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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1934

Page

3

Community Calendar and Local Notices

A detailed social calendar lists Friday events at Handley Library and Braddock Street Methodist Church including a Little Theatre rehearsal and a Young Christians class. Saturday hosts a Girl Scouts hike. Lions and Kiwanis luncheons are planned at the George Washington Hotel. Regular meetings include the Winchester Benevolent Order of Elks and Grace Lutheran Adult Choir.

m—Handley Library Braddock Street Methodist Church Howard Schindel Cork Street Allen Bond The Lions Club George Washington Hotel Kiwanis Club Young People’s Choir First Baptist Church Handley Library Winchester So Benevolent Order of Elks Grace Lutheran Church Rotary Club

Pastor and Delegate To Attend Conference

The Rev W P Saunders Mrs Saunders and Mr and Mrs F Estes Kline of Middletown will leave next Wednesday for Baltimore to attend the annual Methodist Episcopal Church South conference at Alpheus Wilson Memorial Church. The Baltimore Conference opens Thursday Oct 4 and lasts five or six days. Clarksburg Couple Weds Here. Rev E B McGukin officiated the wedding of Ernest B Ryder and Lula Pearl Simmons of Clarksburg at the Presbyterian manse. Mrs Clara Loy of 19 South Cameron street has recovered and resumed work.

W. P. Saunders Clarksburg E. B. McGukin Ernest B. Ryder Lula Pearl Simmons W. Va Ryder Harvey Ryder Z. S. Simmons Clara Loy South Cameron Street

Grace Luth organ Zion Church Delegation Attends Conference

A Grace Lutheran Church delegation from this city attended morning sessions of a Virginia Synod conference. Rev Dr L A Thomas presented the case for inner missions and served as chair of the Deacon's Board of the United Lutheran Church in America. Needlework Guild to Hold Meeting Oct 16 in Philadelphia origin notes.

Grace Luthorgx Church Sepherdstown L. A. Thomas Grace Lutheran Church Cause of Inner Missions Virginia Synod United Lutheran Church In America Needlework Guild The Needlework Guild of America Philadelphia Winchester Grover Rose

Licenses For School Buses To Be On Sale

Licenses for school buses will be sold Saturday at 4 p.m. in the Chamber of Commerce office. Under John Q. Rhodes director of the Motor Vehicles Department, school bus licenses are offered at half price for the sale, with the standard rates for other vehicles returning October 1. Operators need the licenses before the county school opening on October 1, hence the early sale.

Chamber of Commerce John Q. Rhodes Motor Vehicles Department

Roosevelt Seeks Unified Action Amid Hard Times

President urges unified relief while cabinet members and Mrs Roosevelt, chair of the national women's committee, praise cooperation. Baker warns of disordered exchange mechanisms causing unemployment and want, but federal relief under local administration aims to shift burdens to communities. Community drives for social services to be held nationwide in November gather leaders and welfare groups at the White House.

Baker Roosevelt National Women’s Committee United Community White House

Granite Monoliths El Capitan and Halt Dome Highlight Yosemite

The largest granite monoliths in the world are El Capitan and Halt Dome, located in Yosemite Valley, California. Logwood, the heartwood of a tropical tree, is imported for the dye industry and used in red dye production and weighting silk.

el Capitan Halt Dome Yosemite Valley California

Relief Of Needy Children Receives $215 In Private Subscriptions

Welfare committee reports private subscriptions totaling 215 dollars with 137.94 spent for needy children. One family contains four children, mother a patient at Western State Hospital, father deserted. Two children placed in homes, two enrolled in Staunton School for the Deaf and Blind. Several other cases aided. Committee chairs listed for Case Clothing and Finance.

Board of Public Welfare Western State Hospital School For the Deaf and Blind Staunton Miller Clark Cooper J. M. Steck, Jr E. T. Clark J. Pinkney Arthur Clothing G. C. Rose J. B. McKee Victor Arthur Burr P. Harrison Melvin Green

Farmers to vote on continuance of reductions

Farmers in Back Creek Vernon Mayer area face a vote on continuing corn hog reductions. District meetings, led by county and vocational agriculture leaders, will inform signers and non signers on supply and demand in the corn hog program for 1935 and future years.

