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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1929
Page
5
Funeral services were held in Front Royal for Cleve land Sager 38 who died Saturday in Winchester Memorial Hospital from injuries after a train struck him as he sat asleep on tracks near his home. He was a plasterer with six children and a widow.
The Amherst county Board of Supervisors sold the county alms house to N. A. Coleman, long time superintendent of the farm and almshouse, for 5050 dollars at public auction. The funds will reduce the county quota for a district almshouse near Chatham.
A fourteen year old Boy Scout from Mount Jackson saved 14 month old Morgan Lindamood from the mill race. Graham Stoneburner witnessed the fall, jumped in, and used drowning rescue techniques from his Scout Manual to clear the child's lungs. The baby revived and recovered after the harrowing incident.
The second of three lectures by Bliss Forbush of Baltimore will be at the Friends Meeting house on Washington and Piccadilly streets Thursday evening August 15 at 8 o'clock. The subject is Jesus' Idea of Life and the public is invited.
The Cumberland airport dedication on the McMullen Highway began with a colors raising by Henry Hart Post VFW. An aerial parade over Cumberland featured Marine Corps planes from Quantico and anticipated Navy planes. The celebration runs through tomorrow afternoon with prize ceremonies for aerial events.
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