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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1939
Page
8
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, WWI draft dodger, announced his love for the United States in New York on May 30 and said he hopes for a chance to prove he can be a worthwhile part of the country.
Lebanon Church Virginia reports on local visits and illnesses. Dorotha Windle suffers from pheumat ism and sprains her ankle after a slip. Marriage of George Funkhouser and Anna Lee Pangle is noted with family ties. Mt Hope Church yard party planned for June 3 and Opequon church dedication with Rev Owens to assist.
Isa ia c r e e k notes report a memorial service announced for Whitacre on June 4 at 2 p.m. The item notes visits by E C Tinsman and the Kern and Dick families and that Mrs T A Scrivener died last week in Winchester. It records previous Whitacre ties and a family in Martinsburg.
William and Mary College gains external prestige and internal power as restoration of colonial capital tourist sites draws attention. From 1887 onward leaders like Lyon G. Tyler and Julian Chandler expanded funding, restored key buildings including the Christopher Wren structure, Brafferton, and president’s house, and boosted the budget from 84000 to 883000 while honoring founder James Blair and colonial roots.
Rev. Robert B. Nelson of Winchester will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to Boyce school graduates on June 4 at 8 p.m. in Parish Hall. Locals note visits, visits and weekend trips by residents, including Carrs, Creamers, Lanham, and Strode household members, with travel to Washington and Bowling Green mentioned.
The narrative notes no Confederate presence as General Lee surrendered on April 9. In the following fall the college reopened under Colonel Ewell as president, with the Wren building reconstruction completed in 1869.
The Rev. Dr. Diehl of Martinsburg West Virginia led a nightly service at Burnt Church Albin Virginia with a sermon on Three Men of Rome. The church choir provided music and Cy Mee sang solos. Tonight the Historic City Four will perform.
The report lists present and past rainfall with May to date at .61 inches and year to date at 13.66 inches. It provides monthly totals for 1913 to 1938 with January 2.53, February 1.98, March 2.94, April 3.20, May 3.64, June 3.58, July 3.34, August 3.68, September 2.36, October 3.13, November 2.32, December 2.40. The average annual rainfall in that period is 35.09 inches. Statistics courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
Cluttered puzzle text presents a jumble of crossword clues and partial phrases, with scattered fragments of answers and stray letters. The readable portions suggest a standard 29 across style grid with clues for various common words and foreign terms, but most lines are garbled.
Tyrone Power Alice Faye and Al Jolson star in Rose of Washington Square at Hable's Palace Theatre today through Thursday. The Screen sensation of the year drew thousands for Monday's opening and matinees are advised to beat the night crowd. Also showing Fox news ree Highlights.
Java described as 668 miles long and 33 to 125 miles wide in a reference to Dutch possessions in the Far East. The text also discusses the greyhound breed as known from ancient Egyptian monuments dating several thousand years before Christ.
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