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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1925
Page
5
The essay extols newspaper ads as modern retailers visiting the home, promising convenience and inspection of goods from clothing to groceries and pens. It urges readers to study the advertisements as a trustworthy guide to where to buy and what to expect.
Shenandoah National Park Association officials announce the Buy-An-Acre drive to fund a Blue Ridge National Park. Launch on Sept. 1 in Rockingham Shenandoah and Page counties with chairs named for each district. After initial three counties the effort expands to Frederick Clarke Warren Albemarle Madison Greene and other Piedmont counties and then major cities. Capt. John Paul of Harrisonburg chairs the regional committee.
Speakers push securing a Southern national park as a catalyst for economic growth in Virginia. Acquisitions priced at $6 per acre with $1 down, contingent on Congress settling the park location. Delegates including Capt. John Paul and local chairs emphasize business benefits and tourism potential across the region.
The Presbyterian Church will hold services Sunday with Dr. F. T. McFaden preaching at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m. Bible classes at 9:45 a.m. The Christian Endeavor Society meets at 7:15 p.m. in the Sunday school room led by Mr. A Garland Williams. All are welcome to worship.
Arthur B. Fletcher, a local wage earner, invested 2400 in an unimproved Miami suburb lot in March and recently sold it for 8000. He reportedly used nearly all his spare cash but maintained confidence, leaving him a gain of 5600 on the deal.
A dispatch from Elizabethville says religious fanatics near Sakania in the Belgian Congo killed 50 natives during forcible conversions. A native police patrol was driven off with deaths and injuries. Troops have been dispatched to quell the rising.
The Golden Rule Bible Class at Braddock Street Methodist Church meets at 9:30 Sunday morning in their usual room. Dr John Paul Tyler of Washington will teach the class delivering an instructive lesson. Orchestra music and class singing are planned. attendees are urged to arrive on time.
A marriage license was issued to Paul V. Carter and Helen C. Rowland in Clarke County. The ceremony occurred yesterday afternoon at the bride's parents home in Stephens City, with Carter described as a Clarke County native and son of Arthur Carter of Stephens City.
Mrs Rebecca Hager of Lemon City Florida arrived a few days ago in Martinsburg West Virginia to visit Mrs Mary Fawcett of South Market street and other relatives.
Weather bureau predicts showers for North and Middle Atlantic States Monday night or Tuesday and again near the end of the week. Overall the period will be generally fair with warmer conditions Monday, cooler midweek, and warmer again by Friday.
The executive committees of Friendship, Sarah Zane, Charley Rouss and South End Fire Companies will meet at Rouss Hall at 8 o clock Monday August 24. Firemen s Welfare Organization announces the gathering and urges attendance by members.
Mr Forney W Shepherd president of Union State Bank of Winter Park Florida returned home after a vacation trip with Mrs Shepherd and daughter. He is from Berryville Clarke county and has resided in Winter Park for years. Mrs Shepherd formerly Miss Martha Funkhouser niece of Dr A D Henkel Winchester and her daughter visit her mother Mrs Isaiah Funkhouser at Lebanon Church Shenandoah county Virginia.
Mrs. A. C. Welch, summer resident of Winchester, left this morning for Washington to spend the weekend with relatives and friends.
In Bankruptcy Virginia Chemical Co. a public sale of real estate and factory equipment is set for 9 AM Saturday August 29 at the frame factory site near Phenes City Virginia. The plant on the E & O railroad includes machinery, some to be offered separately. Cash on day of sale pending court approval. For details contact trustee Joseph B. Newlin Winchester Attorney Robert T. Barton. Dunn & Duvall solicitations. August 19 1926.
Executor of B. Brooke Baker offers at public auction on September 19, 1925 at 12 M in front of Winchester Court House a lot on the east side of South Main Street 49 feet wide and 189 feet 9 inches deep, Nos 44-46-48 and 60, with buildings. Terms: 4000 dollars cash, balance in equal installments over one and two years at 6 percent, secured by deed of trust and fire insurance. Personal property from Baker estate also to be sold at 2 PM the same day.
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