Garden Club Plans Dogwood Themed Parade Float
Winchester Clarke Garden Club will enter a dogwood themed float in the festival feature parade on the second day. The design centers a blossoms covered dogwood tree on a green and white barge, with a committee led by Mrs. Louis M. Nulton coordinating the project. The club renews a state conservation push as dogwoods face threats from tourism and a statewide planting drive continues toward 1935.
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Virginia
Winchester-Clarke Garden Club
Garden Club
Winchester- Clarke Garden Club
Louis M. Nulton
William Massie
Fred Glaize
H. C. DeGrange
Barr
J. W. Arthur
Wieter-Clarke Garden Club
Shawnee Club
Garden Clubs
Confesses To Spying In France For the Germans
Paris April 11 Judge Andre Benon announced Edward Bernhueber an Austrian born former army officer confessed to being a German spy. Police found incriminating letters in his room and said he worked to obtain French diplomatic secrets but denied ties to any local individuals.
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Paris
Andre Benon
Edward Bernhueber
Bernhueber
Austria
Germany
School Board Expands Gainesboro Lot For Road Relocation
Frederick County School Board closes on a 200 foot strip at Gainesboro school from Dr. Noble D. Whitacre to accommodate road relocation. Grading and excavation start soon with spring construction. Building under board supervision aims to be ready for fall occupancy with small contracts for heating and brickwork.
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Frederick County
Gainesboro
Noble D. Whitacre
Encyclical Not To Be Published By Pope Pius
Vatican officials say Pope Pius has abandoned plans for an encyclical on April 28, anniversary of the holy year end. He earlier appealed for peace on April 1 but now sees no further appeal needed, though a later encyclical cannot be ruled out if new events occur.
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Pope Pius
Vatican City
Holy Father
Old Mr. Winter Returns to Hayfield Virginia Weather
In Hayfield Virginia on April 11 a late season cold snap brought 36 F readings, fog lifting to a wintry scene. The text notes slow fruit bloom, early wheat progress, light frost damage, and forecasts heavy chestnut prospects in western Frederick with continued cool weather into May to protect crops.
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Hayfield
Winchester
Frederick
Three Schools to Close for Apple Blossom Festival
Weston McDaniel, county emergency education director, announced closures for the Winchester Institute and the Stephens City and Middletown nursery schools on both days of the Apple Blossom Festival.
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Winchester Institute
Stephens City
Middletown
Weston ©. McDaniel
Soft Ballers To Meet Thurs Eve In Club Rooms
There will be a softball league meeting Thursday evening April 11 at 7 30 o clock in the Men's Athletic Club rooms. All teams should send representatives or an announcement of intent to be included. A schedule and league rules will be discussed. Indications point to 14 or 16 teams this season.
Sanday Schools To Plan Convention
The Back Creek District Council of Religious Education executive committee meets Saturday April 13 at 10 am in the Union Bank directors' room to arrange the School convention. Members include J B Snapp C M Rosenberger H A Snapp H G Richard G H Hershman Asa Racey W J Muse and H C Moore. Represent all twelve district schools. By order of Chairman N K Larrick Sec Treas.
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Back Creek
Council of Religious Education
Union Bank
J. B. Snapp
C. M. Rosenberger
A. Snapp
H. G. Richard
G. H. Hershman
Asa Racey
W. J. Muse
H. C. Moore
N. K. Larrick
Sec.Treas
Special Services At Pleasant Valley Church
Special Sunday services at Pleasant Valley United Brethren Church were led by Mrs. Joseph MHandher. The program featured music by Zelda Barrett and duets by Fannie Livengood with Ada Smith, and by Frank Strother and daughter Princess. A devotional from the sixty first Psalm started the program followed by prayers and talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley United Brethren Church
Joseph Mhandher
Zelda Barrett
Jesus
Cross
Christian Fellowship
Ethel Barrett
Fannie Livengood
Ada Smith
Jess Himelright
Dr. Childress
Georgia Miller
Falk
Cora Crim
Frank Strother
Princess
F. G. Senger
Livengood
Indian Village Promotes Modern Sewage System
Indian Village near Juneau Alaska touts a modern sewage system built largely by Indian labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
Alaska
Preaching at Galilee Spring Sunday Service
Grimes Virginia April 11 news brief reports preaching at Galilee on Sunday April 14 with morning and evening services and extends cordial welcome. The item notes illness of Mrs Virginia Haycock of Clear Brook and lists local visitors and callers including Mr Harry Leight Rev F B Sapp Capt Oscar Boyd E D Kiger and the Bermesters. A six inch snowfall last Monday and temperatures near thirty mark a wintery reminder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Kiger
Milldale News Briefs From Virginia Communities
Milldale Virginia April 11 reports Miss Isabelle Stickley improving after measles confinement. Marguerite Armel attended Rally Day at Stephens City as a Milldale school representative. Howard Oliver ill with mumps and James Butler’s children also ill. William Ashby dined with George Stickley. Mrs. W. B. Brown improving. Mrs. George Stickley visited Front Royal Tuesday. Rebecca Earle Riverton School teacher ill with flu. Shirley of Front Royal substituting. Lennis Brown and family visited Mrs. W. B. Brown. Mrs. George Stickley spent time with her mother. Mrs. W. C. Kirby and family spent Thursday with her mother.
