Clarke County News Highlights School Board and County Plans
Clarke county officials report a busy period with the December Clarke County School Board meeting in Berryville and plans to form a joint almshouse with neighboring counties. Berryville High School faced vandalism over the weekend, with two suspects fined and jailed on a suspended sentence. The board reviewed bus routes and upcoming library and fire escape projects, while the Handley gym hosts a decisive basketball game between Boyce and Berryville to decide who advances to the district meet at Bridgewater College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville High School
Roosevelt Jenkins
Thomas Shepherd
Bell
Berryville
Jenkins
Shepherd
Clarke County School Board
Berryvill Center
Ralph Ware
Battletown
Board of Supervisors
Miss Ramsburg
Clifton Price
Holmes Hardesty
Rose McDonald
C.O. . Dearmont
A. F. Robertson
Clyde B. Levi
C. B. Carr
D. G. Cooley
Boyce Agricultural High School
Clarke County
John Fishpan
John Lindsey
Winchester
Frederick
Warren
Shenandoah
Rockingham
Paget
Boyce
Handley Gymnasium
Bridgewater College
Turkey Dinner at Presbyterian Church Annex
A turkey dinner fundraiser will be held at the Presbyterian Church Annex on Loudoun Street, Thursday evening December 5 from 6:30 to 8:00. Tickets priced at $1. Fancy articles will be on sale.
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Presbyterian Church
Loudoun Street
Byrd Flight Praised As First Antarctic Air Pioneer
Berlin reports Commander Byrd's South Pole flight hailed as an outstanding scientific achievement. German observers note the Antarctic’s harsher conditions versus the Arctic and praise Byrd's three motor plane for endurance and potential to enable base establishment and future mapping.
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Berlin
Byrd
Antarctic
North Pole
Pole
Curt Seibert
Wilhelm Filchner
South Pole
Herr Seibert
Mrs Byrd to be featured in Paramount sound news reel
A special arrangement by Capitol Theatre manager brings a Paramount sound news reel to show Friday and Saturday featuring Mrs Richard Evelyn Byrd mother of Commander Byrd. The Winchester shot story will screen here before Washington and a White House showing for President Hoover. The release will then roll to theatres nationwide.
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Miller
Capitol Theatre
Paramount Sound News
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Comdr
R. E. Byrd, Jr
South Pole
H. Hunter
Washington
Paramount Pictures
Winchester
Weinbérg
Shenandoah Valley Theatres Corporation
Capitol
White House
Hoover
Marshall Walker's Whiz Bang Revue At Colonial Theatre
Marshall Walker leads the Whiz Bang Revue at the Colonial Theatre praised as the season’s fastest snappiest musical company and the funniest rude show on earth. Blanche Walker assists. acts include Poison Babies Sex Appeal My Boy Jim and Slippery Slippers with a youthful chorus and varied script and revue bills.
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Colonial Theatre
Marshall Walker
Blanche Walker
Comedienne
Jim
Local stars film comedy Win chester's Hero under Newland
Actors toil through a strenuous shoot for The Evening Star sponsored comedy Winchester's Hero directed by Don O Newland. Filming spanned Capitol Theatre and downtown locations with crowds, staged wrecks, and newspaper atmosphere to be captured tonight in interior Capitol scenes.
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Winchester
Evening Star
Don O. Newland
William Haines
Capitol Theatre
Newland
Uncle Sam
Thurman Ritenour
E. B. Hinkins
Capitol
Used Fords and Models A and T Sale Notice
Advertises a GEO Washington Garage listing used Fords including 29 Tudor 29 Standard Coupe 29 Roadster 28 Tudor 26 Coupe with sale date noted as 11-26.
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GEO Washington Garage
Sale Postponed for Household Furniture
On account of weather the sale of all household and kitchen furniture is postponed until Saturday December 7 at 1 o'clock. J. Affleck, Ag. S. Braddock, St. Also notice of 2 good overcoats by appointment. Phone 41-J.
