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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1937
Page
8
Friday social calendar lists an annual meet and banquet of Epworth League at Market Street Methodist Church at 7 00 p m and a 7 45 p m missionary society meeting at the home of Mrs Shade of the Church of Christ.
The Euterpian Study Club held its final meeting of the season at Mrs. Eulalia Nally’s West Piccadilly home. Miss Margaret Flickinger led a program spotlighting Carrie Jacobs Bond, noted song and ballad writer, with selections by Alice Pollard Doris Whitehurst and Mrs. Nalley.
A Roberta Lea etiquette column answers reader questions about improving nasal tones with deep breathing. It advises against using office stationery for social letters and discusses hosting a formal Sunday dinner, noting it is permissible but not popular.
Mr and Mrs Eugene Russell and family visited Star Tannery and Lebanon Church where Miss Ida A Keller has been gravely ill but improving. Ensign George Fuller and John Weems will spend the weekend with friends. Indiana Pa visitors attended the festival at the Locke home with several guests from various areas. Others plan visits to Baltimore and Strasbourg with Lutheran Church delegates.
President Delano Roosevelt invites Boy Scouts from all councils to the National Jamboree in Washington from June 30 to July 9 with possible extension. About 25 000 scouts from across the nation are expected to attend this first camp, with each scout supplying gear and travel. Local registrations include four Winchester scouts and three from Luray in Shenandoah Council and others awaited.
The article describes two fliers who, after a long day, ate large dinners to replace prior ham and cheese meals while resting in bed. They plan to resume their usual duties next week piloting a transport plane on the New York to Miami flight. Lambie has served as Merrill's co pilot for four months on the route.
The obituary notes the death of Ober in Maryland with details of his recent voyage aboard the Flying Cloud from Falmouth to Gibson Island. It lists passengers Donale Sherwood and others from Baltimore and Washington. Ober, a Maryland hunting and yachting figure, left a widower with siblings Frank Ober, Katherine Ober, and Grace O Palmer.
The wedding of Effie R Williams widow of Luther J Williams of Stephens City and Emory W Steele son of the late Joseph and Annie C Steele was held at the parsonage with Rev E J Kart officiating. The couple honeymooned in Indiana Pa and will reside with the groom on Northwestern Grade.
Floodwaters climbed again after a rise last night reaching a record height of 13 feet 2 inches above normal. Refugees found shelter in private homes on dry ground and in public buildings and hotels. Areas of muddy ground appeared as ships equipped with skis slipped from the airfield. There was little excitement.
Washington detectives say Bozel Kropper Fine and Harmon are tied to more than 50 larceny cases. Bozel and Kropper face theft charges for taking $200 from John A. Bartholmew. Fine and Harmon charged with stealing $7 from John H. Hunter with Fine also under narcotics accusation. Dope linked to Fine in Washington. A fur coat Bozel allegedly stole in Nashua led to his prior arrest. the coat was found inside his overcoat on a bus. Detectives believe the group targeted Winchester during the Apple Blossom festival before being captured. Traveling by car, they moved quickly between cities, avoiding long stays.
Otto C. Ernst a 78 year old Hamburg cotton broker injured in the Hindenburg disaster died at Paul Kimball Hospital. The death raises disaster fatalities to 36. His wife, 63, also injured, remains hospitalized in good condition.
Radio listings detail a Wednesday afternoon half hour from March Field and Bakers Field with 400 planes and anti aircraft guns described live. The schedule includes WEAF NBC and WJZ NBC and CBS offerings, with ambassadors, university presidents, and varied entertainment and talks across multiple stations and times.
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