Luray Girl Wins Beauty Contest Award in Page County
In Washington Virginia on May 18 Miss Mary Speake of Luray won first place in the adult division of a beauty contest with 42 entrants from Rappahannock Warren and Page counties. Prizes included $10 for first, $5 for second, and $3.50 for third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Page County
Mary Speake
Luray
Rappahannock
Warren
Page Counties
W. T. Yancey
Woodville
Mary Lea
T. C. Lea
Little Hilma Clark
Amissville
Ruby Golden
Castleton
Katherine Bowersett
Flint Hill
Front Royal
New Bids Opened for Warren County Court House
Col James A Anderson Virginia Public Works Administrator announces new bids for the Warren County court house and municipal building in Front Royal will be opened at 3 p m on May 29 in the Warren County court house Front Royal Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Col
James A. Anderson
Virginia Public Works Administrator
Warren County Court House
Land transfers in Warren county and Front Royal staged on May 16 1935
Lucenda E Scott widow transfers lot 11 block 23 on Royal avenue Front Royal to J Edward Pomeroy for $1 and a valuable pony. Walter C Steele transfers three contiguous tracts totaling 50 34 acres near Reliance Cedarville district Warren county one mile northeast of Reliance for $250. Recorded May 16 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Lucenda E. Scott
J. Edward Pomeroy
Royal Avenue
Warren County
Walter C. Steele
Russell R. Stickley
Cedarville
Reliance
Diphtheria Clinic Concludes in Warren County Schools
County Health Nurse Hannah Weiser announced completion of the diphtheria toxoid clinic conducted in county schools. Harmony Hollow treated eight children and several other villages reported counts including Bethel sixteen and Milldale twelve, with 14 at the Front Royal colored school and eight at Milldale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Hannah Weiser
Harmony Hollow
Bethel
Linden
Rockland
Riverton
Buckton
Keller
Otterbury
Milldale
Reliance
Cedarville
Waterlick
Colored School
Miilldale
Notice of LOAN Corporation assistance offered by local appraiser
Hubert H. Marlowe of Front Royal Virginia announces he has no current connection with the Home Owners' Loan Corporation but offers free help to anyone applying or pending loan applications. He cites prior service as district appraiser and provides contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Hubert H. Marlowe
Front Royal
Social And Personal News Of Front Royal and Warren County
Social items note visits and activities in Front Royal and Warren County. Harriet Tynes, Vera supervisor, visited area office. Kitty Jennings of Berryville traveled via here to Manassas for a dance. Local residents attended a Washington beauty contest and a district meeting in Edinburg.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Harriet Tynes
Vera
Kitty Jennings
Berryville
Manassas
Novel Instruments Prove Their Merit at Front Royal
The Front Royal Rotary Club hosted the Buzzing Bee Orchestra from Bentonville School at the Afton Inn. Home made instruments built from auto parts and bottles yielded entertaining music and singing, drawing a large hotel lobby crowd. Superintendent G Tyler Miller organized the program. Claud A Stokes and Edgar Updyke attended as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
G. Tyler Miller
Warren-Rappahannock
Deaths Norman Seymore 4 dies after brief illness
Norman Seymore four, son of the late William W Seymore and Agnes Davis Seymore, died yesterday afternoon around five o'clock after an illness of less than a day. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 2 30 pm at Maddox and Samsell funeral home. Rev. R. B. Clagett to conduct with burial in Prospect Hill Cemetery Front Royal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Norman Seymore
William W. Seymore
Agnes Davis Seymore
Maddox and
Samsell
R. B. Clagett
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Reinburgs Seek Divorce in Warren County Court
In Warren County Circuit Court, Mrs. Annabelle Reinburg files for divorce from Colonel George E. A. Reinburg. The action seeks dissolution of marriage with relief as permitted by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Warren County
Annabelle Reinburg
George E. A. Reinburg
All-Stars Ready for Winchester Clash
Front Royal All-Stars manager Wallace Thompson says Cassell and Boerner are ready for the fray with the Winchester Park Association tomorrow in Winchester as the club aims for another victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Wallace Thompson
