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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1937
Page
5
Georgia state quail arm superintendent reported Mae a quail laid 130 eggs in 22 weeks in Atlanta. Pursuer Collins noted the bird’s high production and weight, highlighting the ambitious breeding effort.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour total ending yesterday at 5 pm none. October to date 2.48 inches year to date 37.86 inches. Monthly averages by year 1913 to 1936 list January 2.46 February 1.97 March 3.03 April 3.07 May 3.65 June 3.63 July 3.35 August 3.59 September 2.91 October 2.91 November 2.31 December 4.0. Annual average rainfall 34.74 inches at Winchester Research Laboratory.
LURAY Oct. 18. Resettlement of families from Shenandoah National Park in homestead areas constructed by the government in Page and Madison counties will begin tomorrow. Six families move to Ida Valley site. six more to Madison tract. Each unit has a 3- to 5-room house, barn, poultry house, hog stall, and storage.
The Winchester Virginia corporation court orders Master Commissioner W Erle Edwards to report on the Knight estate matter. He shall appraise real and personal property debts and guarantor relations, construe the will, settle accounts of executors, and report any other pertinent issues. Notice is given for papers and evidence on November 3, 1937 at 17 Court Square.
Cir cus Deavers and Mozelle Cowden describe plans to relocate families to new homes with furniture from the old place. Elmer Buracker notes he will move only down the hill. The typical homestead family includes five people with a head aged 35 to 40, a wife 30 to 85, primary to fourth grade education, cash income 100 to 150 dollars annually, and land under five acres.
The Rev. Father Joseph A. Lawler of Philadelphia will preach during the 40 hours of devotions at the Church of the Sacred Heart opening with a high mass at 10 30 Sunday morning October 24. Sermons follow at 7 30 p m on Sunday Monday and Tuesday on the holy eucharist. Assisting are Rev. Fathers R E Hannon and Charles Comaskey. Everyone is invited.
The weather bureau released a storm warning for the seaboard from Virginia Capes to Eastport. An Illinois disturbance will move northeastward with increasing intensity, bringing fresh southerly winds this afternoon then shifting southwest and strengthening tonight into Wednesday.
Multiple court notices from Frederick County Virginia 1937: a will construction case to identify heirs of Hannah M. Affleck with published summons and four weekly notices in Winchester Evening Star. and a divorce suit Joseph C. Calverley v Dorothy S. Calverley for desertion, with publication and mailing of order.
Hollywood golf figure John Montague sits in a Adirondack court in Elizabethtown as jurors are drawn for a seven year old robbery charge. He is identified as Laverne Moore in the indictment for a $700 Kin Hanna's road house heist near Jay, New York.
A Khabarovsk newspaper reports that 24 anti Soviet terrorists were executed in the Far East for alleged railroad espionage for Japan and plots against Soviet leaders.
Farmers and Merchants National Bank sues Elsie R. Zinn to garnishee funds held by J L Jolliffe as administrator of Irvin H. Zinn deceased. Defendant must appear within ten days of publication. Notice to publish weekly for four weeks in Winchester Evening Star and posted at courthouse.
Baxter Tennessee residents expect more oversleeping this week after Charlie Hughes, the village’s human alarm clock, left for a short stay in New York. Hughes has blown a bugle daily at six from a 20 foot pole in his backyard for 13 years.
About 237 of roughly 160000 Virginians who served in the Confederate Army are listed on the state's pension roll as of October 15. Pension clerk John H. Johnson of Richmond notes the youngest are 90, with some over 100. Also on the roll are about 2700 widows 67 body servants and 560 tens of veterans.
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