchester. Names include Mrs Edith Anderson from Washington DC and Miss Lelia Ludwig from Flint Hill. The Epworth League hosts a Mother’s Day program May 8 at 7 with Emma Whittington leading. the Grace Church choir marks the occasion. Local church orchestra directed by George W Jones will provide music. all welcome.
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum lashed back at Joseph Hergensheimer for calling Sheridan's Civil War ride a walk. He cites eye witness Col Whitman and notes his statue in Sheridan Circle honors the famous charge from Winchester to Cedar Creek on Oct. 19, 1864.
Stephen Catalina of Luling Texas who served throughout World War I without a scratch recently broke a finger while removing his socks.
Church notices list services for Opequon Memorial Kernstown Round Hill Burnt Church and Stines Chapel. Sunday School times range 10 to 10:30 a m with morning services at 11 a m and evening services at 8 p m. Rev C E Seastrunk to preach at Stines Chapel.
The Paxton Chapel hosts revival services from May 9 to May 20 with nightly meetings except Saturdays at 8 p m. Morning worship at 11 and sermons, Epworth League events, and Sunday School sessions are listed for Paxton Chapel Carpers Valley and Macedonia locales. The Epworth League presents two plays at Parish Hall White Post on May 13 at 8 p m.
Gore Baptist Church led by Rev. E. T. Clark announces Sunday School at 2 30 p m with Mrs Will Smith as superintendent. Preaching by the pastor follows immediately after Sunday School. cordial invitation extended to all to attend worship services.
Rev H B Richardson leads Sunday School at Reliance at 10 a m with a Mother's Day program. Anniversary sermon for Christian Endeavor with pageant at 8 p m. Mother's Day sermon and special music at Friendship at 11 a m. Mother's Day service at Stevens City at 3 30 p m with Sunday School at 2 30 p m. Come wearing a white flower if mother is deceased and pink or red if living.
Churches schedule multiple Mother’s Day services in Brucetown and nearby areas. Pastor C J Clark leads at Burnt Factory and Crums with Epworth and Hi Leagues at Brucetown and Welltown holds Sunday School.
The text announces Sunday School at 10 a.m. led by Pastor C H Anderson at Capon Springs West Virginia with services scheduled for Sunday.
A Mothers Day program is planned at 11 a.m. at Shiloh with a church service at 3 p.m. led by Rev. Emerson Ther. A cordial invitation is extended to attendees.
The Disciples of Christ at Galilee Church announce Bible School at 10 a.m. and preaching at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. The morning message honors Mother's Day. Charles E. McVay will lead the song service. Rev. F. B. Sapp is listed among the church leaders.
Nineveh Presbyterian Church announces Sunday School at 10 30 a m with John B Earle as superintendent and Bible Class teacher, followed by morning worship at 11 15 a m conducted by Pastor Be D Witherspoon.
A man raiding a clover storehouse on a farm near Tiffin, Ohio, was fired upon as he fled when Edward Kemp shot him with a shotgun. The blast ripped his trousers at the seam, leaving him wounded. Authorities pursue the suspect.
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