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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1939

Page

5

Scout Budget Drive Planned for Winchester Monday

The Shenandoah Council central district will hold its annual Boy Scout funds campaign on Monday October 16 with Henry Covington as campaign director. A breakfast kickoff at the Golden Glow starts at 8 AM followed by solicitation. 210 Scouts and Cubs in the district, 65 in Clarke County.

Shenandoah Council Henry Covington Boy Scout Ben Arthur John Ramey George Radford C. R. White Forrest Jones Fred Stine Laurens Jones Bem Belchie Leonard Sirbaugh Joe Morrow J. K.,wheeler Kenneth Robinson John Fosbrink A. S Pennypacker C. P. McVicar McVicar Clarke County Stephens City

Public Sale Of Valuab le City And County Real Estate

Trustees will auction at 11 o clock A M on Saturday October 28 1939 in front of the County Courthouse Winchester Virginia the property of Ruth E Crisman and J L Crisman described as two parcels one at 331 North Main Winchester and the other a 30 acre tract in Shawnee District Frederick County near Cedar Creek Grade The sale follows a deed of trust dated August 20 1938 default on debt and notice to sell. Aucts JOHN M STECK IN. jbunn & Duvall.

Corporation Court City of Winchester Virginia Ruth E. Crisman J. L. Crisman North Main Alice M. Jones Laura S. Jones Frederick County Cedar Creek H. D. Fuller Circuit Court Fred County Omer John M. Steck

Be Scotch Jam Tarts with Tea Cookies Recipe

Jam tarts inspired by Sir Thomas Lipton with a mother’s recipe. Ingredients include flour, butter, sugar, egg, milk, vanilla and currant jam. Dough is rolled, cut, filled, topped, crimped, and baked at 425 F for about 10 minutes yielding about 32 tarts.

Scotland Thomas Lipton

American Catholics Enrol in World Mission Crusade

American Catholics will enroll on Mission Sunday October 22 as part of a 20th century crusade. 22 million U S Catholics participate with 400 million co-religionists worldwide supported by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith led by Msgr Thomas J McDonnell in New York and 110 diocesan directors. 266 missionaries abroad face dangers in Angola and Africa while needing aid as governments restrict cash exports.

World Mission Crusade America Society For the Propagation of the Faith Thomas J. McDonnell New York Crusaders Societ Angolia Africa

Britain denies gas supplies to Poland amid Berlin report

London on Oct 12 denied reports that Britain supplied gas to Poland for use against German troops. The German official news agency DNB issued a long Berlin statement accusing Britain of delivering mustard gas to Poland, which Britain called a circulated Berlin report.

London Britain Poland Berlin DNB

More People Are Again On Relief

Washington reports 1,833,202 persons on work relief rolls as of October 4, up 43,588 from the prior period. The total is 173,202 above the 1939 low of 1,660,000 reached last month as relief demand grows with approaching winter.

Washington Work Projects Administration

Nazis Claim Mastery in Sea Off North Coast

German warships are described as masters of the North Sea with air and sea forces ready to harass the British navy. An official calls a new air power order crucial since the Polish war end. Reports cited German observers claiming six direct hits on British ships from heavy bombs and four from lighter bombs in a North Sea clash.

Berlin North Sea Coamand DNB British Isles

Allamong Rites Conducted for John W Allamong

Funeral services for the late John W Allamong age 53 were held at 10 this morning at Montague Avenue Methodist Church with Rev Harry Balthis officiating. Members of Hiram Lodge AF and AM served as pallbearers. After the rites the body was taken to Hamburg Pennsylvania for interment. A native of Frederick county he had resided for many years in Pittsburgh where he was an electric.

John W. Allamong Montague Avenue Methodist Church Harry Balthis Hiram Lodge Allamong Hamburg Frederick County Pittsburgh

Club Honors Steve Kelly After 50 Years Service

Chicago Union League Club directors hosted a dinner for Steve Kelly a long serving bartender described as ruddy cheeked gray haired and of indefinite age. Kelly has served everything for the club over five decades.

Chicago Union League Club Steve Kelly Steve

Mrs. Elizabeth L. Miller Dies at 60 in Shenandoah County

Mrs Elizabeth L Miller 60 wife of John H Miller and daughter of the late John H and Mollie Stump Rinker of Shenandoah County died shortly before 1 am at the home of her sister Mrs Wginton 502 Highland Ave after a brief illness She is survived by two sons Roger Ritter and C W Ritter a daughter Ruth Wanger a brother Harry Rinker three sisters and four grandchildren Funeral Sunday at Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church with Rev Ralph Cather and interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery.

Elizabeth L. Miller John H. Miller John H Mollie Stump Rinker Shenandoah County Charles W'sginton Highland Avenue Ruth Wanger Washington, D

Watermelon Soaked in Champagne to Beer Drinks Tradition

The passage notes a man who has offered mixed drinks for presidents Harrison, McKinley, Taft and Roosevelt but insists he has never driven a herd himself.

Harrison McKinley Taft Teddy Roosevelt

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