Stephens City School Days Highlights Student Activities
Freshman drama class presents Julius Caesar as part of English lessons while the Home Economics girls adopt a kindergarten child in need. Sports feature Stephens City teams lose to Berryville in basketball, F F A members visit Howard University for agricultural library expansion.
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Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
North Carolina
Claude Stickley
Winchester
Austin
Grant
F. F. A. News
R. A. Wall
Washington
Howard University
Stephens City Agricultural Library
Mr Winchester’s History Of A Self Made Man
Roge Baltzell Rouss later known as Charles La4Rouss rose from store clerk to Baltimore Sun contact with Abell and then revolutionary business plans in Winchester. He built a vast enterprise from $150 a year to $15,000,000 annual sales, becoming a $10,000,000 figure with million-dollar benefactions. The piece extols the self made American ideal as embodied by Charles Broadway Rouss and Winchester’s notable figures.
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Roge
Baltzell Rouss
Charles la 4 Rouss
Sehkeny
Reuss
Baltimore
Mr. Abell
Baltimore Sun
Winchester
Wwe
Loomeortad
Richmond
New York
Charles Broadway Rouss
Grandmother Greg Comes Back to the Farm Pageant
The Home Demonstration Club staged a pageant titled Grandmother Greg Comes Back to the Farm at the high school auditorium last Wednesday. Proceeds of 5.40 funded canning soup mix expenses for undernourished school children. Miss Saxton Samsell, seventh grade teacher, is in Richmond attending the State Teachers convention. She is renting grammar grades of Frederick county.
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Greg
Saxton Samsell
Richmond
Frederick County
The Fireman Dedicated to the Baltimore and Ohio Firemen
A poem by Nina Glynn Anderson honors firemen of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway. It recalls the engine’s whistle and glow, the fireman’s pride, and now their hardship as diesels replace steam. The verse pleads for care of displaced firemen and families while praising their hard work.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Harry
Oyster supper at Rockcroft gathers church members
County notes from Minnie Wood Chapel report a well attended oyster supper hosted by Miss Minnie Wood and Mrs. Page Rutherford at Rockcroft. Revival services at Preschurch Berryville wrap up after about one day. Several local residents and families are mentioned attending or hosting events and visiting relatives.
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Minnie Wood
N. B
J. M
T. W. Willingham
Millwood
Jack Rutherford
George Pine
Cyrus Pine
Ross LeMar
Martinsburg
W. Va
Anne Willingham
Madeline Willingham
Thanksgiving Notes From Boyce Community
Rev. Robert Goodwin spoke at the Boyce Methodist Thanksgiving services. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Eddy from Front Royal and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Burner from Front Royal. Miss Marguerite Jolliffe marked her birthday with relatives. Various locals and guests shared holiday visits to farms and kin across Boyce and nearby towns.
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John Locke
Fork Union Military School
Messrs
Oscar and
C. B. Carr
Huntingdon Farm
Bobby Hooker
Berryville
Boyce
Church Notices From Lebanon Virginia
Lebanon Church VA December 3 reports James Hoch with a badly cut hand and Jack Cook rushing to Rockingham Memorial Hospital for his sister's critical illness. Local visitors include Mrs W H Bowers and others. Julius Keller and W Snarr celebrated their birthdays with a late supper at Keller's home. Families visiting M L Hottel included Elwood Cooper and daughters Marie Madge Lee, Ashby Himmelright Capon Springs WV, and George G Kump.
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Capon Springs
W. Va
George G. Kump
Refuge Notes Ill Sister At Cumberland and Meeting Held
Mary Steele and Millie Orndoff traveled to Cumberland Maryland last Friday to be with their critically ill sister Kate Riggleman. O L Grim and two sons visited Isaac Grim and Julia Grim Thursday evening. The Thanksgiving meeting at Refuge Thursday night drew a good crowd.
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Refuge
Mary Steele
Millie Orndoff
Cumberland
Kate Riggleman
L. Grim
Isaac. Grim
Julia Grim
Middletown Notes From Virginia Social Roundup
The column reports on local residents and visitors in Virginia, including W P Saunders returning from a deer hunt, visits by Mr and Mrs E V Odgen and others, a surprise party for Mrs Frank Taylor, ailing R A Larrick, Edgar McCartney and Eleanor visiting relatives in Virginia, and several local residents spending Thanksgiving with family before returning to schools.
