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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1935
Page
2
A liquor board official urges centralized control of all beer dealers including 3.2 and high test brews. They argue better enforcement and higher revenue, citing staff limits of the tax department and existing experience with beer licensing.
Convict camps for road construction will not be altered for winter. Each camp includes three knockdown buildings a prison a combined dining room and kitchen and a guard house. Structures use metal roofs canvas sides and wooden floors heated by coal stoves and designed for easy relocation by dismantling parts.
Commissioners sell the Strong estate featuring three limestone farms totaling 188 acres, 238 acres, and 139 acres with water and buildings. Also Martinsburg orchard of 17 acres at Inwood, 40 acres east of Inwood along Route 51, a general store building with nine rooms above, plus unimproved lots in Inwood and Martinsburg. For terms contact Clarence E. Martin.
Community notes detail visits and weekend gatherings across towns in Pennsylvania and nearby areas. Families from Middletown, Winchester, York Springs, and Clarke County, including the Carper, Shull, Walter, Sperry, and Casper households, share Labor Day trips, reunions, and visits with relatives and friends.
The excerpt explains hara-kiri as a Japanese method of death by self-inflicted action using self disembowelment. It notes common spellings hari-kari and harri-karri and cites the Literary Digest as the source of the definition.
Stephens City notes remembrances and brief social updates. Aubrey Doggett and family visit Martinsburg. Barbara Steele and Allen Lovett return to Washington for work. Birth announced for Raymond Ewing's son on September 2. Several residents visit relatives in Martinsburg and Charles Town while others attend bake sales and reunions.
United Brethren Church announces a winter schedule for evening services starting next Sunday September 8. Christian Endeavor meets at 6 45, preaching at 7 30, Young People's Choir practice Wednesday 6 45, Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30, Senior Choir practice Wednesday 8 15. Congregation urged to note changes and be on time.
Robert McNally will sing Sunday night at 8 at the Congregational Christian Church in a program titled The Assells Listen In. He performs Invictus by W E Henley set to music as part of a sketch on Cyril Arthur Pearson with Invictus noted as Pearson's favorite poem.
Virginia lawmakers study merging all pensions into a single federal old age program. A 65 automatic enrollment would replace veterans teachers and local pensions. The 2 5 million state share may come from ABC store profits a sales tax and pari mutuel licensing are considered to raise funds.
A historical note describes how lemons aboard a ship helped prevent scurvy among sailors during long voyages. The account highlights the lack of cures in early times and credits citrus to warding off the disease.
County records show transfers of undivided interests in farmland near Martinsburg and Winchester, names include Alma Rutherford and Sula C Lawrence with parcels on the Martinsburg pike and Cross Junction area. Virginia Power Co acquires rights of way for transmission lines along Valley pike near Middletown. other transfers involve Walter Ryman and Mada lyne V Butler among listed individuals.
Eight Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South will resume Sunday services after a suspension caused by infantile paralysis outbreaks in other parts of the state.
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