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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1936
Page
10
Pageland district reports a newborn boy for the family of a Dodgers pitcher nicknamed the fireball. The birth occurred today with the proud mother and infant in good condition. Father is the noted athlete.
London report says Major Con ingsby Ralph Disraeli, nephew and last male heir of England's famed prime minister, died today at age 69.
Frank R. Horton as principal speaker praised Lions Club for eight years of support to Scout work. He outlined plans for a Rural Scout program starting in October with two teacher meetings and a presentation to teachers by Rev George Earle Owen. New member Rev Allen Jones welcomed. attendance noted of several guests.
A large surprise dinner honored Mr. Walter Funk at his Marlboro area home on Sunday September 27. Planned by his wife daughter Miss Ethel Funk and his sisters, the event featured a thirty foot table with chicken, ham, salads, cakes, pies, sandwiches, pickles and home made ice cream, with many relatives present from nearby towns.
Lancaster Pa Sept 30 Joe Medwick Franklin and Marshall halfback outpaced Fordham players on the field and in publicity shots. The F and M press department reported he was too fast for the camera to capture a clear action picture this season.
In Mississippi, Thomas Jones, 45, and Andrew Hemphill, 43, were found guilty of murdering W. W. Simpson Jr., a former Duke University athlete, and W. R. Ingram, 21. The jury returned the verdict last night and set the execution for Friday, November 6.
Contributions are received for the Boy Scout Finance Week during a meeting at the Handley Library Trustees Room. Acknowledgments are given to Winchester Rotary Club and many individuals including S. D. McFadden, J. Pinckney Arthur, Admiral L. M. Nulton, Rev. G. E. Owen, Dr. L. M. Allen, Atlantic Refining Co., and other local supporters.
MEADVILLE Pa Sept 30 Thomas Delmonti of Pittsburgh convicted of picking pockets in crowds gathered to welcome Gov Alf M Landon at Conneautville must serve from five to ten years in the western penitentiary Arden D Mook counsel for Delmonti asked leniency citing the Republican presidential nominee presence Judge Kent imposing the sentence declared I want to say the pickpocketing is a most unhealthy business in Crawford county
The cruiser Indianapolis, now in gunnery practice in Chesapeake Bay, will dock at Annapolis for the weekend of October 10 before resuming tests. It will visit New York later in October with dates pending. A sabotage attempt occurred during recent repairs at the New York navy yard.
The congregation of Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church in Middletown Maryland rejected by a vote of 111 to 85 the call extended to Rev. Royce E. Schaeffer of Littlestown Pennsylvania by the church consistory.
Dr. Joseph A. McMurray, speaking at the fall meeting, outlined 166 ministers who have served Winchester Presbytery in 175 years. He highlighted groups bridging 1861 and a second group with 72 short pastorates, naming many figures and noting Dr. Malcolm W. Woodworth and Dr. Francis Marvin Woods among the prominent, with Woods now 93.
Upland California at the sheriff's office Mrs L D Wilhoite aged 80 was awarded a deputy sheriff badge in a brief ceremony. The event highlighted her long community service and announced her new honorary role within the county law force.
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