WPA Force May Be Idle In Winchester If Wage Issue Stalls
WPA forces in Winchester may idle for eight to nine days as wage rates under the Works Progress Administration remain unresolved in Virginia. City officials expect no new WPA projects until the wage problem is settled, with about 40 workers potentially idle. A water project may finish Thursday and workers could be reassigned if another project is available.
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Works Progress
Virginia
WPA
Winchester
Park Visited by Record Number on Skyline Drive
Richmond reports 568,089 visitors to Skyline Drive from Oct 1, 1935, to Aug 31, 1936, up 26.1 percent from last year. August saw 41,829 autos with 150,125 visitors, vs 24,748 cars and 85,570 last August. Through the travel year, 167,216 autos used the mountain route, up from 130,131 a year earlier.
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Richmond
State Conservation Commission
Skyline Drive
Not All Taken
Haile 2 declared today that a provisional government is functioning normally in the western provinces. A Labor Day parade incident in Bellingham Massachusetts ended with a horse running into a stopped car, injuring the driver with minor cuts.
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London
Bellingham
Mass
Eid Marietzner
Miss Harrison and H P Mitchell Win Mayo Memorial Golf Trophies
Miss Mary Cary Harrison won the ladies Mayo Memorial Trophy and Henry Post Mitchell won the men’s award at the Blue Ridge Hunt Club Mayo Memorial Handicap Golf Tournament in Millwood Virginia. Also contested were consolation events and other summer tournaments with Mrs Llewellyn Bull and Mrs Johnsarral winning in the consolation for women and men respectively.
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Millwood
Mary Cary Harrison
Henry Post Mitchell
Blue Ridge Hunt Club
Peirre Tartone
Philip Meade
Llewellyn Bull
Johnsarral
Page
Mayo
W. Pinckney Weatherill
Thomas Meade
Mary Welsh Dougherty
Jack Beardall
Board of Governors
Robbery Car’s NC Plates Tied to Virginia Suspects
Town Sergeant C L Temple said W W Marshall of Suffolk reported license plates from a car abandoned at South Hill after a robbery were taken in a North Carolina holdup. Three youths Annie B T Jackson Herbert Bonnet and William R Jones are held on kidnapping and highway robbery charges in Chase City with possible ties to other crimes.
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Boydton
C. L. Temple
South Hill
W. W. Marshall
Suffolk
North Carolina
Marshall
Chase City
Annie B. T. Jackson
Henderson
N. C
Herbert Bonnet
Luray
William R. Jones
Tarboro
V. C
Mecklenburg
Temple
W. E. Newman
Albemarle County
Richmond
Charlottesville
Robert Bowden
Chesterfield County
Bowden
Albemarle
Wife Preservers For Insect Bite Relief
Insect bites may be eased by washing the skin with a soda and water solution. Mix a teaspoon of soda in a cup of water and apply to the affected area for relief.
Lions Club Meeting Notes Hints At Community Service
The Winchester Lions Club met at 12 15 at the Winchester Country Club with Dr Allen T Hawthorne discussing blind work and glasses for underprivileged children. Thornton Bryarly spoke on the 29th division at Indiantown Gap Pa and the need for an Armory in Winchester for National Guard units. Andrew Bell urged Chamber of Commerce cooperation.
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Lions Club
Anderson
Norfolk
Winchester
League of Virginia Municipalities
Indiantown Gap
Bryarly
Pennsylvania
National Guard
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Entertain and furnish cars for Virginia municipalities convention
The league plans to provide entertainment and transport for the upcoming Virginia Municipalities Convention scheduled for next week, coordinating arrangements with local vendors and city officials.
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League of Virginia Municipilities
Governors Race Aboard Yacht In Biloxi Rivalry Ends
Governor Hugh White of Mississippi defeats Louisiana Governor Richard Leche in the first annual guber natorial yacht race. The nine mile triangular course started at 2:40 pm and finished 4:22:18 for White and 4:23:16 for Leche amid cheers from thousands of visitors.
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Biloxi
Miss
Louisiana
Mississippi
Hugh White
Richard Leche
White
Leche
Dinner Guests and Local Short Notes at White Oak
White Oak notes list dinner guests at Mrs. Bessie Carper including John Sargeant and family and Lester Carper family. Mrs. Bessie Colan returned home after visiting relatives in Highland county. Mrs. Ora Wise of Stephens City visited Paul Wise family. Lena Arnold stayed with Gardiner Clark. Charles Kemp drove to Lancaster Pennsylvania on business. Lester Carper and family returned to Harrisonburg after visiting Mrs. Carper’s mother. Phil Bowman visited Paul Wise recently.
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White Oak
Bessie Carper
John Sargeant
John Henry Sargeant
Margaret Sargeant
Ott Sargeant
Sylvester Sargeant
Lester Carper
Bessie Colan
Highland County
Ora B. Wise
Stephens City
Paul Wise
Lena Arnold
Gardiner Clark
Charles Kemp
Lancaster
Harrisonburg
Fashion Chair Set of Easy Crochet Pattern 5688
Simple fall crochet chair set using string with lacy stitch decor. Includes charts, directions, stitch illustrations and material needs. Send 10 cents to Winchester Evening Star Household Arts Dept for pattern 5688 with name address and pattern number.
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Winchester Evening Star
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
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Setanta
Miles Music CO
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Fort Knox, Ky
An Fat
Roomie
Army Post
Fort Knox
Central Press
Essolene
Esso
Standard Oil Company OF
New Jersey
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