Local notices and ads from Shepherdstown area news
April 24 edition highlights prices on butter and eggs, seeds and tools, new car arrivals and local services from A. S. Dandridge Co and Licklider Corporation, plus farm stories, a community meeting on the League of Nations, and local sports and oblique remarks on civic events.
Shepherd College Feels Growth Amid Local Happenings
Shepherd College enrollment stands at 125 as local events unfold. The town hosts Mrs. David Lemen's bridge party, upcoming Royal Welsh Concert, and reports on Kearneysville Creamery cheese quality. Local sports see Shepherd baseball wins over Charles Town High and Harper's Ferry. Public notices include chancery and common law cases in Jefferson Circuit Court and a shift in local newspaper ownership. Also noted are Odd Fellows events, bird arrivals, and ongoing telephone rate discontent in neighboring counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherd College
David Lemen
E. Stanley Haller
Kearneysville
Shepherdstown
Minnie Jones
Phillip Jackson
Chas. T. Engle
Com Admr
Rebecca Green
C N. Campbell
Adm.r
Thomas C. Henrietta
John R. Billmyer
Davis Bilayer
Rosa T. Roby
Charles R. Roby
Alma C. Myers
Charles T. Engle
Adm
National Biscuit Co
R. H. T. Johnson
Corporation of Charles Town
Edna &. Skinner
Wim. S. Scull
Russell P. Moler
C. W. Flanagan
Executor
Jesse C. Lawson
An C
Local notes welcome back Phillips family from Charleston
Personal notes from Shepherdstown recount the return of Mr. and Mrs. James S. Phillips and grandson Phillips Berkeley from Charleston where they will settle permanently. The column also lists numerous local residents visiting, Easter observations, and ongoing county business including agricultural agents, wartime service retirees, and community activities in Jefferson and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamess. Phillips
Phillips Berkeley
Charleston
South Carolina
Phillips
Charleston Navy Yard
Shepherdstown
W. F. Alexander
Charles Town
Alexander
Liberty Loan
Jefferson
Jefferson County
Elder Humbird
Caroline
Cumberland
Edward L. Reinhart
George L. Wellington
Boyd Reinhart
Raymond Baby
New York
Henry Thomas
Hyattsville
Thomas
Trinity Church
Martinsburg
Burk Hardesty
Berkeley County
C. 4
Scully
Pittsburg
Epister
Lee Osbourn
Leetown
Gee. S. Houser
Bakerton
John M. Osbourn
Sandy Ridge
J. D. Albin
Avilla
Win. H. Selvey
Air Service
J. G Staley
Geo. R. Staley
Leslie Montgomery
Kenneth Staley
Lula Wysong
Parkersburg
W. Va
Mark Wetzel
Wetzel
Lawrence M. Lynch
Bell Telephone System
Rochester
N. Y
H. L. Snyder
Geo. T. Heckert
Shepherd College
Government Service
Washington
T. H. Davis
W. P. Nicodemus
Brunswick
Jack Snyder
National Highway Garage
Price
L. M. Wageley
E. H. Barnhart
Helen
Baltimore
Deaths and rail schedule changes in Berkeley and Martinsburg
Obituary notices record the deaths of Earl R. Hout 40 of Warrensburg Mo and several Berkeley county residents including Miss Lottie Hout Rev Jefferson Randolph Taylor and John Burns. A new B and O railroad schedule drops Shenandoah Junction stops and prompts local protests demanding restoration of No 1 service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl R. Hout
George W. Hout
Warrensburg
Missouri
Lottie Hout
Shepherdstown
Shenandoah Junction
New York
St. Louis
Washington
Martinsborg
Norfolk & Western
Cumberland
B& O
No. 1
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Valley Branch
Norfolk & Western Railway
Harper's Ferry
Protective Fish Group Formed In Hagerstown
The Washington County Fish and Game Protective Association organized in Hagerstown aims to restock and protect Potomac and local streams. About seventy five leading sportsmen joined with plans to add bass sunfish and other fish. Maryland wardens will patrol the Potomac from Weverton to Hancock. Membership two dollars yearly. Jefferson county bonds allocated at 300000 with swift subscription hoped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holsten
J. M. Osbourn
Sandy Ride
DeLaval Wil
Licklider Corporation
Ie Licklider Corporation
Frank Koonts
Shepherdstown
Rhode Island
R. P. Shafer
Licktider Corporation
Shenandoal
Fanna
League of Nations
Borg
Thomas Butts
Martinsburg
William Jennings Bryan
M. E. Ghurch
Martinsburg Sunnday
Hardesty
Wo HL Miller
Berkeley County
Washingtn County Fish Aid Game Protestive Association
Potomac River
H. M. Shell
LU B.C
Virginia Harrison
Cor Cally
Aintrees Orchard Company
Parchew
Leetown
Jebs Knox
Absalom Kisine
Randolph-Macon College
Register
Howard Ambrose
Engle Wits Ceomy
Wilmut
Bill
Tic
K. J. McKee
Arden
Jeferson Goupelage Company
Charles Town
Washington County Fish and Game Protective Association
Hagerstown
Hargerstown
West Virginia
The
Potomac
Association
Virginia
Weverton
Hancock
Maryland
Fine concert by Royal Welsh Concert Company at Shepherd College
