Local Notes From Mount Pleasant April Happenings
The Mount Pleasant column reports a copperhead sighting on April 1 as spring returns. Social updates note Miss Kathryn Fout visiting, extended family gatherings at the Racey home, and visits by Mrs. Smedley and Mrs. Kiplinger. West Frederick Home Demonstration Club shifts its meeting to Monday the 8th at 7 30 p.m.
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Kathryn Fout
Gainesboro
Carrie Hershman
John Myric
Robert
North Carolina
Birthday dinners and visits link Berryville families
Mr. and Mrs. James Morris hosted a birthday dinner for Mrs. Morris's mother Mrs. Walter B. Solomon. Several households shared visits across Berryville Staunton Winchester Strasburg and Memorial Hospital, including Robert Boyd Perry Elliott James Luttrell Loy Campbell and many others visiting relatives and friends.
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Hayfield
James Morris
Berryville
Walter B. Solomon
Robert Boyd
Staunton
Kirby Teets
John Elliotts
Loy and
Campbell
Gainesboro
Perry Elliott
Strasburg
Rober Hulver
Falls
Thomas Rosenberger
M. A. Wiley
Statton Orndoff
A. G. Dailey
Grover Orndoff
Woodrow Line
Strother Sherman
H. A. Snapp
Ira Ryan
Cindy
Louise Slater
Copenhaver Family News and Querists Visit
Mrs Irene Copenhaver hosted and received visits from Mrs Helen Snapp Mrs Maude DeHaven and Mrs Nanie Wiglington Mrs Marybelle Knighting and Miss Patsy Knighting of Kerntown Clarke Copenhaver of Harrisburg called on his mother Greg Hunter great grandson of Emerick Copenhaver died in Coshocton Ohio Janey Sargent and Miss Margaret Sargent visited briefly Tiny Raigner visited Paula Racey Sunday.
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Greg Hunter
Coshocton
Ohio
Emerick Copenhaver
Here
Marybelle Knighting
Patsy Knighting
Kernstown
Daugher
Clarke Copenhaver
Harrisonburg
Janey Sargent
Margaret Sargent
Tiny Raigner
Paula Racey
Kernstown Palm Sunday Baptisms and Good Friday Services
Kernstown Church will hold Palm Sunday baptism and reception. A chargewide worship service is set for 7 30 p m. Good Friday services follow at 7 30 p m. Several local residents are noted for hospital recoveries and social visits.
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Kernstown
Melvin Davis
Kernstown Church
Charles Richard
Harvey Richard
Army and militia sizes on eve of Civil War
The Encyclopaedia Britannica of 1860 notes the Union Army numbered just under 13,000 on the eve of the war while the militia totaled more than 2.7 million. This contrast highlights the large volunteer and organized militia forces compared to the standing army.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Mable Perry
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Jolly Jack’s
Valley Ave
Valley Pike
Toni
Pamela Richard
Richmond
W.S.C.S
Josephine Cammer
John Cammer
Thomas Dorton
Belinda
Junior
Phillip Lewis
Lisa
Walter Sibert
Sara Donald
Olen Grove
Clarke County
Lincoln Continental
Mercury
Colony Park
W Motors
Loudoun St
Winchester
Lincoln
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