Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Dates Set for April 27 28
Winchester officials announced the fourth annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival will be held Wednesday and Thursday April 27 and 28. Director General H. Clay DeGrange led a date committee that weighed weather forecasts and apple bloom progress before confirming the dates. News of the festival spread quickly via Associated Press bulletin to New York Baltimore and Richmond and to more than 1 000 afternoon papers and additional morning papers nationwide.
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Weagoecey
Winchester
H. Clay DeGrange
DeGrange
George Washington Hotel
United States
Burréau
Washington
Everest
Virginia
Associated Press
New York
Baltimore
Richmond
DeGrangé
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginians Prepare Apple Blossom Parade Plan
Five eastern counties finalize plans for a 1927 Apple Blossom Festival parade in Winchester. The event traces traffic along the Northwestern Turnpike with seven historical episodes staged by thirteen schools across Mineral Hampshire Hardy Grant and Pendleton counties. Over 200 costumes and thirteen vehicles will portray eras from Civil War to pioneer days.
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Moorefield
W. Va
West Virginia
Winchester
Board of Trade, Chambers of Commerce and
Mineral
Hampshire
Hardy
Grant
Pendleton
McNeill
Hardy County
Crook
Kelly
Cumberland
South Branch Valley
Northwestern’ Turnpike
Pattersons
Lace Curtains and Rugs Laundered at Winchester Laundry
Lace curtains and rugs can be laundered at the Winchester Seam Laundry. Phone 2s.
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Winchester
Butler's Packing House Features Nitrate of Soda Reground Bags
Nitrate of soda repackaged in ground form noted for use in fruit tree care. Phosphate analysis performed with differing results. Listed under Butler's Packing House offerings.
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Butler
Rotary Club prepares for Apple Blossom and Roanoke conference
Winchester Rotary plans active festival participation during Apple Blossom events. Doug Fuller chairs reception and entertainment. a Rotary float will honor the parade with help from Walker Bond and Rotary Ann Mrs. Bond and other members. A large Roanoke conference April 27–29 will draw about fifty Rotarians and Anns with regional speakers.
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Rotary International
Roanoke
Winchester
Doug Fuller
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Marshall Baker
Walker Bond
Rotary Ann
Rotary
Rotarians
Rotary Anns
H. Douglas Fuller
L. Marshall Baker
A. C. Slonaker
T. B. Patton
F. L. Glaize
Herbert A. Solenberger
Winchester Club
Arthur Sapp
Huntington
Ind
Roger Moore
Virginia-North Carolina
F. T. McFaden
Richmond
Nurse Wanted for Children Weekday Part Time Position
Wanted settled refined white nurse for children. Must be willing to spend part time in summer. Write giving reference and experience to Mrs. ee pe care Star Office.
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Povenen
Mre
Ee Pecare Star Office
Flood Threatloom in Lower Mississippi Valley and New Orleans Flood
Government engineers warn the lower Mississippi valley faces the most damaging flood as the river crests at Cairo. New Orleans reports a record 14.41 inches of rainfall breaking 56 year top, with wide flooding and marooned residents. Levee breaks near Wolt Island flood 175000 acres in Mississippi and New Madrid counties.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi Valley
Cairo
Mississippi
Tribun
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Wolt Island
Hickman
L. T. Berthe
New Madrid
Handley High Meets Bridgewater at Handley Stadium
Tuceder at 2 50 p m lists Handley High versus Bridgewater scheduled at Handley Stadium. The note mentions visitors Fritts from Columbus and Turner from Roanoke staying with local residents over the weekend.
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Tuceder
Handley High
Final Rites Held for Hon F B Whiting in Berryville
Large crowds attended the funeral of Judge Frank B Whiting of the seventeenth Virginia circuit in Berryville Grace Episcopal Church. Lawyers from the circuit and court officials filled Grace Church and offices closed for the day while mourners laid the jurist to rest in Old Chapel Cemetery with honorary and active pallbearers named.
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Berryville
Frank B. Whiting
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit
Virginia
Grace Episcopal Church
Winchester
Whiting
Winchester Bar Association
Grace Church
George S. West
B. Duvall Chambers
Christ Church
Millwood
Episcopal Church
Old Chapel
R. S. Blackburn Smith
Roy
Mitchell
A. P. Osburn
Dorsey Potter
Blarkeburg
W. Va
Robert M. Ward
T. W. Harrison
Harry. F. Byrd
Thornton Thompson
R. C. Randolph
W. A. Bradford
W. Levi
Albert C. Miller
Sra Hella Bo A
Famous Cramp Company To Stop Ship Building
The William Cramp and Sons ship and engine builders announced it will discontinue ship building operations and repurpose its ship building properties. The decision cites curtailment of naval construction and weak merchant ship building, following word that bids for the Salt Lake City cruiser would be opened and that Cramp had surrendered the contract.
