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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1928
Page
5
Sunday school workers announce a training school November 4 to 9 under inter denominational auspices of the Fred nty Sunday School. In cooperation with the Virginia Council of Religious Education, the event aims to unite Protestant denominations and benefit all Sunday schools in the region.
The county Sunday school faculty will include Rev J Jahe Neff on church school administration Rev B T Clark on the old testament Rev John F Locke on teaching principles and Miss Olive Mae Wampler on a study of little childhood Advance registration is sought Circulars and carfs are mailed to every Sunday school in the county in hope of high participation The school will meet in the First Baptist Church corner of Piccadilly and Washington streets Information available from Mr I N Good reg-
Apple shipments for the 1928 season show 1800 carloads delivered nationwide on Wednesday. Virginia shipments exceed twice West Virginia’s 148 carloads, with Maryland at 47 and Pennsylvania 61. Washington leads regional totals with 441 cars, while Idaho ships 162 and Illinois 103. Other states report varied totals, totaling the national shipment figure.
Total shipments in the United States reach 24,915 cars by October 8, 1927, closely matching the prior year. The longer picking season or increased storage sales could explain the higher crop response and heavier national crop.
Herbert Hoover received the Saunders gold medal in New York for engineering work and a Democratic donor endorses Governor Smith for President. James W. Gerard releases Saunders letter praising Smith as a decisive reformer with broad executive skill and anti intolerance, amid party campaigning.
The speaker lauds Governor Smith as a leader of liberty and opportunity. He criticizes the Volstead act as impracticable while pledging to support Smith as capable of enforcing the eighteenth amendment with vigor, even if it hurts enough to prompt reform. He says Hoover is a personal friend but that Smith deserves stronger support.
Williams and Martin, both colored, quarrelled Thursday night. Williams hurled a stone meant for Martin, striking a colored woman in the eye and injuring it temporarily. Police arrested both men. Martin was dismissed in court while Williams was fined 19 dollars.
Sheriff Pannett and Deputy Wigginton seized two slot machines yesterday afternoon. Operators were directed to appear before Justice Tavenner in the county magistrate's court for trial on possession charges. One machine was found at the Blue Bird Restaurant in Stephens City and the other at George Branner's store on the Middle Road. The men will receive a hearing today before Justice Tavenner.
By court order Sheriff Pannett was named administrator of the estates of Frank C. Bowlin and his wife May Bowlin. The couple died in an automobile crash on the Valley pike south of Winchester. They had little personal property in the state.
The riff discusses the man who pursues spiritual knowledge, comparing it to scientific exactness. It notes Paul’s sentence faith hope and love with love being greatest, framing the trio as deliberate rather than random wording.
The writing extols love as the world’s driver toward improvement. It cites President Wilson and Secretary Kellogg attempting peace plans, noting love should govern nations, with faith and hope as companions and love as the greatest.
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