Front Royal All-Stars
Cassell
Boerner
Winchester Park Association
Winchester
Farm agents here front Royal announce visits
D. M. Cloud county agent reported that W. C. Shackleford district superintendent made his regular visit to the office in Front Royal yesterday. G. C. Herring of the State Board also visited the office to discuss the corn hog program for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
D. M. Cloud
W. C. Shackleford
G. C. Herring
State Board
Warren County High Wins After Long Rally
Warren County High School defeated Appomattox 5 to 2 in a long, innings play. The locals had 10 hits while Brown allowed 9, and a late rally produced three insurance runs to break a 2–2 tie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Warren County High School High School
Appa
Floyd Newlin Found Guilty of Stealing $10.30
Floyd Newlin a 17 year old of the Opequon district was found guilty by Trial Justice A J Tavenner on charges of breaking and entering the home of James B Singhas and stealing 10 30 in cash. Sentence was held temporarily. Witnesses said Newlin was hired for chores and the cash disappeared after the family left briefly with entry made through a window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Newlin
Opequon
A. J. Tavenner
James B. Singhas
Newlin
Singhas
May Procession At Sacred Heart Tomorrow
The annual May procession will begin at 4 o clock tomorrow at the Church of the Sacred Heart followed by benediction. The 7:30 service noted elsewhere in this issue is canceled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Sacred Heart
the Star
Funeral Rites Set For Mrs. Ella Heltzel
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Heltzel 66 wife of Jonah Heltzel will be held Monday afternoon May 20 at 3 from Gravel Springs Lutheran Church Rev C E Seastrunk will officiate Burial will be in the local cemetery The body will be taken tomorrow from Kurtz Funeral Home to the late home Survived by husband eight children Loveless William John Stewart Jessie Gerling Pearlie Wines Claude Brill and Mary Heltzel all of Star Tannery Martinsburg Martinsburg Opequon Intermont and Star Tannery respectively
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Heltzel
Jonah Heltzel
Star Tannery
Gravel Springs Lutheran Church
C. E. Seastrunk
Kurtz Funeral Home
Loveless
This City
William
Opequon
John
Intermont
W. Va
Stewart
Jessie Gerling
Martinsburg
Pearlie Wines
Claude Brill
Mary Heltzel
Dozen Lives Snuffed as Streams Rampage Across City
Torrential rains from Friday night dumped nearly five inches, flooding Pecan and Elm creeks. Firemen rescued residents swept from their feet near the county fair grounds and Leonard Park as swift water flooded bridges and streets. Automobiles crawled through the rising waters of the eastern residential and business sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Fair Grounds
Leonard Park
Relief fund list shows wide local support and 100 percent contributors
The drive totals include many individuals and firms donating to the relief fund with amounts from $3 to $100. Named contributors include Dorothy Allen, Ethel Baptist, H. B. Gilpin, Shenandoah Motor Co., Crystal Confectionery, and Winchester Woolen Co. Numerous organizations and employees pledge full participation, with reports detailing Wednesday Thursday and Friday tallies across local businesses and public services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Allen
B. and C. Baking Co
George Baetjer
W. A. Baker
Nellie B. Baker
Gibson Baker
L. Baker
Ethel Baptist
Gertrude W. Barton
Andrew Bell
Betsy Ross Case
William Beverley
Bicker’s Motor Co
Fred S. Boyd
Harold G. Brown
George Bushnell
E.ng Byrd
Thomas Byrd
T. Russell Cather
Helen W. Conrad
Bobbie Conrad
Eugene B. Cooper
Cooper Merchandise and Oil
W. E. Cooper and Son
Crystal Confectionary
B. F. Davis
B. B. Dutton
Durell
Ralph S. Fansler
A. M. Field
Philip R. Fowle
H. D. Puller
I. N. Good
Melvin Green
J. S. Haldeman
M. Hamburger
Charles H. Harper
T. W. Harrison
B. P. Harrison
D. E. Hawthorne
R. G. Hengeveld
Hodgson and Brown
Lawrence C. Hollis
Jewish Community Fund
Frances Jones
Emily W. Jones
Mary R. Jones
Philip Klompus
B. M. Knight, Jr
W. M. Krise
Lupton Orchard Service Co
M. M. Lynch
H. B. McCormac
H. H. McGuire
C. P. MccVicar
Percy D. Miller
Montgomery Ward and Company
C. L. Nicodemus
A. J. Novick
