Brief items from The Shepherdstown Register 1917
June 14 1917 edition notes local commerce crops and weather. Advertisements mention cabbage plants, eggs and butter prices, and Owens Miller medicines. Reports include a lost pink cameo ring, hospital guild meeting, ice cream festival, and D A R meeting. Local appointive posts and the Tanlac distribution are listed amid civic notices and naval war bond sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Goldsborough
Miller
Shepherdstown Torrent
Robert Shipley
Annie Turner
Washington Street
Headache
Owens & Miller
Benj. Hartzell
Hinder
Hospital Guild
J. W. Ware
Greensburg U. B
UW. 1 LC
F. Harrison
West Virginia
B. Chamberlain
Martinsburg
Rumsey
Shepherdstown
Mia
Mary N
Maure
Gower
M,e Church South
Crow
Lie
Standish McCleary
Baltimore
Edilor
Te Register
Trinity Episcopal Church
College
Wens & Miller
Register
Local notes and town updates pass along in Shepherdstown
The column reports bridge damage after heavy rains at Billmyer's mill and ongoing repairs. Shepherd College opened with about forty students and staff Profs W M Duke A D Kenamond and Miss Elia May Turner. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad seeks to end trains 57 and 58 on the Shenandoah Valley line with a public protest from Jefferson County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billmyer's Mill
Shepherd College State Normal School
W. M. Duke
A. D. Kenamond
Elia May Turner
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Public Service Commission
Shenandoah Valley
Jefferson County
Floyd B. Mathias
Shepherdstown
Army
Washington
Jo L. Walper
Terrapin Neck
Piedmont
Admiral
Baltimore
Allen W. Porterfield
Berkeley County
New York
Norway
Sweden
Porterfield
Shepherd College
Columbia University
West Virginia
Vale
Cornwell
Shepherd College Commencement Highlights and Alumni
The forty fourth annual commencement of Shepherd College State Normal School was held in the auditorium last Friday morning with Principal Thos C Miller in charge. Hon N G Keim spoke on Preparedness and diplomas were presented by Hon M P Shawkey. The program featured music by Olive Patriquin and Glenna Carper with a duet by Williams and Merrells, ending with The Star Spangled Banner. Alumni officers were elected and a student loan fund expansion discussed. 116 attended the alumni banquet. The Martinsburg road area near town is increasingly impassable after heavy rains, with repairs ongoing toward Flage's crossing. A note ends urging Owens Miller hypophosphites as a summer tonic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Link
Campbellsville
J. A. Link
Duffields
Old Home Place
W. S. Link
Parkersburg
C. W. Link
Martinsburg
Messrs
J.A. Link
T. C. Link
Shepherdstown
Shepherd College
Ernest C. Tabler
Manningston
W. Va
Richard Taylor Robertson
Rosa Sara
Mary King
Newport
Ark
Charles Schultz
Summit
N. J
Walter Drummond
New York
Register
Milton W. Burr
Bardane
James T. Miller
Chas M. Miller
Charles A. Pearson
Bluefied
W Va
B. S. Pendleton
Pendleton
Bluefield
Harry B. Lee
Edwin
Richard Henry Lee
Benjamin Peyton
Charlottesville
E.L. Goldsborough
Leeland
Bart Moore
Engle
Moore
Boyd Stephenson
Louise Hale Stephenson
Miss Ramsey
Monterey
Thomas C. Miller
Grace Kiser
Elkins
Ra Derr
Richmond
Avilla
Derr
Hansford
M. H. Adams
Elizabeth Brown
Cumberland
Nettie Tanner
Buffalo
N. Y
J. W. Bell
J. D. Billmyer
Fort Worth
Texas
Bernie Billmyer
W. T. Stringer
Glyndon
Mary Needy
C. M Lemen
Needy
G. A. Stewart
Carnegie
I. F. P. Gand
Rumsey Good
Charleston
W. B. Hutton
Pittsburg
Ruth Worman
Pearl Shickle
Hedgesville
Shepherd College State Normal School
Thos.c. Miller
N. G. Keim
Board of Regents
M. P. Shawkey
State Superintendent of Schools
Shawkey
Miller
Olive Patriquin
Glenna Carper
Williams
Merrells
Absalom Knox
Prof. Miller
Agnes Mae Belle Agnes Marguerite Bussard
Virginia Pascal Canfield
Frances Leola Caster
Cozy Gladys Foltz
Della Grace Riser
Margaret Isabelle Lindsay
Wiloughby Morgan Lemien
Andrew Fleming Long Farle Wheaton
S. J. Hodges
C. F. Lyne
Bessie Licklider
Edith Donley
M. S. R. Moses
C.C. Johnson
F. W. Myers
Alumni Association
Herkeley County
Flage
Liquor Arrests in Charles Town Spark Vigilance
Shepherdstown reports a crackdown on liquor violations after arrests of two colored men, Snowden and Patterson, with seventy five quarts of whiskey and forty beer bottles found in a buggy. A Norfolk & Western train passenger, John Porter, was later arrested with six quarts more liquor.