The Royal Welsh Concert Company performs in the Shepherd College auditorium next Thursday night May 1 at 8 o clock. The program includes musical numbers and a talk by Risca Williams on the Lusitania torpedoing. Tickets are 35 cents general and 50 cents reserved, on sale at Owens' drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Welsh Concert Company
College Auditorium
Owens’ Drug Store
Register
E. Stanley Haller
Kearneysville
Baltimore
Shepherd College
Risca Williams
Lusitania
Soldiers and Families Receive Warm Homecoming News
Notes of Our Soldiers reports Kennard Ware arrives in New York after Camp Dix duties and Italy adventure. Wardell McDonald, wounded in Argonne, home on furlough. sergeant major William Morgan discharged at Camp Meade returning to Shepherdstown. sergeant Karl Hilk discharged from Camp Holabird. Walter Herr Navy sailor on furlough from Annapolis. R D Shipley back in U S A after Boston arrival. Spring weddings highlight notes of marriages in Roanoke, Martinsburg, and surrounding towns including Merchent Linkenhofer, Banks Irvin, Athey Brown, Stewart Appleby, Clowser Little, Noff Koontz, Billmyer Murphy, Kees Thames, Avey Rothwell, Longerbeam Fleming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Ware
Kennard Ware
New York
Camp Dix
Ware
France
Italy
Rome
Wardell McDonald
Camp Sherman
Ohio
McDonald
Shepherdstown
Argonne Forest
Wm. A. Morgan
Camp Meade
Morgan
37Th Engineers
U.S. A
Daniel Stubbs
Blanche Stubbs
Dan
Karl E. Hilk
Uncle Sam
Camp Holabird
Baltimore
Motor Transport Service
Walter E. Herr
U. S. Navy
Annapolis
R. D. Shipley
Boston
Albert Merchent
Mattie Linkenhofer
Roanoke
Merchent
Harry Merchent
Robert T. Banks
R. T. Banks
Ethel Irvin
Martinsburg
Cumberland
Mr. Enders
Lutheran Church
Akron
Banks
Great Goodyear Rubber Works
Strother N. Athey
Moundsville
W. Va
Thelma Frances Brown
W. Brown
Charles Town
The
Christian Church
R. F. Schmiucker
Tinegroom
Edward W. Athey
West Virginia
Robert N. Stewart
Laura Virginia Appleby
Frederick
Clifton James Clowser
Helen Elizabeth Little
Joy Clarence Nol
Sarah Emily Koontz
Harry Price
Mamie Lloyd
John L Livers Shaped Charlottesville Progress Since 1912
The Charlottesville Daily Progress highlights John L Livers of Shepherdstown fame now in Charlottesville since 1912. He rose to VP and GM of the Charlottesville and Albemarle Railway, expanding light service and boosting customers from 300 to nearly 10000, while helping found the National Bank of Charlottesville and leading multiple civic ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
John L. Livers
Shepherdstown
Livers
Virginia City
A Land
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shepherdstown Hegiste
S. L. Cooley's
A. S. Dandridge & Co
Tig
Naional
EV. Hull
Charles W. Walper
G. G. Murget
J. H. Wiliams Marble and Granite Company
Sforiiere
Weston
Wones
Lave
Owens Drug Store
L DuPont de Nemours
Richard B. Sraith
Wickliffe
Boyce
Glarke County
Episcopal
Stuart
Winchester Fire Department
Baltimore Business House
Hadltown Paper Board
Hatltown
Miller’s Pharmacy
Clyde P. Miller
Charles Town High School
Caledonia Lodge
Order of Odd Fellows
Order
Odd Fellows
Urey
Charles H. Shipmat
Leesburg
Congress
National House
United States
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Bell System
Washington County
Cumberland Valley Telephone Company
C. A. Hughes
Victor Chancellor
Berkeley
Ra J. McNamara
Joe Jenkins
J. H. VanMetre
Clyde Tabler
James
J. M. Fraley
Maragaret Houser
Noah W. Engle
Engle
Potomac Stone Eats
Charlotte van Doren
Bettie
Katie Sheetz
Mr. Wat. M. Sheetz
John W. Link
Camp Lee, Va
Walter Fredeking
Hinton
G. W. Banks
Geo. W. Walters
Roanoke, Va
C. E. Walters
Charles Worman
War Department
Boyd McWilliams
Register Office
Charles Ghiselin
Kernstown
Winchester
Nella Renner
Sparrow's Point
Bernard Robinson
Robert Keplinger
Fairmont
James W. Kearney
Jefferson Randolph Taylor
Charles Town Academy
Accomac
Episcopal Church
Martha Randolph
Mary Carter Taylor
Edmund R. Taylor
Halltown
John Burns
Baylor
Josiah Shaw
Henry H. Fitz
R.H. Marshall
Bunker Hill
William Blessing
W. P. Alexander
Jeferson County
Uniondip
Mr. Alexander
W. Washington
Robert L. Withers
C. Rissler
N. R. Roberts
C. D. Wysong
S. J. Hodges
W. A. Walsh
R. B. Shugart
Farmers’ Committee
Thomas R. Moore
C. J. Cavalier
Chateau-Thierry
Joseph E. Kees
Mary Genevieve Thames
W. A. McKeefry
Ray Jennings Avey
Thelma M. Rothwell
R. L. Wright
Methodist
Harry Longerbeam
Ethel M. Fleming
Millville
Mr. Livers
Ford
Barshear
Dr Met Yin
Duffields
Overland
Maxwell
Saxon
WM. R. Miller
OTTS
the Model Bakery
Shepherdstown, W. VA
Worth
Lila Lee
Ethel Clayton
Rex Beach
the Brand
Elsie Ferguson
Wallace Reid
Montagu Love
the Grouch
John Barrymore
New England
Adolph Zukor
Exsit Ferguson
Puritan Hisband
Dresed
Paris
D. W. Griffith
Happy Valley
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