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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 24, 1941

Page

2

Local 4-H Members Excel At State Fair Judging Honors

Sam Whitacre of the Whitacre 4-H Club placed fourth in the State Crops Judging with 815 points and earned a trip to Chicago for the International Livestock Exposition and 4-H Club Congress. Shenandoah and Frederick counties showed strong team results with top placements and 53 competitors in the corps contest.

4-H Whitacre Richmond Frederick County Frederick County Cropseam Sam Whitacre Hugh Dailey Maurice Carpenter Round Hill Randolph Smith Nottaway John Lacy Henrico Jacob Berger Pittsylvania Shenandoah Frederick Counties Landon Mumaw Ralph Foltz Brooks Stickley Shenandoah County Paul Reynolds Saumsville Elvin Walker St. Luke Earl Brill Jolly Mills Rockingham County Richard Cather Phillip Orndorff Central J. Carl Coiner W. A. Quick, Jr

Home Economics Project For Out-of-School Girls Planned

The welfare superintendent Mrs. Mabel Lyman announces an NYA home economics program for out of school girls. It offers sewing cooking and child care training at $19 monthly for 80 hours plus 40 hours of training. The project will run from the Nursery School building second floor and include hot lunch duties at John Kerr School.

Mabel Lyman NYA John Kerr School

Answers to the Daily Quiz from Page Four

Answers list includes Stethoscope and fluroscope for question one. True for question two. William D. Mitchell for three. The Merchant of Venice for four. About 4,000 for five. Iron for six. Yes for seven. Viadivostock for eight. Hydrophobia for nine. The Civil War for ten.

William D. Mitchell

Second Nurses Aid Course To Be Taught Here

The Clarke County chapter in collaboration with Winchester and Frederick County groups will start the second Nurses Aid Course at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Led by Miss Elizabeth Cather, the revised 80 hour program trains volunteers to assist qualified nurses during emergencies, with enrollment expected from Clarke and Frederick counties and Winchester. Contact the local Red Cross office in City Hall to enroll.

Clarke County Winchester Frederick County Winchester Memorial Hospital Elizabeth Cather Civilian Defense Council Susie Edgerton Red Cross

Stanley Anders Retired Miller Dies in Boyce

Bed ridden for 18 months with a heart ailment Stanley Kepler Anders 68 died at his Boyce Virginia home He was a retired miller He is survived by widow Lucy Jolliffe Anders two children John Stanley and Helen and several siblings The funeral will be at 1 30 pm EST tomorrow at the Episcopal Church with Rev C P Shelton officiating Burial is in Old Chapel graveyard Pallbearers listed

Boyce Stanley Kepler Anders Thomas Jefferson Anders Susan Beemer Anders Clarke County Lucy Jolliffe Anders John Stanley Helen Anders John Baltimore Roger Rex Westminister Webster Ebaugh Aoe Henry Albright Baldwin Episcopal Church C. P. Shelton Old Chapel H. B. Lloyd Holmes McCormick J. M. Casey Charles Jenkins Arthur Lowe L. H. Ray

Homecoming After 67 Years for Winchester Sisters

Sixty seven years after leaving Winchester with their parents for the west, Mrs. Ella Barcus and Mrs. Florence Clymer return to visit relatives and old haunts in the land of their childhood. They traveled by motor from Charleston West Virginia with Barcus kin nearby, and plan to leave Winchester soon.

Ella Barcus Kansas Florence Clymer Ellwood Ind Winchester West Jefferson Mary Kiter Frederick Counties Bunker Hill L. D. Grubb National Avenue Hunter Davidson Nora Davidson Miller Jenkins Clymer Barcus

Sommaripa's Angus Wins Championship For Baby Beeves

Amory Sommaripa of Clarke county won grand champion in the 4-H Club Baby Beef Show at the State Fair in Richmond Virginia. One hundred seventeen beef cattle entered with Herefords Shorthorns and Aberdeen Angus. The reserve grand champion was a Hereford entered by Tyler Brothers of Loudoun county. Practically all baby beeves will be sold Friday at 1 p m sponsored by the Beef Cattle Producers Association.

