Christian Workers Training School to be conducted in Winchester
The Christian Workers Training School will be held at Braddock Street Church in Winchester from Sunday May 19 at 2 PM through May 24. Rev. T M Swann leads a board of managers with instructors from Denny Street and Virginia conference boards offering three courses for all who wish to attend. Registration runs 2 to 2:30 PM with worship and instructor presentations to follow.
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Christian Workers Training School
Winchester
Christian Workers
Braddock Street
T. M. Swann
Winzone
Berry_charge
Brucetown
Prederick
Stephens Ty
White Post
Market Street
Montague Avenue
Herman McKay
Harry Balthis
Homer Welch
C. B. Larrick
George L. Waters
A. O. Yyons
R. Bowen Moore
W. Delbert Sheets
Walter M. Shade
A. C. Halvosa
Mary Glenn Lupton
J. W. Crider
James H. Myers
Denny Street Methodist Church
Rich
Martha E. Bennett
Children’s Work
Virginia Conference Board of Education
Production duration of Gone With the Wind film
The burning of Atlanta occurred December 15, 1938. Production officially began January 26, 1939 and the final take was on November 11.
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Atlanta
South End To Hold Festival At Rouss Park
South End Fire Company announces a Spring Festival at Rouss Park in May 2025 with free acts by the Aerial Avonlys and 100 foot perch artists. The event offers rides games and novelties with concessions run by the fire company and Ladies Auxiliary to fund a new truck. Committee members are William Godhenour Howard Hart and T C Clark.
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South End Fire Company
Rouss Park
Aerial
Avonlys
South Fire Company
Ladies’ Auxiliary
William Godhenour
Howard Hart
T. C. Clark
Winchester Sets Community Week Observance May 20 24
Winchester will observe Community Week May 20 to 24 with the City Welfare Department District Nurse Association Red Cross Salvation Army and WPA service departments sponsoring. A dinner at Golden Glow Coffee Shop Monday May 20 at 6 30 p m will launch events with Dr C R Anderson mayor toastmaster and brief agency addresses on cooperation and roles.
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Winchester
City Welfare Department
District Nurse Association
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Professional and Service Department
WPA
Golden Glow
C. R. Anderson
Welfare Department
Petersburg Students Protest Transfer of Principal Coberly
More than 100 Petersburg High School students protested the transfer of their principal E H Coberly to Bayard and marched the streets with signs urging he be kept in Petersburg. The protest followed the board of education announcing Coberly’s transfer and naming A C Brown as new principal.
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Petersburg
W. Va
E. H.coberly
Bayard
Petersburg High School
Coberly
Board of Education
C. Brown
Three Blind Bogey Tournament Slated at Winchester Club
Roy Ryden Jr announces at the Winchester Golf Club that three blind bogeys will be drawn for the event to be held tomorrow and Sunday. There will be no prizes for low gross or low net scores as in prior tournaments.
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Winchester Golf Club
Roy Ryden, Jr
Brucetown Union Sees Members urged to attend district events
At Brucetown Union meeting May 13 at Burnt Factory church Mrs. Harvey Fishpaw urged broad attendance at the District Missionary meeting in Winchester Zone School for Christian Workers the week of May 1924. Reginald Duvall urged Sunday school superintendents to register leaders for the Braddock Street church program. The group reported a growing five church softball league and planned a June 12 union yard party at Welltown to raise funds.
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Brucetown
Welltown
W. O. Talbert
Burnt Factory
Crums
Stephenson
Revival Interest Grows at Church of Christ
Rev. Francis Hume Scott preaches on Life's Unavoidable Questions tonight. Attendance rises nightly with especially invited young people. Last night he spoke on Christ in Our Age, urging that the cross remains vital and that doubt and indifference crucify the Christ within.
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Francis Hume Scott
Church of Christ
Local Markets Update Despite Minor Typos
The Star prints daily market listings without assuming responsibility for typographical errors. Readers should verify figures and details before acting on any information.
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Star
Patent Brand Feed Prices and Livestock Quotes
Short list of feed bags priced per barrel and sacks, with weights from 12 to 98 pounds. Includes corn meal and various dairy and livestock feeds, plus live poultry and egg values. Cattle and calf price ranges shown for steers cows and calves. Creamery butter price noted.
Local Poultry and Feed Prices Listed
Mixed young chickens and various feed bags priced by weight and bag. Entries include 12 lb and 24 lb bags, 48 lb and 98 lb bags with per barrel rates, prices for corn meal feed, hog meal, starter and grower feeds, broiler mash, scratch feed, egg mash, chick starter and grower, turkey grower, country lard, and creamery butter with cents shown next to several items. Prices reflect a snapshot of agricultural supplies and animal feed costs.
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DEE Fiore
S.cccesss
Answers to Today's Quiz
Answers printed on page 4 list the quiz questions with concise solutions. Topics cover geography and civics, including National Park and East Indies positions, marine life, republics, adjectives, curriculum, and religious denominations.
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National Park
Moluccas
East Indies
Republic
William O. Douglas
Dive Bombs Effect Terrifies Frontline Troops
An authorized commentator described dive bombers as terrifying French troops during a march as Stukas caused surrender after signaling an about face. He warned that air attacks unnerved enemies, with 12,000 men surrendering and generals capitulating, signaling war’s new grim standard.
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Berlin
Dies Group Secretaries Held in Boston Federal Court
Philip Frankfeld secretary of the Communist party in Massachusetts and Thomas F. P. O Day secretary of the Young Communist League were held in federal court in Boston as fugitives from justice. They face indictment in Washington DC on charges of refusing to answer questions of the Dies Committee.
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Communist Party
Massachusetts
Philip Frankfeld
Thomas F. P. O’day
Young Communist League
Boston
Washington, D. C
Dies Committee
London children moved again to Wales from Suffolk
British authorities said children removed from London to Suffolk would be moved Sunday to Wales as part of the relocation plan.
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London
Suffolk County
Wales
Britain
Naval Hero Last Raider In England
London reports reveal John Paul Jones as the last foreign raider to land on English soil in 1778 at Whithaven Cumberland. He and 32 men burned a ship and spiked harbor guns before retreating as ships responded. The piece warns the public to beware of charming strangers during wartime.
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Dewight L. Pitkin
London
Hitler
John Paul Jones
Scotland
Jones
England
Cumberland
Ranger
Whithaven
Teletype Service Links Winchester Police to Major Cities
The Winchester Police Department announces teletype links with Staunton Charlottesville Covington Clifton Forge Richmond Lexington and Harrisonburg as the circuit nears full operation. The system joins two way radio reception expanded fingerprinting and upgraded offices and cameras under the police committee and city council reorganization.
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Winchester
Staunton
Charlottesville
Covington
Clifton Forge
Richmond
Lexington
Harrisonburg
Police Committee
C. D. Barnett
O. L. Jamison
L. C. Hollis
C. R. Anderson
Baltimore
Washington
Hollis
Jones’s raid nets silver plate in Scottish expedition
In a Solway crossing from Whithaven, Jones aimed to seize the Earl of Selkirk near his Scottish birthplace. He did not capture the noble, but escaped with the Earl’s silver plate valued around $400. This raid preceded early naval actions that earned him the title founder of the American Navy.
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Solway
Whithaven
Earl of Selkirk
Jones
Scotland
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