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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1927

Page

7

Hearings Set Aug Twenty Four On Potomac Shenandoah Power

Seven speakers will be heard August 24 at Harpers Ferry on waterpower development for the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers. Maj Somervell says Washington hearing follows. locals urged to attend nearest site. Protests must be written. regional committees plan delegations to present views. Potomac Power Corporation seeks preliminary permit for the project.

Rarigonburo Va. Ave Brigekh Gap Potomac Shiandoah Harpers Ferry Nestiny Bréhon Somervell U. S. Arty Daily News Record Washington Somervell Brooks Gap Cootes Store Committee Bereton Committee Rockingham Board of Supervisors Potonmc Shenandoah Rivers Potomac Power Corporation Cleveland, O

Easiest Way To Put Up Pickles Ad

Busy housewife finds time saving method with Grandma Kuhn's Picklesweet. Packaged kit claims 50 to 100 pickles per package using standard spices sugar salt vinegar. Includes mustard and DIM pickle directions and urges use of genuine Grandma Kuhn's Picklesweet.

Grandma Kihn Grandma Kuhn

B and O Reports record annual income in 1926

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad earned net income after taxes and charges of 28,494,294 in 1926, per a report issued by President Daniel Willard. The figure nearly tripled the year's dividend needs and marked the largest income in the company's history.

B. & O. Railroad Daniel Willard

Tiger Moths Diverse in This Country Say Nature Magazine

Nature Magazine notes a large family with many tiger moth species thriving worldwide. In this country about 120 different kinds are recorded, highlighting the diversity of these moths and their distribution.

Nature Magazine Axminster Brussels

Nineveh News Notes from Nineveh Virginia

Local brief items list visitors and illness. Guy Jones Jr. is ill at grandparents home. Donald Johnston and family visit Orange County relatives. Francis Heck and family stay with Irene and Eugene Johns. Nellie Gray Mecartney and Virginia Dorcet visit Irene Mecartney. Mary Weaver visits from Washington DC. A A McKay family visit Whatland Farm. Marion D McKay from Baltimore and Ada Carson of Pittsburgh visit cousins Hubert and family.

Nineveh Guy Jones Jr F. K. Weaver Donald Johnston Orange County Mr. Johnston J. M. Johnston Johnston Francis Heck Hagerstown Vaucluse Virginia Dorcet Washington, D. C Irene Mecartney Daniel S. Hughes Winchester Mary Weaver Frank Weaver A. A. McKay Whatland Farm Marion D. McKay Baltimore Ada Carson Pittsburgh Hubert McKay

Mount Pleasant Notes

Mount Pleasant Virginia residents share social visits and gatherings. Ben White and family spent with Will Lamp and family. Gregg Orndorff returned from Washington. Zelas Spillman visited cousins Elza and Mary Renner and attended a local picnic. Mary Renner accompanied Spillman home. Maynard Loy from East Falls Church visited Ashby Loy. Ruth Bucher stayed with Effie DeHaven and family near Gainesboro.

Mount Pleasant Ben White Will Lamp Gregg Orndorff Washington Zelas Spillman Winchester Elza Mary Renner Spillman Maynard Loy East Falls Church Mr. Ashby Loy Ruth Bucher Effie DeHaven Gainesboro

Community social notes from Trone News area

A string of Sunday visitors and gatherings are listed in Trone News from Trone Va including Mr and Mrs H D Whitacre and family, Mr Jesse Whitacre of Gore, and others visiting relatives in Winchester Shepherdstown Capon Bridge and Mt. Pleasant. Names include Whitacre Johnson Barrett Hicks Larrick McKee Hook and Kerns with multiple families and neighbors attending events.

Esther Cooper C. Fenton Giffin Austin Johnson Russell Johnson Emma Kump Winfred Charles Whitacre Sales Cooper Luther Johnson Edith Mary Virginia Austin Capon Bridge W. Va Winchester Mt. Pleasant George Hicks I. C. Whitacre Elmer Hicks George McKee Harshall Hardée Joseph Yager Virgil Strasnider Thomas Larrick Arthur McKee Hélen Hook

Local visits across Gore noted in Sunday calls

Reports show Mrs. Alva Kerns brother along with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Muse and their son Robert visiting friends in Gore on Sunday. Also, Mrs. Coll Anderooh and her children called on Mrs. Lester Burner a day earlier.

Alva Kerns W. J. Muse Robert Gore Coll Anderooh Lester Burner

Relief News From RELIEF VA Reads Like Community Ledger

Local notes from RELIEF Virginia recount visits among families from Hagerstown and Lonaconing Maryland, church events, a funeral at Gravel Springs Church, and a large Sunday School picnic at Opequon Lake Park. Social calls include Crim and Snapp families with travels to Washington and Martinsburg, plus a rain brings relief.

Irene Copenhaver Katie Rudolph Winchester Dudley Massie Matthew Ebersole Ephriam Pifer Hinton Jackson William Wisecarver Charles Copenhaver Marguerite Copenhaver Donald Copenhaver Lockmiller Gravel Springs Church William Neikirk Stephens City George Carper U. B. Church Mildred Groves Methodist Church Opequon Lake Park Cordilly J. C. Hooks M. A. Graves Edna Snapp J. A. Crim Ralph Bauserman Freddie Crim Washington, D. C Luther Pifer Marie Virginia Frye Mish Mandy Ritenour

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