Social and Personal Notes From Staunton and Winchester
Mrs. Blair Hahn joins her husband in Staunton after his promotion to the Staunton office of the Western Union Telegraph Company. The Hahn family plans to make Staunton their future home. Winchester hosts a May Day dance at the Winchester Golf Club on May 1 with Verzi's orchestra, plus dances on other dates for Apple Blossom Festival events May 4–5. Local residents may enter the best decorated building or residence contest by contacting Mr Gray or Mr R S Jolliffe at festival headquarters. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union meets April 29 at 3 p.m. at the Handley Library to plan Apple Blossom activities. The Ronark Novelty Orchestra of Martinsburg plays at Rouss Hall in Charles Town, W Va, April 29. Winchester residents expect to attend.
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Staunton
Blair Hahn
Hahn
Western Union Telegraph Company
Winchester Golf Club
Verzi
Gray
R. 8. Jolliffe
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Handley Library
Ronark Novelty Orchestra
Martinsburg
Rouss
UVA Alumni Endowment Trustees Meet In Charlottesville
The Alumni Board of Trustees of the University of Virginia Endowment Fund met at the president's office with attendees including Robert B. Tunstall from Norfolk Charles J. Faulkner of Martinsburg W V R Gray Williams of Winchester and Eppa Hunton of Richmond. Sarah Zane Fire Company hosts Apple Blossom Festival guests with Good Will Fire Company and Edenville Cornet Band visiting Chambersburg Pa about three hundred guests expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Robert B. Tunstall
Norfolk
Charles J. Faulkner
Martinsburg
W. Va
R. Gray Williams
Winchester
Eppa Hunton
Richmond
Sarah Zane
Sarah Vane Fire Company
Good Will Fire Company
Chambersburg
Edenville Cornet Band
Sarah Zane Company
Mrs. Hardy Reaches Home After Fourth Operation
Mrs E N Hardy wife of a Winchester merchant who recently underwent a fourth operation at Memorial Hospital was moved to her North Kent Street home Sunday and is improving toward a full recovery. Festival Decorators Ready To Begin Their Work Nilrac Decorators in charge of Apple Blossom Festival decorations in Winchester are making arrangements with Mr D Nail and Mr Carlin Gray assisting.
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E. N. Hardy
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
North Kent Street
Nilrac
D. Nail
Mr. Carlin
Gray
Winchester Shriners
Imperial Council
Philadelphia
Dixie Mason
Isaac Mason
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Mr. Asbury Hubbard
South Cameron Street
Grippe
Frank Eustler
Frank, Jr
Eugene Davis
Cooper Apartments
Frank Harry
Regional Notices and Social Quick Updates
Charlottesville and Washington trips noted for business. Guests depart Liberty town Md and Boyce. local residents return from visits in New York City and Miami. Various residents host surprise parties and attend church society meetings, with health updates on grippe and measles. Several figures travel for Grand Commandery business in Virginia and relatives relocate between Riverton and local towns.
West Point Cadets Hold War Drill at Aberdeen
Aberdeen Md April 27 140 West Point cadets conducted annual ordinance instruction with simulated warfare on the main reservation ground in six divisions. They also inspected the Aberdeen armament museum featuring a 23 ton armored truck with rotating shield to allow the operator to view firing points safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Aberdeen
West Point
Aberdeen Armament Museum
Hope Abandoned for Freight Steamer Suduffco
The Transmarine Corporation of Port Newark gave up all hope for the freighter Suduffco overdue from Panama Canal since March 22. Capt. T. Turner commanded a crew of 28 aboard the vessel.
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Associated Press
Newark
M. J
Suduffco
Panama Canal
Transmarine Corporation of
Port Newark
T. Turner
Virginia Loan and Thrift Corporation Charter Recorded
The charter for the Virginia Loan and Thrift Corporation of this city is filed in the corporation clerk’s office. Minimum capital stock is $30,000. Purposes include lending repayable in instalments secured by liens on property and to conduct credit investigations and related services. Officers unnamed.
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Virginia Loan and Thrift Corporation
Industrial Loan Association
Local Board Officers and Directors Named
J S Haldeman serves as president H C Sheetz as vice president Lake J Fra zier as secretary and treasurer The board includes Fred L Glaize Frank Lovett J M Orndorff D B E Stultz L R Smith P D Miller all from this city and W H Crawford of Danville Va
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J. S. Haldeman
H. C. Sheetz
Lake J. Frazier
Fred L. Glaize
Frank Lovett
J. M. Orndorff
D. BE. Stultz
L. R. Smith
P. D. Miller
W. H. Crawford
Danvile
Deputies Withdrawn From Jersey Plants
Passaic New Jersey April 27 Deputy guards at city textile plants were withdrawn by Sheriff Charles F Morgan after a 14 week strike. The 150 deputies brought in the night of April 18 were deemed no longer necessary.
