Trinity Celebration Begins With Sermon By Dr. Smith
The 175th anniversary of Trinity Lutheran Church at Stephens City opened with Dr. Charles J. Smith of Roanoke College delivering a sermon on The Church. He called the church the oldest institution with a unique life-giving role. His brother Dr. G Morris Smith of Susquehanna University will preach tonight and tomorrow. A church homecoming closes the celebration next Sunday.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Stephens City
Charles J. Smith
Roanoke College
Northern Virginia
Frank L. Roof
Dobbins Takes Over New Post
Fred Dobbins age 25 and a Virginia Tech and Iowa State graduate began duties as instructor in vocational agriculture at Middle town and Stephens City high schools. He succeeds Robert A. Wall who left for Luray High School. Dobbins previously taught in Augusta county at New Hope and Fishersville.
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Fred Dobbins
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Middletown
Stephens City
Robert A. Wall
Luray
Mr. Dobbins
Augusta County
New Hope
Fishersville
Iowa State
General Mills
End of Contest Ad Urges Entry with Correct Initials
Final note in a four ad contest invites readers to submit all four panels with correct initials. First 12 correct sets earn two passes for entrants.
Four Youths Rescued From Potomac After Dam Escape
Four Frederick youths were rescued after a small boat was swept over a four foot dam on the Potomac River near Seneca Maryland. Clinton McSherry Jr 22 and Charles Price Jr 24 clung to an islet and were saved, while John Motter 18 and James McSherry 19 were later pulled from a downstream recovery craft with help from rescuers Arlis Bowman and an unnamed man from Virginia.
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Seneca
Potomac River
Clinton McSherry, Jr
James McSherry
W. Clinton McSherry
Maryland Board of Licenses
John Motter
Guy K. Motter
Frederick
Charles Price
Clinton McSherry
Price
Motter
Arlis Bowman
Herndon
Myers
Floris
Last Rites for John F. Sargent in Stephens City
John F. Sargent 82 a Stephens City resident and longtime carpenter died Saturday at Kline Nursing Home Middletown after three months bedridden. Rites held at Stephens City Methodist Church with Rev W D Mitchell and Rev Homer Welch. Interment Green Hill Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters Leone Beatty and Blanche Gardner and three sons William Sam and Dewey Sargent. Second wife Zula Samsell also survives.
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John F. S. Sargent
Stephens City
W. D. Mitchell
United Brethren Church
Reliance
Homer Welch
Green Hill Cemetery
Sargent
Kline
Middletown
Washington
Lucy Smith Sargent
Methodist Church
Mr. Sargent
Emma Turner
Leone Beatty
Ohio
Pyle
Blanche Gardner
William Sargent
Winchester
Sam
Dewey Sargent
Zula Samsell
Origin of the Trojan Horse and Early Baptist Church Fact
The saying Trojan Horse stems from Greeks hidden inside a wooden horse used to enter Troy at night. The First Baptist Church in Providence Rhode Island founded in 1638 by Roger Williams is the oldest Baptist congregation in America with uninterrupted existence.
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A. The First _Baptist Church
Providence, R. I
Baptist Congregation In
America
Roger Williams
Waynesboro Shooting Leaves Family Dead and Father Dead
In Waynesboro on a Saturday a 31 year old rayon plant worker killed his wife Ida Mahoney Shifflett 24 and two sons William Albert 5 and Kenneth Carroll 3 then shot himself. Coroner Dr C P Obenschain called it murder followed by self inflicted death after a domestic quarrel.
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Waynesboro
C. P. Obenschain
Augusta County
William Grover
Willie) Shiffiett
Drummheller
Shifflett
Williaming
William
Dr. C R Anderson Reaches Canada in Refugee Transfer
The Star reports Dr. C R Anderson has arrived in Canada and awaits a boat carrying English refugee children to Winchester. Brenda Carter will live with Mrs. Richard Griffith, while Betty and Roger Edmonds stay with the Andersons.
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C. R. Anderson
Canada
Winchester
Brenda Carter
Richard Griffith
Betty
Roger Edmonds
Andersons
Warren Pershing Age and Birth Date
Warren Pershing is 31 years old and was born on June 24, 1909, in line with general Pershing’s family details.
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General Pershing
Warren
Warren Pershing
Family of four dead in tavern shooting incident
Police described a fatal tavern shooting where a man named Shifflett and others were drawn to the scene. The suspect reportedly threatened to end it all after an argument resumed following a commute from work. Dr Obenschain said all family members died instantly. Surviving relatives include the parents Mr and Mrs W S Shifflett and sister Mary, with a Chicago brother John Mahoney.
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D. P. Howard
Virginia
Dobbins
Robert All
Shifflet
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Dr. Smith
Roanoke
Dobbins Takes
New Post
Bette Davis
Charles Boyer
Rachel Field
Heaven
Capitol Theatre
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Mr.Sargent
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Richmond Colts
Mayo Island
James River
United States
Man
Anderson
C. B. Smalts & Son
National Ave
Eve
Adam
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