Social and Personal in Winchester and Nearby
Southeast Virginia welcomes social writer news from Winchester and surrounding towns. Notables include Mrs. Miller editing the Evening Star Newport News Daily Press, Dr. Snapp at Bennett's Spring, Legion Auxiliary planning a Monday meeting, Piper family moving to Eccleston in Green Spring Valley, and multiple marriage licenses and local visits. Geographical scope includes Winchester, Martinsburg Journal, Cape May, and Green Spring Valley.
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Virginia
Paul L. Miller
Loryn Crabill
Winchester
Charles Town
Martinsburg
W. Va
Rodney K. Wiley
Nina Miller
Presbyterian Manse
G. G. Snyder
Fruit Growers Meet At Byrd Farm In Virginia
Virginia and New York fruit grower groups met at Governor Byrd’s farm for talks on foreign markets and storage disease prevention. Edwin Smith discussed foreign marketing, Dr. Charles Brooks addressed scab prevention, and H L Bonham led Virginia Horticultural Society remarks. Carloads of apples were packed in barrels and baskets to end the event.
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Byrd
Virginia
New York
Edwin Smith
United States Department of Agriculture
Charles Brooks
Washington
Tilden to Seek Reinstatement After USTA Ban
William Tilden II announced he would apply for reinstatement at the September USTA executive committee meeting. He said the ruling barred him from amateur tennis and resented the implication that he was a liar.
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Associated Press
Boston
William T. Tilden II
United States Lawn Tennis Association
Head of Gulf States Steel Company Dies at 84
James Bowron, 84, chairman of the Gulf States Steel Corporation, died suddenly in Birmingham Alabama today of chronic heart trouble. He had been in ill health for weeks though doctors had downplayed the seriousness.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
James Bowron
Gulf States Steel Corporation
Reward Offered For Tracing Fake Radiograms
The American Radio Relay League executive committee in Hartford has authorized a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons who broadcast messages signed Rockford Flyers. The messages are believed to be false.
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Associated Press
Hartford
Conn
American Radio Relay League, Inc
Rockford
First Baptist Church and Cedar Cliff notices
Local church notices list services for First Baptist Church with pastors J Hogesmith and E T Clark including Sunday school 9 45 a m morning worship 11 a m and evening worship 7 30 p m with midweek meetings and choir. Cedar Cliff hosts Sunday school 9 20 a m and Christian Endeavor 7 30 p m but no preaching due to tent meeting. Cedar Creek and Mount Hope Chapel offer similar schedules with preaching and Sunday school.
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Cedar Cliff
Vaucluse
Christian Endeavor
Cedar Creek
Marlboro
Mount Hope Chapel
Hoover shifts focus to prohibition issue in campaign
Herbert Hoover returns from his nationwide tour and finds the prohibition question ahead of farm relief in national politics. He plans no immediate debate with the Democratic candidate and says he will campaign in the East border states and South while delaying another long trip until October.
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Associated Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Pennsylvania
Stanford University
Mission Treasurer Search Under Way for C S Carnes
The Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention issued a nationwide search for C S Carnes treasurer who vanished after leaving Atlanta August 15 for Raleigh North Carolina authorities fear an accident may have occurred Carnes has not been heard from since.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Home Mission Board
The
Southern Baptist Convention
C. S. Carnes
Raleigh
N.C
Carnes
N. C
Southern Baptist Convention Home Mission Board
Scar Found On Corpse Similar To Missing Woman
Elk Horn Wis Aug 25 The body of a young woman found stuffed in a culvert is examined by Dr E T Ridgeway the coroner s physician who notes a scar on the left shoulder similar to that of Lenora Abitz a Milwaukee domestic missing since June 10 authorities say the body appeared dead about six weeks and identification was uncertain tonight.
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Associated Press
Elk Horn
Wis
E .T. Ridgeway
Lenora Abitz
Milwaukee
Oakland Stock Car To Run 120 Hours In Test Drive
An Oakland stock car will be driven through Winchester and environs for five days and nights starting Monday at 7 30 p m. The driver will be chained to the steering post for 120 hours with public rides allowed. Officials and car identity remain secret amid notes on mind over matter and endurance.
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Oakland
Winchester
L. J. Hook
Hook
Middletown Postmaster Parker Seriously Ill At Home
Postmaster Benj B. Parker of Middletown in this county is very ill at his home with a kidney ailment. He has been confined to his residence for some time and shows little improvement despite medical treatment.
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Benj. B. Parker
Middletown
Postmaster Parker
Market Strength Drives New Highs As Week Ends
New York August 25 market activity shows continued strength with more than twenty issues reaching new highs for the year. Prices gained from 1 to nearly 7 points while trading remained heavy with blocks of 5 000 to 14 000 shares changing hands. Total volume nears 1 500 000 shares as the week closes strong.
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Associated Press
New York
Tunney and Shaw Likely to Meet in London
Gene Tunney aims to meet writer George Bernard Shaw while Shaw vacations at Antibes France. Shaw told the Daily Mail he plans to meet Tunney and return to London September 15 hoping to see him then. He said he would not permit reporters or photographers at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Gene Tunney
George Bernard Shaw
Antibes
France
Daily Mail
Shaw
Tunney
Gene
Miss Rena Myers Visits Front Royal This Weekend
Miss Rena Myers of North Loudoun Street is spending the weekend in Front Royal Virginia with friends.
