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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1934

Page

3

Welcome visit to Shenandoah Valley and Martinsburg events

Large crowds greet former vice president at Shenandoah Caverns. Virginia residents, weddings, engagements, and club meetings are noted, including a Martinsburg marriage license for Harry DeHaven and Mary Luttrell and a planned visit by Emily D. Chinn, worthy grand matron, to McKinley Chapter.

Chapman Woodstock Shenandoah Caverns Houston H. Newman Edinburg Shenandoah Rockingham Counties Martinsburg W. Va Harry Leander DeHaven Siler Mary Elizabeth Luttrell Shockeysville Berkeley County J. E Maggie Luttrell A. L Clara DeHaven

Community groups week schedule and visit by Charles Curtis

A social calendar lists meetings and rehearsals for Lions Kiwanis Young People's Choir and Little Theatre productions at venues including George Washington Hotel Handley Library and First Baptist Church. Former Vice President Charles Curtis visits Shenandoah Valley touring Shenandoah Caverns and Kilmer's horse farm with Hunter B. Chapman.

Lions Club George Washington Hotel Handley Library Kiwanis Club George ~ Washington Hotel The First Baptist Church Winchester Lodge Benevolent Order of Elks Grace Lutheran Church Charlie” Curtis Charles Curtis Kansas Wellington Hunter B. Chapman Shenandoah Caverns Shenandoah Valley Mr. Chapman Woodstock John Marshall Shenandoah County Court Manor Willis Charp Kilmer Tenth Legion Walter Jauney Curtiss

District Nurse Association Thanks Donors in Winchester

Mrs. Susan Tokes president leads the colored churches in Winchester in a $25 donation to the District Nurse Association. The total raised by Jubilee Singers, amateur party and sewing society reaches $82 with plans to hit $100 as Mrs. J L Robinson asks other clubs to contribute.

District Nurse Association Busy Bee Sewing Society Susan Tokes Colored Churches of Winchester Jubilee Singers Am Party J. L. Robinson

Brooks' Ice Cream Stand Serves Old Fashioned Treats

Generous portions offered at Brooks with ten flavors for 10 cents per plate. Jumbo ice cream soda and gigantic milk shake priced at 10 cents each.

Stouffer Crenshaw Nuptials Held At Family Home

Miss Jane Gray Stouffer wed Mr. Richard Deeves Crenshaw in a ceremony at the Stouffer home. Rev. Dr. Luther A. Thomas officiated before an improvised altar. Guests included family members and local residents. couple plans a two week northern wedding trip and will reside at 710 South Stewart Street.

Winchester Virginia Ane Gray Richard Deeves Crenshaw Harry C. Stouffer Luther A. Thomas Dorothy Stouffer Mabel Crenshaw

Daughters of Confederacy To Meet Thursday

Gen Turner Ashby Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will meet at 3 pm Thursday October 11 at 416 West Cork Street the home of Mrs Louis E Rice full attendance is desired. Mr and Mrs Russell Williams welcome a son Jackie Lee born October 3 Mrs Williams is formerly Miss Bessie Stephens of Edinburg. Mrs G Goodwin Joynes of Onancock guest of Mrs H V McNeer in Middletown departs for Baltimore before returning to the Eastern Shore.

Daughters of Confederacy Gen. Turner Ashby United Daughters of the Confederacy Louis E. Rice West Cork Street Williams Russell Williams Jackie Lee Bessie Stephens Edinburg G. Goodwin Joynes Onancock H. V. McNeer Middletown Baltimore

Twenty Entries for Llangollen Race on Next Friday

Leesburg Va Oct 6 The Llangollen National Steeplechase to be run Friday Oct 12 at Llangollen Farm estate of John Hay Whitney will have 20 horses to go postward the largest entry list for a steeple chase in the United States. Frank J. Ryan racing secretary of the New York Jockey Club announced the entries. He said never before had so many horses been named for a steeplechase in America. The field exceeds the Grand National entrants at Belmont Park.

