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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1934
Page
5
In Isaac Creek Virginia revival sessions run nightly at Mount Hebron United Brethren Church led by Rev. B F Spitzer. Services start 7 45 p m with songs and a sermon aimed at the August 31 audience. The week’s topic is The Question Without An Answer. Folks are invited to attend and hear the message.
Rosenberger Virginia August 31. Mr and Mrs I B Frye and family guests of Mrs A F Williams Sunday. Smoke home hosts include Mr and Mrs I D Wright Winchester Miss Mary Hammock Reliance and families. Arthur White visited John White and family Sunday.
Valley Mill residents report good improvements on local roads in the area. Mrs. G H Schuler and son and Misses Georgia and Emma Wirenman attended the funeral of their cousin Mrs Will Striker at Front Royal last Sunday.
Mr M Rosenberger visited in this section during the week. Berryville Horse Show drew many attendees. Roy Cater plans to move from the Owen place to Mr Harry Milks. Mrs Clark Cooper’s niece Mrs Emma Wirman hosted visits. W W Baldwin and son Richard spent time with sister Miss Emma Wirman. Billy Carpenter called on Mr and Mrs Charles Whitacre who visited the latter’s father W S Carlisle. Mrs Justa Quick of Berryville called on Miss Georgia Wir man during the week.
Stephens City Virginia residents Mr and Mrs Van Meter Hack of Springdale visit Baltimore Maryland to see Waldo Hack. Local mothers including Mrs Lemley and Mrs Golliday travel to Camp White Rock to join Steph ents City Boy Scouts for a weenie roast during their camping week.
Social items name Lomax Parker and Eldridge Lemley families returning from a World's Fair trip. Visitors include Rev O D Lambert and family from Bridgewater and Keezletown resident Alexander. Massie reunion drew 51 at Frank Massie home with guests from Washington Martinsburg Florida Relief Vaucluse and Stephens City. Also mention visits by Shipley Kerr Winfrey Gooch and others from Lynchburg and Washington including Feltner Steele Lineweaver Wolfe Seely Thomas and Jones among others.
Relatively brief social items report visits and gatherings in Relief Virginia. Fred Crim and son Bobbie Lee visited John Crim. Alice Grace and Mae Craig called on Mrs. Floyd Snapp. shower and weiner roast for Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Snapp at Strasburg Beach. Snapp formerly Helen Crim. Company I soldiers returned home after a two week Virginia trip. Floyd Snapp and wife hosted supper at Stephens City. Sunrise Church yard party drew good attendance. Enda Snapp visited Mrs. John Crim. C C Brill and daughters Ruth and Nettie Lou drove to Washington. Master Dudley Hicks spent days with Uncle Alfred Rinker.
White Post headlines list visits from Hagerstown Maryland to Norfolk Virginia. Notable events include Hebe Waters’s fall at Berryville Horse Show with a broken collarbone, and multiple families visiting relatives along the Rappahannock river area.
Mrs. David Hartman from Baltimore visited AlbIn Monday and dined with Mrs. Carrie Clayton. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Van Meter and Mrs Van Meter's companions. Mrs Earl Hawkins and others toured to Washington DC. Mrs Guy Smith ill at home with friends hoping for recovery. Broughs and Buncutters hosted a picnic at Rouss Spring Park. Rev O E Seastrunk preached for Rev P E Shealy in Woodstock and Burnt Presbyterian Church hosted a union prayer service. Roy Butler, formerly in hospital, is improving and hopes to go home soon.
A compact reflection notes that folly and wisdom arrive with the passage of time, shaping character and judgment as years accumulate.
Machinery and complete cider production system for large scale use offered by C Heurich Brewing Co in Washington DC. Includes reservoir tanks and all pertinent gear. Good condition at a bargain price. August 30 to September 1, 1931.
The British troopship Tuscania was torpedoed and sunk off Ireland on February 5, 1918, with 204 lives lost. The vessel carried United States troops and lies mated by the sea while wartime reporting notes the event and casualty figures.
On Labor Day Monday September 3 1934 banks announce closures as legal holidays. The Commercial and Savings Bank and Union Bank of Winchester along with Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Shenandoah Valley National Bank will be closed, with maturing paper payable on the following banking day September 4 1934.
Inquiries from Pennsylvania Maryland Louisiana North Carolina Ohio Illinois and West Virginia were received this week at the Chamber of Commerce office. Each was answered with a personal letter including Winchester Valley literature and a personal invitation to visit. Those who accept are guided about the city by Andrew Bell, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce.
Police say J. D. Willis coerced Mr and Mrs Maxwell Herring at gunpoint forcing them to drive 12 miles along the highway where the 18 year old bride was assaulted after the husband was tied to a tree. Authorities spirited the suspect to an undisclosed prison amid mob threats.
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