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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1938
Page
7
County residents attend religious services and visits as Rev. B F Spitzer preaches his last sermon before conference on September 18. Local families migrate and children recover from illness while farmers welcome rainfall. Notable deaths include Charles Tharp and Joseph Sommerville with memories shared by old friends.
Stephens City notes list numerous visits and stays across families in Culpeper, Nineveh, Martinsburg, Winchester, Strasburg, Middletown, and Staunton. Entries mention Betty Norris, Edith Adrick, Prances Ewing, and others visiting relatives, birthdays, and weekend guests, plus a birthday party for Mr. Helmick.
Grimes Gleanings reports the community opening Thursday with a well attended event in Virginia. Sidney N. Jones of Vienna and his niece Ida B. Owen visited Rest on Wednesday, while Miss Wilma Schlack hosted Tumen last Friday.
We report the long dry spell broken by showers. Mrs Vergie Mowrey is improving. Rev McDonald of Martinsburg a student of Kimberlin grew up in Tenn supplied the Church of Christ during summer vacation and preached his last sermon before returning to college. Mrs Mollie Edmondson is ill. Mr Clinton C Himelright and
The text notes Miss Elizabeth Miller departed here last Friday to begin work in Washington. It also mentions the sale of personal property from late Misses Doke and Emma Buckley at their Cedar Bluff home on Cedar Creek, attended by many buyers for cash. William Allen, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Richardson, is ill at home. Edgar Loving and his children visited relatives in Waynesboro and Staunton, Virginia.
Local notes record visits and outings by residents. Howard art of ae ae stayed with Mrs. J W Schlack. P C Ridgeway and daughter Carol returned from a trip to Davis and town W Va. numerous families hosted and visited in the week. Dorothy Smallwood returns to Blackstone College duties. school resumes Sept 15 at Stephens City High School.
Cross Roads notes report Rev M L Zirkle will preach at Fairview Church Sunday at 3 p m with Sunday School at 2 p m All are invited. The item also mentions Mrs William Kern Miss Irene Kern visiting Mrs J B White and Mrs A R Spail visiting Sunday The McKee sisters Jennie and Marie McKee are noted with a Sunday visit.
A in-town screening drew a modest crowd from the vicinity. Attendees gathered to view the event and discuss its themes.
Ungers Store notes from W V A dated Sept 17 record a birthday party hosted by Mr and Mrs Pryor Luttrell with many attendees including Ira Dick Lettie Hilda Stotler Thelma Freeda Maury Irene Hilda Files Eula June McDonald Charles Marvin Dick Jesse Junior Murphy Nathaniel Monorous Lloyd Stotler Paul Murphy Berkeley Shirley Ralph Files Paul Leslie Elbert Luttrell Herbert Rankins Billy McDonald Clark Mauzy Edward Mauzy Joe Shambaugh Edgar Sencindiver Montant Crosen.
Relief Brevities from Relief Virginia records visitors and family happenings. Rudolph of Zepp stayed with O Leary and Ruth Brill. Alfred Snapp family hosted. Jimmie Brumback improving from diphtheria. Robertson and daughter Louise plus others visited Washington. Mrs Clinton returned to Washington DC. Eva Mae Lonas visiting Virginia Brannier. Floyd Snapp welcomes a newborn son.
Isaac Creek notes describe visits by Orel McIntyre and son Glen of Angers Store to A L Kern, Encie Tinsman returning from near Angers Store, attendance at an evangelistic service at nag 8 Chapel, and guests including Mrs George Clark, Mr and Mrs M T Dunn, Miss Jean Cornwell, and Mrs Elizabeth DeHaven from Pine Grove and Gainesboro mixed with social visits in the area.
The notice mentions Gee Eeeee Gill son of the late Frank and Saltie Clark Gill born in Virginia now in Nebraska. It notes house improvements by A oe, a Sunnyside family visit to Henry and A L Kern, Nora Largent hosting Union Ladies Aid, George Allen Clark returning home to Cross Junction after visiting his aunt, and Anna Clark moving to Martinsburg West Virginia to live with her father H F Clark.
