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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1938

Page

5

Baltimore Conference Ends with Peele Report and Temperance Push

Bishop W. W. Peele closed the Baltimore Methodist conference in Harrisonburg after a large attendance. The session included appointments for 200 plus pastors, a boundary proposal, and a budget of 162,683 for general and conference causes. Temperance measures urged four sermons yearly and youth crusade emphasis followed a keynote by Dr. H. P. Myers.

Harrisonburg Baltimore Methodist Conference W. W. Peele Boundary Committee Nolan AB. Harmon Jr Roanoke Richmon John C. Copenhaver Staunton Franklin D. Parker Candler School of Theology Atlanta Harry Canter Harrisonburgings Baltimore Shenandoah Valley Virginia and Holston Maryland District of Columbia West Virginia Methodist South Main Street Peele Salem Kansas City Board of Missions Board of Church Extension Board of Christian Education United Conference Baltimore Southern Methodist Board of Lay Cannon James Cannon, Jr United States Department of Commerce Federal Bureau of Statistics Herman Wilson Conference Home For the Gaithersburg Minor C. Miller Virginia Council of Religious Education H. B. Trimble Emory University Theological School Allen G. Roach Anti-Saloon League John H. Rosenberger Winchester General Education Board Conference W. H. Ballengee Conference Woman's Missionary Society Woman’s Missionary Council Ballengee Ter Gilbert Monroe Conference Young People’s Organization John Hawsen Randolph-Macon College H. P. Myers General Board of Missions Nashville John Hawse Methodist Youth Crusade Birmingham Herman Moorman Jr Dean Gilbert Munro Sr Mitchellville Hedley Clews Greenville Woodrow Wampler Margaret Young Martha Carrier Paul Dodd John Blakemore Waynesboro

Death Removes Founder of Famed Fancy Dress Ball

Miss Annie Jo White founder of Washington and Lee University's annual fancy dress ball died at 85 in Lexington. She started the first party in 1907 as university librarian and led the event as an active director until 1920. Funeral services are set for 3 PM Tuesday at Lexington Presbyterian Church.

Lexington Annie Jo White Washington and Lee University George W. Curtis Lee Robert E. Lee Annie Washington and Lee Francis P. Gaines Annie Jo Rockbridge County Lexington Presbyterian Church Lexington Cemetery

Roosevelt’s Language Skills Include French German and Spanish

According to the report President Roosevelt speaks French and German and reads Spanish, highlighting his multilingual abilities.

Roosevelt

Treatment For Sheep Advised

Extension division urges October sheep treatment after frosts lower worm risk. Fall clean up reduces winter treatments, with monthly dosing through November keeping flocks in good condition. For untreated flocks, two or three treatments 10 days apart can work in winter. handle pregnant ewes carefully with proper dosage.

Extension Division

Highway Board Plans To Build Road Around Boyce Town

Richmond announces tentative primary road funds for 1939 40 with a nine million dollar pool. Projects include Route 50 around Boyce Clarke County and a new Shenandoah River bridge at Riverton plus multiple district allocations and public hearings in Pulaski Lexington Fredericksburg and Richmond.

Highway Board Boyce Richmond State Highway Commission the Sun Shenandoah River Riverton West Virginia Line Clarke County Peeceriik County Opequon Creek Berry's Ferry Norfolk & Western Staunton Warren South Fork Rockbridge Buffalo Creek Fancy Hill Clarke Frederick Allegheny Longdale Augusta Waynesboro Rockingham Timberville West Valine Rock State Highway Department Pulaski Lexington Fredericksburg Highway Commission Division of High Commission of the General Assembly Salem Bristol Lynchburg Culpeper Suffolk

Observance of Feast Of Succoth By Winchester Jewry

Members of the Heran colony in Winchester completed the Succoth observance, ending in eight days with Torah readings. Succoth marks the pilgrims yearly offerings and the ingathering, commemorating God's care during the wilderness journey and the anticipated gathering of nations in Jerusalem per Zechariah.

Heran Winchester Tabernacles Israel Succoth Zechariah Jerusalem

Squirrel gun accident injures hunter in Ironton

In Ironton Ohio George Herrin aged 75 was hunting when a discharge occurred as he held a muzzle near the ground. The shot struck his big toe requiring medical attention.

Ironton George Herrin

Motor Vehicle Division Finances Highlight

The report notes expenditures and revenues including nine thousand nine hundred dollars for testing motor vehicle devices two thousand dollars for furnishing information from official records and twelve thousand one hundred thirty seven dollars in related costs. Overall total for the division of motor vehicles reaches nine hundred seven thousand five hundred fifty dollars.

Division of Motor Vehicles

Creomulsion Advertisement Promises Quick Cough Relief

An advertisement urges readers to try Creomulsion for persistent coughs. It claims the remedy soothes inflamed mucous membranes and loosens phlegm, with a refund if not satisfied. The ad emphasizes asking for the genuine Creomulsion and notes it as the druggist’s guarantee.

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