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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 22, 1930

Page

3

Social and Personal notice on Mowing day arrangements

Mapped call for contact between 3 and 4 p m to arrange Saturday mowing day duties. Names and precise locations are not fully readable but the notice seeks coordination for the event.

Pleasant Capon Va. gathering honors local residents

An April 14 event at Capon Virginia brought together a large group of attendees from Capon and nearby towns. Guests included the Senseney family, the Mowery and Painter families, and relatives from Winchester and Relief, with several accompanying spouses and children.

Epworth League Meeting Tonight at Brad dock Street Church

Epworth League of Brad dock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South holds a regular business meeting tonight at 8 o clock at the home of Miss Pauline Smaltz 440 National Avenue. The note urges full attendance by members. Miss Samsell Visits Brother in Stephens City during Easter holidays. Mr W M Samsell principal Slate Ridge High School Cardiff Md visits sisters in Stephens City and is joined by sister Miss Maggie Samsell who will attend Pennsylvania before returning home.

Welch Winchester A. C. Welch New York Glen Lee Fairmont Avenue Mr. Welch Raleigh N. C Lucy Ann Kinzel Peace Institute Magnolia Middleton Gardens Charleston S. C Waynesboro George R. Mentzer Emma _ Strosnider United Brethren Church North Avenue George W. Stover Jacob Mentzer Elijah Strasnider Strasburg Epworth League Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South Pauline Smaltz National Avenue Miss Samsell W. M. Samsell Slate Ridge High School Cardiff Misses Samsell Stephens City Maggie Samsell Pennsylvania

Local Residents Return From Visits and Festival Arrivals

Dr and Mrs B M Knight Jr return from Newport News Va after Easter with Mrs Gillet and plan guests for the Apple Blossom Festival Miss Florence Gillet of Baltimore to join later Relatives of late Mr Hunter Seabright return home after funeral Mr Clarence W Hensell Staunton Va arrives for Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Dr Stickley Stephens City underwent surgery Mayo Clinic doctors Boye and Dutton Iden Berryville return from Mayo Clinic Mrs S J Goode and son James spent Easter in Washington Rockville Md and Newport News Va guests stay Mack L Errener Newport News Va visiting county Friends Kremer Snyder host Prince Baltimore spending time here with local families.

B. M. Knight B. Mitchell Knight, Jr Newport News Charles F. Gillet Mr. Seabright Hunter S. Seabright Walter Seabright Philadelphia Douglas Seabright A. X. Fallon Rutherford, N. J Clarence W. Hensell Staunton Winchester Hensell S. J. Goode James Washington, D. C Rockville, Md M. L. Errener

Winchester Guests Attend Easter Dance and Festival Notices

A list of Winchester residents and visitors details attending the Front Royal Easter dance and various festival events. Names include Miss Judy McGuire, Miss Louise Hawley, Miss Sally Fuchenburger, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Brooks, Mr. and Mrs. George R. Green, and many others visiting or staying in Winchester for Easter and Apple Blossom Festival.

Judy McGuire Louise Hawley Winchester Front Royal Messrs Seddon Nelson John Weems Robert Riley Dick Arias Jack Schill West

Investigation of Ohio Penitentiary Fire Halts Suddenly

Columbus April 22 Governor Cooper ordered State's Attorney Gilbert Beetman to take charge of the inquiry into the Ohio Penitentiary fire. Franklin County Prosecutor John Chester Jr had urged Warden Preston Thomas suspension and removal of the war den telephone, provoking protest from state officials. The count stated 317 convicts died as flames trapped inmates in their cells during the blaze.

Columbus Ohio Franklin County John Chester, Jr Cooper Gilbert Beetman Chester Preston Thomas Beetman Ohio Penitentiary Ohio National Thomas Toledo Shelkey

Fire devastates Ohio penitentiary four blocks in blaze

More than 300 convicts died as a fire swept four cell blocks at the Ohio penitentiary in Columbus. Militias and police battled thousands of prisoners in the yard while state officials and guards investigated the incendiary origin.

Columbus Ohio National Guardsmen Rds Army Camp Penitentiary Gill French

Maryland Man Kidnapped By Mexican Bandits

Hill Maryland reports a Snow Hill native Dr George Edward Purnell kidnapped Sunday near Guadalajara Mexico. Consul Raleigh A Gibson advised authorities and noted Purnell practiced dentistry in Guadalajara for 35 years and held banking and silver mine interests with his brother James L Purnell.

Snow Hill George Edward Purnell Unday Guadalajara Mexico University of Maryland Quincy Ill Los Angeles Purnell James L. Purnell John W. Purnell Exixco Berlin Mr. Purnell

Another Storm Of Selling Sweeps Over Market

New York April 22 The stock market saw another storm of selling with many issues down 1 to 10 points. An early rally developed in the afternoon led by amusements farm implements rails and specialties. Morning losses were trimmed and many issues rose 1 to 5 points with some up 6 to 18 points.