Back Creek Vernon O. Baker W. J. Muse J. L. Hershman Stine D. J. Howard Northern Virginia W.R. Legge R. A. Wall Handley Stephens City Middletown Gore High Mount Williams Iggy Vr Gainesboro Fairview Reynolds Store Mount Airy Opequon County Court House Winchester Stonewall Kauffman Stephenson Association Agricultural Adjustment Administration Wallace

Late Chancellors To Be Re-Interred

Preparations began in Vienna for exhumation from local cemeteries of former chancellors Ignaz Seipel and Engelbert Dollfuss. Their bodies will be placed in elaborate bronze sarcophagi and re interred in the Seipel Dollfuss Memorial Church, a national shrine.

Associated Press Vienna Ignaz Seipel Engelbert Dollfuss Seipel-Dollfuss

Blue Ridge Lines Introduce Modern Streamlined Buses

Blue Ridge Transporta tion Company adds four ultra modern coaches from Yellow Coach Company in July with La Van Hyssong as traffic manager. Exterior shows a new streamlined look while interior offers airplane style recliners and improved luggage space. Each bus runs a 175 hp GM C dual engine with advanced brakes and suspension for safer, smoother service.

Winchester Blue Ridge Transportation Company Yellow Coach Company la van Hyssong Bender Body Blue Ridge _ Lines G. M. C. Motors Blue Ridge

Wheat Acreage Under Contract Rules for 1935 Provisions

The 1935 contracted wheat acreage may be used for seeding grass or legume crops, emergency forage crops, or summer fallow with erosion controls. It prohibits seed production, specifies nurse crop allowances, and excludes land already in pasture, wasteland, or eroded land. It sets the contracted acreage as the farm’s average seeded wheat area within cultivated land.

Wheat allotment contract clause excerpt review

The text cites four to six items from the Wheat Allotment Contract Section 506 Series 2 Revision or Administrative Ruling No. 25 and notes exceptions as stated herein. It presents legal references without narrative context or procedural details.

Scout Awards To Be Made At Court Tonight

Boy Scouts receive awards for excellence and Good Turns at the Court of Honor in the George Washington Hotel at 7 30 Col B M Ros zel to preside A flashlight display will precede the program with banners presented by local organizations Rev Dr Hubert Sydenstricker to give invocation Scout Oath to follow Presentations include banners to Chamber of Commerce Kiwanis Veterans of Foreign Wars American Legion Rotary Lions banners The event honors troops from Stephens City Milton Alb in Berryville Strasburg Front Royal and Luray Eagle Palms and rank awards to be issued Leadership training and Red Cross Life Saving certificates to be awarded An drew Bell to speak and service organization banners to be shown The meeting ends with benediction.

B. M. Roszel George Washington Hotel Srepideetie Hubert Sydenstricker Braddock Street Methodist Church Frank R. Horton Court of Honor Charles R. Anderson Chamber of Commerce H. C. Keetz, Sr Kiwanis Club Lee Coble Veterans of Foreign Wars Harry Butler American Legion D. J. Howard Rotary Club Sam Preston Lions Club Stephens City Albin Berryville Strasburg Front Royal Luray Red Cross Andrew Bell Service

World War Vets Split on Immediate Cash Bonus Plan

Congressman Patman urged immediate cash payment of the World War bonus at the VFW encampment in Louisville while American Legion officials disclosed only five of 48 states favor asking Congress to proceed. Most departments support cancelling interest charges on bonus loans. Patman cites a $2.2 billion price tag to fund early payment. The face value of certificates issued since 1925 totals about $3.68 billion, with full payment not due until 1945 unless changed.

Washington Congress Patman Texas Veterans of Foreign Wars Louisville American Legion

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