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Passaic
N. J
Charles F. Morgan
Closing Exercises at Middle Town Colored School
The closing exercises of the Middletown colored school will be held at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Middletown on Wednesday April 28 at 8 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Colored School
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, Middletown
May Restore the Whipping Post For Old Hancock Soaks
Hagerstown Maryland April 27 reports a movement to revive the public whipping post to curb drunkenness. Proponents say fines are too mild and often paid by wives. The idea follows the arrest of an old offender fined ten dollars and costs. Mayor Mason and the Town Council may be asked to act in May. Hancock recently passed an anti jug law targeting moonshine and related containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hagerstown
John T. Mason
Mancock
Dry Officer Insisted He Shot Self Accidentally
NORTON Virginia April 27 Police say Ellis Dye Wise county prohibition officer wounded farmer George Hill during a bootlegging pursuit. Dye later told Dr John G Bentley he accidentally shot himself after claiming he killed an innocent man. Hill fought for life after the incident, Dye hospitalized himself.
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Norton
Ellis Dye
Wise County
Prohibition
George Hill
John G. Bentley Dee
Dye
Norton-Appalachia
Blackwood
Hill
Bentley
Hiss
Whittemore Jury In Buffalo Seems Deadlocked
Buffalo April 27 jurors in the Richard Reese Whittemore case a New York bandit accused of killing two bank guards in October remained deadlocked after deliberating until 145 am they returned to their hotel and again to court with no verdict by opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Buffalo
N. Y
Richard Reese Whittemore
New York
Tober
Freight Revenues Show Good Gain On B and O R R
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reports March net operating income of 8 176 915 and first quarter income up 1 636 441 from 1925. Freight revenues for the quarter rise 8 006 798 while passenger revenues fall 101 455.
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Associated Press
New York
Baltimore and Ohio
March
Iron with Coo Liver Oil Makes Weak Child Strong
Doctors prescribe cod liver oil and iron to rebuild strength and red blood. Chemists extract the useful flesh-building elements from cod liver oil, mix with iron, and form easy to take tablets. Burke's Cod Liver Oil and Iron Tablets at the drug store claim to restore vigor and nourishment in children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burke
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Golf Club
Charles Town
Mr. Williams
Sample Shoe Store
Shriners
Randolph Dame
Page Dame
Billy
Robert M. Ward
South Washington Street
Caroline Hunter
King George County
Washington
G. K. Geyer
Manufacturers’ Record
Harry Sartelle
Leo Campbell
Joseph Campbell
Fort Banks
Mass
George P. Kern
County
Elizabeth Stuart
Washington, D. C
Mrs
Dallas Grady
Stuart Smith
Southern Electric Company
Melvin Murray
Clifton Forge
Charles Borum
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Strasburg
Lou Lewis
Romney
Charles Crisman
FE. Blanche Crisman
Stuart
Herald
Miami
Fla
Hollywood-by the-Sea
Mary Cohaver
Mra Mannie ‘Oomer
Ewermers
Jothy Copenhaver
Summit Point
Berryville
George Chapman
R. L. Petrie
Macedonia
W. S. Durear
Libertytown
Edward Johnston
Mr. R. Gray Williams
George Shakaran
Master George
Victoria
Quogue
Long Island
Ethel Cooper
Boyce
W .F. Green
Green
George F. Norton
New York City
Kenneth Heine
John I. Sloat
J. W. Crider
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
C. Vernon Eddy
Alexandria
Knights Templar of Virginia
8S. F. Rhodes
C. E. Dean
National Avenue
Riverton
Scott Bair
J. H. Cato, Jr
Richmond, Va
G. F. House
D. B. Stickley
Stephens City
Walter Shown
Miss Alice Shown
Mount Jackson, Va
Earl Humston
Edinburg, Va
West Point Boys
Aberdeen, Md
Matt
Jeff
Bud. Fisher
Bozo
Amiel
Ceenir
O.t
France
Magnolia Oil Company
Luling
Tex
Morris Roseman
Vintage
Lancaster
Iness and
Rosey
Bahamas
Los Angeles
U. S. Navy
Lakehurst
Mayer
Jersey
Hancock
Self
Dick Whittemore
Nathanson
People's Drug Store
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