New York

Local Window Shows Cut Glass From Gore Sand Mines

An exhibit in a North Loudoun street window features cut and pressed glass and rock crystal ware from Sloan Brothers Lonaconing Maryland using sand mined by Eastern Silicate Corporation at Gore Frederick County. Local stockholders offer one share of stock with each half dozen glass article wholesale purchase to promote Sloan Brothers locating a factory near Gore or in Winchester.

Solenberger and Company Loudoun Street Eastern Silicate and Chemical Corporation Frederick County Johns. Penrose Earl E Eastern Silicate Corporation Sloan Brothers Winchester Gore

President Hoover Warns of Treasury Deficit

President Hoover informs Congressional leaders that budget review shows a Treasury deficit for the next year between 20 million and 30 million dollars. In a letter to Senate and House appropriations chairmen he warns there is cause for real alarm, contrasting with prior optimism about a potential surplus of about 40 million.

Associated Press Washington Hoover Treasury Jones Senate Appropriations Committee House Appropriations Committee

New Clue Leads Baker Case Probers Off Old Trail

Washington April 22 half a dozen major clues redirected police in the Arlington National Cemetery area search for the murderer of Mary Baker. Authorities kept their new theory private but said the trail was marked by important clues and progress was hoped. Mervin Sisson and Julian Gallagher, arrested recently, were released.

Associated Press Washington Mary Baker Arlington National Cemetery Mervin Sisson Julian Gallagher

Kinogram News to Cover Apple Festival Coverage

Kinogram News Service will have Mr. Johnson cover the Apple Festival for the various moving picture theatres served by the agency.

Kinogram News Service Mr. Johnson

Popular James Lee Campbell Voted Top Man at Columbia

James Lee Campbell of Galena Kansas was named the most popular man by Columbia University senior class voters. The distinction highlights Campbell's standing among classmates at the university.

James Lee Campbell Galena Kas Columbia University

Packard Cars Arrive For Local Apple Festival Fete

Fourteen Packard motor cars arrived this afternoon to serve as official cars for the apple festival on Thursday and Friday. The Baltimore vehicles are furnished through the Wright Motor Company in this city for the festival authorities.

Packard Baltimore Wright Motor Company

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Mao Teabaile Miller Capon Va Seney Robert Senseney Nancy Senseney Carson Senseney Lewis Senseney G. E. Senseney Pud Senseney Grace Senseney Russell Miller C. C. Hottel L.M. Ogden Gilbert Ogden W. F. Booth K. Orndorff Estelle Orndorff Isabelle Mowery Nellie Mowery and . E. Mowery A.M. Painter Kenneth Painter L. C. Strasnyder M. L. Johnson Dora Keyser Mamie Fawcett Black Diamond Orchestra Seashore Jordan Springs Atlantic City N. J WPG Phil Emberton Richards Roy Richards J. Goode Romney W. Va Charles E. McVay Goode William L. Irwin C. T. Brodie Detroit W. L. Irwin Memorial Hospital Brodie Stickley P. B. Stcikley P. W. Boyd B. B Dutton C. H. Iden Berryville Mayo Clinic Rochester Minn Benjamin F. Prince Thomas Kremer John H. Snyder Rovenilen Bes Huntsberry Sally Fuchenburger Harrisonburg, Va Mrs Max Lewis Amherst Street W. A. Brooks R. B. Brown George R. Green White Post George Dean and Son Albion, Mich F. L. Buckley Stewart Street David Crockett Hagerstown, Md Mrs. W. F. Curran Annapolis, Md Jack Olive Kibler Charleroi, Pa George Wisecarver Inwood W. C. Plundeke Pareee Harry Syster Marjorie Syster Latrobe Henderson Miss Syster Derry C. M. Martin Ross L. King and Daughter Syracuse, N. Y Hotel Jack Miss Vernon Thill Luther Jones Miss Thill William F. Thill Ernest Ely Gibson Bradfield Barnesville, Ohio Thomas Taliaferro Isaac T. Mann Misses Wood Mill Bank R. McCord Hoffman Robert Jenkins Millwood Frank Gilhausen Chillicather, Ohio J. P. Haddox H. W. Cook W. K. Moble Company Fort Wayne Ind Cook Apple George Washington Hotel Harry,Lowry Gertrude van Lowry Harrisonburg Charlotte, N. C T. W. English South Washington Street P. B. Hammond Frederick, Md Richard Pratt Shenandoah Valley Academy Pratt Prince Edward Street Richard T. Pratt Fredericksburg Free Lance Star Preston E. Thomas H. H. Criswold George Washington Maryland The Senate George H. Shaw Denver Colorado Senator Phipps Baker Case Probers Péple R. T. Jones & CO Margaret L. Hodgson Dr. Schott Hieve Mburg W. T. Hottle Winchester Flour & Feed CO Serene Commercial and Savings Bank Frederick Virginia State Corporation Commission John I Sloat Commercial Andings Bank of Virginia John I. Sloat J. A. Richard Herbert Larrick H. C. Sheetz Fred. S. Boyd State of Virginia County of Alice L. Osburn Southern Chemical CO G. W. Morris Mgr
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