Red Cross Local Lectures Begin New Series
The local Red Cross Staff Assistant Corps starts a lecture series to inform members about activities. The second session Friday August 9 at 10 a.m. in city hall council chambers features Miss Martha Ellesor on the Junior Red Cross and Mrs. George Baetjer on disaster relief.
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Red Cross
City Hall Council
Martha Ellesor
Red Cross Washington
George Baetjer
B. B. Dutton
Handley Library
Roberta Morgan
Department of War Relief
Washington
Tree falls injures Harry Luttrell in Brush Creek
Brush Creek Va August 8 Harry Luttrell suffered serious injuries Saturday when a tree toppled in camber striking him. He was knocked unconscious and transported to a hospital in Hagerstown Md before returning home. He supports a large family as his wife recently gave birth. A large crowd attended the Files Chapel homecoming last Sunday with visitors from Martinsburg Winchester Oldtown Angers Store and other areas. Local residents Arnold ae Gray Nora Whitacre Ruth Maury and Mrs R M Kerns were among attendees. The Brannon reunion continues.
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Brannon Ford
Back Creek
DeHaven
J. R. Collis
Martinsburg
W. Va
Brush Creek
Siler
Curth Whitacre
Laura Dailey
Fanny
George Hyde
Winchester
Maury
A. P. Whitacre
Harvey Maury
Harry Luttrell
Camber
Shockeysville
Hagerstown
Luttrell
Files Chapel
Oldtown
Angers Store
Ruth Kerns
Audrey DeHaven
Harry O. Kerns
Zane
Maxine
Wanda
Alva Lamp
Files
Arnold Ae
Gray
R. M. Kerns
Nora Whitacre
Ruth Maury
Mulvey
Wickliffe Items in Brief Across Virginia
Social notes from Wickliffe Virginia and nearby towns record multiple short visits and travels. Mrs Richard Smith and son Jaquelin joined a surprise party hosted by Mr and Mrs Thomas H Willis in Chicago. Belvedere estate near Charles Town changes hands. Willis and Mrs Willis stay there for weeks.
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Wickliffe
Richard B. Smith
Centerville
Lucian Grove
Richard Smith
Jaquelin Smith
Thomas H. Willis
Chicago
Bessie Love Grim
Raymond
Charles Town
C. W. Johnston
Leonard Levi
Carl McFarland
Berryville
H. B. McFarland
Harvey Bailey
Arizona
Vesta Smith
James Parks
Jack Ellis
Falls Church
Robert Galloway
Washington, D. C
J. F. Galloway
Marian Grim
C. W. Johnson
Edward Bell
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Apple Pie Ridge Social and Obituary Highlights
Apple Pie Ridge Virginia notes a series of social visits among residents, plus the death of George Bennett who ran a local store and fueling station for four years. The piece mentions visits by Will Keller, Inez Adams, A W Adams, Melvin Brown and others, weather patterns, and a WOman's Missionary Society quilting event.
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Apple Pie Ridge
Will Keller
Gerrardstown
W. Va
A. W. Adams
Melvin Brown
June
Elmer Snarr
Lebanon Church
Inez Adams
Dory Miller
Jacob Hausenfluck
Walter Jackson
Frances
George Bennett
Bennett
Ella Emmert
Woman’s Missionary Society of
Pleasant Valley Church
Richard Orndoff
Mayor Houde Jailed for Defying Registration Act
Mayor Camillien Houde of Canada was arrested and detained by order of the Minister of Justice after declaring refusal to comply with the new registration act. He urged residents to shun military service.
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Camillien Houde
Man
Canada
Minister of Justice
Houde
Sunday Visits Highlight Heppner Family Outing at Hillside Lake Park
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Heppner and family spent Sunday at Hillside Lake Park near Urg West Virginia visiting Mrs Orndoffs mother.
Seekers Trace Willkie Lore In Akron
Akron hosts Willkie lore seekers as residents recall Wendell Willkie’s 1919 arrival to join Firestone’s legal department and later private practice. Keyes Beech of the Akron Beacon Journal gathers anecdotes from a detective who booted Willkie from court to a golf debut and a cheese sandwich memory, noting his Sunday stance on prohibition and dancing.
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Akron
Willkie
Rubber
Keyes Beech
Akron Beacon Journal
Portage Country Club
Beech
Local Markets Briefs From The Star
Local markets section lists various patent feeds and bag sizes with prices per 100 pounds per barrel. It notes typographical errors not the newspaper’s responsibility and presents items such as 12 lb 24 lb 48 lb 98 lb patent bags and mixed feed prices.
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Star
SAS
Creamery Bitter
Broiler
Morgan's Corsair Enters British War Service
The 343 foot Corsair, largest U S pleasure craft, owned by J P Morgan, sailed from New York to enter British war service. The $2,000,000 yacht, the fourth Morgan vessel of the name, departed with a secret destination and mission after being sold last May to a British firm acting for the British Government.
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New York
United States
J. P
Morgan
Persistent underarm odor fears and Arrid solution
Hygiene advice warns perspiration under arms leads to decay and odor. The ad promotes Arrid as a safe, greaseless cream to keep underarms dry and odor free for up to four days, claiming safety for skin and fabrics and pricing at 10¢ 39¢ 59¢ in toilet goods stores.
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Tappan
Ithe Gas
Sunes
Wei
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Stoker
O'Connell
Braddock Stree
Virginia
Ohio
Morgan’s Corsair
Axminster
DIN
EITE
Coles Draft Control
Loudoun ST
Omery Ward
Tl Peel Ei Ltd
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