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Milldale
Isabelle Stickley
Marguerite Armel
Stephens City
Milldale School
Howard Oliver
James Butler
William Ashby
George Stickley
W. B. Brown
Front Royal
Rebecca Earle
Riverton School
Shirley
Lennis
Grover
Bill and
Brown
W. C. Kirby
Cedar Grove Notes from Cedar Grove Virginia April notices
Community brief listing weekend visits and social gatherings in Cedar Grove Virginia. Includes names such as Mr. and Mrs. Lee Lamp Norma Lee Washington D C Mrs. Grant Clark Miss Hazel DeHaven ill but improving and local church activities led by Rev F G Senger and Rev O S Ince plus W M A Sunday services at 715 and 8 PM.
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Cedar Grove
Lee Lamp
Norma Lee
Washington, D. C
Grant Clark
James Singhass
Charlotte
Francis Lewis
Hazel DeHaven
Mattie Clark
Robert Whitacre
Robert Jr
Juanita
Elwood Patterson
Wincheser
O. S. Ince
Local Visitors Share Meals and Hours Across West Virginia and Virginia
Miss Martha Pugh of Whitacre visited Della Hawkins in Bloomery last Friday. Friends and relatives from Whitacre and Reynolds Store gathered at homes in Hayfield and Place and Bloomery during the weekend and Sunday visits, with several Martinsburg Angers Store Winchester Berkeley Springs Greenwood and Reynolds Store residents listed among attendees. Mrs Place has been ill but is improving.
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Good
W. Va
Martha Pugh
Whitacre
Della Hawkins
Bloomery
Walker Havermale
Hayfield
Mary Largent
Loretta Place
Richard Luttrell
Russell Fletcher
Earl Place
R. E. Place
Jacob Dick
Roy Stotler
Harold
Martinsburg
Neith Havermale
Billy
Angers’ Store
Will Teets
A. L. Place
Lee
Glenna
Preston Place
Winchester
John Heseley
A. L. Omps
Berkeley Springs
Jobe Newbrough
Greenwood
Elmer Holliday
Theodore
Elizabeth
Richard and
Alston Luttrell
Reynolds Store
Place
Lester DeHaven
Snowy Vista Highlights Oranda Then Weekend Guests
Oranda Virginia reports a scenic snowy scene with a bed of variegated jonquils peeking above the snow. Norman Coffelt of Baltimore and his brother Leslie of Washington visited their parents W A Coffelt. Others moved or traveled for work or visit over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oranda
Norman Coffelt
Baltimore
Leslie
Washington
W. A. Coffelt
Robert Senseney
Capon Road
Local Notes From Wickliffe Virginia April Visitations
Wickliffe Virginia reports residents returning from Auburn and Halltown visiting kin in Washington and Charles Town. Bessie Love Grim visits her uncle C W Johnston while Miss Katherine Perks tours Washington. Ralph Burkitt relocates to Harpers Ferry and Anna Cummins opens Caryswood after Lynchburg trip. Mr C W Johnston travels to Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Writt
Charles Town
W. Va
Frank Galloway
Castleman’s Ferry
Washington, D. C
Anna Cummins
Lynchburg
Caryswood
Ralph Burkitt
Wickliffe
Harpers Ferry
C. W. Johnston
Winchester
Local families travel and visit in early spring notes
AR Mel Brevities reports several residents taking weekend trips to Philadelphia to visit Miss Alice Clinger. Updates include improving health of Mrs. Elder Cornwell, visits by Elworthy and Patsy Ann, and Leo Everhart selling his home to a Loudoun county buyer as he plans to move to Berryville.
