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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1936
Page
2
NEWS OF THE COUNTIES Mount Williams Virginia September 4 lists residents ill and improving Harl Himelright remains about the same John Eversole moves family to Lamps area Hollis Clowser relocation and Edison Fawcett moving near Mount Pleasant W M Crowser family and many visitors from Winchester Baltimore and Detroit are named along with local hospitality and small household shifts
In Chambersville Virginia on September 4 various locals hosted and visited relatives and friends. Roy Good and Martha Good welcomed guests. G L Rosier Archer Foreman P H Ritter and families were noted visitors. Rev J D Russell and daughter Margaret of Winchester spent an evening with Mr and Mrs Ritter. Walter Brill and Mrs Brill visited Basel Brill and Mr Roy Fisher was guest of Miss Myra Payne. Brewer stayed overnight with sister Bessie Lonas in Win.
Opequon Lake Virginia reports W A Grove took a bus to Wardensville West Virginia for camp meeting. Ruth M Kerns attended the Brannon reunion near DeHaven, a 29 year August gathering. Mr and Mrs Jolliffe of Winchester visited Santmier. Stine family hosts and Timber Primitive Baptist Church held an all day meeting drawing attendees from Washington Martinsburg Hagerstown. Nina Stine called on Emily Grove.
Mrs. A M McClanahan celebrated a birthday with a dinner hosted by her children on Sunday. Guests included Mr and Mrs Fred Emswiller and two children, Lehman McClanahan and family, Bobbie Leec and son, Tom Smith, Mertie McClanahan family, George H McClanahan and children, A McClanahan family, Walter Crisman, R L Clem family, Loy Clem family, and Lawrence Clem all from St Davids. The Walters family later drove to WarW Va for Sunday.
Armel Canton Henry Armel of Canton Ohio and his mother Mrs M H Armel with grandson Master Donald Pierce of Bunker Hill West Virginia were guests here last week. Miss Mozelle White and friends spent several days in Williamsport Pennsylvania returning home late Monday. Harry Rickard a Duke University theology student arrived for several weeks vacation near here. Mr and Mrs Marshall Bryarly and three children of Knoxville Tennessee were guests of Mrs C D Price. Meta Pifer is improving after rheumatism. G Don Gray has returned to Washington DC after a visit here. Mrs William M Gault spent last week at her former home here returning to Washington. Ella Rose returned to Hagerstown Maryland after visiting her sister Mrs J L Price who remains ill.
Angers Store items note Sept 5 as Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Bohrer and relatives drove to Washington for an airplane tour. They returned with Harry Bohrer’s daughter Retha. Other visits include Mrs. J W Brannon’s homecoming, Fearnow family’s Washington return, De Haven visiting Shrout, Shade guests of Dick family, and trips to Capon River and Berkeley Springs by several locals.
Sunday guests at the Gregg Orndorff home included Lee Johnson of Washington DC Lamp and family from the area George Hummer and Ralph Pearl Williams of Mount Williams. Vennor Wilhon and children with Clarence Cochran visited James Russell at Red Bud. Oliver Hamilton Woodrow Perry Levane Barr attended a Shenandoah county family reunion. Rev Spitzer closed his meeting last Sunday night with a week of services. Sunday School and Christian Endeavor set for next week. Public invited. Ralph Williams Taft and Eddie Russell visited John Perry Monday. Louise and Lucille Perry visited Hilda Hamilton Tuesday.
In Madrid a man named Claudio Casado says he survived a rebel firing squad after fleeing his Palencia town on August 15. He reached Santander with severe wounds and little food, aided medically, claiming he was sentenced to death for picking up 24 Socialist newspapers. He was denounced by a woman.
Food market report notes moderate demand for American apples and pears in Britain with supplies from all sources fairly liberal this week. California Gravensteins command higher prices while pears show stronger demand in Liverpool and Glasgow. Next week’s imports expected to be light. 22 500 bushels of apples and 37 000 bushels of pears forecast from the United States, with about 2 000 California grape packages.
Chicago reports September corn surges 5 1 2 cents to 1.11 1 2 as new 8 cent daily limit activates amid market talk of a squeeze. Short covering and buying by two large commissions drove up prices while open interest nears 6 million bushels. Argentina price talk and Argentina supply concerns add to the rise. Other grains follow with gains.
STANARDSVILLE Sept 4 The defense called 25 character witnesses in the ouster trial of Greene county Sheriff R A Melone charged with intoxication in public. Judge Lemuel Smith adjourned at 5 pm with trial set to resume at 9 am to speed to a verdict.
Jesse Ewell Jr Greene County agent testified he signed a petition to remove Sheriff Melone to clean up the county. State witnesses included Dr M D Foster D C Deane and C G Miller. Melone, in public office over 30 years, faced earlier drunkenness acquittal in 1935. J W Clarke testified Melone intoxicated May 29 in a highway case. Trial Justice R H Early said Melone seen intoxicated in public on several occasions. In Baltimore a car skid on a slippery road. rock kept it from a 70 foot drop. Mrs Paul Rupert and her son plus Mrs John Staley from Baltimore injured. Rupert and Miss Nora Sullivan lightly hurt.
A huge boulder saved five motorists when it rolled into the roadway during a rockslide near Clifton Forge Virginia on September 5. Police say the rock blocked a highway lane and absorbed the impact preventing a more severe crash. Witnesses reported three vehicles narrowly avoided collision as the boulder settled in the roadway.
New York Sept. 5 The suspension of Jesse Owens by the Amateur Athletic Union becomes effective for one year as he announces turning professional after a Swedish barnstorming tour following the Olympics.
Banking holidays observed on Monday September 7 1936. Banks will close and all maturities due that day may be paid on the next banking day. Notices from Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co Commercial and Savings Bank Union Bank of Winchester Shenandoah Valley National Bank list holiday closures and payment rescheduling with cashiers J H Yost John I Sloat Geo B Bushnell Harold G Brown.
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