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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1937
Page
2
Public auction to sell the contents of the Sanitary Ranch lunch room at 21 W. Piccadilly Street under a distress warrant in the Herman H. Hable versus Peté Gtarostr case. The sale is set for September 9 1937 with cash terms, conducted by City Sergeant Taylor L. Barr at Joxgo A. M.
Miss Dorothy Moore daughter of Assemblyman E Blackburn Moore announces that proceeds from the recent Society Circus totaling 66 will be split between Clarke County Mye Association and the Moore circle. The event on the Harris lawn featured young performers from Berryville Winchester and surrounding counties with tight rope walks acrobatics and dancing acts.
A large airplane landing field is laid out at the Foxcatcher Hounds Hunt Club Fair Hill Md with fills and drainage work under way. The field will not be ready for the race meeting on Saturday. Airplanes will be brought to the du Pont airport and passengers driven to Fair Hill by courtesy of Henry du Pont.
Harold E. Dahl an American who traveled to Spain to fly for the Loyalists has been captured by General Franco’s forces and reportedly faces death. His mother Mrs Ida Dahl of Champaign Illinois and his wife Mrs Edith Rogers Dahl now in Cannes have appealed to Secretary of State Cordell Hull for help, though with limited hope.
In Baltimore on September 8 a 16 year old girl Dorothy Cumberland was struck and injured by a intruder entering through a window while two others slept. Theresa Maier and Helen Frederick were unharmed. The mother heard the noise and saw the suspect fleeing. a neighbor was arrested and charged with breaking and entering.
The August report from Mrs. Eulalia Savage Nalley shows 150 open cases in Frederick County public welfare, including 431 persons. Of these 69 relief, 56 service, and 15 inactive cases, with 15 new applications and 8 accepted, 7 cases given hospital care and 5 medical cases, 1 burial, and extensive outreach activities totaling 462 miles traveled and numerous visits, letters, and calls.
The Washington Information Bureau offers a 32 page illustrated booklet Modern Interior Decorating for ten cents. It guides period furniture, color schemes, and furnishing tips for rooms, apartments, and houses. Enclose ten cents with coupon and provide name city street.
Yesterday and today in Police Court several defendants faced charges of drunkenness with fines ranging from ten dollars to fifteen dollars and twenty five cents. Names include Edward Hillyard Roy Gearing George Quick Alvie Miller Fairfax Splawn W. H. Grimes Theo Sowers George Powell Jimmie Branson of Richmond with varying penalties.
After a Labor Day lull, the Black Widow parade resumed. Mrs. J W Hodgson of Winchester Route 1 brought a venomous spider to The Star office in a glass jar. The spider was captured in a chicken coop.
Valley Youth Fellowship will hold a three day convention September 10 12 at Woodstock Christian Church. Events include registrations at 4 pm dinner at 6 30 talks by youths on missions and church work discussions led by Rev G E Owen Mrs W L Dudley Rev A Mitchell Hoye Joe Childress worship led by Rev Arthur Wake and a closing Sunday service by Rev Jack Wolford.
An excerpt from an American News features sketch recalls a man named Monday in Oklahoma. Described as a preacher with common sense and a steady income from farming, Monday combines faith with practical work and serves as a colorful, dependable figure likened to a second Father Duffy.
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