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W. P. Saunders
Daver New Castle
Craig
Eee
Adamn Odgen
Washington, D. C
E. V. Odgen
Frank Taylor
Vaucluse
Louise Kline
Virginia Walker
Anna Virginia
Jean Campbel
Mary
Virginia Ridings
Paueline
Henry
W. W. Kline
Gordon Ridings
John Swadley
Fred Kline
Harold Teets
Hugh Campbell
R. A. Larrick
Edgar McCartney
Eleanor
Virginia
Ella N.didawick
C. G. Wilkins
James Rogers
E. E. Rogers
Martha Reely
Amye Clark
Funeral Rites Held for John M. Gordon in Marlboro
Funeral services were held at the Gordon home near Marlboro on Wednesday at 10 a.m. led by Rev. Harry M. Crim of Strasburg Presbyterian Church. Burial followed in Green Hill Cemetery, Stephens City. Pallbearers included Charles and Olie Windle, E. A. Keller, J. J. Keller, Harry Claggett and W. E. Pisher. Attendees from afar included Roy Morgan and wife from Annapolis Maryland and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gordon of Hagerstown Maryland. The deceased died suddenly of a heart attack while speaking with a neighbor. He was a descendant of General Mercer of Revolutionary fame.
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John Miller Gordon
Marlboro
Harry M. Crim
Strasburg Presbyterian Church
Green Hill Cemetery
Stephens City
Charles and
Olie Windle
E. A
J. J. Keller
Harry Claggett
W. E. Pisher
Roy Morgan
Annapolis, Md
Charles Gordon
Hagerstown
Gordon
General Mercer
Annual Award To Be Made By Scout Troops
Winchester Boy Scout troops select their outstanding members for the 1934 Charles R. Anderson Jr Award presented by Dr. Charles R. Anderson in memory of his Eagle Scout son. Mayor Anderson says the honor honors courtesy honesty and sincerity shaping good citizens.
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Boy Scout Troops
Winchester
Charles R. Anderson, Jr
Charles R. Anderson
Anderson
Scouts and Scouters of Win-
An item notes preparations by the Scouts and Scouters of Win for an upcoming event. The fragment hints at organized groups and community involvement, with emphasis on planning and participation by local youth organizations.
Eagle Scout Charles R. Anderson Jr. Remembered
Chester honors Eagle Scout Charles R. Anderson Jr. for his long service to Scouting and his many awards earned during his membership.
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Chester
Charles R. Anderson, Jr
Pupils On Mt. Airy Roll Honor List
An attendance honor roll for Mt. Airy School Opequon lists pupils such as Gilbert Bridle Alfred Bly Walter Funk Lee Fawcett Hous ton Heckley Nancy Brumback Elizabeth Brindle Marguerite Kingree Irne Lowe Beatrice Shell Oscar Bywaters Denzil Fawcett Brown Kingree Roland Snapp Retha Keckley Leroy Edmonson Gladys McKee Elsie Line Elizabeth Fawcett Harold Fawcett Glady Fawcett Lucibelle Fawcett Ruth Wright Zantha Willis Catherine Bly prepared by Miss Elizabeth Thom and Mrs Mayme E. Miller.
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Elizabeth Thomas
Mayme E. Miller
Mt. Airy School
Opequon
Gilbert Bridle
Alfred Bly
Walter Funk
Lee Fawcett
Houston Heckley
Nancy Brumback
Elizabeth Brindle
Marguerite Kingree
Irne Lowe
Beatrice Shell
Oscar Bywaters
Denzil Fawcett
Brown Kingree
Roland Snapp
Retha Keckley
Leroy Edmonson
Gladys McKee
Elsie Line
Elizabeth Fawcett
Harold Fawcett
Glady Fawcett
Lucibelle Fawcett
Ruth Wright
Zantha Willis
Catherine Bly
Victory Shoe Shine and Barber Shop Opens Near Crystal
Ikey Lazazzera announces the opening of Victory Shoe Shine Hat Cleaning and Barber Shop at 154 N Main St two doors from the Crystal. The up to date shop promises best of service and invites customers to visit.
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Victory Shoe
N. Main St
The
Crystal
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Wade Rothgeb
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Roberts
Mary Evelyn Steele
Earl Beavers
Charles Cook
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Home Economics News
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Virginia Mills
Blues and Golds
Stephens City School
Berryville High School
Berryville Girls
Stephens City Girls
Jberryville
MR Winchester
Rouss
Nina Glynn Anderson
County News
Minnie
Glenn
Henderlite
Edward Colvin
O. H. Wilkins
Sarah Fyre Road
Parker
Lebanon Church News
Middletown
John M. Gordon
ACT
Cou
Duco
du Pont
Dutox
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Winchester, Va
TEINS
Cou Pont
Douglas Cather
Rudolph Palmer
Richard Rusk
Bennie Davis
Troop
Zinz
J. S. Solenberger & Co., Inc
N. Loudoun St
John S. Miller & Company
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Big Sister
Central Press Association
Byles
Shell Station
Martinsburg Pike
Amherst & Boscawen Sts
Valley Ave
Braddock St
Twin-City Oil & Gas Corp
Mt. Airy Roll
Ikey Lazazzera
Bickers Motor Co
C. I. Brumback
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