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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 05, 1931

Page

2

Horton Addresses Berkeley County Teachers on Scouting

Scout Executive Frank Horton of Shenandoah Area and Mrs from Winchester spoke before Berkeley County teachers at the Martinsburg high school auditorium. They brought three Cub Pack boys and three Boy Scouts in official uniform to show scouting fits rural and city youths alike, with Cubs Derek Hale Collin Hale and Cub Baker from Frederick County farms.

Martinsburg W. Va Evening Journal Frank Horton Shenandoah Winchester Horton Mr. Horton Derek Collin Hale Henry Baker Scout O'Neal Cub Baker Frederick County

Two Stephens City Girls Vanish In Virginia Search

Relatives of Virginia Vincent and Reatha Burner, high school students in Stephens City, appeal to Sheriff Pannett for help after they disappeared Thursday. A possible sighting Friday placed them near a filling station south of Winchester with a car bearing a southern license plate. The sheriff has circulated descriptions to other police.

Virginia Vincent Reatha Burner Stephens City High School Misses Burner Winchester Stephens City

Funeral Services Are Held For Late Mrs. Chas. Beck

The body of Mrs. Lil lian H. Beck wife of Charles G. Beck of Atlanta Ga and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W Bowly of Winchester died after a surgical operation in an Atlanta hospital. Funeral services were held in Christ Episcopal Church and interment followed at Mount Hebron cemetery. Pallbearers were named. The Becks were accompanied by her sister Miss Mary Wood Bowly and other Bowly family members from New York Chicago and Atlanta.

Lillian H. Beck Charles G. Beck Atlanta George W. Bowly Winchester Christ Episcopal Church Robert B. Nelson Mount Hebron Lewis M. Allen Frank N. Hack H. B. McCormac William Beverley Louis L. Baker T. B. Patton Beck Mary Wood Bowly City Heyward W. Bowly New York Devereux Bowly Chicago

Mormons Gather at World Conference in Sacred Temple

Thousands of Mormons will assemble at the world famous Mormon Temple to hear their leader. President Grant is pictured inset, signaling the event's prominence.

Mormon Temple Grant Heber G. Grant Mormon) Church Conference of Saints Salt Lake City

Rudyard Kipling Born in Bombay December 30 1865

The eminent writer Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay India on December 30 1865. He served as assistant editor in India for the Civil and Military Gazette and Pioneer from 1882 to 1889 and later gained fame as a traveler and author of works including Wee Willie Winkie The Jungle Book Kim Phantom Rickshaw and The Light That Failed. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907.

Rudyard Kipling India Bombay Civil and Military Gazette and Pioneer China Japan America Africa Australasia Wee Willie Winkle Kim

Dinner Guests Round Out Brucetown News in Va

Brucetown Virginia notices names Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith Miss Elsie Vincent and Mrs. Andy Whit acre and daughter Rhodelle as dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Janny McKee in White Hall. Stanley Hardesty of Swimley visited aunt Mrs. Swimley Sr. Others motored to Endless Caverns and Jack Lange of Pittsburgh were weekend guests of local residents.

Brucetown Robert Smith Elsie Vincent Timore Andy Whitacre Rhodelle Janny McKee White Hall Stanley Hardesty Swimley J. Swimley John Lotke Henry Jobe Jack Lange Pittsburgh J. B. Snapp John Locke

Hoover Seeks Honest Man to Save the Country

The remark notes the challenge of finding a leader who can rescue the nation without exploiting the spotlight. It underscores public desire for integrity over spectacle in national leadership.

Mr. Hoover

Roanoke conference hints at aerial car extension

Rev C J Clark and his mother Mrs Newton Clark attended a yodas conference in Roanoke. The article suggests a future car upgrade an airplane attachment to skip towns with strict speed laws.

C. J. Clark Newton Clark Atyodas Roanoken

Give More to Red Cross Not Cut Subscriptions

A local appeal urges residents not to halve Red Cross support this year. The article emphasizes sacrifice, recalling wartime calls to give till it hurts and noting many never witness poverty. It frames Winchester as needing the drive to meet next winter’s conditions, calling it a test year.

Red Cross Winchester

Winter memory of a Red Cross subscription kept

A fragmented reminiscence notes maintaining a Red Cross subscription during winter. The speaker reflects on doing it and keeping up with the commitment amid a past period.

Virginians Elected to Commerce Board Names Change

The Chamber of Commerce of the United States elected Junius P. Fischburn of Roanoke Virginia as vice president to succeed the late William M. Wiley of Sharples West Virginia. The board also elected a former guiding director to represent District No. 3 covering Maryland DC Virginia West Virginia North Carolina and South Carolina.

Chamber of of the United States Junius P. Fishburn Roanoke Times-World Corporation Chamber William M. Wiley Sharples W. Va Fishburn Maryland District of Columbia Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina

Certificate for Lord and Spencer Inc

Certificates of authority from the State Corporation Commission name Lord & Spencer Inc a Massachusetts corporation with principal office in Winchester Virginia L B Resseguie agent in charge of business. Maximum capital 20000 to manufacture and deal in fruits and other food products. Certificate secured by corporation Winchester Va.

State Corporation Commission Lord & Spencer, Inc Massachutts Corporation Virginia Winchester

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