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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1936
Page
3
A column discusses proper letter page order for four pages and whether dinner china must match. It advises using sequential pages and suggests matching china is customary but optional for different courses. It also cautions that a girl should not groom in public, preferring private prep at home or in a dressing room.
The Fourth Circuit held the amended Frazier Lemke Act unconstitutional in an opinion by Judge John J. Parker. The ruling, upholding a lower court decision at Harrisonburg and Roanoke, questions the act’s treatment of mortgage foreclosures and contrasts it with equity procedures. The panel noted Congress may not substantially impair mortgage rights of a bankrupt, and cited Louisville Bank vs Radford. Dissenting/concurring cases included Wright v Vinton Branch, Nichols v Kemp, Flannagan v First and Merchants National Bank, Wharton v Rhodes, Conrad v Federal Land Bank, and Wolfe v People's Bank.
Eastern District grand jury indicted two Richmond physicians in 131 counts of illegal narcotics prescriptions. Dr. Robert C. Hogue faced 66 counts, and Dr. Harry B. Sanford 65 counts. Five other ARRA drug arrests also charged under the Harrison narcotic act.
Social calendar lists in detail events at United Brethren Church Grace Lutheran Church and Presbyterian Church annex on Wednesday evening. Thursday events include Robert Y. Conrad Post American Legion luncheon Rotary Club meeting at George Washington Hotel and Chanters gathering.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union opens its state convention October 9 to 12 at First Methodist Church Charlottesville with speakers including Mrs. Ella A. Boole. A youth rally and Friday banquet close the event, with a roll call and quota payments for Willard Centenary Fund highlighted.
The piece follows local social life with clergy travel to Washington for the annual conference. It lists visits by Mrs. H. K. Russell, entries for bridge clubs at Mrs. Engle and Mrs. Goode homes, and movements of residents including the Laise and Carbaugh families.
Judge Luther B. Way of the eastern Virginia federal district court overruled the government's demurrer in the Priddy case and ordered processing taxes paid under the defunct Agricultural Adjustment Act to be refunded to AAA processors. The decision could affect billions in tax refunds. the government plans an appeal.
O A Moeller former President of the Orange County Chamber of Commerce presented a plan to acquire President James Madison's Montpelier estate in Virginia as a national shrine. The Madison Avenue Week committee endorsed the idea, calling the Montpelier mansion more beautiful and worthy of preservation than nearby historic homes.
Paris reports show Col Francois De La Rocque and his social party facing internal dissent as the government halts criminal proceedings to avoid making him a martyr. Rightists accuse him of weakness after a Sunday anti Communist demonstration and growth of opposition within the movement.
The Rev C W Lowe pastor of Grace Lutheran Church will speak at the Rotary Club luncheon Thursday at 1 o clock. It will be his first appearance since accepting his pastorate here. Rotarians welcome the chance to acquaint themselves with him. A Rotary board meeting is set for Wednesday at 7 30 at the Glaize office on Piccadilly Street.
Shenandoah River readings show North River at Clear, South River at Muddy conditions impacting local flows and waterfront accessibility.
Front Royal notices list Rev Hedrick and several clergy from the Board of Christian Education leaving for Washington to attend the Baltimore conference. Others travel for meetings, visits to relatives, or to spend time in Washington and Lexington.
Harry Cline Venable long time miller at Delaplane died at his mother’s home in Front Royal. He was 52 and survived by wife Annie Feaga of Frederick and eight children. Also survives are his mother, one brother Fulton Venable, three sisters and one half sister. Funeral arrangements not announced.
The Front Royal Chapter of the Future Farmers of America met yesterday and elected officers: president Walter Davison, vice president Wilbur Mauck, secretary William Dodson, treasurer Richard Seckford, reporter Travis Dudley, watchdog Melvin LeHew. An executive committee of Shirley Duncan, Junior Coverstone and Francis Thompson was named. J. J. Foster, Warren County high school agriculture instructor, is club adviser.
Miss Lennis Fuqua daughter of the late Fletcher Fuqua and Mr Osborne Gore son of C R Gore were married yesterday at Miss Leach’s Baltimore home. The groom is a Green Hill C C C Camp superintendent. They plan a motor trip to Atlantic City and New York before settling in Front Royal.
Culpeper Virginia October 6 Carrol V Burgess 54 a noted cattle buyer of Reva died of a heart attack today at the home of Mrs J J Davies Sr in Culpeper He is survived by his mother Mrs Walter Burgess three sisters Mrs Bessie Spilman Mrs George Egeborne and Mrs Peter B Pullman of New York and a daughter Mrs Ed Turner of Richmond
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