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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1934
Page
8
Local items note visits and travel among residents including Mrs L B Dutrow Mrs Paul Dutrow and Jer Dutrow of Richmond to Middletown. Numerous weekend visitors from Winchester Woodstock and Washington. Residents prepare for winter travel and study plans with several moving or returning home.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moore and Mrs. Ruth M. Kerns visited Mrs. George Mauzy. Edna Whitacre and daughter Anna saw her father William DeHaven. Arsel DeHaven and family called on his parents F G DeHaven. Anna Whitacre of Gerrardstown visited A L DeHaven. Ray DeHaven called on his parents. Jesse Dunham visited Lee Whitacre. Bill Baker with a saw mill busy delivering a large barn bill. Paul Lamp stayed with Harry Kern. Ruth M. Kerns used last year’s sweet potatoes on Labor Day. Attendees included Paul Lamp, Harold Lamp, and Harry Kerns visiting Murvil Whitacre. Analty meeting planned at Timber Ridge Primitive Baptist Church Sep 9 and Sep 30 at 2 pm.
An article compares human bodies to stoves noting about 65 percent of heat is radiated. It discusses heat transfer concepts and uses a metaphor to explain energy emission from the human body.
The Mount Williams column lists residents visiting, moving, or ill. Mrs. William Himelright seeks treatment for a broken arm. Mrs. Fanny Williams shows hypertension symptoms. W Hollis Clowser confined by influenza. Several local families, calls, visits, and social events across Winchester, Opequon, and nearby areas are recorded.
Mt Pleasant notes report social visits and church group activity. Rex Rosenberger and others host and visit family in the region. Rally Day at White Hall drew 39 attendees with music by the Quincy Orphanage Band. The United Brethren Ladies Aid met and reorganized for another year with officers unchanged. Some residents visit relatives in Winchester Clearbrook and nearby towns. October 13 is set for the next Ladies Aid meeting at the Perry home.
Ideal September working weather keeps farm tasks progressing. Mr. and Mrs. John Lineburg of Clary visited Mr. William Richardson, with Blanch Richardson of Middletown staying at the same home. Pauline and Ruthleen Keller of Oranda and Sapp of Washington joined Sunday guests of James Greenmont Farm. William Sampsell and Allie and Be Bell of Stephens City were guests of James Boggs, while Mrs. Edgar Loving and daughter Janet Lee spent a week in Washington visiting a sister.
Rosenberger Virginia September notes visit by Joseph H. Bean and Mrs Bean from Washington at Bean Cave Farm. Guests xeonine McNeal and Helen S of Washington join. A surprise honoring the couple's September 11 anniversary with a green pottery bowl of four leaf clovers precedes a September 10 dinner. Local callers include C M Snapp H A Snapp and Goldie Frye.
Minnie Wood Chapel Virginia reports a large crowd at the annual Sunday School picnic held in Cle Venger's Grove with dinner, ice cream, and cakes. Attendees and families attend church services and a busy social schedule across Martinsburg and surrounding towns.
The column lists visits and health updates from White Post and nearby towns. Ito is mentioned as nursing while Mrs Emma Strickler is ill at her niece Joy Chrisman’s home. Various callers and guests from Winchester Kernstown and Waynesboro are noted, with travels to Staunton Berryville Richmond and Fairfax.
The standings show New York leading with 85 wins and 68 losses. Boston is at 68 wins and 50 losses, with Detroit at 0 losses? The excerpt lists teams and records and notes today’s games including Washington at Detroit and New York at Cleveland.
New York leads NL with 87 wins and 50 losses for a .638. St Louis 79 56 .585. Pittsburgh 66 67 .496. Brooklyn 59 75 .441. Philadelphia 60 83 .376. Cincinnati 86 .358. Yesterday New York 3 Pittsburgh 2. Chicago 5 Boston 11 in 10 innings. Brooklyn 8 Cincinnati 7. Today St Louis at New York. Chicago at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at Boston. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
Cedar Grove Virginia reports large Sunday gatherings at White Hall and Little Mountain with joyful services. Local socials include a Pleasant Valley United Brothers Church gathering at Joe Hancher’s and a corn roast at Arthur Clark’s. Accidents hurt Blanch DeHavenh and Clyde Melister with leg and foot injuries respectively.
Rockingham relief officials move to slaughter and can relief cattle from drought areas. County Agent S. M. Cox has contracts with farmers to feed and fatten about 1,000 head. Secretary Russell L. Stultz reports progress on a federal relief meat canning plant at Harrisonburg, with initial slaughter on a small scale and rising to 50 to 100 head daily as buildings and canning machinery are prepared.
Winchester residents show strong interest in Capitol Theatre vaudeville acted on by manager Tom Baldridge. He toured Washington acts and says successful response to a mailed questionnaire could bring flesh and blood stage entertainment to Shenandoah Valley if interest persists.
Michael Weisberg of Cleveland Ohio became the first defendant in an Ohio NRA conviction to be sentenced to jail. Common Pleas Judge Alva R Corlett found he overworked his employer without extra pay and fined him 100 dollars and ten days in county jail.
Rock Enon Virginia reports hunting for squirrels is slow this year. Visitors include Maynard and Basil Larrick with Cecil Loy from Winchester at the home of S. B. Larrick. Mrs Larrick injuries worsen after a fall. Beatrice Kerns Myrtle Bragg and Harry Kerns visit from Winchester. Ida Cane visits Mary Good followed by pump repair incident injuring Mr Larrick.
The record notes that church bells have been cast in England dating back to the year 940, outlining a long tradition of bell founding in the country.
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