Berryville horse show concludes program
The hor se show in Berryville wraps up with final events and results as participants complete the schedule. Competitors finish judging rounds and awards may be announced.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1915
Page
1
The hor se show in Berryville wraps up with final events and results as participants complete the schedule. Competitors finish judging rounds and awards may be announced.
At Berryville Virginia the Clarke County Horse and Colt Show ended with Dr Archie G Randolph winning the championship. Mrs Allen Potts of Gordonsville captured prizes including Day the horses, Miss Justa Prince won pony class, and other awards were given amid a rain-delayed final day.
Three major volcanoes Vesuvius Etna and Stromboli have become active belching steam and smoke. Lava pours from Etna threatening Sicilian villages as Naples Messina and other towns face peril amid strong earthquakes. Scientists work to reassure residents.
Erie readers are invited to see a flood relief film at the Empire Theater tomorrow. The notice appears on the 6th page with a full advertisement urging attendance.
Invitations from Mr and Mrs Louis J Barr announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Miss Ruth Barr to Mr Clarence Paul Lewis. The ceremony will take place at Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington at 3 30 p m on Wednesday September 1. The couple plan a post ceremony tour of the northern United States and will reside at 1421 Rhode Island avenue Washington after October first.
May entries include heavy draft two horse teams Fanny and Mate at Green Wood Stables Middleburg with Dolly and Mate at Glenwood Stables. Rinvolo J B Carver Berryville harness horses including Kentmere Glenwood Stables and other names from Clifton Simpson Round Hill and Glenwood Stables. Roadster Colts Maud W G Coleman Berryville Red Warrior Glenwood Stables Hulda G D Boyer Charleston W Va colt J P Rutherford Berryville. Include Royal Score Watha Boy Topaz Bracal in Rose Gordonsville and Gordonsville etc. Ponies 12 hands Bessie Ann Justa Prince Winchester Sunlight Richard Kelly Bluemont Rousy Boy Jacob Blake Berryville. Day Stars Bracken Rose Moore etc. Drafts four horse team noted with Glenwood and Maude. Banty.
A lavish midsummer social event honors the Winchester Inn guests at the Berryville Horse Show. The Perkins hosted a 9:30 pm dance with the Inn orchestra, drawing three hundred attendees from Winchester, Front Royal, Stephens City, Millwood, Roanoke, Baltimore, and Washington, D. C. The evening featured one-steps and other dances, continuing past 1 am with after-dance gatherings and abundant hospitality.
Clarke County hunters and jumpers feature open classes with noted horses and riders from Upperville Leesburg Gordonsville and Front Royal. Competitors include Gunga Din Millica Pretty Maid and Clinker with owners and officers such as Frederic McElhone Mrs Allen Potts and Lt John Milli ka as part of the championship division. Details list farms and horse pairings across Silver Crest Ayrshire Farm and Gock Farm Delaplane with entries from Tarry Not and others.
The Sarah Zane Fire Company moved to install a new American LaFrance motor truck and elected Charles Groves to drive it once received. The group plans to renovate the building at their own expense and sell old horses, trucks, harness, and equipment through a committee led by Roy E. Potts.
All members of the Winchester Chamber of Commerce are urged to attend the weekly meeting at City Hall Auditorium tomorrow at 8 o'clock. The agenda includes the committee on constitution and by laws report and other important business. Sonneborn's advertises ladies lace collars at 46c each.
News from Winchester reports Cumberland hosts the Potomac Club tournament week of August 26 for the Alleghany mountains crown. Entries include Miss Frances Peyton Page and W Nelson Page, with Clarence R Fischer defending the men’s singles title and Marie Somerville aiming for the ladies’ crown. Social events bolster a week of club house parties and evenings with Civic and Young Men’s clubs climaxing in the tournament ball.
The Cumberland Valley Telephone Company, run by receiver Henry M. Tracy since 1912, will reorganize after a foreclosure sale in Harrisburg on November 5. The system, serving about 15 000 subscribers from Lewistown and Gellingsgrove to Harrisburg, aims to rehabilitate further, attract more customers, and offer better service at fair rates.
Early week motoring visitors at the Winchester Inn included Colonel and Mrs Kerr of Washington DC and R H McNutt of Bland VA Read Beard and Howard Johnston of Baltimore MD Mr and Mrs Frederick L Bryan Plains VA J H Grover and friends Lynn MA H C C Stiles and party Washington DC Mr and Mrs F W Darling Mrs J S Darling Mrs J T Gorton and Miss Fitchett Hampton VA Lieut KE Leonard and Wm Laird Dunlop Jr Washington DC Captain Woodfin L H Woodfin Co B Pratt G B Wilcox and B M Clay Boston Mrs E McDowell F A Fuller and L Underwood Chicago C I Hudson and Mrs Henning New York City
An orchard run by J. B. Poston in Gaylord Virginia advertises peaches available at 25 cents per bushel and up, with delivery options to locations near the area.
In class 78 of the Winchester fair catalogue the prize for best cost was omitted by mistake. First prize listed as $8 and second prize as $4 were not shown. Daniel W. Lupton, secretary. 11-1p-at.
Frederick circuit appointments listed for Sunday August 15 include Relief at 11 a.m., Macedonia at 3:30 p.m., and Carpers Valley at 5 p.m. E. W. Brubaker, pastor. Mr. C Richard Boyde returns from Atlantic City. Ground lime stone and seeds offered at 17 Court House Plaza. A Studebaker Roadster, fully equipped and in perfect running order, is for sale after a death in the owner’s family.
Advertisement offering building bricks at low prices from Northern Virginia Power Co. invites any quantity. Mentions Mr and Mrs Thomas E Cahill of New York visiting Mr Luther Gore and his parents. further details are unclear due to damaged text.
An excursion train bringing Knights of Pythias from Cedar Point was rear collided by a freight train near Mount Sterling Ohio in a heavy rainstorm. Four dead, many missing feared dead, about fifty injured as the rear collision halted at Orient after the stop to discharge passengers.
News from Winchester reports the marriage of Florence M Kremer daughter of Luther Kremer to Merton W Kremer both of Winchester. The ceremony occurred quietly in Harrisonburg Virginia last night with a B and O train arrival around 10 pm. The couple plan to live with Mrs Margaret Kremer at Market and Leicester streets upon returning.
The Warren Rappahannock and Page County Medical Society met in Washington Virginia this week with thirty members and several distinguished guests present. Dr D M Kipps president of Front Royal presided. The meeting was highly profitable with several instructive papers read.
On August 14 and for one week all corsets sizes 19 to 25 will be sold below cost. Come and be convinced of the value at Miss Wierman 17 W Piccadilly St. 10 1p 5t.
The Board of Review will meet at the County Clerk's Office on Monday August 16. Northern District taxpayers wishing to alter assessments must appear in person at that time. By order of the Board of Review. Phil H. Gold, Clerk.
Property listing notes 150 acres of limestone land near Val lay Pike for sale. Legal firm Want & Larrick listed as attorneys handling the sale. Some text appears garbled but contract language indicates real estate offering in the region.
Department heads discuss the Mexican affair as WT President addresses policy and diplomatic implications. The piece outlines leadership perspectives and potential actions by the department heads and president.
President Wilson returns to Washington to direct Mexican and European policy. He orders cabinet plans postponed and signals readiness to mobilize state troops if border unrest continues. Reports indicate U S trooper killed near Brownsville as Latin American tensions rise and navy maneuvers loom.
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