Old Record Found In Greenwood Church Wall
Workmen repairing Greenwood Methodist Church uncovered a folded 34 name list believed to be an old Sunday School roll placed in the wall about 65 or 70 years ago. Names include John Carper and Janey Ford, with several crosses marking entries, church records dating back to the 1856 building and 1915 remodel.
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Clinton Ebersole
Dennis Giffin
J. S. Dove
Greenwood Methodist Church
Harry G. Balthis
Montague Avenue Methodist Church
Greenwood
John Carper
Woodland Avenue
Carper
Janey Ford
Balthis
James Kelican
Dave Carpenter
Jacob Carpenter
Theodore Bady
George Kelican
August Shouller
Albert Kobel
John Ashway
John W. Sherer
Adam J. Bentzel
Charles Carpenter
Charles Ritter
John Houttman
Newton Carpenter
James Ritter
John Haginbuck
Henry Haginbuck
Alfred Carper
Mollie Gooldin
Rosa C. Sherer
Emily Gibbons
Sarah Bentzle
Susan Houttmann
Ida Ford
Fanny Ford
David Carper
John Ford
Greenwood Church Reopens With Repairs and Campus Upgrades
The Greenwood Church interior, revived by Ana Street Methodist Church and local residents led by Rev. Balthis, is being redecorated with wallpaper and furniture painting. Exterior work includes weatherboarding, roof repairs, and new gutters. The cemetery will also be improved. Sunday School has 50 students, with Market Street Church leaders teaching. Miss Mary Catherine Kern oversees the school and teaches the adults. Mrs. May Carper is organist and teaches intermediates, with Mrs. Guy Line guiding juniors, Mrs. Mildred Cameron the primaries, and Miss Nettie Hasmmill the beginners and assistant organist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood
Ana Street Methodist Church
Balthis
Market Street Church
Mary Catherine Kern
May Carper
Guy Line
Mildred Cameron
Nettie Hasmmill
Auxiliary For Growers Is Favored
The Virginia State Horticultural Society plans a ladies auxiliary proposed by Dr. Homer E. Clarke from Nelson county. A future annual meeting may include a separate program for gardening and home economics. A proposed apple flavor test could compare apples from different districts using blind tasting to guide larger studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Roanoke
Virginia
Homer E. Clarke
Nelson County
Horticultural Society
Snell Family Involvement in the Battle of Oriskany
The Army War College notes in the Magazine of American History that nine Snell family members fought at Oriskany on August 6, 1777 and seven were buried there. The slain were likely related as cousins rather than a single immediate family.
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Snell
R. G
Army War College
Magazine of American History
Oriskany
City and County Realty Transfers Summary
Frederick County transfers list multiple deeds with buyers including Virginia Motorcycle Club and various individuals. Parcels range from 2 to 95 acre tracts near Sulphur Springs Road Front Royal Road Route 50 Macedonia Road and Back Creek district with prices mostly ten dollars or modest sums plus valuable considerations and assumption of liens. Names include Loy Eaton E. H. White Sophia Rosenberger Robert Helmick James Bentley Cather Delmar McIlwee Emma Dettra Esten Shelly A. Pierce and families and entities Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Jessie G Stump and Lloyd Light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Loy Eaton Et Als
Virginia Motorcycle Club, Inc
City
James Bentley Cather
Clarence F. Schenck
Delmar P. McIlwee
M. M. McIlwee
Back Creek
Presbyterians Plan Three Bible School Institutes
Winchester Presbytery will conduct three Bible School Institutes at Romney Berryville and Martinsburg under the Religious Education committee. Berryville program May 21 from 10 to 12 includes worship and talks by Ada Glass Baker Inez Tucker and Mrs E B Paisley on organizing materials and conserving results of Vacation Bible School work.
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Winchester
Berryville
Ada Glass Baker
Kernstown
Inez Tucker
Richmond
E. B. Paisley
Girl With Upside-Down Stomach Weds in Missouri Honeymoon
Alyce Jane McHenry once known as the girl with the upside-down stomach honeymooned in Chicago with William Kern Byle. The former Omaha girl, aged 15, eloped March 22 and married at St. Charles Mo. She had appeared in New York as a model and had corrective surgery in Fall River Mass after a 1935 medical exam.
