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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1936
Page
5
Atlanta Judge Jesse M. Wood stood on the No 12 tee at East Lake Country Club when a ball rolled 4 yards away and landed in his harp pocket. Both judge and player agreed it was best to lift and drop rather than attempt a niblick shot.
A religious reflection urges Christians to work at the elements of Christian living and endure sacrifice for faith. It emphasizes prayer faith love and Christ like service as paths to eternal life. The piece closes with a prayer and suggested reading from I John 3:13-24 by Snyder Alleman.
Trustee under two deeds of I H Zinn will sell at public auction on October 15 1936 at 11 oclock a m near Stephenson Post Office Frederick County Virginia. Items include a Minneapolis 28 by 46 thresher with wind straw stacker band cutter bagger and a 27 by 42 Minneapolis tractor with cleats guide tire and bucking straps. Machinery in good operative condition with terms of sale. O Rebok Trustee. Herbert Saari Atty.
Samuel R Jenkins and wife execute a deed of trust dated October 17 1933 securing a debt. The trustee offers the two acre Frederick County property with a residence barn and outbuildings for sale at public auction in Winchester Virginia at noon on October 17 1936. Terms require one third cash and balance in two equal annual installments with two purchaser bonds and a fire insurance policy. Auctioneers Duvall and Dunn.
By deed of trust dated September 17 1931 Merton W Kremer and wife convey two triangular lots at 550 North Braddock Street Winchester Virginia. Auction held October 31 1936 at noon in front of Woolworth building. Larger lot houses a nearly new six room residence with cellar hardwood floors and modern conveniences. Terms: one third cash. balance in two annual installments with bonds due in one and two years secured by deed of trust and fire policy. J M Steck trustee M M Lynch.
Kansas City mayor Bryce B. Smith, after welcoming a convention in the new municipal auditorium, used a side door to exit unseen. He wandered for several minutes seeking an exit, asking an employee for directions and quipping that he had been lost in the building three times.
Barbara Bell Pattern No.1700 B offers a washable wrap around housedress with a neat round collar and pocket, sized 14 to 42, in percale seersucker poplin pique and tub silks. Send for the Barbara Bell Pattern Book featuring many easy to make designs for all ages and occasions.
Barrels of Virginia Jonathan and other varieties fetched higher prices in Liverpool, while boxed apples and pears largely slipped on the British market. Supplies were liberal. imports were mainly Canadian with Nova Scotia stock poorer in color and dull in appearance. Prices for best imported apples averaged 2.08 a box. pears 3.03 a box. projected arrivals show about 241,000 bushels of apples and 61,000 of pears landing next week.
Norfolk Ledger Dispatch reports a couple ends their marriage over holiday gifts and spending. The brief notes disputes over finances and shopping during the Christmas season.
Frederic J. Haskin of the Winchester Evening Star promotes a 48 page illustrated service booklet The ten Presidents and Their Wives available through the Washington Information Bureau. The leaflet provides condensed political history, campaign issues and election results with reproduced White House photos. Copies cost ten cents postage prepaid.
Hollywood beauty expert Max Factor plans a limited engagement in Winchester with Miss Betty Wood to advise women on natural makeup fitting their unique type. The sessions start October 12 at The Shopping Centre with personalized makeup charts and demonstrations to emphasize individuality over blondness or platinum standards.
Lincoln police painted bright warnings on downtown pavement to caution pedestrians about traffic. Messages included Death is lurking ahead and Is the light ahead of you green, aiming to reduce injuries at the city’s busiest intersections.
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