Snapp Family Reunion Sets Big Opequon Gathering
The second annual Snapp reunion at the old Snapp homeplace on Cedar Creek Grade near Opequon on August 17 invites all kin. The event follows last year’s attendance of about 500 from many states, with a full program and materials on the Lawrence Snapp line to be shared. Officers include president Joseph Morgan Snapp and secretary Rev. A. M. B. Snapp.
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Snapp
Upper Valley
Lawrence Snapp
Cedar Creek
Opequon
Joseph Morgan Snapp
H. Paul Rhodes
Winchester
A. M. B. Snapp
Levels
W. Va
Ralph B. Snapp
C. Vernon Eddy
Joseph B. Newlin
Lloyd A. Womeldorph
Lovettsville
HH. Tilden Snapp
Robert Snapp
H. Tilden
Bryant Snapp
Martinsburg
Social Calendar Highlights Local Club Meetings and Reunions
Regular weekly choir practice at First Baptist Church. Winchester Benevolent meeting on Thursday. Womans Christian Temperance Union semi monthly at Friends Meeting House. Rotary Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel. Yard party for Paynes Chapel Sunday School fundraiser. Fifth annual Rinker family reunion at Jordan Springs. Yard party at Kernstown Methodist Church lawn. Robert Conrad Post American Legion luncheon at George Washington Hotel. Lake family reunion at Lakeland near Atoka Fauquier on yy. Lions Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel.
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Woaman
Robert Conrad Post
American Legion
George Washington Hotel
Surprise Birthday Party for Mrs. Lewis at Cedar Grove
Mrs. John W. Lewis was surprised with a birthday party July 29 at her Cedar Grove home. Relatives and friends brought baskets, a lawn dinner followed by hymns, and gifts for Mrs. Lewis. Guests included numerous family members and local residents. Engagement announced for Miss Jean Armentrout and Mr. Gilbert Pearson Jr. with autumn wedding planned. Ladies Aid lawn party set for August 2 on Apple Pie Ridge road near Barrett's Filling Station.
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Miss Webber
Nancy Webber
Guy Webber
North
Cameron Street
Earl C. Fries
Tessy Copenhaver
Betty Miller
Peggy Miller
Betty Fries
Bobby
John W. Lewis
Cedar Grove
D. A.smith
Arthur Woolf
Roy Hott
Carson
W.H. Crim
Robert ‘Lynn
Ollie Lewis
Loring Ritter
Matie Clark
Ella Emmart
Schutte
Elizabeth DeHaven
Dorothy Luttrell
Esther ‘Barrett
Clarence Roberts
Bud and Byrd Baker
Schlavis
Lewis
James L. Armenout
Elkton
Jean Armentrout
Gilbert Pearson, Jr
T. Gilbert Pearson
New York
Armentrout
Pearson
University F
Ladies Aid Society of
Pleasant Valley
Local Weddings and Notices From Mount Jackson Area
Announcement received today of the marriage of Miss Willie Lee Payne to Mr. Charles Cline in Harrisonburg Virginia last Saturday. The couple will tour Staunton and Clifton Forge before returning. both come from Mount Jackson families. Also notice of a marriage license issued to Albert R. Murray and Anna Marie Gossard of Williamsport Maryland and a report that W M Krise and daughter Harriet cruise to Miami on vacation. G A A monthly meeting set for Thursday at 7 30 in West Piccadilly club rooms.
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Willie Lee Payne
Charles Cline
Harrisonburg
Mount Jackson
Frances Payne
Cline
Staunton
Clifton Forge
William C. Payne
Mount Jackson High School
State Teachers’ College
Shenandoah County
Hamburg
T. L. Cline
Albert R. Murray
Anna Marie Gossard
Williamsport
Murray
Dc. J. Murray
Miss Gossard
Elmer Gossard
Girls Athletic Association
West Piccadilly Street
Miss Lillian Anderson Sets Off on Annual Vacation
Miss Lillian Anderson superintendent of Winchester Memorial Hospital sails from Baltimore aboard the Merchants and Miners Line steamer Alleghany for the south. She plans a two week vacation in the south and Midwest aboard the ship Alleghany.
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Lillian Anderson
Winchester Memorial Hospital
South
Miss Anderson
Baltimore
Merchants and Miners Line
Alleghany
Miarhi
Threat of War Draws Southern Europe to Arms
Austria faces civil conflict as Nazi and government forces clash. Neighboring nations prepare for possible war action with Yugoslavia and Italy at their borders. Prince Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg opposes a union with Germany and vows to resist Anschluss.