Richmond Amory Sommaripa Clarke County Tyler Brothers Loudoun County Fred Lineback University of Maryland Gordon A. Elcan Virginia Tech Wayne Nee Tazewell David Barnham Smyth County Leah Barnham J. E. Utz Culpeper Robert Scott Hereford Sumon Lafon Montgomery County Claude Steevenson John and Cecil Wolfe Aberdeen Angus Armory Sommarioa Jimmy Lockhart Tazewell County David Childs John and Cecil Wolfe Shorthorn Frank Eppes Charles Lewis Cecil Wolfe Charles Rust Beef Cattle Producers Association

Nurse Institute Planned at University of Virginia

The Graduate Nurses Association of Virginia sponsors its third private duty institute in Charlottesville on Friday September 26. Morning sessions in University Theater include talks on Child Psychology by Dr. Wayne Dennis and Fluids-Patients by Dr. Staige Blackford. After lunch the program continues in the Medical School Amphitheater with Nutritional Deficiencies by Dr. Henry M ullholland. Mrs Elizabeth Hailsip Shutek of Roanoke chairs the section and Miss Emma Harlan oversees local arrangements.

Graduate Nurses Association of Virginia Charlottesville University Theater West Main Street Wayne Dennis University of Virginia Staige Blackford Creer F Virginia University of Virginia Medical School Henry Mulholland Elizabeth Hailsip Shutek Roanoke Emma Harlan

Funeral for Mrs. Julia Beverley Held at Christ Church

Final rites for Mrs. Julia Duval Beverley 81 widow of Robert A. Beverley were conducted today at 4 PM from Christ Episcopal Church with the Rev R B Nelson officiating. Interment followed at Mt Hebron cemetery. Pallbearers named Claude Hardy J Gray Beverley Judge Philip Williams H F Byrd W Nelson Page Peyton J Marshall Dr B B Dutton.

Julia Duval Beverley Robert A. Beverley South Stewart Street Christ Episcopal Church R. B. Nelson Mt. Hebron Cemetery Claude Hardy J. Gray Beverley Philip Williams H. F. Byrd W. Nelson Page B. B. Dutton

Clarke Eye Clinic Fun Festival Set For Berryville

Clarke County Nurse Association and the Lions Club announce a three day Fun Festival in the Berryville Community Building October 23 24 25 to raise funds for a county eye clinic. Co chairmen are W B Stewart and E P Berlin with R Colston Carter handling publicity. A $100 prize will be awarded on the final night.

Erryville Anit Clarke County Nurse Association The Lions Club Berryvile Baggan County W. B. Stewart E. P. Berlin R. Colston Carter

Funeral services for Warren County farmer Frank Santmyers

Frank Santmyers died yesterday at Memorial hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 30 p m from his son Edward F Santmyers home on Blue Ridge avenue Front Royal with Elder A L Harrison officiating. Interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery. He leaves four sons and two daughters, eleven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Frank Santmyers Warren County Memorial Hospital Fork Daniel Santmyers Millie Palmer Santmyers Mollie Mitchell Robert C. Santmyers Keyser W. Va Henry A. Santmyers Trinidad Edward F Ernest Santmyers Front Royal Herman Steele West Newton Bryan Brown Winchester Edward F. Santmyers Blue Ridge Avenue A. L. Harrison Prospect Hill Cemetery

Funeral Rites for Dr E T Hott

The funeral for Dr Edward Thomas Hott 73 a native of Frederick county and longtime Martinsburg West Virginia resident will be held tomorrow afternoon. Relatives meet at 1 30 p m at his home and proceed to Pleasant Valley United Brethren Church in Frederick county for services upon arrival. Interment follows in the church cemetery. Dr Hott a graduate of Springkling College of Veterinary Surgery Baltimore attended Robinson College of Veterinary Surgery Washington DC served as justice of the peace Martinsburg city council and as hub officer for Berkeley county.

