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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1937
Page
2
Public sale of real estate announced for Saturday October 9 1937. Location given as twelve miles east of Romney West Virginia, one mile off Route 50 and a quarter mile off Route 29. Sale at farm. Notices dated September 29 and October 6 1921 referenced.
Local residents in Reynolds County Virginia share weekend gatherings and family visits. The column lists Mr. and Mrs. Luttrell visiting near Winchester with relatives, extended family dinners, and several trips to Cumberland and Winchester for family and shopping.
Mr and Mrs Fred Rathman and their son moved into the former Rev C E Steastrunk residence. Julian Williams couple welcomed a daughter born September 27. Dora Crider of Vienna visits ill sister Lydia Hawkins in Albin. Burnt Church ladies plan a pie social in the Friday October basement. Riley Rock from Cumberland Md stays with sister Laura Lineburg while assisting H R Butler with apples. John Pelter and daughter moved into their new home in town.
Bloom Virginia community grieves for R L Long, with communion services planned at St John’s on October 10 at 7 30 p m led by Rev Snyder Alleman. Bill Corbin called home by illness in family. Local Handley School pupils from the area include John Cooper Leroy Cooper Anna Jane Cooper Pauline Glynn Hester Glynn Mary Richard Martha Richard and senior Arthelia Richard. A very enjoyable day was spent.
Rev and Mrs J D Russell of Williamsburg W Va visit during Baltimore Conference sessions. Andy Whitacre and daughter Rhodelle with Mrs E J Eggers and Miss Elsie Vincent motor to Skyline Drive. Charles White Shearer of Philadelphia weekend with Mr and Mrs S J Swimley. Mrs Henry Jobe visits cousins at Summit Point W Va. Eggers and Vincent return to Baltimore after a week with the Smiths.
Gore Virginia community notes announce a October 7 meeting at 1 30 p m for home improvement contest entrants to submit sheets before the advisory board. A sandwich making demonstration will be led by Madeline Blair. Also reported are a Saturday auction at McIntyre store and a Brooks family reunion with attendees from Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Mary Pickford says she may head a Hollywood studio. She is in Binghamton to inspect a cosmetic factory and will travel west in about three weeks. She plans to join her husband Buddy Rogers in New York.
The note announces bank closures on Tuesday October 12 1937 a legal holiday. Paper maturing that date may be paid on Wednesday October 13 1937. Signatories include J H Yost cashier Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co Harold G Brown cashier Shenandoah Valley Bank John L Sloat cashier Commercial and Savings Bank Geo B Bushnell cashier Union Bank of Winchester.
In Los Angeles on October 6, 45 ILGWU workers struck for higher wages at the Beverly Knitting Mill. Owner L. G. Griffith quit after the walkout, the workers formed a $25,000 corporation, hired Griffith as sales manager, and resumed production under a new bargaining agreement with the union.
Notre Dame researchers seal six cultures of bacteria in glass tubes in the campus biology building corners. A typed instruction list travels with the samples, meant to test how long the microbe survives outside bodies. The tubes will stay until the building is torn down, potentially 150 to 200 years later.
The Sandy Ridge Church will hold an all-day gathering next Sunday October 10 with Bible school at 10 a m and morning worship at 11. Dinner on the grounds precedes an afternoon service at 2 p m with old time hymns. Visiting ministers will participate and communion closes. Improvements to buildings and grounds are noted.
F D RS RETURN c C D Douglas Arizona Joaquin Chavez paid 25 dollars reckless driving fine and another 25 to a power company for replacing a smashed pole. He then requested the company return the property he bought. the request is under review.
Chicago and other centers report a general downturn in live stock values as consumer resistance to high butcher shop prices bites. Hogs drop 50 to 65 cents per hundredweight while cattle stabilize after a sharp tumble. wholesale beef and veal also ease amid slow demand and weak markets nationwide. In Boston, Massachusetts protests over rising meat costs reach the federal level as Gov. Hurley presents the issue to Washington.
A gunman visits his friend Bill in Bill's Chicago townhouse, claiming a lakefront homicide matched his description. Bill jokes about the suspect’s tall dark and handsome look and even his shoe size as the intruder learns the punchline about wearing different shoe sizes.
A hotel bell boy sang out a wrong number while announcing Mr John L. Lewis the CIO leader who was not at the Denver hotel serving as AFL convention headquarters.
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