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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1940

Page

3

Winners Of Awards At Frederick County Fair

Frederick County club members showcase an exhibit at the Baker building praising county agents and a host of prize winners. Cash prizes were awarded for top eggs, crops, vegetables, fruits, and canned goods, with names of winners across Round Hill, White Hall, Kernstown, Mt. Airy, Friendly Grove, and other communities.

Frederick County Baker Frederick J. I. Fred Stine Elizabeth County J. Carl Coiner Robert Dailey Whitacre Hugh Dailey Burl Carpenter Round Hill Maurice Carpenter Round James Hutton White Hall Harry Richard Friendly Grove Hugh Nesselrodt Denver Hershman Cornelia Gordon Carlton Snapp Mt. Airy Rebecca Lodge Clarence Cather Richard Cather Austin Tusing Garland Cather All of Sam Whitacre Constance Brown Anna Louise Oessess Kernstown Willard Spillman Robert Lamp Dorothy Harbaugh Baden Larrick Alma Orndorff Whita Nancy Brumback Nancy Harbaugh Hilda Whitacre Louise Berryhill Eloise Lupton June Cammer

Willkie Praises John Lewis Endorsement On Campaign Train

Willkie on the Wilkie campaign train to New York hailed John Lewis as a brave defender of labor and urged a united voluntary effort to save American democracy. He urged an end to class warfare and pressed Roosevelt to answer defense and debt questions in a future speech.

Willkie N. Y New York Wendell L. Willkie John Lewis Roosevelt Lewis Wilkes-Barre United Nation America

Orthopedic Clinic Set at Memorial Hospital for Youth

The next orthopedic clinic for young people will run from 9 30 a m to 2 p m Saturday November 2 at Memorial Hospital. Dr Robert V Punsten of the University of Virginia Hospital will direct. Sponsored by the District Nurse Association the date was changed from November 9 to the new date.

Memorial Hospital Robert V. Punsten University of Virginia Hospital District Nurse Association

Local Fair Awards Highlight Apple Display And Notable Winners

An excellent display of apples dominated the fair with judging ongoing. Results for best under garment best cotton dress apron and smock notebook and other items feature contenders such as Carolyn Courtney Alma Orndorff Nancy Harbaugh Anna Jane Cooper Rebecca Lodge Mary Gay and Mary Ellen Nethers across White Hall Friendly Grove Round Hill and neighboring areas. The Star will publish the full results on Monday.

Hilda Whitacre Whitacre Mary Gay Marker Round Hill Constance Brown White Hail Peachy Glyn Friendly Grove Ruth Feeley Mary Virginia DeHaven Gore Nancy Brumback Mt .Airy Rebecca Lodge White Hall Betty Lou Price Armel Eloise Lupton Alma Orndorff Carolyn Courtney Alma Orndorff Nancy Harbaugh Dorothy Harbaugh Anna Jane Cooper Mary Gay Marker Mary Ellen Nethers Star

Stephens City High School Glimpses Of Clinic And Clubs

The Stephens City school year features a four year dental clinic led by Dr. W A Burke showing 41 percent of students free of defects versus 19 percent three years earlier. Miss Annie Laurie Rives, a library favorite, has passed away. A Stephens City High School Library Club announces officers and plans to raise funds, including a silver tag day that yielded $7.43. The F F A federation meet plans in Middletown and Luray, with Harold Bolen winning high individual honors in Dairy Cows. Home Economics Club aims to contribute to Red Cross with 100 garments by December 15 and shares a homemade floor wax recipe. A Biology trip to Washington reveals zoo visits and Smithsonian. Senior profiles describe two students, their birthplaces and ambitions. A presidential election fund drive is planned for November 5 1940, with seventh graders eligible to vote after paying a penny poll tax.

Stephens City W. A. Burke Frederick County Burke Forsythe Dental Infirmary For Boston Virginia State Health Department Stephens City High School Library G. L. Walker Rowena Flowers Esther Parker Heath Adams Nancy Parker Marguerite Ridgeway Helen Carver Ruth Simmons Reba Dellinger Marcella White Virginia Rowland Amelia Crim Helen Beaver Lorine Russell Eloise Beaver Odell Millis Mary Wheelbarger Isabelle Snyder Alice Russell Northern Virginia Triangle Federation Middletown Luray R. A. Wall Stephens City-Middletown F. A. Dobbins Berryville Woodstock Handley Harold Bolen Frank Brumback Home Economics News Home Economics Club Red Cross Winchester Girls Athletic Association Newtown Pippin Lutheran Church Matoawa West Virginia Kernstown School Our School Finance Board Boys Athletic Association F. F. A. Organization Frederick County School Band F. F. A. Fair Presbyterian Church Beulah Snyder Thomas Russell Denzil Hawcett Byron Harris

Movees and New Class Member Mark Elementary Shifts

The elementary department reports students shifting rooms with John Van Sycket moving to Front Royal Virginia Josephine Fauver to Middletown and Billy Zirkle to Mt Jackson. Irvin Zirkle transfers from seventh grade to Mt Jackson school. Fourth and sixth grades gain Joseph Schier as a new class member.

John van Sycket Front Royal Josephine Fauver Middletown Billy Zirkle Mt. Jackson Irvin Zirkle Joseph Schier Shadyside School Ohio Tommy Buterakok Handley High Winchester Betty Yent West Virginia Ner Edward Lee Collier Betty Lou Zirkle New Market Catherine Cline Clarine Thompson Loriie Thompson Richard Wall Luray Sidney Zirkle Dorothy Schier Betty Jean Keller Donald Zirkle Dorothy Boone Preston Conner

Program Of Music Sunday At Presbyterian Church

The Presbyterian Church choir hosts a 7 30 pm Sunday service of music featuring solos by Buck and Tschaikowsky works, a duet by Robyn, and the anthem In the Night Christ Came Walking. Performers include Mrs. Gordon Whitham Mr. Floyd Haines Mr. Marshall Kline and Hubert Kerr Jr.

Presbyterian Church Isarel Buck Sun Hubert Kerr, Jr Robyn Gordon Whitham Floyd Haines Christ Cain Ambrose Marshall Kline Tschaikowsky Scott Wheeler

Treasury Debt Rises as October 24 Totals Stand

Treasury data show gross debt at 44 billion 089 million 591 thousand 604 95 with a daily rise of 1 million 44 thousand 438 74. The rest is mixed school news from Shadyside Ohio Handley High Winchester Virginia and West Virginia with student moves programs and class activities noted.

Washington the Treasury

Connally Says Roosevelt Defeat Seen As Foreign Policy repudiation

Senator Tom Connally warns that an election defeat of President Roosevelt would be read as repudiation of American foreign policy by all dictators and totalitarians. The remark came at a press conference with Democratic National Chairman Edward J. Flynn. A letter from a former president of the Chamber of Commerce endorsed Roosevelt’s defense efforts.

New York United States Tom Connally D-Tex Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Roosevelt Connally Edward J. Flynn Man Ber of Commerce Uni

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