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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1934
Page
4
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A religious excerpt cites Psalm 38 urging repentance and confession. The speaker vows to declare iniquity and expresses readiness to halt wrongdoing, seeking divine mercy and forgiveness.
A Literary Digest view notes 1934 first quarter profits for 166 companies in 25 reading industries at 153,814,934 vs 16,180,815 a year earlier. only three deficits this year versus twelve last year. Car loadings rise. May 19 week revenue freight at 611,142 cars, up from prior week and 1933, 1932 levels. Dun & Bradstreet cites renewed wholesale and retail activity and a likely vigorous recovery as 40 percent higher industrial operations and high employment return.
The annual report from Winchester Memorial Hospital records a notable rise in work. A county club show and horse event are listed for May. Pope Pius blessed a crowd estimated at 300 000. Rosy aphid may damage the 1933 apple crop per the Winchester Research Laboratory. Harry Robertson, 5, dies after being struck by a milk truck.
Five years ago John Hawse suffered broken bones when his clothes caught in wheels and belts at a Glaize lumber factory. Virginia Masons plan to erect a Edmund Randolph monument in Old Chapel Cemetery Clarke county. Miss Mary Buchner 45 dies suddenly from a heart attack at a doctor’s office. John Jr Rodman Jr leaves for Dallas to represent Winchester Rotary Club at Rotary International convention. Mrs Rodman ac-
The passage notes a $40 annual family tax in 1913 versus $135 in 1932. It also answers quizzes: the Russian alphabet has 35 letters including diphthongs, and the three R's are reading writing and arithmetic.
Martinsburg triumphs at home in the C. V. A. L. track meet with strong performances across events. Local athletes led by standout sprinters helped secure the team victory on their home track.
Wesley Barry stars in a Colonial Theatre presentation of George Washington Jr. The piece showcases the child star in a period drama style typical of early 20th century screen fare.
Services to be held Sunday at 3 p.m. with 2:15 p.m. Sunday School. King’s Daughters convention attendees from Help in Hand Circle include W. B. Brother ton and others. Postponed meetings due to illness. Mrs. J. P. Rutherford hospitalized. Rains boost gardens and corn outlook. Several local visits and family arrivals noted.
Reynolds Store Virginia May 25 brief social update lists Sunday visitors and guests. Lunts and Luttrells host Oscar Light, Mrs. Robert Luttrell, Della Adams visits Gainesboro, Earl Farmer hosts, Clint Carpenter and A P Whitacre travel from Siler to Great Capon to meet Rev Ray Hinkle, Mrs. Jack Place visits Cross Junction and calls on Mrs E D.
Italian painters Mantegna Correggio Bellini Tintoretto are linked to art history. Ouida is the pseudonym of Louise de la Ramée. Alphonse Bertillon devised the body measurement identification system.
Miss Louise Hovermale of Whitacre visited Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hovermale for several days last week. Prof W O McDaniel spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs H B Dick. Earl Farmer and Ardell Moore went to Winchester on business. Jacob Dick, ill for weeks, is improving at his daughter’s home, Mrs R E Place. Dinner guests at Mr and Mrs I D Shade’s included R L Omps, Mrs Ora Hottle and daughter, and Mrs Paul Slonaker of Winchester. Marvin Gardner visits Winchester friends. Mrs Charles Webster resides in Berkeley Springs.
Mrs. Jack Whitacre of Timber Ridge visits son in law Cecil Dyke here. Emmett Copenhaver and Frisby Racey clans from near Winchester visit Asa Racey. Will Lamp family visit Thurston Renner. Bessie Rosenberger and family visit Roy Brill at Clear Brook. Rev Courtney Anderson from Winchester preaches here. Zirkle Williams of Mt Williams visits Perry family. Alfred Sanger and son Carlton of near Winchester visit Milhon family and attend church. Cecil Dyke and wife welcome a daughter born May 19. mother and baby well. Bessie Smith and Pearl Cochran visit Sale Newlin near Opequon. Venner Milhon and Freda Milhon visit James Russell. Pearl Cochran visits Bessie Smith. Smith ill with grippe. James Russell and Bobbie visit John Perry.
Bloom Brevities reports J. A. Williams of Washington visiting his mother Mrs. Aurelia Williams in Bloom during Mother's Day. He was accompanied by Master Thomas LeRoy Coover who is visiting relatives in the area.
Electric Auto-Lite in Toledo Ohio closes temporarily as conciliation efforts begin after violent clashes between strikers and guards. Two people are dead and scores injured as the Ohio National Guard keeps watch around the damaged plant. Soldiers patrol with rifles and bayonets in the vicinity.
Mrs. R. L. Long improves nicely. Guests from Washington include Harry Worsley and Son with Jack, and Mrs. Jake Hottle and children visiting the Glynn family. Anna Jane Cooper joined Rev. and Mrs. Seatrunk at St James for Mother's Day with dinner at the Lockstamper home. Woodstock visitors and Mountain View Methodist Church held quarterly conference. E A Richard hosted the presiding elder and wife.
Present and past rainfall totals show 24 hour ending at 8 a.m. .02 in. May to date 2.53 in. Year to date 9.67 in. Average yearly rainfall over 21 years 34.71 in. Monthly averages list January 2.41, February 1.97, March 2.82, April 2.21, May 3.94, June 3.65, July 3.41, August 3.29, September 2.34, October 3.00, November 2.33, December 2.34.
Mrs. John W. Whitacre as garden director along with Miss Elizabeth Farrar and Miss Elizabeth Russell of Clarke county will attend a Staunton conference Monday where Mrs. Ellis state canning director will demonstrate canning and drying fruits and vegetables. The event outlines the season’s garden program and seeds and fertilizer have already been distributed to 225 gardens in the city and county. The leaders aim to boost canning nationwide, especially for families helped by relief, as plans proceed.
Fort Loudoun Chapter DAR plans unveiling of marker for the first Rockingham county courthouse at Smithland near Harrisonburg. The event is set for Thursday June 14 at 11 30 in the forenoon with Massanutten Chapter DAR in charge and state officers invited. Afterward attendees will motor to Endless Caverns for luncheon.
Bank notices state that on Wednesday May 30 1934 a legal holiday closes banks. Mail maturing that day may be paid Thursday May 31 1934 at Commercial and Savings Bank Union Bank of Winchester Farmers and Merchants National Bank Shenandoah Valley National Bank with cashiers John Sloat Geo B Bushnell Harold G Brown listed.
Chief Hollis and Sheriff McCann led a police demonstration at the range showing gas, submachine guns, and marker bullets supplied by Federal Laboratories. Cadets from Camp Thomas H. Russell observed as officers evaluated equipment and discussed purchasing a submachine gun for the department.
Round trip seven dollars per passenger to Nationals home games with options for three or six travelers. Planes depart Winchester at 1 30 p m and return by 6 30 p m. Reservations via 700 W dialing Valley Airways.
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