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Neary
Philadelphia
William Cramp and Sons
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur
Salt Lake City
Cramp
Empire Colonial Festival Program Planned For Coming Week
Empire Theatres announce a festival week with three banner films Harold Lloyd in The Kid Brother Patsy Ruth Miller in What Every Girl Should Know and Love Makes Em Wild plus Bebe Daniels at the Colonial City The Fox Studios film The City shows midweek Ted Lewis Go To It musical comedy company at Colonial with daily changes a Staunton Military Academy orchestra and a harp soloist to follow watch for surprise announcements
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Empire Colonial Theatres
The
Empire
Harold Lloyd
Patsy Ruth Miller
Wm. Fox
Bebe Daniels
Paramount
Fox Studios
Ted Lewis
New York
Staunton Military Academy
Fire Destroys Two Buildings at Clay Hill
A blaze last night destroyed the main building of Clay Hill Academy in Clarke county near Millwood. Firefighters from Berryville and Winchester saved the mansion and an old academy building used as sleeping quarters for five groomsmen. Loss estimated at 5 000 to 6 000 dollars, partly insured. no one was present in the burning structure.
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Clay Hill Academy
Clarke County
Millwood
Shenandoah River
Berryville
Winchestere
Mansion House
Old Academy
Winchester
Johnston
Academy
Clay Hills Academy
William H. Whiting
Hampasa-sidney
Ping
Fairbanks Stars in Color Pirates Epic The Black Pirate
Fairbanks headlines a new color super production The Black Pirate set in a southern sea piracy era. He plays a daring driesnob avenging his father, battling pirates to rescue the heroine. Billie Doug and Tempe Pigott co star as the leading lady and duenna.
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Saene
Fairbanks
Meinahan
Morgan
Villians
Marke
Billie Doug
Tempe Pigott
Duenna
Judge Requested to Hold Courts Here After Death
Clerk J Gray Beverley of the Corporation Court and C C Brannon of the Circuit Court asked Governor Byrd to designate a judge to hold sessions in the city. The move aims to complete the current Circuit Court term and begin the April Corporation Court term starting Monday, pending a regular appointment to fill Judge Frank B Whiting's vacancy.
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J. Gray Beverley
Corporation Court
C. C. Brannon
Circuit Court
Byrd
Frank B Whiting
Loyal Order of Moose Initiation Rates Marquee Notice
The charter of the Loyal Order of Moose will close on April 21 at the present low initiation rate. Information and details may be obtained at Little Joe's on Water Street or the Barber Shop of John Hughes, 174 North Loudoun Street, from 7 to 9 Saturday evening when special representatives will be present.
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Loyal Order of Moose
Little Joe’s
Water St
John Hughes
Loudoun St
Cantonese Extremists Must Yield
A brief political notice calls for Cantonese extremists to yield. The terse statement frames the demand as a public order stance, with no additional context or named organizations.
Nanking as Capital Rumors Stir In China Crisis
An article from Shanghai reports Cantonese leaders threatening to oust communists and set Nanking as capital unless unification is achieved. It notes American sailor wounded when the destroyer Preble was fired on on the Yangtse north bank near Kiangyin and discusses a proposed new note from the five powers to China over the incident.
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North Bar Yangtse
Powers
Shanghai
Nanking
China
Tai Ts Chi
Pip
I Ae
Preble
King
Eugene Chet
Great Britain
Japan
Italy
Legion Sponsors Miller Bros Shows in Winchester
Robert Y. Conrad Post American Legion brings Miller Brothers Shows to Winchester next week. Shows open Monday night at the Smith lot on National Avenue with grounds admission. Proceeds benefit the Legion children’s paren ta program for the city.
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Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
Winchester
Miller Brothers
Smith Lot
National Avenue
E the Legion
American Pa
Car of New Cabbage Arrives Under Refrigeration
Winchester Wholesale Grocery Corp advertises a fresh car of New Cabbage arriving under refrigeration for growers. Special price off car expected around the 18th. Also notes for sale building lots in good residential area and a brief odd contact line.
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Winchester Wholesale
Grocery Corp
Goddl
Meat Market Reopens Under New Ownership at Piccadilly Street
New ownership at 41 E Piccadilly St advertises Harry J. Brown meat and grocery business now operated by Frank Swartz and A Ry Loy. The note asks customers for continued patronage and lists contact by phone.
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Harry
Piccadilly St
Harry J. Brown
Frank Swartz & A
Ry Loy
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Associated Press Service
Fate
Princess of Festival
Mary Elizabeth Smith
Robert S. Smith
Frederick
Shenandoah
Mr. and
Mrs. Bond
Mississippis
Missouri
Charles Evans Hughes
President Coolidge
Brigdewater
Handley Stadium
Same
Fritts
Columbus, O
Mrs. Fritts
Miss Ruth Fritts
John Turner
F.B. Whiting
Javist
Famous Cramp Company
Empire Colonial
Clay Hill
Little’ Theatre
Legion
Miller Bros
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