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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1926

Page

7

Midway Social Notes Highlight Local Visits

Midway Virginia on August 3 reports Mr Ralph visiting Mr Simon Snapp last Saturday evening. Sunday guests included Mrs Simon Snapp and son Maynard, Mrs Ben White, Miss Ethel Bly, Miss Cora Bly, Bernard Bly, and Mr Guy Orndorff. Mrs Mattie Williams visited her daughter Mrs Robert Racey in Fawcett’s Go Sunday. At Ben White's home were Mr and Mrs Harry White, Mr Godfrey Bly, and Mr Leonard Williams. Mrs Lila Wallace has been ill but is improving.

Midway Ralph Simon Snapp Godfrey Bly Maynard Ben White Ethel Cora Bly Bernard Guy Orndorff Mattie Williams Robert Racey Fawcett’s Harry

County Pays For Turkeys and Sheep Killed by Dogs

Frederick county records show claims approved for livestock killed by dogs. Payments include seven turkeys to FE C Samsell for 15 dollars and six turkeys to R M Cougill for 27 dollars, plus sheep losses to Chas A Lupton and Mamie Kline and J S Sargent.

Frederick Board of Supervisors FE. C. Samsell Chas. A. Lupton R. M. Cougill J. S

Whitacre Briefs and Local Notices

Whitacre Virginia August 3 details a lawn party on September 4 for Sunday School and cemetery funds. Local residents visit, including Geo Kimball and Hollis Braithwaite families, with several social visits noted among Fletchers Daileys and Adams families.

Whitacre Geo Kimball Hollis Braithwaite Althea Fletcher Retha Kimball A.H. Havermale Bloomery W. Va Gray Dick Thelma J. W. Brannon Holmes Fletcher Helen Fletcher E. C. Dailey S. J. Adams Linda Irving Henry James Oscar Gilbert Margaret Virginia Caffort Brown Hazel Della Brown Fey Walker Dailey Fittsburgh Emery Dailey

Local Market Report With Varied Price Listings

Morning market notes show wholesale quotes for Bran, flour, corn, oats, hay, and livestock. Prices range from 8.50 to 9.00 for flour per barrel, 0.80 for middlings per ton, and 13 cents per pound for hogs, with regional Baltimore figures also listed.

Cccesnee Cosseses E.c Baltimore

Byrd resolves Virginia phone-rate dispute without special session

Governor Byrd’s compromise in the Chesapeake and Potomac rate case avoids a special session and upholds a principle. The plan requires the company to use rates allowed by the commission unless courts reverse, with potential 25 to 50 cent monthly adjustments for some customers.

Lamotte M. Blakely Richmond Times-Dispatch Byrd Chesapeake and Potomac Virginia Corporation Commission

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Aij T. J. Cooper and Sons Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation OF Winchester J. S. Haldeman Pres H. C. Sheetz Alson S. Hott Lake J. Frazier Sec.-Trens Loudoun (Main Warket Report Star Eeee Grove’s Henry, Dinges Steele & Dinges Stephens City Ray Robinson J. M. Steele Henry A. Dinges Steele* & Dinges M. EB. Church Summit Point Benefit Sunday School Relief Church Clearing-House Shenandoah Valley National Bank
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