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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1935
Page
7
The Winchester and Frederick County Red Cross chapter launches a home safety drive urging parents to inspect for hazards and apply remedies. It cites 1934 home accidents causing about 34 600 deaths, nearly matching automobile fatalities, and provides a step by step check list for households to reduce risks.
Seventh-day Adventist officials from the General Conference, union and sectional conferences in the United States and Canada, Europe and Inter-America, publishing houses and missions converge in Louisville Ky for the Autumn Council spanning today through November 5. Delegates aim to propel the denomination’s outreach, uphold the Ten Commandments, and plan for global mission with the Presidents' Council chaired by the North American Division Conference president.
Precipitation for October spurted overnight increasing total monthly rainfall from .98 to 1.92 inches by 8 am at the Winchester Research Laboratory. At that hour it was still raining steadily with 0.94 inches on the ground. Yearly rainfall stands at 30.51 inches. October’s total is 1.92 inches, below the 22 year average of 2.90 inches.
Refuge Virginia on October 29 reports Rev. F. M. Lakas preached a fine sermon Sunday evening at Refuge and made calls in this section.
Wednesday evening notes mention Mr. and Mrs. Silas Grim and family visiting Mr. Isaac Grim and Miss Julia Grim Sunday. Mr. Charles Cooley spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gordon near Stephens City.
The article lists several attendees and guests including Thelma Ritenour Mary Lemley Boyd Bean and Gene Barley. Elizabeth Ritenour and Alfred Cook with Joe Baughman and Willis Ruggles are noted as visiting relatives in Clarendon Virginia. Moody Steele remains homebound with a badly sprained knee.
A fragment discusses Mrs. Ben Derflinger of Canter bury and mentions Indian medicine pipes used before hunting. It cites figures comparing ducks and elk and notes the cost of smoking one pine before hunting.
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