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Europe
Austria
Italy
Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg
Germany
Alpine
Yugoslavia
Virginia farm bureau protests rail rate boost
Holsinger cites a proposed ten percent general freight rate increase before the Interstate Commerce Commission. He represents about five thousand Northern Virginia farmers facing higher costs for shipped goods and farm inputs. He notes current rates reach roughly 90 percent above 1913 normal levels while farm prices lag, urging exemptions for farm products and supplies.
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Virginia Farm Bureau
Holsinger
Interstate Comerce Commission
Northern
Virginia
Association of Railway Executives
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sulphur supply dominance before American mines 1905
The Sicily region shipped most of the world’s sulphur, supplying about 95 percent of global output prior to the development of American mines in 1905.
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Sicily
Animals Swim Abilities Across British Mammals
Cats dislike water yet swim well along with cattle and pigs defying legends. The hare is the poorest swimmer among British mammals but has been known to swim across flooded streams to reach an island where it was stranded.
Arms and munitions for Czechoslovakia and allies
With the gathering of war clouds over Europe, work at the factory was increased as arms and munitions for Czechoslovakia and allied countries of the Little Entente are prepared.
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Czechoslovakia
Europe
Legionnaires Election Set For August 3 In Winchester
Robert Y. Conrad Post of the American Legion will hold its annual officers and delegates election at 8 p m Friday August 3 in the Friendship Fire Company hall. The Winchester and Frederick County post has 125 members with up to 45 attending hoped. Current officers include Fowle commander and Pifer first vice commander with other posts up for election.
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Lynchburg
Robert Y. Conrad Post
Mr. Fowle
Dr. Pifer
F. H .Reid, Jr
H. M. Solenberger
H. M. Darlington
James R -Martin
At Our Fountain The Coolest Spot in Town
Local soda fountain Brooks' Pharmacy promotes a wide ice cream menu with sundaes fruit cups and a five cent fudge sickle. Double header ice cream cones advertised as a novelty.
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Brooks’ Pharmacy
Massauga described as sluggish and wary
The massauga is a thick bodied snake with a blunt head and slow movements relative to the diamondback. It avoids humans but can rattle and strike if surprised, then glides away when the observer backs off.
Tugwell Defends Drought Policy Amid Criticism
Washington July 31 Rex ford G Tugwell undersecretary of agriculture says drought attacks on the New Deal farm program are infantile obscene and wicked. He argues temporary production readjustment is needed to prevent famine and riots and to keep industry from overwhelming agriculture. He cites trial and error to show readjustments may work in the postwar economy.
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Washington
Rexford G. Tugwell
Tugwell
New Deal
Farm Administration
Democratic National Committee
Department of Agriculture
America
Ie Tugwell
Small Prospect of Opening Park Drive This Fall
Discussion notes that park lands have not been deeded or accepted by the government and require minimum acreage for establishment. Without government ownership there are no funds or authority for operations. Opening would require patrols, parking provisions, and sanitary facilities. no definite date or assurance of early opening.
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Varn
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Vanek
Tucker
Alfred B. Tucker
United States Navy
Norfolk
Lieutenant Tucker
West Cork Street
Alice McCaw
Isabel Dodge Sloane III
Isabel Dodge” Sloane
Brookmeade
Whitney
John Hay Whitney
Llangollen Farm
Upperville
Willis Sharpe Kilmer
Court Manor Farm
New Market
James I. Russell
Hold Weiner
Strasburg Beach
Weiner
Reba Rinker
Robert Ayler
Charlottesville
Shenandoah River
Mabel Massey
Hilda Lovett
Charles Brumback
Charlotte Stickley
Billy Drake
Susie Carbaugh
Nettie Carbaugh
Messrs
Howard Massey
Richard Venable
Henry Shryock
Dan Brumback
Buster Lovett
John Rhodes
Wilbur Tidler
Derrill
P. C. Petrie, Jr
R. F. Cline
Miss June
Virginia Beach
Erma Hottel
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Alexandria
Harry Himelright
Frances Ream
Mountain Lake Park
Elizabeth Bywaters
Crest Farm
The
County
Joyce Gibbens
Aulick Gibbons
Frederick Cunty
James A. Summel
Brucetown
Grover C. Benner
Catherine Eby
Charles Town
T. A. Gibson
Jersey Shore
J. A. Richard
Mrs. Chalmer Strain
Fenwick Street
Springfield
Mass
Young People’s Choir
First Baptist Church
Winchester An Benevolent Order
Peasant Valley
Huntsberry
Harrisonburg, Va
Mr. Krise
W. M. Krise
Northern Virginia Power Company
Harriet Krise
Miami
Fla
Ernst von Starhemberg
Lorain
R. M. Swimley
Geo. Washinton
Peamnere Ussity
Loudoun St
Rock Creek
Legionnaires
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Commercial & Savings Bank
Gwendolyn
Lovett Brothers
Ghillie
N. Main Street
N. Londoun St
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