County News Highlights Local Health and Events
Betty Himmelright continues recovery after surgery. Stella Windle sprains her ankle. Sunday visitors at Clinton Copp home in Saumsville. Edwin Grey ill but improving. Albert Keller of Wheat Field ill but improving. Mrs. James Coates’ injury not permanent. Mary and Martha Malone visited Mountain Falls. Orlando troupe brings play to Coal Mine Schoolhouse. Mount Hope Church services Wednesday with guest minister. D. A. Glaize among Waiting G at Saumsville. Wedding bride speculation at Leb sees site. Large cake prize for guessing game. Marguerite Miller hosts weekend guests. Nathaniel Miller dies. funeral near Clary. Donald Smith Jr born April 16 at Orial Hospital Winchester. Mae Norbeck formerly of Strasburg. Families move into Norbeck property. Readings held in Strasburg and Lebanon Church schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Himmelright
Stella Windle
Sunday
Clinton Copp
Saumsville
Adolph Hockman
Gertrude Hock
Man
Jack Cook
Edwin Grey
Otis Brown
Grippe
Albert, Keller
Wheatfield
James Coates
Strasburg
Mary
Martha Malone
Russell Hulver
Mountain Falls
Orlando
Mount Hope Church
H. M. Crim
D. A. Glaize
Leb- See
Tly
A. A. Miller
Marguerite Miller
Bryan Brumback
Archie Unger
Frances Hoover
Mabel Orndorff
Martha Ann Unger
Nathaniel Miller
Harvey Keller
Clary
Donald Stickley
Orial Hospital
Winchester
Donald Smith, Jr
Stickley
Mae Norbeck
John Norbeck
P . Buckley
Little and Latrick
Cecil Bly
Fishers Hill
Norbeck
Marguerite Sonner
Mayme Pingley
Loretta Emmert
Ida Keller
Lola
Mr Brown
Charles_ Funkhouser
Lebanon Church School
Refuge News In Brief from Grim and Local Families
REFUGE VA April 22 Mr and Mrs Silas Grim visit Ollie Grim as he recovers from two weeks of pneumonia. Frank Huffman family and Earl Huff with daughter spend Sunday with Amis Lillard. John Bray hosts Carl Dovell of Washington DC. Jane Leeard visits Huffman kin near Stephens City. Orndoff home welcomes Phil Bowman and two sons and Ivin White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Refuge
Silas Grim
Ollie Grim
Grim
Frank Huffman
Amis Lillard
Earl Huff
John Bray
Carl Dovell
Washington, D. C
Jane Leeard
Stephens City
Orndoff
Phil Bowman
Ivin White
Brucetown Brevities Briefs From Poe VA
F L W Burke and Mrs Julia Smith of Riverton were guests of their cousin Mr L O th on Wednesday. Russell and William Swimley attended the Berryville High School dance Friday night. Mr and Mrs Herbert Fisher returned Thursday from Florida. Mrs Julian Snapp Jr visited her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs O C Windle last week at Lebanon Church. Mr and Mrs J P Stine and Mr and Mrs Herbert Russell drove to Roanoke Sunday to visit Mrs Newton Clarke. Mr and Mrs B W Brill spent Sunday with their daughter and son in Martinsburg W Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon Church
J. P. Stine
Herbert Russell
Roanoke
Newton Clarke
B. W. Brill
Paul Triggs
Martinsburg
W. Va
Kenneth Bell
Rockville
Dorothy Sager
N. C. Williams
Harding
Alfred
Walter Crowser
Winchester
Sonny Boy” Campbell
Joyce
Hollis Clowser
Virginia Bear
Carlton Patterson
Mountain Falls
Harry Williams
Myrtle Clowser
William Hollis, Jr
Bessie Campbell
Death of Lula Kibler in Washington and local injuries
Mount Williams notes the death of Lula Kibler after residing in Mount Williams since 1919 and active in the Sunday School. Also reports Dorothy Sager’s hospital return and Joshua Elliott’s severe gasoline fire injury while with the local road force, clothing ignited by a broken match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Williams
Lula Kibler
Washington
Dorothy Sager
Joshua Elliott
Clowser Home Hosts Local Visitors and Relatives
The article lists residents and guests at the Hollis Clowser home in Barcroft Virginia including Mrs Virginia Bear Walter Clowser Clarence Clowser Paul Clowser and others from Winchester Arlington Mount Falls and Rockville family members and friends are noted visiting and spending time with the Clowser household over recent days
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcroft
Hollis Clowser
Virginia Bear
Walter, Clarence
Paul Clowser
Winchester
Luther Hamilton
Arlington
Paul Golliden
Mount Falls
Gray Fauver
Little Earle
Irene Fauver
Paul
Joyce Campbell
William Hollis Clowser
Farmers plowing and spring spraying in Fawcett Gap
Fawcett's Gap Virginia reports farmers actively plowing and spraying this spring. Mr J C Burkhardt visited his father Jacob Burkhardt on Sunday. Mt Airy School hosted an old time musical program last Wednesday. Uncle Zeke and His Old Timers entertained a large audience on WSVA in Harrisonburg with stringed music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fawcett
