Negro Held in Assault Robbery of Mrs Whitacre
Frank Smith colored was held without bail by Justice A J Tavenner in Frederick County for robbery of mail carrier Mrs Clara Whitacre on a lonely Gore Trone road. He faces additional charge of felonious assault and admitted intent to assault. Witnesses include Mrs Whitacre and her uncle Jesse Pugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Smith
A. J. Tavenner
Frederick County
Clara Whitacre
United States
Gore
Trone
Smith
Whitacre
Gore-Trone
Leaksville
N. C
Baltimore
Winchester
Northwestern Pike
Band Concert Tonight on Court House Lawn
Winchester Concert Band directed by Prof McIlwee performs on the courthouse lawn this Friday evening at 8 with selections including Honor and Arms, The Fall of Jericho, I m In Love, Kiss of Spring, My Home Down on the Farm, Dixie Rube, Moonlight in Florida and Golden Friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
McIlwee
Courthouse Lawn
Taylor
Jericho
Maillochand
Shapiro
Rolfe
Farm
Joe Mayo
Harlee
Characteristic
Allen
Florida
Storm
Filmore
Woodmen of World Picnic Tomorrow in Middletown
The Woodmen of the World of Middletown and vicinity will hold their annual picnic tomorrow at the Watson Grove in Middletown. A large crowd is expected as many attractions have been provided. Mrs. Walter Walsh arrived today to visit Mr. and Mrs. Louis L. Baker on North Braddock Street, coming from Charlotte, N C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen of the World of
Middletown
Watson Grove
Walter Walsh
Louis L. Baker
North Braddock Street
Walsh
Charlotte
N. C
Scout Anderson’s European Scout Trip Highlights
Scout Charles Anderson of Shenandoah area tours Brussels Antwerp The Hague Amsterdam and Birkenhead England during a Boy Scout Jamboree period. He visits landmarks such as the Palace of Justice the Royal Palace Rubens Descent from the Cross and Burns sites. He tours Edinburgh Ben Lomond and Rob Roy caves. Continued on Page Three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Anderson
Shenandoah
Brussels
Paris
Europe
Palace of Justice
Hotel de Ville
Royal Palace
Belgium
Ant
Rubens
Steen
The
Hague
Amsterdam
Zuyder Zee
Marken
England
Anderson
Birkenhead
Eng
Bobbie Burns
Glasgow
Clydebank
Bobbie” Burns
Aye Country
Tam O’shannter
Auld Kirk
Cutty Sark
Burns
Burn
Scotch Highlands
Trossachs
Scotch Lakes
Stone
Ellen’s Isle
Highland
Ben Lomond
Rob Roy
Highland Glen
Edinburg
Athens
University
Forth
Robert . Louis Stevenson
Sanappen
Innes
Graf Zeppelin Speeds Toward Siberian Tundras
The Graf Zeppelin, with 20 passengers, is 36 hours from Friedrichshafen and speeding on a northerly course toward the Siberian tundras. It reports being north of Perm and over the Urals, progressing at about 60 mph as it crosses Europe and Asia toward Tokyo on its world girdling voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Friedrichshafen
Siberian
Perm
Urals
Europe
Siberia
Arctic
Soviet Union
Tokio
Asia
Ural Mountains
Harrisonburg
Gdinsk
Latvia
Tilsit
East Prussia
Brunski
Auto parts ad notes antique coaches for sale
Classified listing shows a 1928 Chevrolet coach with about 4,000 miles and a 1928 Pontiac coach with about 5,000 miles, described as like new. Seller AUTO PARTS CORP. indicates this is an auto parts firm page notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac
Friendship Fire Company Heads to Lexington Parade
The Friendship Fire Company will attend the Virginia State Firemen's Association convention in Lexington Virginia on August 28 with the Lexington Band leading the processional. About 100 members will march in uniform plus their reel team. The group plans to travel mostly by bus with Blue Ridge Transportation offering a four dollar round trip fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Fire Company
Lexington
Virginia State Firemen’s Association
Friendship Company
Friendshippers
Fred W. Forney
Robert Hagle
Herc
Friendship
Blue Ridge Transportation Company
The Glad Rag Doll at Capitol Last Times Today
Dolores Costello and her ex husband clash over alimony in a dramatic scene as a gunshot erupts. The episode ends with a man collapsing and the setting shifts toward a continuation on page ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolores Costello
Colt
Social activity in Clarke County recapped briefly
Berryville Virginia August 16 Mrs Rose MacDonald hosted a bridge luncheon at East Main Street for guest Mrs McGehee visiting her brother Mr B B Jones at Audley and others from Mississippi Arkansas and Virginia. Additional gatherings and arrivals are noted with local families and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Carpenter
E. G. Butler
A. Cummins
Blount
Mary Thomson
Nellie Todd
Joseph H. Bakewell
Bridge
Wyndham §. Clarke
North Fork
W. Va
J. M. H. Clagett
J. D. Griffin