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J. . Affleck
AG. S. Braddock
Robbers Strike Shenandoah Motor Co. in Amateur Break In
Thieves broke into the Shenandoah Motor Co. Inc. last night prying a safe hinge and hammering the safe combination. The door locks were pried, the cash register left open with pennies inside, and all doors found unlocked this morning. No tires or accessories were stolen though a prior year break in occurred with cash taken. The shop sits opposite Handley High School and is run by C. H. Schutte and H. Schmidt.
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Shenandoah Motor Co. Inc
Shenandoah Motor Co, Inc
Shenandoah Motor ’Co., Inc
Handley High School
Rehearsals For Page the Prince Advance Toward Colonial Night
All principals on hand at the last rehearsal for Page the Prince held at the 6 Washington Hotel. Five choruses train daily with Miss Sue Schlack guiding, and cast members listed for the Little Gondoli cafe scene. Tickets on sale from legionnaires cast members or Sample Shoe Store with reserved seating from Saturday 9 a.m. to Tuesday 4 p.m. Curtain rises at 8 30 p.m. at the Colonial Theatre.
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Washington Hotel
Colonial Theatre
Tal
American Legion
Page
Prince
Judd
Sue Schlack
Schlack
Arthur Carskaden
Charles Nunn
Arthur Fansler
Edna Holland
Dorothy Tiller
Nancy Lee Cline
Kenneth Rush
John Glaize
Jack Blackburn
Jim Shockey
Ames Fincham
Jim Snider
Mildred Landis
Katherine Byrd
Emma Ginn Baker
Helen Buckley
Georgia Conrad
Virginia Rehill
Jane Mudd
Ruth Graves
Frances George
Emma Graves
Mary Sullivan
Frances van Devener
Mary Capper
Virginia Ann Huntsberry
Margaret Snyder
Bright Grove
Kitty Sutton
Sample
Sample Shoe Store
Colonial Ticket Office
Vast Graichen estate to relatives under will probate
The will of Mrs. Laura V. Graichen probated in the Corporation Court leaves the bulk of an estate valued at over a quarter million dollars to relatives. Farms orchards bonds and $52 000 cash in banks form the major holdings. Grace Lutheran Church and Lutheran Orphans Home at Salem receive cash bequests. Grace V. Forney named executrix with bond of $200 000. Various Forney relatives receive farms residences cash and stock while a glove factory property is devised for life to Graichen Cross with further transfers to her heirs. Jewelry to relatives is listed in a codicil and the money in banks is to be divided among listed heirs.
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Laura V. Graichen
Corporation Court
Fannie Baker Dunlop
Grace V. Forney
Gratchen
Washington Street
Clarke County
Meee
Cress
Testatrix
Loudoun Street
Martha Forney
Raymond Fortiey
Ernestine Cross
Kent Street
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Little Billy Forney
George Washington Hotel Corporation
Richard Forney
National Fruit Product Company
Sadie Forney
Hilda Forney
Grace Forney
Frances Berry
Margaret Duncan
Lois Lewis
Friendship Bazar Opens At Fire Company Engine House
Arrangements are complete for the Friendship Fire Company bazar starting today at 5 pm and running ten nights with nightly dancing. The firemen’s auxiliary will deliver suppers citywide for 75 cents via telephone orders to 95. The American Legion Robert Y Conan Post will hold a luncheon at the bazar Friday at 12 30 hosted at the engine house.
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Friendship Fire Company
Engine House
Dover
Robert,”Y. Conirad
American Legion
Legion
Friendship -Bazar
Mule Walk Leads to Grand Jury Pageant
Lester Willis of Berryville, Clarke County, testified before the grand jury after drinking a liquid he mistook for boiler scale remover from a road crew fuel drum. He described his mule’s cow like swaying that left him intoxicated and jailed, a tale the jury dismissed.
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Lester Willis
Clarke County
Berryville
Lester
Castleman's Ferry
Grand Jury
Sears Penney merger seen as largest merchandising unit
Chicago December reports confirm negotiations for a 300 million merger of Sears Roebuck and J C Penney to create a national chain of about 1500 stores. Expected annual sales exceed 625 million with combined assets around 300 million and net earnings near 45 million. Julius Rosenwald and R E B Wood comment on the talks and leadership roles.