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Shepherdstown
Met
West Virginia
Charles Town
Sharpsburg
Charles Snowden
Frank Patterson
Snowden
Patterson
Sheeelz
Norfolk & Western
John Porter
Commasity Clubs Meet at Shepherdstown Community Group
A lively Shepherdstown meeting on home economics explored preservation and canning with Miss Zinn and Miss Alger showcasing practical work in Jefferson and Morgan counties. The Civic League and Harper’s Ferry Club pledged support for Miss Alger’s county program, while officers were elected for Potomac Commandery No. 8 Knights Templar in Charles Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bel ‘West Virginia
Civic League of
Charles Town
Zinn
Miss Alger
Esomoenics Extension Department
State University
Alexander
Kate Kiddie
Harper's Ferry
Potomac Commandery
Knvights ‘Templar
John B. Brazier
Yeo. W. Hanks
Thornton
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The
C. G. Margret
Babe
C. G
Berkeley Springs Messenger
Kenneth Engle
Potomac Light and Power Camping
Dam No. 5
Potomac Sver
Hhe Dam
Water Company
Tapi
Red Cross
United States
Registration Board
Clara Miller
Lota Miller
Corinne Rogers
Raymond F. Baby
Max Williamson
Charles T. Nichols
Homer McDonald
Mary L. Wysong
Leesburg
Robert Underdonk
Detroit
D. Frank Miller
Hagerstown
B.S. Pendleton
Laura Brotherton
Rachel Snyder
Philadelphia
Rev
S. L. Flickinger
Harrisburg
Lancaster
W. J. Knott
France
Louise Anna Snyder Lynch
Feaster Wolford
Curtis Feeser
Professor Miller
Shepherd College of the Future
Robert Gibson
America
Hodges
Naomi Garrett
Garrett
Rockville
Shepford College
Bedington
Earl Barney
Ruth Irwin
James F Irwin
West Virginian
St. Louis
Shenandoah Junction
Norfolk & Western Railway
Norfolk and Western
Gi al Shenandoah Junction
Elsie “R. Chapeune
George Needy
Second Baptist Church
F. W. Grigzard
Phillip G. Needy
Vancevesville
Mary E Whittington
Frank Whittingham
Jot Alles Foutz
Willian Foutz
Methodist Episcopal
H. Hamill
Lertown Baptist Church
Jota W. Quinton
Chas, W. Brown
Henry L. Murray
John M. Osbourn
Frank L. Ronemous
Augustine C. Morgan, Jr
C. W. Conard
Opera House
Marie Doro
Sardou
Fowertel
Mrs
Vernon Castle
Anita Stewart
Yolanda
Mary Pickford
Aglinton
Mae Murray
Mary Johnston
Model Bakery
Bakes
the Model Bakery
Ord
Ford
Ford Car
National Highway Garage
Shepherdstown,w, Va
Lester Brothers
Hagerstown, Md
Mrs. Brown
F. P. Good
Shepherdstown, W. VA
Baltimore & Ohio
Shehandosh Junction
Atlantic City
Cape May
Sea Isle City
Ocean City
Stone Harbor
Wildwood
Balitmore & Railroad
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