Tom Peyton
Lloyd Williams
H. B. Harris
John Stribling
Albert Muller
Ruth
Dorothy Campbell
Margaretta Whiting
Annie Moss Taylor
Edwin A. Stevens
Bedminster
N. J
W. T. Lewis
W. A. Daniels
H. B. Whiting
E. P. Berlin
Ralph Dorsey
Ollie Thomas
J. E. Harris
Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Billy
John Harris
Tappahannock County
Harris
James Harris
Rappahannock River
Shenandoah River
Riverside
Peter Williams
Pittsburgh
For Sale Small house on 29 W Cork St
For sale a small house in fine condition with modern conveniences at 29 West Cork Street. Also notices seeking a good home for a thoroughbred male Airdale dog and a reminder to attend the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cork St
Airdale
Win Chester Fair Poultry Awards Attract Exhibitors
A call to poultry producers to enter the 1929 Winchester Fair with premiums offered across chickens ducks geese and pigeons. Breeding stock and high production are emphasized as profitable goals. entry fees and prize details are listed for single and pen classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Virginia
Farmers Union Meeting Set for Stephens City Saturday
The Farmers Union will meet Saturday evening at the People's Bank Building in Stephens City at 8 o clock. Members are urged to attend as this is the last chance to place orders for fertilizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Union
Stephens City
Farmer’s Union
People’s Bank
Southern Wholesalers to Open Winchester Branch
Announcement that Southern Wholesalers Inc of Washington DC will establish a large branch in Winchester. They have leased the Ramsey Furniture storeroom on West Boscawen Street. The Virginia corporation reports twelve years in the building and radio dealer business serving DC and parts of Maryland and Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Wholesalers, Inc
Washington, D. C
Winchester
West Boscawen Street
Ramsey Furniture Company
Virginia
Washington
District of Columbia
Maryland
Wm. E. O’connor
F. C. Ferber
H. B. Albright
Harry E. Hyde
Atwater Kent Radio
Atwater Kent
Philadelphia
Peaches Advertised in Season Bushel Baskets
Local notice advertises peaches available in season in bushel baskets with a contact phone 190-W and a delivery or pickup emphasis likely from FP Hy Gold.
NOTICE APPLE GROWERS PICKERS TICKETS PRINTING
Apple growers warned that pickers tickets are being printed by the STAR Job Department. Local labor participants should check timing and distribution details as available.
Public Auction of 12 shares at Court House
A public auction will be held at the front of the court house on Saturday August 17 at 12 o clock noon. The sale item is 12 shares of Farmers and Merchants stock. JOS S DENNY administrator. E Y Henning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Farmers & Merchants
JOS. S Denny ,Admr
Desirable Country Home Auction This Saturday
Public auction at the Court House at noon on Saturday September 7. The notice directs interested buyers to see the advertisement inside for details. Aimed at buyers seeking a country home offered to the highest bidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Amherst College Students Plan Regional Educational Tour
Amherst College students depart August 26 for an eight state and District of Columbia itinerary examining fruit and vegetable growing and canning. The trip includes visits to agricultural stations, markets, research institutes, and historic sites from Dover Delaware to Charlottesville Virginia and Gettysburg Pennsylvania before returning to Amherst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Amherst College
Massachusetts
Institutes of Plant Research
States
District of Columbia
Delaware
Newark
Del
Dover
Sussex County
Salisbury
Federaleburg
Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station
College Park
Washington
Virginia
Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Charlottesville
Staunton
Rockfish Valley
Woodstock
Harrisonburg
Govenor Byrd
Hancock
Martinsburg
W. Va
Gettysburg
Very
New York
Amherst
Berryville Horse Show Opens Amid Excitement and Accident
Berryville Virginia August 16 crowds praised the first day of the Berryville Horse Show with 156 entries. Maid of Afton owned by Jno A Massie and ridden by Mrs Lindsay Harrison Holiday won the Ladies Hunters class. Arthur Arthur Osborne was thrown in a handicap jump breaking his collar bone and taken to Memorial Hospital Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Jno
A. Massie
Washington
Lindsay Harrison Holiday
Arthur Arthur Osborne
Millwood
Russell C. Love
Johnstown
Memorial Hospital
Winchester
S. D. Childs
R. H. McAtee
W. F. Ramey
Pete
Clifton Simpson
Round Hill
Stull Brothers
Summit Point
Tom
D. Childe
Joe
J. R
Primrose
Isabelle Hope
W. Lodge Bowles
H. H. Kelly
