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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1937

Page

3

Plank Has 140 For Best Game

Northern Virginia Handley and the American Legion dominated League A play in week two as they swept their opponents. standout scores included Plank 140 and Coca Cola Harbaugh 130, Kinracore 139, and Freeland 115, with American Legion posting a high team game of 581 and Northern Virginia 554.

Northern Virginia Handley American Legion Freeland O'Sullivan Wheeler Yates Ochs Lions Hobart Coca Cola Harbaugh American Legion Kinracore Plank Rotary Glaize Kiwani Anne American Legion Eee Seeeeeseses Handley Seeee Kiwanis Funk Brubaker O'Sullivan McCormick Richard Tae Legge Te Eeee Ae Sargent See Nenee Lions Shewbridge Smith Tet Miller Pe Marchi Asnee Rainsberger Legion Gearing Parrish Ee

Kremer Will Placed On Record In Court

The will of the late Mrs. Nannie Kremer is admitted to record in the Corporation Court clerk’s office. It directs sale of all real and personal property on executor chosen terms. Proceeds to be divided among four sons Luther Fred George Oscar Kremer a daughter Gertrude Kremer Hunt and a grandson George M. Harkins. M M Lynch named executor with bond penalty set at 1500 dollars.

Nannie Kremer Corporation Court Luther Fred George Oscar Kremer Gertrude Kremer Hunt George M. Harkins M. M. Lynch

Seafaring Spirit Of Early America Is Gone Says Babson

In Cherbourg Roger W Babson laments the loss of Americas seafaring spirit. He outlines a decline from pre Civil War shipping prowess to modern difficulties in foreign competition, wage costs, and government subsidies. He notes prolific tonnage abroad versus slow U.S. gains and calls for renewed initiative to restore maritime vigor.

America Babson Cherbourg France Massachusetts Boston Salem Gloucester Newburyport Europe Far East Atlantic S. S. Berengaria Gorham P. Low Liverpool Great Britain Hog Island Delaware River S. S Leviathan Vaterland Germany United States North Atlantic Japan Italy Joseph P. Kennedy Maritime Commission

Va Group Votes To Unite Methodists In Virginia

The Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church South voted 395 to 37 for unification of the three branches of Methodism restoring the 91 year split. Delegates supported the Randolph Macon College forward movement to raise about 250000 for Ashland school improvements. Bishop Arthur J. Moore announced a likely October 30 departure for China to study missionary conditions.

Norfolk Virginia Ashland Arthur J. Moore China Moore Methodist Episcopal Church South North Methodist Protestant Church Richmond

Fredericksburg Dog Mart Draws 3000 Plus to 239-Year-Old Event

In Fredericksburg on October 14 a crowd of over three thousand Virginians attended the 239 year old village dog mart. Dogs of many shapes filled the historic park square as auctioneer Nathaniel Bacon Kinsey presided with a clanging ancient dinner bell. The event, revived by the chamber of commerce ten years ago, featured a funny exchange over the so called bigfoot dog and a lively ugly dog winner named bigfoot. The gathering mixed old traditions with a touch of local humor led by Mayor W Marshall King and master J W Patton of Brear Virginia.

Fredericksburg Park Square Nathaniel Bacon Kinsey Bigfoot J. W. Patton Brear W. Marshall King Patton George Washington Kinsey Mart Chamber of Commerce Walter Johnson

Aldrich Attacks Regulations on Wall Street

Wall Street, amid a stock slump, heard Winthrop W. Aldrich, head of Chase National Bank, urge loosening federal rules he said impair the stock market. He cited taxes, SEC rules, and margin requirements and proposed changes to capital gains levies and margin rules to level the field between investors and insiders.

New York Wall Street Chamber of Commerce Rochester Winthrop W. Aldrich Chase Natinal Bank of Washington Financial District Aldrich Oeen Busines United States Treasury SEC Federal Reserve

Estate Left to Mrs Sheetz in Will of E Blair Sheetz

The will of the late E Blair Sheetz recorded in the Corporation Court clerk’s office leaves the estate to his widow Caroline S Sheetz and after her death to daughter Lillian E Sheetz. Clifford D Grimm is appointed administrator cum testamento annexo with bond set at $2000.

E. Blair Sheetz Corporation Court Clerk Caroline S. Sheetz Lillian E Sheetz Clifford D. Grimm

Burns Are Cause Of Suffering Safe Guard Your Home

Editor notes this is part five of an accident prevention series by Winchester Frederick County Red Cross. It warns that home burns are common and often fatal, caused by matches cigarettes chimneys stoves flames and hot surfaces. It urges safe storage of matches safety matches annual chimney and furnace checks proper appliance use and installation, avoiding overloaded cords and inflammable liquids inside the home, and supervising candles.

Red Cross Winchester- Frederick County Carless

Farewell Sermon Sunday for Rev. C. L. Reiter

The Rev. C. L. Reiter will preach his farewell sermon at 9 30 Sunday morning at the Miller School for the Frederick Circuit M E Churches. Special music includes a piano duet by twins Miss May Miller Craig and Miss Grace Irene Craig Heavenly Moonlight and a male trio. After the service a group photograph will be taken. Reiter and family plan to leave Tuesday for Tilghman Island where he will serve as pastor for the coming year. No other circuit services Sunday. Rev. George Waters of Rockbridge Baths is slated to take the Whitlock avenue parsonage next week.

C. L. Reiter M. E Frederick Miller School May Miller Craig Grace Irene Craig Reiter Tilghman Island George Waters Rockbridge Baths Whitlock Avenue

Daily Crossword Puzzle Clue List Scrambled by Scanner

A scrambled OCR style crossword clue page with numbered entries and fragmentary words. It includes clues and partial answers like undismayed, near tion of his gust, a small owl, plight, violent, point of the compass, painful, a waistcoat, at sea, a potion, harbor, a black, pulled, undivided, expert in the bo, to length, nigh, dive, ventured, adult, the boat, bend, twistments, head in sal, ten utation, command, Moses, unhurt, decay, always, snare, lizards, explosive, elude abbr, a county, to color in west, possessed, Romania.

Tlon Noah Sal Moses West Rumania

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