J. C. Oakes
Nelson Page
Edwin C. Parker
F. A. Read, Inc
J. A. Richard
Warren Rice
D. W. Ritenour
Riteway Cleaners
C. L. Robinson and Co
J. W. Rosenberger and Co
J. W. Rosenberger
Capt
P. W. Rutledge
Shawnee Building and Loan Corp
Shenandoah Motor Company
John I. Sloat
R. B. Snapp
J. S. Solenberger and Co
Star Publishing Company
John M. Steck
Consumers Coal Co
W. A. Denny
Edward H. Durell
Eugene Goss
S. Lee Grant
Gray and Sheetz
Hansbrough and Carter
G. W. Johannes
Huntsberry’s Shoe Store
Winchester Furniture Co
Charles R. Anderson
L. M. Allen
Frank Armstrong, Jr
Bailey Bros
Minnie C. Baker
Earl E. Baker
Billy Barnes
Corraine Barnett
Douglas Barnett
C. Fred Barr
Lewis N. Barton
P. W. Boyd
Stewart Bell
Betsy Ross Cafe
Frances Beverley
Julia D. Beverley
Bond Bros
R. W. Bowers
Bryarly
J. Howard Cahill
Edward W. Cather
Mann Page Carter
James Chauderis
Rev. E. T. Clark
Colonial Art and Craft Shop
Consumer’s Coal Co
Frank B. Crawford
Fred L.glaize, Sr
Glaize
Bro
I. N
Vernie Good
W. B. Goode
Edward C. Goss
Margaret Hodgson Goss
M. M. Green
Richard Green
H. H. Hable
Soddy Haines
Edwin N. Haines
Hammond’s
Dollar Store
J. Henkel Henry
Walter S. Hough
D. J. Howard
P. G. Ireland
C. L. Jamieson
R. T. Jones and Co
P. W. Jones
Alfred Kerfoot
B. M. Knight, Sr
H. C. Lyman
J. W. March
Lucy M. Marshall
L. Martels
Carl F. Massey
May McCarty
J. B. McKee
Ashley Miller
James A. Miller
John H. Minnigerode
Louis M. Nulton
Oe K. Russell
B. M. Roszel
F. Schenk
J. A. Schroth
Robert Schultz
St. Shenandoah Valley
AES
der de Vinegar Co
L. South Toe
H.th, Jr
G. G. Snarr
Elizabeth
Arthur
Atlantic Refining Co
F. W. Bailey
E. W. Barr
W. H. Bosserman
C. F. Coffman
Georgia Conrad
Harry W. Copenhayer
L. F. Cooper
L. F. Creswell
H. M. Darlington
DuFour Beauty Shop
J. T. Engle
Thomas A. Gibson
Robert McD. Glass
Greyhound Grill
Annie Douglass Griffith
Mildred Hansbrough
Fred L. Harris
Nan M. Rosenberger
Edward G. Rusk
Virginia Cover Russell
Bob Ryan
J.S. Scully, Jr
Sanitary Grocery, Co
Helen Shockey
V. Sibert
Clark M. Smith
E. J. Snapp
M. V. B. Snake
Herbert Solemberger
Howard Solenberger
John M. Steck, Jr
George W. Stover
Susie Glass Strider
Ross M. Swimley
Henry G. Sykes
Valley Fruit and Candy Co
Virginia Apple Storage Co
M. D. Weaver
Louis Wonder
Harry Whitacre
Winchester Billard Parlor
Winchester Knitting Mill
John C. Woolfolk
Family
Buncutter Tire Co
City Hall
Gulf Refining Co
Geo. W. Kurtz and Co
Miller and Anderson
National Fruit Products
NeHi Bottling Works
O’sullivan Rubber Co
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider and Vinegar Co
Winchester Milling Co
Pombo Continues His Love Flight From Madrid to Mexico
Spanish aviator Juan Ignacio Pombo reportedly forced down near Saint Louis due to an overheated motor while en route to Mexico. Radio dispatches say he then took off again from Port-Etienne Mauritania at 8 35 am aiming for Bathurst Gambia before continuing to Brazil and Mexico to visit a childhood sweetheart.
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Madrid
Dakar
Sengal
Juan Ignacio Pombo
Mexico
Saint Louis
Port-Etiene
Mauritania
Africa
Bathrust
Gambia
Three Americans Injured By Plane Crash In China
A plane diverted above the Whangpoo river to avoid a boat, then dived and sank. Leighton W. Rogers of Washington, D. C., suffered a sprained leg and contusions. Prof Charles Frederick Remer of Ann Arbor, Michigan, escaped with scratches and abrasions. Both are part of the American economic mission to the Orient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Whangpoo River
Leighton W. Rogers
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Washington, D. C
Charles Frederick Remer
Ann Arbor
Mich
Pope Invites All Churches to Return to Fold
Vatican prelates said Pope Pius would invite all churches separated from the Roman Catholic faith to return to the one fold. The address would appeal especially to English speaking peoples, focusing on two saints and inviting dissenters to join the Church of Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Vatican
Pope Pius
Rome
Market Mixed as Inflation Fears Prompt Profit Taking
New York traders curbed stocks as inflation concerns spurred profits while a few sectors resisted the downturn. Bond and foreign exchange markets showed irregular moves, with sterling rising and the franc and pound moving on continental fund flows. Close prices ranged across major names like General Electric, General Motors, U S Steel, and Bethlehem Steel amid a heavier session.
