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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1936
Page
2
Patrolman Francis received multiple late night calls from four anxious mothers seeking help locating their missing sons before the school year began. One mother reported two boys missing, the others one each, as concerns mounted at the start of the day.
Giants captain Carl Hubbell dominates with four complete games and a late relief stint, fueling a 7-5 win over the Cardinals and stretching New York’s lead. Bill Terry’s club has gone 10-10 over 20 games while Chicago and St Louis falter as Pirates pressure. Paul Waner leads Pittsburgh with five hits in a doubleheader as other majors shake out.
The funeral of Mrs Maria Catherine Mason died after a paralysis stroke was held Sunday at 4 PM from the Sharp Street home. Rev George Earle Owen led services with hymns Going Down the Valley One By One Gathering Home and the poem Waiting in Another Room. Interment followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers included A D Henkel Carlton C Hawkins W J Plank W H Cochran W F Bailey and G W Riley. Relatives from distant states attended from Westernport Paw Paw Martinsburg Capitol Heights Bloomington Seat Pleasant and other Maryland and West Virginia towns.
In Maryland the Sunpapers Evening Sun poll shows President Roosevelt leading Landon by 9,854 votes among 50,804 ballots. Roosevelt has 59.42 percent to Landon’s 40.02 percent with minor votes for Socialist, Labor, Communist and Union candidates totaling 302.
Funeral services are scheduled for tomorrow morning at Payne's Chapel M. E. Church South for Mrs. Charles L. Keller of Ridgeway West Virginia. She died yesterday after two years of ill health. The Rev. F. H. Strieby will officiate and burial will follow at the church cemetery. Surviving are her husband two sisters Mrs. William Crawford and Mrs. Robert Williams one brother Edgar Baker and two stepchildren Walter Keller and Mrs. May Abrel.
The executive committee of the Central district of the Shenand Area Council B S A meets tonight at 7 30 in the library trustees room. Chairman John B Scully Jr presides. Reports of summer activities including camping will be presented and plans for the winter program discussed.
The Police Court docket lists L. W. Proctor and Jonah Amblin for reckless driving with costs and damages. Raymond Crabtree is drunk with $10.25 and sent to Corporation Court for a pending housebreaking sentence. Sidney Webster drunk $10.25. Hubert Campbell attempted assault resisting arrest one month. Sam Galliday possession illegal liquor one month and $35.25. Emma Lofton drunk disorderly $15.25. Graden Wallace concealed weapons remanded to Juvenile Court. Ernest Wallace fighting $7.75. James Shanholtz drunk fighting $15.25. Thomas Yowell bad check one month and costs. Charles Landan Martinsburg failing to pay board bill ten days in jail.
Irving G Thalberg beloved MGM production head and husband of Norma Shearer died of lobar pneumonia at 37. Hollywood closes studio doors in tribute and a five minute industry pause marks funeral services. Shearer mourns at home after a storied career and a long battle with illness. Thalberg rose from $35 weekly start to earning high six figures while shaping stars Greta Garbo Joan Crawford Clark Gable and Jean Harlow.
The article notes a star’s film success linked to her husband’s guidance after marriage, with public reaction emphasized over Hollywood commentary. As two of his pictures opened simultaneously in eastern cities, he remained in his office calling long distance hourly to learn results. He did not live to see the preview of his latest film The Good Earth.
Special Commissioners announce a public auction of a 181 1/2 acre farm with dwelling and outbuildings in Stonewall District near Jordan White Sulphur Springs. The sale, August 3 1936 decree details, will be held at Winchester County Court House at noon October 10 1936. Terms: one third cash, balance in two annual installments secured by notes. Auctioneers Dunn and Duvall. Bond posted for Special Commissioner performance.
W G Fleming of Nineveh captured a large black widow spider at the office specimen display. He found it on a web inside a tin bucket and plans to preserve the red abdomened variety in alcohol.
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