Canterbury Notes reports Audrey White spent several days with her uncle Clarence Hartley in Winchester. Beatrice Painter remains confined at home. Mabel Hausenfluck will move to White Hall for a teaching position. Retha White visited Marjorie Huffman near Stephens City. Lawrence and Leonard White visited Frank Hausenfluck. Ella Rae White weekended with Harry White near Stephens City. Lloyd Painter hosted May DeHaven family from Bunker Hill and Lucius Ritenour of Leesburg visited locally.
Reliance Virginia notes that plans are forming for a $175,000 school building at Front Royal to provide a site for all children. Mrs Lee Hunt returned from Bluefield after visiting friends as the local school opens with 58 to 60 pupils taught by two teachers Miss Hyde and Miss Izner. Other items include visits to Roanoke Staunton Winchester and Tiffin and news of Mrs Fred Willey improving.
The Grange system increases centralized offices as state groups move into new quarters in Seattle Oakland Columbus Harrisburg and Sacramento. The National Grange in Washington shapes a national hub for legislative and farm support activities. This trend aims to boost prestige and ongoing rural aid across the United States.
Mr and Mrs W O Cooley of Washington D C visited Mr Cooleys sister Mrs C C Bowen and family last week Rolf Derflinger returned to V P I Blacksburg Va to enroll for another year Drought relief visible in our area and 4 H Club entries noted at Warren County Pair this week
In Carpers Valley Virginia on September 17, Edgar White is reported quite ill this week. Several residents visit relatives and friends including Miss Madalene White and Mrs. Cleatus Deck. Others travel to Washington and Gainesboro while new job postings and social visits populate the community notices.
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1611 B features a victorian sleeve and braid trim for sizes 12 through 40 with busts 30 to 40. The design suits calico gingham wool challis or cashmere and uses 4% yards of fabric plus braid, highlighting easy, all season style.
North Mountain Virginia residents report visiting relatives during a warm spell on Sunday. Ivan Miller and Charles Good hosted guests from Berryville while Charles Hammack and Bettie from Middletown visited H A Snapp family. Arch Frye of Delaware and William Frye of Parkersburg dropped by to see friends, and Joseph Bean and Miss Krahling of Washington DC returned home after a week in the area hoping for improvements in a relative.
Rev and Mrs Ray Hinkle visit Ruth Mauzy in Brush Creek and travel to Martinsburg W VA to see relatives including Parker Harvey Mauzy and the A P re family. Thelma and Eva Lamp noted as Ruth Mauzy’s granddaughters accompany relatives.
The article discusses strained farm incomes as grain and cotton supplies grow. It notes a projected 25.5 million bales of cotton on hand, a wheat stock near 1.1 billion bushels, and a 3 billion bushel corn crop with exports and subsidies shaping policy. Government loans and subsidies are outlined for surplus corn wheat and cotton.
The Bituminous Coal Commission reported Navajo lands as a potential coal producer in a study of New Mexico coal. Current production serves Navajo Schools and local heating, with limited outside sale. State reserves total about 20.6 billion tons across seven fields.
Kernstown notes show Mr. and Mrs. Alva Wigginton and others visiting Baltimore guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Grim. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Copenhaver spent a day with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Byrd. School opened Thursday with a large enrollment. Mrs. Kate Mason returns to Winchester after visiting cousin Miss Maggie Sargent.
In Timberville, near Byrd’s Deaner Roads orchard, a new weight based fruit grader is being tested. Apples pass along a belt past blemish screens and into weight chutes with scales set for 80 to 180 apples per box. Trays trip to drop fruit into large bins, then packers fill boxes with a fixed count per box and stamp the quantity for buyers.
A Marion County grand jury indicted 24 individuals over alleged election fraud tied to the Democratic sheriff primary recount. The recount commission found discrepancies, declaring Al Feeney the winner over Charles Lutz, though identities of those charged remain undisclosed pending arrest.
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