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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1936
Page
12
Colonel Cutchins argues for a new car inspection plan testing cars outside cities or at city stations. He says lives saved and property protection could justify costs even if owners bear a small service fee. He criticizes current inspections as fair only for perfect cars and warns against unscrupulous garages forging inspection signs.
National Park Service seeks new sealed bids for Shenandoah concessions after rejecting a bid by Senator Percy Loth. Proposals call for lodges stores cafeterias gas stations and transport services with sales of Appalachian crafts and souvenirs. Estimated investment about 300000 plus facilities. liquor sales require Virginia ABC permit.
In Stephens City Virginia on May 10 the Senior Christian Endeavor of United Brethren Reliance will present an 8 o'clock program in commemoration of the forty sixth anniversary of Christian Endeavor. The event features dramatized scripture, special music, and a pageant Pagan vs Christian written by Dr. J Gordon Howard with a cast led by C C Bowen and others. The Rev H E Richardson and director D N Gruver assist. Miss Oneta Shipe directs the pageant. The Reliance United Brethren Church is noted for organizing Virginia's first Christian Endeavor Society.
Earl French of Hagerstown Maryland found a twelve pound iron safe near Cherry Run on the West Virginia bank of the Potomac after the floodwaters receded. The vessel and contents were not described in the report.
Inquiry shows a safe and valuable papers were moved by boat down the river from a Sleepy Creek post office and store run by Mr Fearnow, located eighty miles from Cherry Run, in a disputed operation.
A New Marlboro horse named Sunshine turned 33 today as 50 guests gathered for a cake. Owner John Bigford has held annual parties to show affection for the animal he has owned since birth. In St. Petersburg a man named J B Henry halted a slot machine crusade by smashing a machine with a hammer after inserting $25 and one more ten cent piece.
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