Winchester Chamber Notes Growth and Local Plans
The Winchester Chamber reports Texas Oil Company will build a plant and erect tanks, with operation starting soon. Efforts target Main Street traffic relief and systematic street cleaning. The chamber to lead Shenandoah Valley fair management, promoting a September trade week. Child labor law compliance urged. new members J L Maphis J F Roystone Edmund C Lupton Col Bryan Conrad welcomed. resignations listed for James P Reardon Ward and Larrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Oil Company
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester
Main Street
Secretar
Secr
Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society
J. L. Maphis
J. F. Roystone
Edmund C. Lupton
White Sulphur , Inn
Bryan Conrad
James’ Pp. Reardon
Ward and Larrick
Opequon Sunday School Meeting Set for Middletown
The eleventh annual Opequon district Sunday school convention will be held at Grace Methodist Episcopal Church South in Middletown on August 4. The program opens at 9 45 a m with devotional services led by Rev W H Spiggle and features welcome by J F Rodman, responses, talks on religious education, committee appointments, and an afternoon devotional session with music by the Sunday school band orchestra. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opequon
Grace Methodist
Episcopal ‘Church
South
Middletown
Humany
W.H. Spiggle
J. F. Rodman
J. B
Hupman
H. A. Brown
Ray M. Cougill
J. Hoge Smith
H. W. Stermat
Charles Lake Wins Promotion In Norfolk Western Rail Line
Charles S. Lake former Pocahontas division dispatcher with Bluefield HQ has been appointed assistant to the president of the Chesapeake and Ohio and Hocking Valley. Lake, born May 27 1873 at Front Royal, began railway service in 1885 as a telegraph operator and later held posts including general manager of the Seaboard Air Line from 1914 to 1917 and assistant to the Erie president during federal control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Norfolk and Western
Charles S. Lake
Pocahontas
Bluefield
Chesapeake Ant
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Perry
Richmond
Mr. Lake
Tec
Seaboard Air Line
Erie
Johnson given life sentence in first degree murder case
West Virginia Supreme Court refused a writ of error in the state against Harry Johnson. Convicted in May by the Jefferson County Circuit Court for murder in the first degree for the March killing of Robert Mansfield. Jury recommended life imprisonment and the court imposed it, with Johnson a native of Warren County Virginia and once living near Front Royal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Harry Johnson
Johnson
Jefferson County
Robert Mansfield
Segt
Warren County
Front Royal
Local Youth Licensed to Preach in Martinsburg
Paul Gruver, second son of Dr and Mrs W F Gruver, former pastor of First United Brethren Church, Martinsburg, was licensed to preach in the United Brethren denomination. The ceremony occurred before the church’s official board last week with Dr A B Hammack, Virginia conference superintendent, presiding. Gruver remains a student at Dayton, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
Paul Gruver
W. F. Gruver
First United Brethren Church
United Brethren
A. 8. Hammack
Virginia
Dayton
Unclaimed Letters at Winchester Post Office Week Ending July 30 1921
A list of unclaimed letters remaining in the Winchester Virginia post office for the week ending July 30 1921 requiring one cent per letter. Names include Ball Collins Hund Jackson Mabel Lofton Esther Mason Nelson Martin Roy Edgar Snapp Shacklett Margaret Smith Mosses Thon Mary and other entries. Mrs Albert Davis returns home after visiting Hagerstown Maryland. Miss Mary White of New Castle Delaware visits Mrs Albert Price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Ball
Collins CB
Catherimerci Jackson
Mabel
Lofton
Pera Venta Leidig
Esther
Mason
Nelson Martin
Roy
Edgar. Snapp
C. M. Shacklett
Margaret. Smith
Mosses
Thon
Mary
J. W. Sibert
Also Mentioned on This Page
FORD
Chapman’s
Braddock Street
Esser
Hicks Motor Co., Inc
Winchester Auto Sales
W. W. Dellinger
Mgr
Monarch Sliiter
McFeel
McFeely
Buckley
Wolf
Dawson
H. P. Fairbanks and Morsey
Berry & Berry
South Braddock Street
Snow White Low
Huntsberry
N. A. Cooper
Grover C. Cooper
Cooper’s Supply Company
Cow Market
Piccadilly Sts
Winchester, Va
New Taylor Oil
R. M. Swimley
Charles Lake
Albert Davis
Hagerstown
Mary White
New Castle, del
Albert Price
Maxwell Chalmers
Shade Motor CO
North Main Street
Donse Brothers
Dodge Brothers
J. Howard Cather
Sunoco
Sunoco Oil
N. Braddock
F. M. Reynolds & CO
Cammer & Son
Kernstown
Jones Bros.’ Meat Market
PHON
S. Main ST
THE
People's Drug CO
the Star
H.R. Willis
N. Market St
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