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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1926

Page

8

Social Visits and Local News From Midway Virginia

Midway Virginia reports a busy social weekend with Mrs Ver gie Bucher and children visiting Mountain Falls. Isabelle Henson spent days near Miss Glenna White. Milton Sager joined Mr Godfrey Bly for Sunday. Vergie Snapp Odelia Snapp and Edwin Snapp gathered at Ben White's. Ward Cadwallader visited Bly. Isabelle Henson again weekending with Simon Snapp. Mr Strother Linebu noted in local circles.

Midway Vergie Bucher Mountain Falls Milton Sager Godfrey Bly Vergie Odelia Snapp Edwin Ben White Ward Cadwallader Isabelle Henson Simon Snapp Strother Linebu

Local Families Visit Relatives This Sunday

and children of Relief spent Sunday at Mr. Godfrey Bly. Mrs. Robert Knight and son of Chambersville spent Sunday evening at Mr. Ben White's.

Relief Godfrey Bly Robert Knight and Son Chambersville Ben White

National Park Highway Body Is Organized

At Randolph Macon Academy a regional meeting formed the Shenandoah National Park Highway body to promote a Front Royal to National Memorial Bridge route as the shortest Washington access. Seventy members joined paying $1 dues. Hugh E. Naylor elected president with officers from each county and regional vice presidents named.

Front Royal Randolph-Macon Academy Arlington Fairfax Bauquier Prince WillGany Sheyah Warren Shenandoah National Park National Memorial Bridge Washington Hugh E. Naylor Hillidge Manassas Gap BE. W. R. Ewing Arlington County H. J. Benchoff Woodstock C. L. Melton

Thoroughbred Mares and Colts Killed at Buchanan Farm

At General James A. Buchanan's Ayrshire farm near Upperville Virginia lightning killed two valuable mares and three suckling foals. The mares were Goldilocks foaled 1913 by imp Goldfinch and Disillusion foaled 1912 by Chilton. The foals included a King James foal from Goldilocks, a War Star foal from Disillusion, and a Kingames foal from Disillusion's line.

James A. Buchanan Ayrshire Upperville Imp. Goldfinch Ormoyghe Clara J Imp. Watercress Chilton Free Knight King James Imp Kingames Superman

Park College Prepares Students Through Work System

About 450 Park College students in Parkville Missouri work three hours daily to cover expenses. They shovel coal, clean dormitories, wash dishes, farm, and run the campus services as part of a non sectarian program founded in 1875. The college emphasizes work as a means to an arts degree with no intercollegiate athletics.

Associated Press Parkville Park College Park Fach F. W. Hawley

Three Local Men Begin Long Walk to Indiana

Preston Sartelle and Harman Baker, two young men from the city, started yesterday on a long distance hike toward Indiana. They say they will walk, detailing their planned route and destination as they embark.

Preston ,Sartelle Harman Baker Indiana

Boys headed for Virginia Military Institute visit

The boys travel well equipped and expect a month journey. They will visit Sartelle's grandfather, Mr. Preston Orr, at a northern Indiana lake summer home. Sartelle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Sartelle, and Baker, son of Mrs. Edmonia Baker, plan to return and Sartelle will enter Virginia Military Institute as a student.

Army and Navy Winchester Young Sartelle Preston Orr Indiana Sartelle Harry. M. Sartelle Young Baker Edmonia Baker Peyton Street Virginia Military Institute

Also Mentioned on This Page

A. Dependable Bank Gloria Jolliffe & Jolliffe Doe Boyd’s the Corner Drug Store Telephone the Union Bank OF Winchester Jewelers Optometrists Warner Bres National Park Highway Body Warner Bros Robert Reable Marie Prevost Monte Blue John Patrick Palm Beach Manhattan Nettleton Shoes Orndoff & Brown Huntsberry S. H. Hable Virginia GRAY Riley and Son Virginia Loan & Thrift Corp Loudoun Main Padah
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