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Armel VA
Ralph Smith
Berryville
Herbert Haines
Winchester
J. B. Clinger
Philadelphia
Alice Clinger
Elder Cornwell
Elworthy
Patsy Ann
Irving Th
G. D. Gray
Ella Rose
Hagerstown
E. H. White
G. W. Haymaker
J. W. Derflinger
Front Royal
J. L. Price
Local Notes From Green Spring VA
Green Spring notes report repairs at A L Andersons home and Mrs Fries recovering. Families including Dick Braithwaite Dix and Dix visiting Richmond for Hallies illness. Douglas Anderson and son Donald from Winchester visited William Dix. Strobridge McCormick and Dale visited Clifton Price at Gainesboro.
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Green Spring
A. L. Anderson
Herbert Fries
E. L. Dick
Clifton Braithwaite
Richmond
Hallie
Douglas Anderson
Donald
Winchester
William Dix
Hunter Strobridge
Jacob
Russell McCormick
Dale
Clifton Price
Gainesboro
Park marks 6 1-year-old event at Maketu public park
The Arawa Maori tribe in Maketu Bay of Plenty set aside ten acres as a public park to commemorate a 1 year old event at the site of the first Arawa canoe landing in Australia 600 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maketu
Bay of Plenty
Australia
Revival Opens in Reliance with Rev Beard Speaker
RELIANCE Virginia April 11 two weeks revival began Sunday night April 7 with Rev Beard of Martinsburg West Virginia as speaker and his singers. Other items note church activities, officer elections, illnesses and visits among residents plus a Measles case and rheumatism notes.
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Luray
W. L. Green
William Punk
Kitty Lou Funk
Mildred Green
Wheatfield
F. L. Derflinger
Ruby Beaty
R R. Stickley
Gusherd
Washington
Mary E. Claytor
Refuge Notes and Community Menus from Refuge and Nearby
Miss Avis Bray visited grandparents in Refuge on Wednesday night. A. W. Conner served as Refuge church delegate to the Southern Methodist Conference at Strasburg. Mrs Mary Root, sister of L L Bowman, died in Newport News and left numerous nephews and nieces. community expresses sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Refuge
Avis Bray
John White
Anderson
Winchester
Southern Methodist Church
Strasburg
E. R. Conner
A. W. Conner
Gladys Orndorff
A. W Conner
Refuge Church
Elizabeth Ridenour
Harley Ridenour
Julian Keller
Lebanon Church
L. L. Bowman
Refuge Section
Mary Root
Newport News
Elijah Root
Mr. Bowman
Origin and meaning of caucus in political usage
The term caucus began in Boston as a name for a political club in the early 1700s. It is thought to derive from the Algonquin phrase caw caw was sough meaning one who advises or pushes on. Now used widely, the American sense is a meeting of party leaders to decide policies or nominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Pathfinder Magazine
B C Headache Remedy Promises Quick Relief
A North Carolina pharmacist blends common ingredients into the B C remedy sold in 10¢ and 25¢ packages. The ad claims B C relieves most headaches within three minutes and also eases muscular aches, colds, neuralgia, fever, and nervous distress without habit forming drugs.
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North Carolina
B. C
Change in Meeting Date for Winchester Presbytery
The five hundred sixty fifth session of Winchester Presbytery will convene at Petersburg Church in West Virginia at 7 30 Wednesday evening April 17. Clerical delegate from Loudoun Street Church and elder J Henry Moling Sr will attend. Opening sermon by Rev H H Leach with Rev Harry Crim to preach the Thursday sermon on The Incarnation of Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Presbyterian
Petersburg
W. Va
E. B. McGukin
Loudoun Street Church
J. Henry Moling, Sr
J. W. Hogshead
H. H. Leach
Shenandoah Junction
Harry Crim
Strasburg
Christ
R. B. Woodworth
Home Mission Committee
Virginia Farm Vendors See 7500 Corn-Hog Applications
Reports from 33 states to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration indicate 7,500 Virginia farmers are among the million who have signed 1935 corn hog contracts. Iowa leads with 152,000 applications. AAA disbursed 630,606,962 dollars in rental and benefit payments to participating farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Towa
AAA
Deliver Us From Evil Sermon Moves to Friday Evening
Rev. Dr. S. L. Flickinger of Centenary Reformed Church will preach Deliver Us From Evil as part of a Lord's Prayer sermon series. The talk, previously held Sundays, shifts to Friday at 8 o clock for this particular message.