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New York
London
Wall Street
Farm Equipment Center
U.S. Steel
Stock Exchange
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Smelters
American Tel. & Tel
Arch. Topeka & S. Fe
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Consol
Gas of
N. Y
Corn Products
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn. Railroad
Stand. Oil of N. J
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Woolworth
Baltimore Markets Report Show Mixed Livestock Prices May 18
Livestock and produce market notes from Baltimore list cattle steady to mixed with steers 6.50 to 11.75, heifers 4.75 to 10.00, calves around 25, hog prices about 9.50 to 10.00 on rail, pigs 8.20 to 9.95, sheep and lambs steady with spring lambs 6.00 to 10.25. Philadelphia eggs steady with 4121 cases, live poultry at 16 to 19 cents for various birds, dressed fowl 23 to 24 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Philadelphia
U. Ss’ Dept. Agr
Grain futures and cash prices report from Chicago
Closing grain prices show wheat from 90 percent to 91 4 in May July and Sep contracts. Corn ranges from 82 4 to 87 2 with May May and Sep figures. Oats and barley list May July Sep prices. Lard and bellies quotations noted with May July Sep. Chicago cash grain quotes include No 2 red and yellow corn readings. Baltimore wheat and Winchester market figures cited in cents per bushel and per barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Baltimore
Winchester
Tim McCoy at Hable's Palace in Law Beyond the Range
Tim McCoy stars in Law Beyond the Range at Hable's Palace theatre today with single-handed justice. The program includes Rustlers of Red Dog vaudeville acts and a colored cartoon, Geo. White's 1935 Scandals, starting Monday for three days with a star cast featuring James Dunn and Alice Faye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim McCoy
Hable’s Palace Theatre
Tim
Geo. White
George White
Ruggles of Red Gap at Capitol with Charles Laughton
Warner Bros. CAPITOL presents Charles Laughton in Ruggles of Red Gap adapted from Harry Leon Wilson. The story follows a society clash in small town America during the rollicking 1900s highlighting backwoods humor and social satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Laughton
Ruggles
Red Gap
Harry Leon Wilson
America
Ruggles at Capitol Promises Comedy of Errors
The film opens in London where Ruggles changes attire after an all night poker game. He returns to Red Gap U A to spark a provincial furore and begins a drunken spree after starting his new democratic role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Gap
U. A
Lond
Ruggles
Mas
Barbara Hutton Happiness Shines in San Francisco Honeymoon
Barbara Hutton and Count Haugwitz-Reventlow left San Francisco for Oakland after three days Barbara called the happiest of her life. The couple, beaming and clinging to each other, promised reporters this would be their last news for a long time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Barbara Hutton
Count Haugwitz-Reventlow
Ward
Spen
Oakland
Francisco
Barbara
Capitol Theatre Preview for New Charles Laughton Film
Capitol Theatre manager Stanley Barr hosted twenty Winchester business representatives at a 10 15 am preview. The screening of Ruggle of Red Gap drew praise from critics who hailed it as possibly among the year's best pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Barr
Warner Brothers Capitol Theatre
Winchester
Ruggle
Charles Laughton
Capitol
Weather outlook predicts rain from Sunday night through midweek
The forecast covers the period from Sunday night into midweek for the North and Middle Atlantic States with rain in the middle Atlantic starting Sunday night and in the North Atlantic by Monday. Expect generally fair conditions afterward with cooler Monday and Tuesday and a gradual temperature rise. possible Saturday showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
North Atlantic
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The
Winchester Evening Star
Richard K. Eddy
Telephone Front Royal 213
Luray Girl
Miss Ruby Golden
Thurman Ritenour
Peyton House
Central City
J. N. Major
Washington, Va
Mildred Sowers
Polly Slaughter
Lottie W. Whitehurst
Leon Jones
Grover Hillidge
Henry Sowers
W. LeRoy Carron
Maurice Bowen
Alice McKay
Mrs. S. Byrne Downing
Susan Woolston
Rappahannock County
C. T. Collier
Salem, Va
A. N. Carroll
Gertrude Cameron
Theresa Carroll
Young Peoples
Edinburg
Maurice Shirey
Culpeper
Giles B. Downing
Old Virginia Packing Company
Mrs. O. W. Carper
Charlottesville
I. O. Kibler
E. W. Young
Claud A. Stokes
Claude A. Stokes
Lyle F. Hansbrough
Edgar Updyke
Royal Baking CO
Mrs. Heltzel
Pombo
China
Hable’s Palace
Warner Bros. Capitol
Fairmont Avenue
Loudoun Street
Braddock St
S. Cameron St
Steward Fawcett
Peyton Street
S. Main St
H. B. Dunlap
Berryville Ave
E. Cecil St
J. Frank Bayliss
A. B. Gas Range
South Main Street
Wm. M. Richards
G. M
Binder
Carson
Geo. Washing Hotel
Milton Marple
Gore
Phi
Ri Ave
Texas
Fla
Steele
George Wington
Hill Top Inn
F. W. Magruder
N. Main St
Rhodes Drug Company
Capitol Theatre
White Palace
Central Relief Fund
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