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Chicago
Sears, Roebuck & Co
J. C. Penney Company
Julius Rosenwald
R. E B. Wood
Penney
Beaqi
United States
Sears, Roebuck
J. C. Penney
Becker, Ryan & Co
United Wall Paper
J. B Byrns
J. N. McCracken
Gimbel Brothers
New York
Wood
Seare, Roebuck & Co
Friendship Fire Co meeting postponed to December 19
The Friendship Fire Company meeting set for December 5 is postponed for two weeks due to the Friendship Bazar in the company hall. The meeting will be held Thursday night December 19 at 8 o clock, and all members are asked to be present. Capt. Fred W. Forney.
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The
Friendship Fire Company
Friendship Bazar
Fred W. Forney
Special Christmas Portrait Offer at Jolliffe's Studio
A limited Christmas portrait special is offered by Jolliffe's Studio. The ad invites customers to book sessions for holiday keepsakes with potential bundled pricing and a time-limited promotion.
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Jolliffe
Auction of bank stock and estate shares at county courthouse
Auction sale to settle the estate of late J. P. Sartelle includes 14 shares Farmers & Merchants and 100 shares Commercial & Savings. Farm county courthouse front steps at 1 a.m. Saturday December 7. Duvall & Dunn, auctioneers.
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Farmers & Merchants
Commercial & Savings
Front County
J. P. Sartelle
Duvall & Dunn
City County Fight Over Ownership of Poor Farm Land
City cannot hold regular meeting for lack of quorum. Attendees consider action to resolve title to about 372 acres jointly deeded to Winchester overseers and Frederick County, with city claiming a half interest under a 1820 deed and 1828 conveyance. The dispute centers on which entity owns and administers the poor farm property.
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W. A. Baker
City
Jus.p
Fiona Pe. Oe Co
Winchester
Frederick County
Town County
Fleet Smith
Corporation of
Frederick
Round Hill
William Daniels
Aleoow
County rental for inmate care and boarding
County offers home farm to be rented to care for and board inmates. Applications must be filed with the Board of Supervisors by December 14, 1929. Brumbaugh, Chairman, Co. I.
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Board of Supervisors
Co. I. Brumback
Just Received Shipment of Beautifully Designed Pictures
Onege Studio advertises a new shipment of aesthetically designed pictures at popular prices for immediate purchase.
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Onege Studio
Public Auction Notices Dec 7 At Court House
Public auction scheduled for Saturday December 7 at 12 a m listing shares of National Fruit Product Co 7 percent preferred stock Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company Citizens National Bank Front Reyil Vale Duvall Dunn Auctioneers details show quantity and shareholders.
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Court House
National Fruit Product Co
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust
Citizens National Bank
Front Reyil
Vale Duvall & Dunn
Scrivener Death Case Shifts as Turley Testimony Fails
Mrs Amelia Turley faced the grand jury over her husband’s drunken confession claim about Detective Scrivener’s death. The panel’s display of seven neckties and her inability to identify which belonged to her husband unsettled her and halted her narrative.
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Winchester
Ares
Henry G. Chi
Police
Arthur B. Scrivener
Det Tive
Pratt
Ftan
Polic Force
Cole Bleas
Sout Carolina
United States
Scrivener
Joseph Bateman
Alton
John Maragon
Maragon
Dination T
Hquor
Apert
Cartacer
Amelia Turley
Grand Jury
Rover
Yestersday
Turley
Taxpayers notice on 1929 state taxes and penalties
Taxpayers who have not paid 1929 state taxes will incur a 5 percent penalty after December 6. The notice warns taxes not paid by close of business will be collected. The reminder stresses taxes must be paid to be eligible to vote in 1930 elections. Worried voters are urged to settle accounts promptly.
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T. Barr. Treaster
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Berryville School
Ford
Auto Parts Corp
Gern
Leicester
St. Possession
J. B. M. Sullivan
A. Phohe
Shen. Motor CO
the Prince
Lutheran Church
Sears Roebuck
Just
Major Pratt
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