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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1927

Page

3

Social and Personal Prizes for Flower Gardens Announced

The Social and Personal column reports prizes offered by the Woman's Civic League for best flower gardens and boxes from June through September with winners named for June and July. Special mentions praise local gardens and street beautification as tourism and civic pride grow.

Woman's Civic League Whch C. M. Hinkle James Cave Leslie Carper Addie Carper C. A. Fansler Lewis Jones Knitting Company Pennsylvania Railroad Pughtown Pike National Avenue Berryville Pike Highland Avenue Kent Street

Charles Town Horse Show marks second day crowd growth

Charles Town West Virginia reports a larger turnout for the second day of the Charles Town Horse Show and Farr Association. Winners span divisions from Half-Bred Costa-Billy to Green Hunters with riders and owners named. Social notes list guests and residents traveling to and from the event.

Charles Town W. Va Farr Association Costa—Billy Charles H. Strider C. C. Henshaw Clifton Simpson Jack Trapnell Harry Jenkins Gi Boyer Ware Bros Green Road Roy Bowers T. D. Merchant M. C. Reués H. M. Ball, Jr J. R. Merchant Sarah Crane Margaret Crane Pastor D. N. Lee Skipper Grey L .C. Leith Lady Millwood John Lindsay Finn Guard George Storm Billy Mint Turner Wiltshire Garet Carr Waugh Cook Loudoun, Clarke and Jefferson Hunters Sacrifice L. C. Leith Skipper Grey L. C. Lieth Red Rambler Woolf Young Sea Rocket Herman H. Piggott Green Hunters Palmel the Grove Stables Broken Glass Bally Mint Horner Wiltshire Flanders Tom Mik Virginia B. Jacobs Lough Nip Woolf and Hunt Mount Airy Farm Anna F. Hedrick Prince William Johnson Wearly Lee Brown Rosey Jester C. H Farr Gallivant Leith Bros Button Irving Beavers

Mrs. Roland Ryan Fractures Ankle Stepping From Car

Mrs. Roland C. Ryan, of North Washington Street, fractured her right ankle Tuesday night in an accident returning home in her car. She stepped onto the sidewalk with a misstep, the ankle turning. one bone fractured and the other sprained. She was taken to Memorial Hospital, cast applied, and will remain for several days with recovery spanning weeks.

Esther Dudley W. L. Dudley Church of Christ Here A. M. Showalter Christiansburg Showalter Hospital Miss Dudley Kathryn Dudley South Cameron Street Roland C. Ryan Memorial Hospital North Washington Street Ryan

Fatal Clash With Rebels In Mexico Disperses Rebel Band

Special Dispatches from Vera Cruz report eight rebels killed and four soldiers and sixteen rebels wounded in a three hour combat in Teocelo district Vera Cruz state. Federal troops defeated and dispersed the rebel band.

Mexico City Vera Cruz Teocelo

Motorcyclist Dies in Cliff-Edge Stunt Near San Diego

Eldon Horn, 37, a Los Angeles motorcycle stunt rider, died after his bike hit a cliff edge during a high speed 80 mph drop for a motion picture news reel. A parachute failed to deploy properly and tangled with the bike, sending both rider and machine to the rocks below near the sea cliff.

San Diego Cal Eldon Horn Los Angeles Horn Honn

Two Injured In Elevated Wreck Near South Ferry

Two Second Avenue elevated cars overturned in a rear end collision near South Ferry New York today. Cars were set afire by third rail current but only two passengers were injured and neither seriously.

New York Second Avenue South Ferry

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League Chamber of Commerce Effie McFarland Winchester Philathea First Christian Church John Cochran South Braddock Street Boyd R. Richards Howard Ginn K. H. Sale C. J. Seibert W. A. McCurdy Demuel Anderson Keyser Tom Ed Daskal Ruby Dasher James Daskal Moorefield W.va Manassa Dasher Baker Garden Club Clarke County W. A. Baker Washington Street Kenneth Gilpin Bessie Conrad Fairfax Harrison Handley School Willing Workers Willing Workers Society of First Brethren Church Anton Athey Haddox oGlock Nina Williams Rochester N. Y J. W. Keffer Strasburg James E. Keffer Mollie Hildebrandt Lewis A. Lamp Clearbrook Dorsey Yeakley Ohio Dayton Xenia Columbus Lillian Kremer Betty Kremer Washington Paul Kremer Mrs R. F. Hatcher Roanoke, Va Sam Crisman Richard Marshall Hollis Elizabeth Miller Lee Miller Oranda H. Ray Smith Front Royal G. F. House R. V. Mitchell Potomac Edison Company Hagerstown George Rodman J. F. Rodman John Taylor Margaret Taylor Brunswick Lewis Parker Baltimore Frank Parker P. G. Traxelli Jack Laura V._ Hildebrand Woolworth’s Store J. B. Severs Plainfield, N. J N. I. Noakes B. F. Browning South Loudoun Street Vernon Haines Donald Weems Virginia Beach A. R. Markwood N. D. Geiser L. B. Geiser Altoona, Pa Helen Sigafoose Reading Dorothy Patton Katie Mace Lulu Mace Edward Mace Philadelphia Morris Cather Martha Kiger Herome Bunker Hill Sybilla Crisman J. R. Pendleton C. J. Keckley West Gerrard Street Lillian Busick Ella Miller Bessie K. Jones Virginia Joe Reed Flint Hill J. E. Sutphin South Washington Street William Walton Rose Valley P. Klompus H.J. Cornblatt Warrenton Henry Copeland Raleigh, N. C Philip Cornblatt John Semples Harrisburg Baby Philadelphia, Pa George Washington Hotel William T. Lewis Charles F. McGuire Woodlawn Inn Grace Carver Fairmont East Piccadilly Street A. Taylor Ritter, Sr Gertrude Ritter Allan Feety Charlotte Elizabeth Jones John J. Kiger Alexandria Bernetta Ritter Eugenia Brady Annie Osborne Joseph R. Hill J. P. Diffenderfer Messrs John and Edward Diffenderfer E. H. Diffendefer Baltimore Town Rosalie T. Hopkins Ethel Cumberland C. L. Gilpin Ann Gilpin Rockville, Md Helen Cooper T. W. Harrison Miss May Slagle Roanoke Bible Workers of the Lutheran Church Thelma O’rear Berryville J. W.white Eva Frantz Clarksburg James Davis Ray Murphy Frostburg, Md J. W. White Red Cross Huntsberry Reis Ve Doan Ceene Boster-Milburn Co Mig. Chem Buffalo, N. Y Roland Ryan Mexico The Associated Press Colonial Consumers Utilities Co Matinee Bob Morton Circus True Story Magazine True Story America Prue Tnce W. A. Buncutter & Son Albin, Virginia Tulorele Ts Slo
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