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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1940
Page
3
Governor James D. Price endorses the safety Deathless Days campaign promoted by Fred Ritter, chair of the Winchester Junior Board of Trade traffic safety committee. The letter urges accident prevention to reduce losses at home, on roads, and in industry.
Frederick County Electoral Board met today to finalize arrangements for registering men of military age. The registrars and locations were not announced and will be issued next week.
Walter Scothorn of near Stephens City remained unconscious after a head injury in a crash on U S Route 11 just south of Winchester. He was a passenger when his car side swiped a trailer early yesterday morning.
R. E. Aylor principal of accedent City High School will address Macedonia Methodist Church tomorrow evening at 7 30. Mrs J W Bell will tell a story and James Lofton will lead the program. E E Hall will begin as Sunday School superintendent and officers will be installed at 11 o'clock marking a new conference year.
Dr. M. Schaffer a New Jersey native will open a chiropody office Monday in the Miller building at 109 North Loudoun street. He comes from New York City where he worked three years in the foot clinic. A Long Island University graduate he studied pre medical work at the University of Alabama and once practiced on Long Island.
Oct 5 market notes show mixed activity across regions. Potatoes and sweet potatoes unchanged. poultry fair but dull. eggs steady. Cattle and hogs varied with steers up and cows down. calves, sheep mild. Philadelphia butter and eggs steady to firm. Chicago reference notes quiet weekend trade with firm demand boosting steer and lamb prices.
Clarke County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary met in Berryville to decide on buying a resuscitator for an isolation ward. The device would memorialize 12 year old Rixey Moore who died from infantile paralysis. A committee was formed to confer with the hospital board and a report is due Friday.
Italian columns were stated to have routed British tank and armored car units southeast of Sidi Barrani in a rapid resumption of land fighting on the Egyptian front. The high command also noted British bombers hit Bardia and Bengasi Tokbruk in Libya, with three killed and 28 wounded.
A special common council meeting is set for next Friday night to consider installing parking meters in the business district. A representative from parking meter manufacturers is expected to attend.
The treasurer requested that $63.00 from the Lending Fund be kept separate from the general fund to cover a hospital bill, indicating funds loaned recently.
Radio highlights include educators discussing defense program impacts on schools with figures from Rutgers Pendle Hill and New Jersey education. Other items note MacQuarrie’s Marriage Club trip to Bridgeport and Wayne King promising six diamond rings for best request letters. Program lists cover WJSV WMAL WRC stations with varied music news and talks through 11:45.
New York stock market recovers from early profit taking with light activity and mostly mixed prices. Bonds and commodities hold steady as gains appear in select industrials and a broad list of closing quotations follows. Sterling remains at $4.04.
Chicago reports a sharp wheat advance as government loan backed storage climbs to over 3,000,000 bushels daily and 200,000,000 bushels under seal. Corn and oats rise with heavy shipping to lift grain activity, while futures show December wheat around 8256 and May near 8134 in closing prices.
BUNKER HILL W Va Oct 5 The two hundredth anniversary of Christ Episcopal Church at Bunker Hill was celebrated with an all day service including holy communion and a sermon by Rev Carlton Fox of Nelson Parish Martinsburg Bishop R E L Strider presided at communion A history tracing the churchs origins from 1740 was given at 3 pm The present building dating from about a hundred years ago sits on the original site A box luncheon followed and a candlelight service and historical pageant were presented by Nelson Parish Young Peoples Fellowship Club The church grounds and cemetery are cited as heritage and preservation work is planned to convert the building into a shrine Local attendees praised the event and its educational value.
Postmaster W Nelson Page announced the third annual National Letter-Writing Week October 6 through 12. Washington sponsored program urges postmasters to promote letter writing and mailing to showcase low cost postal services. Ramsey S Black encouraged patrons to keep stamps envelopes and stationery on hand for the event.
The average aggregate salary of ministers and priests does not compare with other principal professions. Unofficially the average salary is estimated at 1160 dollars for all classes of ministers. Some ministers receive much higher salaries.
The report lists field seed nominal prices for Timothy Alsike Red clover and Red ae. It also records wheat No 2 red winter and corn prices at Baltimore and Winchester markets with recent and year-ago comparisons. Prices reflect deliveries at mills across the two cities.
Nat G. Wilson chief speaker headlines the Red Cross regional conference at the George Washington Hotel on Wednesday October 9. The program includes a luncheon and sessions on roll calls surgical dressings sewing and knitting with emphasis on disaster relief and hurricane relief work. Reservations for lunch are via the conference attendance committee.
A proclamation by Mayor C R Anderson calls Winchester residents to cooperate with the Junior Board of Trade and Fire Department during National Fire Prevention Week October 6 to 12 1940. The message urges eliminating fire hazards in homes and businesses to keep losses low.
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