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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1935

Page

2

Budget Ask for Winchester Boy Scout Work for Upcoming Year

A temporary reduced budget of 1500 dollars funds the Winchester Boy Scouts for the coming year. Raised by public spirited citizens to keep the community safe and decent, the plan supports executive and office salaries, camps, training, facilities, and council operations. The goal is efficiency, permanency, supervision, and expansion through Shenandoah Area Council BCA with a trained executive.

Boy Scouts Winchester Shenandoah Area Council BCA

Help Our Boys to Build a Strong Community

A call to support boys as a key to an improved situation and national future. Emphasizes community contribution, training boys to aid parents and society, and the importance of not letting the crop of boys fail.

No Shut Down In Auto Plants Between Seasons

Sunoco distributor H F Nelson notes demand for 1935 car models remains strong as manufacturers skip seasonal shutdowns. He says plants must run from 1935 models to next year’s designs, while fueling trends favor steady quality in gasoline and support Blue Sunoco growth.

H. F. Nelson Sunoco

Shenandoah GOP Contest Shifts Fast in County Race

Turbulent Shenandoah County race for treasurer sees rapid candidate changes. Ray Miller initially led as GOP contender from Strasburg, followed by Nehemiah Kelly after a Mount Jackson protest convention. both then withdrew and endorsed How Ellifritts, only for new developments to emerge as filings neared the deadline.

Shenandoah County Tme Ray Miller Strasburg Mount Jackson Nehemiah Kelly Miller Kelly Luther G. Sheetz

1934 V-8 Tudor Sedan and Range of Used Vehicles

Advertising copy pitches a 1934 V-8 Tudor sedan with very low mileage described as indistinguishable from new. Also promotes new car terms and a lineup of trucks priced from $25 to $600 with flexible terms tailored to individual buyers.

Chevrolet International Ford

Miller Returns to Ticket as County Treasurer Candidate

Local observer notes Miller is back on the Republican ballot for county treasurer while Ellifritts and Kelly positions remain unclear. The field may include three contenders or only Miller may remain active in the contest.

Miller Ellifritts Kelly

Illness Fatal To Charles B Gordon

Charles B Gordon 12 son of Mr and Mrs Bernie Gordon died at Silver Springs Hospital Md on Tuesday Sept 24 Funeral services will be at Silver Springs and a short service at the Meth Church in Middletown Va at 2 oclock Friday Sept 27 before interment Mrs Gordon before marriage Miss Anita Legg of Middletown Va

Charles B. Gordon Bernie Gordon Silver Springs Hospital Silver Springs Meth Church Middletown Gordon Anita Legg

Louis Prowess Foreshadowed On Farm In Georgia

MACON Ga Sept 26 Joe Louis ring prowess was fore shadowed generations ago on a Georgia plantation by one of his forebears who threw a baboon for 50 dollars shortly after the Civil War Yankee soldiers were barnstorm

Macon Joe Louis Georgia

Baboon on Plantation Story Tied to Louis Family History

Fragmentary OCR describes a baboon on a plantation owned by Dr. Cc L Ridley's grandparents, with a Louis slave lineage. References to a Samson figure and enslaved people, and notes on Mary Louis of North Carolina and the Louis clan remaining till the fighter's mother moved to Alabama before Joe Louis Barrow’s birth.

Cc. L. Ridley Macon Dr. Ridley Mary Louis North Carolina Louis Negroes Fighter Alabama Joe Louis Barrow

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