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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1938
Page
5
The Compensation Board will hold regional hearings beginning September 29 in Harrisonburg at 9 a.m. for Harrisonburg, Staunton, and Bath, Greene, Highland, Madison, Nelson, Rockingham counties. September 30 covers Winchester, Clarke, Frederick, Page, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, and Warren counties. Attendance is optional. officials may file explanations by mail.
Richmond reports Virginia Anti-Saloon League head predicts war would trigger partial or complete liquor prohibition to safeguard soldiers and conserve resources. He cites World War conditions, reduced manpower from drinking, and calls for soberness as essential for emergency defense. Regional compensation hearings for 1939 local officer salaries set for Harrisonburg on Sept 29 and 30.
School schedule lists Monday events including Assembly Booster Club Meeting Boys Glee Club Orange and Green Soccer Band Practice. Wednesday shows Glee Club Game. Thursday features Assembly and Orange and Green Soccer activities.
The Anes High School band holds practices 3 10 to 4 30 on Tuesday and Thursday after school and class during sixth period supervised by Prof McIlwee. Officers named include Lieutenants Wilbur Kern and Bill Taylor and drum major Earl Beaver with Louis Richard. Cheer leaders Shirley Williams, Louise Miller, Ottie Fries, and Dick Sutton were chosen.
The Booster Club ran a second-hand book store selling about 75 books. It opened during lunch and after school for convenient buying and selling. The store will reopen at the start of the second semester.
An exhibition featuring fashion design and advertising by Alois Brill of the Ringling School of Art and Rachel Jennings of Maryland Institute is on display in the main corridor.
An editorial urges Handley students to reach out to newcomers, offering guidance and friendship. It notes the influx of new students this year and encourages everyone to make new peers feel at home, stressing that small acts of courtesy benefit the whole school community.
The Compensation Board chaired by State Comptroller Col LeRoy Hodges includes State Tax Commissioner C H Morrissette and Auditor L McCarthy Downs with Frank B Miller as executive assistant and Miss Virginia A Ganzett as secretary. Hearings start in Harrisonburg on Thursday Sept 29 at 9 AM for Harrisonburg, Staunton, and counties Augusta Bath Greene Highland Madison Nelson and Rockingham. The next day Winchester and counties Clarke Frederick Page Rappahannock Shenandoah and Warren follow at 9 AM.
A hot party by three children ages 3 to 5 in Dallas led to a fire that spread to a second home. Firemen arrived after flames caused $1,600 in damage.
Advice encouraging teachers to learn names of unfamiliar students and to greet and mentor new arrivals. Suggests adopting a few students, speaking to them regularly, and building friendly connections to help newcomers feel noticed and included.
Boies schedule lists this year’s games with dates and locations. Fredericksburg enters the schedule as a new Cumberland Valley League opponent after winning the Class B state championship last year.
The Executive Council met to discuss and vote on a revised constitution adding five new provisions. Key points include a quorum of twenty students and two faculty members, a President of the General Organization as third board member, a student court of nine, scholastic requirements for athletic teams and clubs, and one office limit for several positions. The student court handles honor pledge violations and school regulations and rules on constitutionality of council laws.
Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York removed himself from consideration for New York governor and said he would seek renomination to the U S Senate. Wagner had been mentioned as a possible successor to Governor Lehman if Lehman pursued Copeland's vacant Senate seat.
A. M. Pfeffer, 82, Washington attorney, drowned last night in the Potomac about a mile below Alexandria Virginia after being seized by cramp while aboard a motor cruiser with brother in law Morris Sharire who attempted to rescue him.
The meeting noted no post graduates may serve on the Executive Council. Members must maintain a C average in all full-time subjects each term. Bicycling on footpaths drew attention with a warning of full penalties. Parliamentary Procedure copies were distributed before adjournment.
The Shamrocks and Orange soccer teams open with a Wednesday game and plan further matches on Thursday and Friday. At a recent meeting Shamrocks elected Allie Cooper as captain and Wini Largent named Orange captain.
Former classmates scatter to Mary Baldwin College Handley School St.ae College Emmettsburg George Washington University and other campuses for further studies or work. Peggy McIntyre attends Southern Seminary while Gus Cahill joins the University of Virginia. Annam Yost stays near home and Hester Trimble becomes a bride as the Hayley twins pursue post graduate courses.