W. L. Bowles
Roy B. Payne
Maid of Afton
Ask Me
P. C. Randolph
Sally Proctor
Ernest Woolf
Rotary speaker disputes survival of the fittest theory
Dr Ben Wilson of Harrisonburg challenged the survival of the fittest as nature’s law before the Winchester Rotary Club. He argued altrusim is the deepest life law, citing plant and animal life and the human soul. He urged a Rotary motto shift to honor service over profit and praised friendship as a lasting gift. He called Rotary an attitude of life and urged service without hope of reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Wilson
Harrisonburg
Winchester Rotary Club
Wilson
Rotary
Fine Addresses at Virginia Valley Christian Conference
The eighty first annual session at Timber Ridge Christian Church concluded with speeches by Dr. J O Atkinson and Dr. W P Minton. An illustrated lecture on Women and Children of Japan and Porto Rico drew a full house. Elon College work was reviewed by Dean A L Hook and C D Johnston reported on the Elon Orphanage. The union of Congregational and Christian denominations was discussed by Rev E C Hall. Rev B J Earp was reelected president with A W Andes as secretary and Samuel Barman as treasurer. Local representatives attended and the church earned banner church status under Rev R L Williamson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Valley Central Christian Conference
Timber Ridge Christian Church
J. O. Atkinson
Southern Christian Convention
W. P. Minton
General Convention of the Christian Church
Minton
Japan
Porto Rico
Elon College
A. L. Hook
N. C
Christian College
C. D. Johnston
Christian Orphanage
E. C. Hall
Milford
N. J
B. J. Earp
Harrisonburg
A. W. Andes
Samuel Barman
Messrs
FE. W. Cather
J. A. Spaid
R. A. Larrick
Lester Kerlin
R. L. Williamson
1930 Pontiac Coupe for sale with sport wheels and rumble seat
Classic 1930 model Pontiac Coupe offered by EBERT. Includes sport wire wheels spring covers and seat covers. Very complete in every respect. Contact for appraisal or purchase details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebert
Urgent Appeal for District Nurse Association Care
An appeal from the District Nurse Association urges Winchester city and county residents to provide immediate aid. The group reports 13 patients in sanatoriums this year with $28 monthly board and $2.50 laundry fees, plus occasional transportation and medical needs. Four patients remain under care, and a September clinic looms with insufficient funds. Contributions should go to Mrs. H. D. Filers or other listed coordinators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Nurse Association
Winchester
Henkel
H. D. Fillersident
Martin Wisecarver
Clarencd. Hardy
M. M. Lynch
C. M. Henkel
Josephine Arthur
Evelyn Dean
Scott Affleck Breaks Arm After Fall on North Loudoun
Scott Affleck, popular Miller's Drug Store employee, slipped on a banana peel on North Loudoun Street and broke his left arm at the elbow. He was taken home for surgical care and rested today as expected, with the injured arm causing pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Affleck
Miller’s Drug Store
North Loudoun Street
Peyton Street
Poorly Paid But Loved By His Flock
At the University of Virginia institute round table on The task of the Country Church Rev. Dr. John C. Siler, formerly of Berkeley County, W. Va., and now pastor at Fishersville, Va., described country ministers as devout, educated, hard working, and financially strained yet valued by their parishioners for faithful service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
University, Va
Institute of Public Affairs’ Round Table
John C. Siler
Berkeley County
W. Va
Presbyterian Church
Fishersville
Winchester Fair Office Card
Winchester Fair Office, in Chamber of Commerce beside Capitol Theatre, handles all fair business transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Capitol Theatre
Public sale of Cumberland Valley Fruit stock in Winchester
We will sell to the highest bidder for cash at 1 p m Saturday August 24 1929 in front of Court House Winchester Va twenty five shares no par value common stock Cumberland Valley Fruit Products Company. We are reliably informed this stock has a book value of 11 cents a share Duvall Dunn Auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fruit Products Company
Court House
Winchester
Cumberland Valley Fruit Products Company
Duvall & Dunn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Whitagre
Court House Lawn
Woodmen of World Picnic
Winchester Fair
Scout Anderson
Friends of Scouting
Graf Zeppelin
Auto Parts. Corp
Lexington Ban
Reel
Clarke County
WAL Colw
Auto Equipment Corporation
Star Job Department
Bit Northern School
Mass
Arthur Osborne
Timber Ridge
Patton’s
S. Main St
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