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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1933
Page
8
A revival series is held at the old Kent Street Presbyterian Church at the corner of Kent and Boscawen streets. Evangelist W. Harvey from California preaches sermons and invites all to attend the services.
John Dove Chapter No 21 Royal Arch Masons will elect officers for the new Masonic year at 8 o clock this evening. Wendell B Goode serves as the present most excellent high priest.
George M. Sunday, 40, son of evangelist Billy Sunday, is in critical condition after a fall from a fourth story apartment window in San Francisco. A police report includes his note claiming loss of balance and no arguments or drinking. Police say his wife reported a recent nervous breakdown and financial worries.
Historic Old Chapel near Millwood Virginia to host its annual service Sunday September 10 at 11 am. Bishop Henry St. George Tucker will deliver the sermon in a long standing community event drawing guests from Northern Virginia. The site houses graves of Edmund Randolph and John Esten Coke with ties to Lord Fairfax and Lord Baltimore grants.
The Hagerstown Fair Grounds will close sideshows and exhibition halls on Sunday for the first time. President A K Coffman announced the change citing church criticism of the midway. The fair grounds prepare for the annual fall exhibit and racing meet starting next Tuesday.
Apples prices across regions show steady bids per bushel with varieties listed. New York Wealthies and Maiden Blush fetch 1.00 to 1.10 for large and 0.85 to 0.90 for medium, Gravensteins 0.90 to 1.00 for large and 0.85 for medium, Alexanders 1.00 for large, West Virginia MacIntosh 1.00 to 1.10 for medium, Pennsylvania Wealthies large 1.15.
A map outlines a proposed 38 foot wide 166 mile barge canal linking the Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico. The plan estimates a $125 million cost presented to the public works board in Washington. Concept credited to Andrew Jackson in 1829, with a self liquidating project expected to run 40 years and create 25 000 jobs over three to six years.
Floyd Flickinger, acting superintendent at Yorktown, leads a coordinated response by the National Colonial Monument Park Service with state and federal aid to rehabilitate Yorktown to Buckroe Beach after a devastating storm. Marines guard waterfront property. Red Cross provides aid as committees organize salvage, cleanup, and debris removal along the York River and Chesapeake Bay fronts.
A plan for settlement of the Berkeley Woolen Mill strike affecting 325 workers was approved by mill management and agreed to by the strikers. Intermediaries Lewis H. Thompson and Allen R. Emmert said the plan calls for most return to work, with six discharged men to be considered on merit. Union recognition would follow NRA code. Management did not appear at a NRA Labor Board hearing in Washington due to a misunderstanding, with expectations that action at Martinsburg would proceed.
Descendants of Gen Daniel D Didwell, Cedar Creek battle participant, plan a reunion near Pittsfield Massachusetts and discuss funding a 30000 dollar equestrian statue at the Strasburg battlefield site. A Strasburg letter says much of the funds are already raised. The Cedar Creek fight inspired Read's "Sheridan's Ride" in old readers.
A Buddhist monastic order permits departure at any time, with no lifelong vows binding members. Monks and nuns may choose to leave freely, reflecting the order's emphasis on voluntary commitment and individual discernment.
Evangelist Miller spoke at the First Brethren Church tent meeting on Berryville avenue. He argued saving faith requires embracing facts as personal devotion and warned that sincerity alone is not enough. He urged attendance for upcoming talks on The Passion of the Cross and What About Heaven.
Prof and Mrs Thurston De Masters with their son plan Winchester residence after moving from Mount Airy North Carolina Their studio at First Baptist Church and at 1600 Valley avenue offers sacred music and concert instruction Mrs De Masters sings lyric soprano and Mr De Masters a dramatic tenor They have studied in Washington New York Paris and NC and have taught many pupils and music students.
The Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst aged 91 died after a fall from the roof at his nephew Winthrop Parkhurst’s house in Ventnor New Jersey. He had been living with his nephew and was said to be in excellent health prior to the accident. He gained fame in the nineties as a foe of Tammany Hall in New York City.
A Madison Square Presbyterian Church sermon in 1892 derailed Tammany Hall by branding its leaders as a "damnable pack of administrative bloodhounds" and sparking a campaign that unseated the machine.
The historic Church of the Disciples of Christ known as Galilee Church near Grimes on Welltown road has been improved with repairs repainting and a new carpet. Rev. F B Sapp will lead Sunday services and C E McVay will run the 10 a m Sunday school.
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