The Richmond diocese union of the Holy Name Society adopted a resolution at a 1938 Virginia West Virginia convention pledging members to aid in suppressing obscene magazines and literature. Delegations from 23 cities totaling about 700 approved the measure as Bishop Peter Ireton condemned harmful publications. Offiers elected included Frank Nowland as eggs of the union and Capt. Francis D. Kane as vice president. Alexandria will host the next convention.
Last year’s president Kenneth Heine left to join Fishburne Military Academy. Local couple Paul Fries and Lucille Kiracofe are reportedly set to marry soon.
The Junior and Senior classes Booster Club Glee Club and the Executive Council have elected officers. Three years ago the football team hosted Washington and Lee. Fourteen years ago Handley and Staunton played an agreed end.
Basil Hayley claims a 600 year old tourist home remains untouched while guests swap quips about landlords mothers clocks and a mislaid appendix. A Browning miscue and a Louis XIV to Louis XVI bed joke punctuate a procession of ordinary domestic banter.
In Newsettes readers learn Betty Pierce appears unusually happy following an alumni query about correspondence. The column notes Box 32 Frasier Hall Mary Baldwin Staunton VA and wonders about the nickname Cheeky while welcoming Quarles back and Nina Ramacciotti.
Lexington reports Coach Pooley Hubert of VMI praised Virginia after a 12 to 12 thriller at Charlottesville. He commended Murray's Cavaliers as the most improved on their schedule this year and noted no complaint with his own team’s effort. End Gordon Erwin suffered a broken arm and is out for the season. other players expected to be ready for Annapolis.
In Odessa Washington an elderly resident Mrs Wilhelmina Gross aged 102 recounts a strange incident as her daughter Mrs Gottlieb Lobe aged 80 was sent to fetch the car from a porch that proved missing after a late night crash by a motorist who appeared and explained he had struck the porch and carried it away.
An editorial urges universal prayers to seek peaceful settlement of religious persecution and international difficulties entangling nations, emphasizing harmony, restraint, and dialogue among peoples and governments.
A new 20 minute two reel film titled Diagnostic Procedures in Tuberculosis is available through the Virginia Tuberculosis Association. It aids medical groups including physicians students nurses and public health staff by illustrating early diagnosis from general practice to sputum staining intradermal tuberculin testing and X ray findings.
Mt Jackson Virginia September 26 William R Bowman 68 manager of Mt Airy Estate for seven years director of Peoples National Bank livestock dealer and former Bowmans merchant died of arthritis Funeral services will be held at the home Tuesday at ten burial at St Johns Reformed Hamburg Rev Audacille and Rev Behrens will officiate Pallbearers named Bowman family survivor include widow Ella Stoner brother Kirby J Bowman nephew M W Bowman and niece Mrs C D Wightman.
Woodstock council held a special meeting appointing Theodore Rinker as day policeman after nine applicants. Rinker, a former Western Union telegrapher, will start October 1 following Fred Painter’s resignation.
By distress warrant I will offer for sale at public auction on Wednesday Sept 28 1938 at 10 o clock A M the defendant's property including an electric washing machine a leather couch rocking chairs straight chairs dining room table and other furniture too numerous to mention Terms cash Taylor L Barr City Sergeant
Treasury Department announces seizure of a Ford automobile with accessories in the Western District of Virginia for violation of Internal Revenue laws. Motor No. A-1412988, seized August 27, 1938. Claimants must file a Claim and Cost Bond by October 12, 1938 at the Richmond office or property will be disposed of.
In 1829 P. T. Barnum began a weekly newspaper named The Herald of Freedom in Danbury Connecticut, marking his first foray into journalism.
In Hagerstown Maryland a tainted Penhaus corn meal and pork pudding juice product sold at four local stores caused multiple illnesses. Families fell sick through the day and doctors' offices were overwhelmed. Dr. Cameron said deaths were unlikely despite serious illness.
The record lists present and past rainfall figures with monthly values and year to date totals. It notes 74 hours of rain, a September date, and a year to date total, along with average monthly rainfall based on a 26 year period and average annual rainfall over 28 years.
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