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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1937
Page
9
Apple growers timed from Page One discuss restoring a foreign outlet. A. H. Teske of the Virginia Division warns that without the outlet they may have to cut production or push for increased consumption on the domestic side.
Speakers from the Virginia State Horticulture Society and Northwest Apple Growers outlined a major promotional push to boost apple consumption. The plan covers 20 large cities, with a $75,000 campaign funded by a one cent per bushel subscription from producers and support from J. Walter Thompson.
Chicago Archbishop Mundelein condemns Nazi propaganda as German controlled press widens attack on American Jews and Catholics. Mayor LaGuardia denounces remarks as filth and faults Commissioner Binger’s sewage duties in New York. Vatican calls for restraint as Catholic leaders defend Mundelein’s stance.
Mrs. Hovermale died after a fall in Frederick County. Daughter of Jacob and Margaret Dick, she lived in the local area with her husband. She helped raise seven relatives’ children and is survived by her husband two brothers Kirk and Luther Dick and five sisters Mrs Effie Place Mrs Ollie Teets Mrs Lila Boyd Miss Mollie Dick.
Warren County High School will award diplomas to forty four graduates in a commencement program. Emma Keren Mauck will preside as senior class president. Honor graduates include Mauck, Pomeroy, Thompson, Mitchell, and Cammer. Diploma awards list covers Academic, Agricultural, and Commercial categories with numerous named students.
Mr Pat Stoutamyer of Richmond a State Police member spent days in town with relatives. Jasper Marlow of New York City visited. Berlin Eye of Charlottes ville with the State Forestry Service was a today’s visitor. Dr B P Lawson of Roanoke reportedly bought the Ash property on South Royal avenue. Mrs W E Rudacille left for Washington for a daughter visit. Mrs Robert Cox of Martinsburg attended Old School Baptist Association meetings. Wade Massie Sr of Washa visited today. Local men Brady Berryman Nesbitt McFall Cassarotto Shiner attended a Washington baseball game yesterday.
The obituary notes the death of Mrs Clorise Stotler of Martinsburg West Virginia. Funeral arrangements call for relatives to gather at 10:00 am at the family home for a brief service before proceeding to Wesley Chapel for rites led by Reverend Hellminteller of Gainesboro Methodist Church. Interment follows at Wesley Chapel.
Mrs. Clevenger mourned as funeral services detailed survivors including husband, one son Robert Clevenger Jr., six daughters Anna Smoke Ella Affleck Lucy Russell Marie Hudson Carrie Brown and Clara Barr. She also leaves five brothers Turner Willey David Willey Prod Willey Tobe Willey and Thomas Willey and three sisters Susie Stickley Nettie Davidson Nellie Willey plus 22 grandchildren.
Mr B J Hillidge patient in University Hospital Charlottesville is reported doing very well. He will undergo an operation the first of the week. Mr and Mrs Edgar Updyke guests this week. Mr and Mrs C O Van Horn Indianapolis Ind. Mrs Miller and son Robert Youngstown Ohio spent two weeks in town with her mother Mrs Elizabeth Grubbs. Mr and Mrs Normah Shepherd of oo were visitors in town today.
Harrisonburg Virginia to host the seventeenth annual state convention of the Virginia Council of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks and its Women's Auxiliary June 18 and 19. Noted speakers include James M. Mead A Willis Robertson Gilbert Hyatt and city officials welcome delegates with tours of Massanutten Caverns and Skyline Drive.
FRONT ROYAL, May 21 Percy L. Rogers was elected president of the Parent-Teacher Association at a meeting last night. Q. D. Gasque was reelected first vice president Elizabeth Sherman second vice president Mrs J Leonard Mathews recording secretary Mrs Blackwell Cary corresponding secretary and Frank A Stoutamyer treasurer
Clifton Kirby a Milldale farmer died this morning in Memorial Hospital Winchester from pneumonia. He is survived by his wife and eight small children.
Miss Olga Nelson, beauty specialist of Cara Nome Beauty Creations, will be at Brooks Pharmacy for the week beginning May 24. She offers a private 45 minute consultation at no charge to study your complexion and provide a professional facial in your home. Reservations are in great demand. appointments are 9, 9:45, 10:30, 11:15, 1, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4, and 4:45.
Omaha police court heard Louis Fanger deny knowledge that hitching a horse to a lamp post was illegal. An arresting officer said the measure had existed 25 years, and the judge dismissed the charge noting future ignorance would still lead to jail.
Funeral services for Mrs Annis M Whitacre of Frederick County were held at her home in Whitacre with pastor Rev S S Goode officiating. Interment followed at Woodlawn Cemetery. Survivors include four daughters and 18 grandchildren with numerous relatives from Maryland Virginia and Minnesota in attendance.
The program features Rev. C. H. Anderson on improving Sunday Schools followed by a general discussion with Rev. Floyd M. Lu cas Rev. Spitzer and Rev. H. A. Snapp. Rev. Charles Reiter addresses responsibility of reaching the unchurched. Benediction by Rev. B. F. Spitzer closes.
W S Buckwalter aged 76 years of Hampshire county Virginia West Virginia died at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a ten day illness at 3 45 pm He was a farmer with two sons Chester and Hugh and a daughter Susie Fletcher His widow was former Miss Juanita Brown Funeral arrangements set with services at Redlands Methodist Church conducted by Rev B F Spitzer followed by interment at Whitacre cemetery
A partial divorce decree grants Hilda Katherine McCarty separation from Hunter McCarty in Corporation Court on cruelty grounds. The couple wed May 28 1929 in Hagerstown. Custody of their child Louis awarded to the mother.
Cooper resigns from the post and is succeeded by the incoming president who has long service record. The club reports many new memberships since the pool opening funded by preferred stockholders. The golf course is in top condition with the No 9 green soon ready. A new tractor was purchased to aid course maintenance. The ten man team will travel to Alexandria for a Bi-State League match, and many members will play at Mansfield Hall Country Club in Fredericksburg.
The article lists spray options when apples lack sufficient insecticide coverage. It recommends lead arsenate three pounds per 100 gallons with lime three pounds, plus a wettable sulphur or lime sulphur fungicide, and Bordeaux mixture as weather allows. It notes dilution rates for dry wettable sulphurs and warns against using summer oil with arseni cal sprays in June if sulphur deposits remain from May.
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