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S. L. Flickinger
Centenary Reformed Church
Bridegroom Chased by Kalmyks Wedding Custom
A Kalmyk wedding custom centers on the bridegroom being sent away by the bride’s family. They stage a sham fight, the bride escapes with her father on a horse, and is pursued by the groom and his friends. She is eventually captured and returned for the ceremony.
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Central Asia
Whipping as a Legal Punishment in Delaware and Detroit History
The article notes whipping as a legal punishment in Delaware for crimes like burglary arson wife beating horse stealing and larceny while other states abolished it. It also recalls Detroit maintaining a public whipping post from 1818 to 1831.
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Delaware
Detroit
Berg Hunted by Federal Agents in Abduction Case
Oliver A. Berg, held at Joliet penitentiary on a robbery sentence, was a suspect in the abduction of Edward G. Bremer of St. Paul Minnesota. Berg, free on a writ from a Chicago judge, is pursued by federal agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver A. Berg
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul
Quesenberry To Go On Trial In April
LEESBURG Va April 11 Sure Shootin Tom Quesenberry a towering 69 year old one eyed mountain moonshiner under indictment for the slaying of Alexandria policeman Thomas McClary will go on trial in Loudoun county circuit court beginning April 22 Judge J R H Alexander indicated today Also charged is Shelby Cole for wounding I Bole and others in the raid that led to the confrontation with federal agent George Kirkpatrick
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Leesburg
Tom Quesenberry
Loudoun County
J. R. H. Alexander
Quesenberry
Thomas McClary
Alexandria
George Kirkpatrick
Nee Amete
Quesenberry Shelby Cole
I Bole
Commonwealth
John Galleher
Kirkpatrick
Lions Exhibit Perfect Model Float for Parade
Lions Club members at the weekly meeting praised a perfect model of the club float designed by Lion Charles Shewbridge for the feature parade. The unit features black and silver with apple blossoms and a central Lions insignia. Attendees noted 31 members eligible for six month perfect attendance awards and discussed plans for the Ocean View state convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Lion Charles Shewbridge
Sam Preston
Pim
Charles Bridge
Richard Clevenger
Lions International
Ocean View
Robert Jasper
Lion Jasper
Lion Herbert Miller
Lion Shewbridge
Jon Shewbridge
Kenneth Henry
J. Gjerulf
Marlin Eckerd
Mr. Thurston
Flashes of Life Denies She’s Dead
In a puzzled sequence Helen Teevan 24 believed dead after a gas suicide report, then reappeared and clarified to police that the identification was mistaken. Acquaintance Sadie Cussen admitted the error after reading a description of a deceased woman matching Teevan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Helen Teevan
Sadie Cussen
School displays badge after boy questioned on bicycle thefts
Police Chief Robert Boyle questioned a 13 year old boy in Totowa New Jersey about bicycle thefts. The next day the boy appeared at school wearing a shining gold badge on his lapel. Principal
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rich
Boyle
Watch Found After Twelve Years In Orchard Field
Springfield resident George Fonken recovered his lost watch buried in a field where he was husking corn twelve years ago. The item, damaged by fieldwork, will be taken to a jeweler for possible restoration and rejuvenation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Minn
George Fonken
Fonken
Too Many Jones in Rural Hutchinson School
The roll is hard to call as 12 of 17 pupils share the Jones surname in a one teacher rural school near Hutchinson Kansas highlighting a naming concentration in the classroom.
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Jones Hutchinson
Kas
New Home
Jones
Helpful Son Helps Issue Wedding License in Utah
Parowan Utah William Clair Rowley assisted his father William G Rowley when he chose to marry Mary Atkin of Los Angeles. Rowley the county clerk issued the license and performed the ceremony himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parowan
Utah
William Clair Rowley
William G. Rowley
Mary Atkin
Los Angeles
Rowley
Postal Puzzle from 1884 postcard arrives after 51 years
In Lawrence Kansas postal officials ponder how a postcard mailed July 29 1884 in Lincoln Kansas reached here after 51 years. The card was addressed to the J. B. Watkins Company and arrived yesterday.
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Lawrence
Kas
Postoffice
J. B. Watkins Company
Lincoln
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