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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1934
Page
2
New facilities on the Fredericksburg Teachers College campus will serve part of the 1934 35 session. The red brick structure with limestone trims features a three story limestone portico, two parlors, a reception hall, and 56 bedrooms each with private baths and modern fittings.
Front Royal Virginia residents and visitors are noted in a string of social items. EB M Green and Jaydon Browne visited town. Lynn Harris of the Public Roads Bureau stays several days. families relocate to Front Royal. many luncheon and bridge guests are listed with names and origins.
The Post Office beat the Boy Scouts 16 to 11 in a post game. Sarah Zane edged South End 9 to 8. Friendship defeated Snapp Foundry 20 to 4. Standings are listed for the teams to date.
Homer L. Woodward of Royal was fined 25 dollars plus costs for possession of liquor totaling 35.25. Douglas Foremian faced the same penalty for destroying illegal liquor. Other hearings included Mannie Anderson for disorderly conduct 15.25, Homer Hook for drunken disorderly 15.25, Coleman Slatton 10.25 for drunkenness, and Joe Cather and Bud Miller 1.50 plus costs for operating automobiles without city tags.
A ceremony in Jordans England marked the 250 plus year anniversary of William Penn founding Pennsylvania. The observance took place at the Quaker meeting house where Penn is buried highlighting the historical tie between the colonial act and Quaker roots.
National Guards from Company I and Headquarters Company 116th Infantry Virginia will depart August 4 at 6 10 PM by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for a two week encampment at the State Military Reservation Virginia Beach. Ninety five guardsmen including officers will travel 300 miles to camp August 5 through 19. Commanding officers are Captain Paul Hartman First Lieutenant George Miller and Second Lieutenant Asbury Jackson for Company I and First Lieutenant Lawrence Hollis Second Lieutenant Harry McCann for Headquarters Company.
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Augustus D. Orndorff aged 74 long a farmer in Frederick county died last night at his son Harry Orndorff home near Stephens City after a heart ailment. He leaves five sons Ashby Harry Albert Cleveland Milton. one daughter Mamie Gardiner. three brothers Charles Obert Riley. Funeral at Trinity Lutheran Church Stephens City Thursday at 1 30 p m with Rev Snyder Alleman officiating and burial in Green Hill Cemetery.
Historians note that just sixteen gaited horses in American turf history have achieved a mile in two minutes or faster, marking a rare and elite benchmark in trotting.
Clyde H. Reid 26 died in a auto accident near Courtland Franklin Virginia. Last rites held at his mother Susie Reid's home in Berryville avenue Martinsburg pastor J T Power led service. Interment followed in Orlean Fauquier as passenger Dorothy Buckman and R L Estep were treated for injuries. Reid ran a dry cleaning business in Washington.
Virginia began the fiscal year with a deficit of 2 291 482 dollars, down from an earlier forecast of 2 700 000. Governor Peery, returning from Tazewell after a month of illness, called the improvement the best news on his return. Budget director J H Bradford credited departmental economy for the reduction.
Early Indians avoided the region around Mount Rainier, home of the god Takhoma who cast trespassers into a fiery lake. Discoverer Captain George Vancouver first named the peak Mount Rainier in 1792, admiring its distant shining beauty.
Washington reports a final conciliation attempt by labor relations board spokesmen to end the Hopewell Virginia rayon strike. Lloyd Garrison chairs talks with Tubize Chatillon Corp and United Textile Workers to secure 2 000 workers returning to duty. If successful a board order to show cause may be withdrawn. if not the company faces a board hearing Friday.
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