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Virginia Gray
Memphis, Tenn
Mary J. Gray
North Kent Street
Rena Myers
North Loudoun Street
Front Royal
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church Notice
Rev J Luther Neff pastor announces 11 o clock service by Rev Stanley McFarland of Paw Paw WV former Winchester resident invites all to hear him Epworth League at 7 15 p m church school at 9 45 a m no evening service
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J. Luther Neff
Stanley McFarland
Paw Paw
W. Va
Church School
Epworth League
McFarland
Winchester
Galilee Disciples Church Preaching Services Noted
The notice lists Bartonville service at 11 a.m. and Galilee service at 8 p.m. It quotes Doctor Johnson on striving for perfection as an ideal unattainable.
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Bartonville
Galilee
First Traction Engine Pioneer John Hauptman Dies
John L. Hauptman who operated the first traction engine in Frederick and Clarke counties died at his Clearbrook home after a months long illness. Born April 12 1854 in Quincy Pennsylvania he moved to Virginia with his parents and built a life in sawmill and farming ventures. He married Edith Woore in 1883 and leaves widow daughter Mrs G Wilson Whitmore and extended family. Funeral Monday at Mount Hebron Winchester with Bishop Miller and Minister Gipe officiating.
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John L. Hauptman
Frederick
Clarke
Clearbrook
Hauptman
Mr. Hauptman
Quincy
Franklin County
Virginia
John
Catherine Hauptman
Jerome Hauptman
Edith Woore
Reformed Menonite Church
Waynesboro
G. Wilson Whitmore
George A
Kenneth H
Edith May
Ezra Hauptman
Amos Hauptman
Barton Hauptman
Susan Hauptman
Wm. B. Lehman
Hagerstown
Charles Schlack
Winchester
Bishop Miller
Harrisburg
Penna
Gipe
Chambersburg
Mount Hebron
Silver O'Rear
Ralph Whitmore
William §. Huyett
M. G. Hoffman
Harry Light
George Clark Clark
Kellogg lays anonymous wreath at Arc de Triomphe
In Paris Secretary Kellogg, staying at the American embassy, quietly visits the Arc de Triomphe at noon and places an anonymous wreath on the tomb. He kneels in silent meditation, then rises and salutes before departing without comment amid a day of official social events surrounding the signing of the war denunciation treaty.
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Kellogg
Associated Press
Paris
Arc de Triomphe
Public official kneels before tomb without inscription
Photographers captured Mr Kellogg knealing before the tomb making him the first known public official to do so and to place a weight bearing no inscription on the monument.
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Kellogg Knealing
Grain Quotations From Spielman and Co Local Brokers
The grain quotations of W. R Spielman and Co for today list Wheat September 1.10, December 1.15, May 1.22. Corn September 0.90, December 0.73. Delays and garbled notes reflect typical market columns of the era.
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W. R Spielman and Co
Winchester U B Circuit Weekly Services and Events
Mount Pleasant and Fairview churches list Sunday school at 19 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sermons at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Christian Endeavor at 8 p.m. Pleasant Valley hosts Sunday school at 19 a.m. and an 8 p.m. sermon plus 7 p.m. Endeavor. Pastor Rev C J Racey leads Winchester U B Circuit.
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C. J. Racey
Mount Pleasant
W. Va
Christian Endeavor
Fairview
Pleasant Valley
Burnt Church Christian Endeavor Meeting At 6:45
The Burnt Church Christian Endeavor plans a 6:45 p m gathering with Ellsworth Orndorff slated to read an attractive program for the event.
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Christian Endeavor
Ellsworth Orndorff
Sunrise Church All-Day Services With Special Speakers
Reliance A. B. Charge presents Sunrise Church events with Sunday school at 10 a.m. preaching at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. gospel songs. Rev. Charles Beard the blacksmith evangelist preaches at 11 a.m. and Rev. Mr Brown speaks in the afternoon. Friendship Church joins Sunrise for a basket dinner on the lawn. The pastor preaches at Reliance at 6 p.m.
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Sunrise Church
Charles Beard Blacksmith
Mr. Brown
Friendship Church
Reliance
Also Mentioned on This Page
Snapp
Corporation
John H. Mummert
Fannie K. Lightner
Nathan Lightner
W. H. Sampsell
United Brethren Church
Orpha Wright Brill
Cape May, N. J
Josie Seal Hipple
Miss Baker
Baltimore
C. H. Smith
Clifton Forge
Virginia Williams
Charlottesville, Va
Cottie Wyndham
Berryville
Ralph Essick
Ruth
Downingtown
Oscar Darlington
Radner
W. A. Bailey
Shirley Bly
Jesse S. Bly
Fairview Avenue
Florence Totten
Leonard Brown
Silas Henry
Sara Himelright
Anna Fugitt
Fred. Fugitt
Ernest L. Miller
Memorial Hospital
West Monmouth Street
Nancy Orr Rossman
Atlantic City
Chambersburg, Pa
Ramon Rossman
Harry R. Greene
Pittsburgh
Mr. Greene
Caroline G. Watkins
Ridgely Jackson
Nova Scotia
Miss Watkins
Miss Jackson
Empire State
Old Dominion
Tilden
Gulf States Steel Compan
Easi
Ean
Simplex
Peet
Huntsberry
First Baptist Church
County Presbyterian
J. Hoge Smith
Col. Washington and Piccadilly Sts
E. T. Clark
James L. West
Parker
George B. Shaw
Market Street
Methodist Episcopal
F. S. Sapp
Doctor Johnson
Spielman’s Grain Yan
Sample Shoe Store
Lovett Bros
AU WA Upwear
Phillips
Woodbury’s
N. Main Street
George Washington Hotel
Winchester U. B. Circuit
Reliance A. B
H. E. Richardson
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