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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1936
Page
5
A 1936 Winchester advertisement poem lists local businesses and services for the couple Bob and Betty. It promotes coal from C L Robinson, George Washington Hotel entertaining options, cleaning, clothing and tailoring, auto services, insurance, furniture, and various shops. The piece ends with a copyright notice and infringement warning.
Crowds estimated 300 to 400 attended Marlboro Cedar Creek Presbyterian Churchs two hundredth anniversary observance. The all day event featured two morning and two afternoon sermons, historic sketch by Dr R B Woodworth, special music, and communion. Speakers included Rev J Hoge Smith Rev John Rogers and Rev Allen Jones with music by the Miller Hodgson Terault and Homer families.
Friends learn of the death of Miss Eleanor Ford 31 a Woodstock resident daughter of Dr and Mrs W C Ford. She died yesterday afternoon from heart disease after years of ill health. A Woodstock Presbyterian Church member and past president of the 5 8 5 Club she studied at Beaver College Williams and Mary College and earned a BA. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at the parents home on South Muhlenburg Street with Rev Jonathan Edwards conducting rites. interment Massanutten Cemetery Woodstock.
The article discusses the Hebrew New Year as a period of self examination and renewal. It notes penitence in prayers and the shofar’s call to remind individuals of duties to God and others. It highlights strengthening family ties and friendships amid solemn yet hopeful mood.
Dr T R Sheaffer contends an outbreak may exist in Cabot Arkansas though he admits an epidemic is medically unlikely. Three residents have had operations since Thursday, three more were to have surgery today, another is being examined, and at least three others rest at home with ice packs awaiting diagnosis.
Esme Wicker of New York specializes in marcelling for the new beauty culture class opening September 14. Pauline C Sullivan owner and Pearl L Williamson claim Frederic School authorization in the Valley. Enroll now for the present class. information via phone in Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1961.
A brief advertisement for card printing services appears, noting the Home Print Shop at 211 South Main. The message includes a date style code 9-15-5p-11, suggesting a production or order reference. The item function is promotional and location-specific.
A wood frame residence owned by Pereasa W at Cold Stream West Virginia burned near noon while Mrs Leith attended services at Sandy Ridge. The loss was about $2000 with partial insurance. A defective flu caused the blaze as neighbor observers saw smoke around the roof. James Riley 91 was at the home dining. Residents evacuated but saved fruit and most furniture from the downstairs rooms.
William A. McKown qualified as executor of Laura Virginia Taylor who died June 16 at age 72 in Frederick County circuit court with a $2000 bond. Secur ity provided by John William McKown. Appraisers named M. M. Lynch Harry L. McCann J. W. New come A. J. Tavenner and R 8. Roosevelt to visit Charlotte for a brief stay prompts cautions to the local committee on guest introductions.
The Grand Master of Virginia T. K. Farleigh, from Portsmouth, paid official visits to Madison Lodge No. 6 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He spoke on his term objectives, with attendees including Robert L. Jones, Claude B. Stickley, and N. L. Carbaugh. After the meeting a social session followed, with further lodge visits planned in Stephens City Middletown Front Royal and Warrenton.
Local advertisement for landscaping and sod installation by J. A. Ham & Son offering affordable shrubbery fruit trees and complete landscape services. Includes a phone contact 31F14 and a promise of estimates and guaranteed workmanship dated 9-15-21.
Warner Bros presents Green Pastures at the Capitol Theatre running through Thursday. Marc Connelly’s Pulitzer play is shown with grand sets and camera magic, praised as America’s best drama. The film features biblical scenes, tender reverence, and Hall Johnson choir delivering twenty five spirituals, sung on screen by a sixty member choir.
The Winchester Evening Star offers a ten cent booklet containing the history of the world, the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and the U S Constitution. Citizens show growing interest in the Constitution and are invited to order today with a coupon.
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