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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1929
Page
5
Warner Brothers Vitaphone feature shown at the Capitol Theatre opens with high praise for beauty and musical peppiness. The article notes premier show last night and calls the film among the most tuneful and lively offerings in Warner Stetchens Vitaphone throughout the area.
Advance notices praise a Warners musical feature in full color with a new process delivering vibrant detail. The cast includes Ethel Waters, Betty Compson, Sally O Neil, Arthur Lake, Joe E Brown, and the Fairbanks Twins among others. Critics note the color talent and performances while mentioning possible double singing for a key number. Local notices also mention Mr F Estes Kline at the Southern Methodist Conference in Cumberland and purchases by Louis Wonder in New York.
The Virginia Conference of the United Brethren Church opened its 113th session at Calvary Church Keyser West Virginia with Bishop G D Batdorf presiding. About sixty churches and 20000 members span western Maryland Virginia and eastern panhandle counties. Notable speakers include G D Gossard W R Funk R S Showere and S G Zeigler with an educational rally led by J Paul Gruver and songs by Miss Mary Smith each evening.
Winchester Rotary Kiwanis Lions and American Legion meet to form committees for Scout Finance Week on October 1. A Monday 7 30 pm Handley Library plan session invites club members industries business and community to support a year round program for local boys. Also notes on Boy what is a boy and Scout ethics. Mr and Mrs William Ryan and Mrs Kate Mille visited Washington with friends.
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