Leesburg Llangollen Llangollen Farm John Hay Whitney United States Frank J. Ryan New York Jockey Club Ryan America Belmont Park

Balloon Shooting Sparks Protest by Chemical Company

Representatives of the American Agricultural Chemical Company in Winchester protested balloon vandalism used for advertising. The hydrogen filled balloon has been shot at three times, forcing repeated refilling and expense. Local representative L. L. Hockman appealed for the shooting to stop to protect company property.

American Agricultural Chemical Company Winchester L. L. Hockman

Unlawful entries near Winchester. youth shot in Mount Jackson

Authorities report no solid leads in a string of break ins at Winchester area businesses and later Kernstown. A youth named Haden Shoemaker, 18, was shot in the leg during a robbery at Mount Jackson, with two accomplices fleeing toward West Virginia. West Virginia officers seek Shoemaker as a suspect in a past arson. Investigations continue into missing merchandise from Toms Brook and other nearby stores.

Winchester Kernstown Shenandoah County Haden Shoemaker W. C. Lonas Lonas Mount Jackson Lee Noah West Virginia W. Va Haden John Moyer Snarr and Miley Toms Brook

Bishop Mouzon Recovers to Lead Conference Session

Baltimore dispatch reports Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon recovering from illness to preside at the Baltimore Conference session. Paul B. Kern will lead in his absence while seven probationary ministers were admitted to full connection and class of candidates for conference charges was received.

Baltimore Edwin D. Mouzon Methodist Episcopal Church, South Charlotte N. C Paul B. Kern Mouzon Paul H. Groseclose Randolph B. Moore John Hiram Light John H. Blakemore Charles L. Robson J. E. White Ralph M. Sharpe The Greensboro Edwin D. Mouton Maryland Washington Virginia

NRA Validity Is Tested in Steel Firm Suit

A Jersey City steel concern W. Ames and Company sues in the District of Columbia to block Roosevelt era codes. It seeks an injunction against Ickes Wallace and McDonough claiming the federal order enforcing the code constitutes an illegal boycott and cost it contracts.

Washington Jersey City Steel NRA Blue Eagle Agency W. Ames and Company District of Columbia Supreme Court Ickes Wallace Thomas H. McDonsy Bureau of Public Roads Roosevelt W. Ames & Company

What Winchester Needs More Than Anything Else

In a union service at Grate Lutheran Church Rev. Dr. Flickinger urged civic Christians to embrace citizenship as a responsibility not a privilege. He warned that negative forces and city fires are fueled by selfish interests and urged 5,000 church registrants to let their lights shine for a Godly city. The union services continue with planned talks at Market Street Methodist and First Baptist Church, inviting public attendance.

Grate Lutheran Church 8. L. Flickinger Winchester Flickinger Paris France L. A. Thomas Market Street Methodist MccGukin First Baptist Church

Booth Found Guilty in Drunk Driving Case

D A Booth of Strasburg was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail after trial before Trial Justice A J Tavenner on drunken driving. His license was revoked for one year. Booth’s car collided with a truck owned by C A Cook of Edinburg, driven by Russell Hottle, south of Cedar Creek as they were en route to Washington. The truck sustained about 80 dollars in damage. Booth’s car was badly damaged.

D. A. Booth Strasburg A. J. Tavenner Booth C. A. Cook Edinburg Russell Hottle Cedar Creek Washington Hottle Cook

Browning to Direct Sun-Up Play for Theater Society

E. P. Browning Jr was chosen by the Little Theatre board to direct the unusual production Sun-Up. Browning, a Washington and Lee and Kentucky State graduate who helped found Winchester Little Theatre in 1928, has long guided the group through challenging seasons.

E. P. Browning, Jr Little Theatre Board of Directors E. P. Browning Sunp Little Theatre Browning South Washington and Lee Kentucky State Columbia University Kappa Alpha Southern Baird Manuel Maysville Kentucky Winchester Winchester Little Theatre Young Theatrical Group J. N. G. Finley Colonial Theatre

Mussolini Speaks to Half a Million in Milan

In Milan on October 6 a crowd estimated at around 500000 cheered Premier Mussolini as he declared relations with France had improved. He addressed the gathered listeners from a pulpit in Cathedral Square wearing the green and black Fascist uniform and received sustained applause as he spoke and gestured.

Mussolini Milan Italy France Cathedral Square Il Duce

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