Edward Thomas Hott Frederick County Martinsburg W. Va Pleasant Valley Baltimore the Robinson College of Veterinary Surgery Washington, D. C Berkeley Couny

Peach Melba origin by Escoffier for Madame Melba

The dessert Peach Melba was prepared by Auguste Escoffier at the Savoy Hotel in London for the famous soprano Madame Melba, creating the iconic dish. The creation linked to Escoffier cemented the dessert’s place in culinary history.

Madame Melba M. Escoffier Cima Hotel Savoy Lonon

Mrs. Betty Jane Moats Rites Set for Tomorrow

Betty Jane Moats 46 died Monday in Staunton after brief illness. Funeral services will be 10 am tomorrow at the Full Gospel Tabernacle on North Cameron Street with Rev. Cartney Anderson officiating. Interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Survived by son Charles of Chambersville three brothers Felix Charles Floyd Moats and a sister Mrs William Eckard. She was a member of the Full Gospel Tabernacle and had lived in the area for years.

Betty Jane Moats Staunton Parlett Funeral Home Full Gospel Tabernacle North Cameron Street Cartney Anderson Mount Hebron Moats Benjamin Matilda Hoover Moats Pendleton County W. Va Charles Chambersville Felix Floyd Moats Sugar Grove William Eckard

Edward T Heironimus Dies in California Connection Brought Home

Edward T. Heironimus 60 of Los Angeles died recently. A Siler native son, he was survived by his widow formerly Miss Bessie Lamp Cumberland Md. and several siblings. Funeral services are planned in Cumberland Md with burial to follow.

Siler Edward T. Heironimus Los Angeles Calif John H Rachel V. Heironimus Bessie Lamp Cumberland Page Heironimus Washington, D. C Haden G. Heironimus Stephens City Fervin O. Heironymus Raymond L. Heironimus Herman H. Heironimus Brentwood Paul B. Heironimus Hagerstown Arnold V. Daily Harry O. Kerns Ruth Anna Whitacse Martinsburg W. Va Mryle Dailey Beulah V. Lamp Cross Junction Louise Collis Gerardstown Washington, D

Crops Declining in Dry Weather Across Virginia

The week ending September 20 saw rapid pasture and late fall crop declines due to continued dry conditions while harvesting crops remained generally favorable. Statewide average temperature 70 with Fredericksburg rain .03 inch. highest 95 in Bedford and Danville, lowest 37 in Louisa.

U. S. Weather Bureau Extension Division Virginia Cooperative Crop Reporting Service Tidewater Virginia Middle Virginia Great Valley Fredericksburg Bedford Danville Louisa

Fire Insurance Origins Traced to 1666 Great Fire

Fire insurance began after the Great Fire of London in 1666. The disaster spurred demand for protection and, in the late 17th century, several companies were formed to provide coverage.

C.T.E. A London

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Chicago Sul Thomas Credit Jewelers Loudoun St. Winchester Northern Virginia Power Company Winchester and Clarke Red Cross Stanley Anders Miller Clarke A.L.C Tel-Aviv Palestine University, Va Mrs. Beverley Pittsburgh Paints Wallhide Glaize and Bro Clarke Eye Clinic Santmyers Dr. E. T. Hott Flowers C. B. Smalts & Son Shengas Heironimus California Amanda Virginia Reynolds VICKS B. F. Goodrich Silvertown E. Piccadilly St Bruce John W. Roseenberger & Co. Inc Uncle Sam National Defense Winston Salem Parkersburg Charleston Cincinnati, Ohio Greyhound Terminal N. Braddock St Greyhound Line Dodge Chrysler Corporation Pine Motor Company Corner Braddock & Cecil S Winchester, Va
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