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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1937
Page
3
Sunday notices for St M E Church at Cameron and Cork Streets list services and programs led by Rev Herman McKay. Morning worship at 11 with The Call to Christian Stewardship, Sunday School 9 45, and Children’s Day noted for June. Upcoming events include Epworth League and various prayer meetings. The article invites all to attend.
West Cork Street Pastor Rev George E Owen leads Bible School at 9 45 am with H H Jennings as superintendent Morning Worship and Holy Communion at 11 am with sermon Dependability Evening Worship at 7 45 pm sermon The Mirages of Hell Teen Age Choir and Junior and Intermediate Endeavor meet in day events including prayer meeting Wednesday 7 45 pm Train For Service choir practice Wednesday 6 30 pm teen choir Thursday 7 15 pm at Frances Shade home Circle meetings Tuesday at 8 pm with Mrs C R Anderson and Mrs Branson Sirbaugh 615 Fairmont Ave.
Grace Lutheran Church on West Boscawen Street invites all to Sunday School at 9.30 a.m. with Carl R. Ritter as superintendent and J Irvin Rose as assistant. Men’s Bible Class usual. Winchester Commandery of Knights Templar joins this evening. Junior choir and Luther League meet at the usual hour in the Sunday school auditorium for Bible Verse contest.
Rev Ronald S Wilson leads Sunday services at 11 a m and 7 30 p m with sermons on The Illustration of Progress and Imitation of Christ. Young Men's Class addressed by Mr Wilson. Rev Edward Beall of Sykesville Md to preach at rege Chapel 8 p m Sunday. Prayer service Wednesday 7 30 on The Text That Sustained John Bunyan. Sixth in a series of messages on great texts of great men.
Winchester Full Gospel Assembly on Cameron Street led by Rev C Anderson TM offers Sunday School at 9 45 am with Holm es McFarland as superintendent, sermon at 11 am, C A at 7 pm with Leona Brill, evening worship at 8 pm, and Friday prayer meeting at 8 pm.
Baltimore and Philadelphia markets show mixed results for May 15. Produce prices list Spaulding Rose varieties with standard U.S. grades and basket counts. Baltimore cattle and hog prices edge up or down by class, with top steers around 11.75 and hogs 11.00 to 11.50 depending on weight. Chicago figures mirror gains in cattle and sheep with limited direct sale activity and noted demand shifts.
New York May 15 stocks closed mostly flat with rails and industrials showing modest gains while steels motors and utilities struggled. Bonds were quiet to slightly firmer and commodities especially grain and cotton futures improved amid a lightly active trading day.
Braddock Street M E Church announces 9 45 a m Sunday School led by Walter Shade. 11 a m sermon titled It Thundered by Rev W W McIntyre. 8 p m youth and intermediate service with discussions and music. Prayer service Wednesday 8 p m. All welcome.
At Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church Corner Market and Cork Streets, Rev. SL Flickinger D D, Pastor. 9:45 a m Church School supervised by Courtney Taylor. 11 a m Morning Worship with Confirmation and Pentecost sermon. 7 p m Children's Vespers. Public invited to all services.
Sunday School at 9 45 a m with Sam D Preston as superintendent Evening worship at 8 with Miss Pearl Tatten directing music from Storer College Harpers Ferry W Va The college choir assists Storer College is a Negro youth college under the Northern Baptist Convention A cordial welcome to all worshippers.
Wheat and other grains posted gains as export expectations lifted prices. Canadian crop conditions pressured markets while cash quotes in Chicago and Baltimore showed No. 2 hard and yellow corn around 1.33 to 1.34 a bushel and oats near 50 to 54 cents, with soybeans near 1.75 per bushel.
Local markets list patent brand grain prices by bag size and per barrel for 98, 48, 24 and 12 pound bags. Also shows cracked corn and shell corn, various feeds, eggs, butter, dairy products, and live stock price ranges in a daily retail market.
Major and Mrs Mars and Lieut Hazel Powne host events at Court House Hall on the second floor. Sunday school at 2 p.m. Y P L at 7.30 p.m. Open air preaching at 8 p.m. Jail services for prisoners at 10.30 a.m.
Pastor J. H. Shade at 113 South Cameron Street invites all to services. Sunday School at 9 30 a m Morning worship 11 a m Young People's meeting 6 30 p m Song service 7 30 p m Evening worship 8 o'clock. Preaching by the pastor.
Rev E J Rohart leads Bible School at 9 30 a m with Supt A C Frye. Morning worship at 10 30 a m. Christian Endeavor at 7 p m with gospel singing and sermon. The text invites all to come worship together and acquaint themselves with God and be at peace.
A dense, OCR like list shows prices for shelled corn cracked corn corn meal feed bran mixed feed screening dairy feeds turkey grower horse feed and baby chick feed. Prices range from about 2.25 to 3.35 per unit with multiple entries repeated in varying formats.
Public auction of 557 acres along Buckton Road Frederick County Virginia near Middletown. Sale set for June 19 1937 at 11 am in Winchester Court House with one third cash and two deferred payments secured by a deed of trust. Dunn & Daal auctioneers listed sale dates.
Regulation fixes open squirrel season in George Washington National Forest counties including Alleghany Av eost a Frederick Page Rockbridge Rockingham Shenandoah and Warren from November 15 to December 31 each year effective June 1 1937. By order of the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries Carl H Nolting chairman Richmond Virginia May 8 1937.
Sprigs minister schedules Sunday School at 10 30 a m with roll call. William Brown and John Morris oversee. Pastor to return from quarterly meeting for 8 40 p m sermon. Deacon Lampkins credited for 70 of 130 raised at Men's Day. 60 raised by oe Brown and Edward Mo. A Two In One social benefits Women’s Day drive. Five women named to represent the wise virgins on the June third Sunday. Program directed by Mrs S S Spriggs. Welcoming note extended.
Marion Ohio 16 year old Butter Cray faced Juvenile Judge Oscar Gast who sent him to the boys industrial school at Lancaster after Cray confessed to burglaries. The judge, awakened by a tip at 8 am, arrested Cray in a park in pajamas and robe.
Miss Ellen Bentley the Derby Festival queen will see her first horse race at Pimlico after an escort arranged by Preakness Week Association. She attends as a guest for the race and ball with Miss Anne Preston McAdoo and Miss Gretchen Thomson, queens of events in Louisville and New Orleans. Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt Jr. will crown Miss McAdoo at the ball.
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