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Chicago
Alyce Jane McHenry
Omaha, Neb
William Kern Byle
Northwestern University
St. Charles
Alyce
Jean Vickers
New York
Fall River
Mass
Woman Bequeaths 11000 To Beggar Who Helped Her
Detroit woman Mrs. Robert Thrasher 44 a practical nurse with eight children died and left 11000 to a beggar she befriended six years ago Nathan Kanover the beggar wrote in a crude script that she did him a good turn now surprises the probate judge who may receive 2000 as a fee for arranging the will's execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Robert Thrasher
Nathan Kanover
Thomas C. Ee
Tae
Dies Speaks In Staunton At Kiwanis Club
Representative Martin A. Dies will address the Staunton Kiwanis Club at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel on Monday April 29. Culpepper announced strong reservations and said the event will be broadcast. Dies chairs the House Committee hunting un American activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin A. Dies
Staunton Kiwanis Club
Stonewall Jackson Hotel
Milton Oo. Culpepper
Dies
House
Answers to Today's Quiz Page Four
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 list items with concise responses. Items include categories such as gold type, a representative, astronomical distance, job role, price, a classic novel, a region, and a simple yes or no as the final entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Bankhead
Alabama
Tibet
Census Bureaus Reaches 100 Million Population Count
The census bureau announced the 100 millionth American count today with about 30 million people still to enumerate. Door to door work began April 2 and should finish in a week. tabulation will take years with state and national totals expected this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
Zanesville
New York City
de Bote
Elk Garden
W. Va
Shirley
Ark
Big Flat
Saposs Defends Political Views
Dr. David J. Saposs, chief economist of the Labor Board, declares to Representatives Murdock and Healey that he is neither a Communist nor an advocate of violent political action. His statement comes amid congressional scrutiny of his writings and views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
David J. Saposs
Labor Board
Saposs
Murdock
Utah
Healey
D-Mass
Smith Committee
Iiaporova
Marceras Qupproval O
Hitler And Il Duce Exchange Missions
Rome report confirms an exchange of military commissions between Germany and Italy within their alliance. The first German mission members have arrived in Rome as part of a broader program started in 1938 to maintain constant contact between the armed forces of both countries.
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Rome
Germany
Italy
Amazing New Stoker Gives Cheap Clean Automatic Heat
A new coal burner by The Pocahontas Fuel Company operates automatically without hopper filling shaking grills or clinker removal. It promises cleanliness economy and dependability and fits existing heating systems. Install any time without disturbing warmth and may cost as little as $10 per month. Call Mr H C Syndor at O Connell Air Conditioning 228 Braddock St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas Fuel Company
H. C. Syndor
O'Connell
Braddock St
Tornado Levels 30 Rural Houses Near Alexandria
A tornado struck several small communities about 40 miles south of Alexandria Louisiana demolishing about 30 rural houses. No fatalities or serious injuries were reported. The same disturbance lashed other parts of Louisiana with wind and rain as it moved eastward along the Gulf Coast.
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Alexandria
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Norway’s King Recognizes Provisional German-Occupied Government
Berlin reports indicate King Haakon VII of Norway acknowledged the provisional government for occupied areas and called it an administrative committee. German officials view the move as lacking constitutional legitimacy while Norwegian sources cite Supreme Court leadership, shaping the regime as legally constituted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Haakon VII
Norway
Haakon
Whchh
Supreme Court
Chicken Thieves Reported Active Across Clarke Area
In Berryville Virginia on April 19 reports show ongoing poultry thefts in Clarke and nearby counties. Eleven fowls vanished in Stone Bridge near the Warren county line, with Warren County yielding the largest haul near the Clarke border from a Mr. Oliver. A total of 40 fowls disappeared from Frank Gruber and Harry Elyett henneries in Longmarsh near Wadesville. other losses noted in Jefferson county.
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Berryville
Clarke
Stone Bridge
Warren
Oliver
New Hampshire
Jobe
Lew Allen
Clifton
Bob Buckner
West Virginia
Franklintown
Frank Gruber
Harry Elyett
Wadesville
Longmarsh
Jefferson County
Reports Sinking U Boat of Britain
Berlin radio DJE said German planes sunk a British submarine off Norway's west coast after sighting it and dropping heavy bombs, a report broadcast to NBC from New York on April 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Berlin
DJE
Norway
NBC
Manipulation of Plant Heredity Reported to Society
Dr. H. E. Warmke and Dr. Albert F. Blakeslee of the Carnegie Institution at Cold Spring Harbor announce a method to produce bi-sexual hermaphroditic plants at will from ordinary male and female stock. Each flower carries both pistil and stamen, making seed fertilized without pollen transfer. The technique promises quicker, pure stock for crops and horticulture, with controllable results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
American Philosophical Society
H. E. Warmke
Albert F. Blakeslee
Carnegie Institution
Cold Spring Harbor
Long Island
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Greenwood Church
Market St. Church
Shenandoah XVII
Mary Catherine Fuller
Ridgeway
State Teachers College
Radford
Georgiana Mewhirter
Yorkville
Ill
Senandoah’s
Sullins College
Bristol
Jape Allen
Salisbury
Maryland State Horticultural Society
Gere Dell Sale
Washington, D. C
American University At
Elizabeth Paxton Grant
Danville
Stratford College
SILCO
Veryone
John W. Rosenberger
State Horticultural Society
A. F. Rees, Inc
Leesburg, VA
Berryville, VA
Emma P. Dettra
R. D. Dinges
A. C. Pierce
Esten Shelly
Cedar Creek
William M. Richards
Als
J. Augustus Haines
Iona Marie Haines
Acorn Hights
Presbyterians
Staunton
Roddy Killowatt
Hitler
Il Duce
Hoy
Britain
Remington
Johns - Manville
Glaize & Bro
Johns-Manville
Goodyear Tires
Goodyear
Pathfinder
Buncutter Tire Coo
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