Social Evening Highlights And Local Updates
Music and jokes delighted guests at a home gathering hosted by Mr. and Mrs. William Orndorff. Olin Lowe slowly recovers from mumps while H M Brumback remains critical after a Winchester Memorial Hospital operation. County Agent I Fred Stine led a Mt Airy school meeting on a new agricultural program. Birthdays and family visits fill the weekend with multiple Brumback and Snapp family appearances. Mrs. Lela B Wright dies on April 6 ending a long era of local service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismark Proffitt
William Orndorff
Olin Lowe
H. M. Brumback
Winchester Memorial Hospital
L. H. Coffman
Baltimore
Harry Bowman
E. D. Punkhouser
Bowman
Danter
I. Fred Stine
Mt. Airy
Clyde’ Grubbs
Winchester
W. J. Punk
H. T. Snapp
Fr. I. Pritchard
Joseph M. Snapp
Elizabeth Bywaters
State Teachers’ College
Harrisonsburg
Frank Brumback
David Brumback
Mayme Miller
Lela B. Wright
Community Extends Sympathy To Bereaved
The community gathers to mourn a loss with many friends and relatives recalling the illness and long service of the deceased. The bereaved include a band and many children, who remember her warm presence and generous acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yar Sring
Bloom Brevities in Bloom, Moon View Notes Quiet Festival
Bloom, Virginia reports a calm Moon View debate as Apple Blossom Festival continues. Mrs. Paul Poun was calling Mrs. Thomas Cooper Monday. Miss Virginia Clowser of Washington visited Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bowser. Mr. Wade Halmington made a business trip to Timberville last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloom
Moon View
Paul Poun
Thomas
Cooper Monay
Virginia Clowser
Washington
Carl Bowser
Wade Halmington
Timberville
Gore Ladies’ Aid hosts mock wedding in town gathering
J W Parish invited Gore Ladies Aid and Gore Winchester friends to a recent Gore event at Mrs Newton Shingleton’s home. The program featured the Gore quartet and a women led mock wedding with a male minister, a concert violinist, and Mrs Dolly Sirbaugh singer accompanied by Ken Wisecarver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gore
J. W. Parish
Gore Ladies' Aid Society
Winchester
Newton Shingleton
Ladies’ Aid Society
Dolly Sirbaugh
Mr. Wisecarver
Local Wedding in Crab Hollow Centre Celebrates Shingletons
The wedding featured a long guest list including Mrs Bowman and Mrs D F Kerns with guests from around the world. Virginia Kerns Marguerite Constable Vada Michael Pranks served as flower attendants while Nina Ruckman bore the veil. The bride’s mother wore mourning and the reception offered ice cream cake nuts candy and coffee before dispersal with praise for entertainers the Shingletons and Mrs Parrish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreamland
Crab Hollow Centre
Bowman
D. F. Kerns
Secrist
Molly Kerns
Larrick
Wisecarver
Tacy Triplett
Flower
Virginia Kerns
Marguerite Constable
Marguerite Wisecarvier
Nina Ruckman
Rregho Gen
Sheriff Sale of Race Horse Most Always in Winchester Va
Sheriff acts on attachment in Baugh and Son Co versus Lynn Carver case to auction the six year old race horse Most Always in good racing condition at Robert Barr's barn on Fairfax Lane, Winchester Virginia, Friday April 24, 1936 at 1 PM. Cash terms. Sheriff Harry L. McCann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baugh & Son Co
Lynn Carver
Robert Barr
Fairfax Lane
Winchester
Cash
Harry L. McCann
Sheriff
Prediction of a 60 Percent U S Fruit Crop This Year
WENATCHEE April 22 J B Adams of the Independent Fruit Shippers predicts the 1936 total commercial crop and similar fruits across the American continent will not reach 60 percent of the three to four year average. He cites weather patterns including warm spells thaws snow and freezes and claims central Washington will have an average crop while overall production declines. Adams bases his forecast on 26 years of crop and price records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee
Wash
American
J. B. Adams
Independent Fruit Shippers
United States
Canada
Washington
Virginia
York
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DH W. Rosenberger & Co
Chester, Virginia
Duco
Pine Motor CO
Braddock
Cecil Sts
Dodge-Plymouth
Shenandoah Motor Co., Inc
Power
Goodrich
Cammer Tire Co
Braddock & Access Sts
Bickers
Bome
H. W. Ebert
Buick and Pontiac
Winchester, VA
Republic
Martinsburg Pike
Amherst , Boscawen
Valley Ave
Piccadilly
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