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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 05, 1931

Page

8

Pumpkin Pie Season Follows Watermellon Feast

Danville Bee notes there is consolation as the pumpkin pie season follows the watermellon feast and reminds readers you have to cook them.

Danville Bee

August Police Report Details by Chief Hollis

City council hears Chief C. W. Hollis report for August showing 58 arrests 51 for city ordinances 7 for state offenses. Three autos lost and recovered 32 city tags issued 2166 for 1931. lodging requests 57. drunk driving arrests 10. one burglary and three forgery cases held for grand jury. Traffic law enforcement intensified with 5 out of town arrests 18 warrants served. filing system to improve records. overall department performing smoothly.

C. W. Hollis Crim

Pastors to Meet September 14 at Handley Library

The Ministerial Association postpones its regular meeting to September 14 at 10 a m in the Handley Library. The Roanoke Times notes colleges open soon and students dividend their thoughts between classroom plans and football season.

Ministerial Association Handley Library Roanoke Times

Rainfall Totals Compare 1931 And 18 Year Averages

The report shows present and past rainfall figures from September to date with a dashed note of .10 inch in the last 24 hours. It compares January through August rainfall for 1931 against an 18 year average, listing monthly totals and the two year totals for nine months of 1930.

Local football night games boost fan interest in Frederick

Democrats in Frederick County rally for John W. Fishburne in the U S Congress race. Mrs. Paul Gaylord defeats Mrs. Burr P. Harrison for the consolation prize at Winchester Golf Club. Miss Helen Shockey hosts Miss Irma Brooks at Red Robin Tea Room. Dunn family holds annual reunion at Jordan Springs Hotel.

Frederick County John W. Fishburne United States Congress Paul Gaylord Burr P. Harrison Winchester Golf Club Helen Shockey Red Robin Tea Room Irma Brooks Richmond Dunn Jordan Springs Hotel

Masked Klan Parade Barred in Norfolk streets

Five years ago on September 5 1926 masked Ku Klux Klan marchers were barred from Norfolk streets as crowds applauded Germany joining the League of Nations. Frederick County supervisors authorize Back Creek district to borrow 1000 for road work. Miss Virginia Marshall Baker announces engagement to J W Tweedy of Easton Md. Walter M Shade elected commander of Winchester Commandery No 12 Knights Templar.

Norfolk Germany League of Nations Frederick

Winchester Fair to Award Over $3000 in Horse Races

Winchester Fair offers more than 3000 dollars in purse money for horse races. Militiamen on the Mexican border expected to return home soon as reports circulate. Eastern Front fighting resumes with intensity while European war pushes wheat prices upward. Baltimore bread grain quoted at 1.62 dollars per bushel. William S. Hart stars in Hell's Hinges at the Empire Theatre.

Baltimore William S. Hart Empire Theatre

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Center OF Winchester Herman H. Hable Loudoun Street Shenandoah Valley Building and Loan Corporation Hansbrough & Carter Labor Day The Knights of Labor the Commercial & Savings Bank Wayland Century Motors J. W. Rees Apple Pie Ridge Road Armstrong Axminster Hamman’s Dollar Store Armstrongs Velvets Axminsters Warner Bros. Capitol Bert Wheeler Dorothy Lee Roscoeates Warmer Bros. & Vicaphone Walter Huston Paul Boncour Geneva Pate PW Aeralmadge Don Ero Ames Hollis Gmirro North Main Street Certified Public Accountants TAX Counsellors E. Boscawen Street Richmond, VA Central Nat. Bank Reardon’s Pure Food Store Braddock and Boscawen Streets Winchester Furniture CO South Main Street W. F. Shrvock, Solicitor the Star Witness Chic Sale Valley Pike Farmers & Merchants the Apple Folks Bank Brown & Fisher Gray & Sheetz Main St New York Tammany Beast Newport News Daily Press Mahatma Gandhi John Bull
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