Pershing Advocates Expanded Reserve Officers Training
General Pershing urged growth of the Reserve Officers Training Corps and stronger provision for annual increases in cadet commissions. He warned against further reductions in regulars and National Guardsmen, praising camps as key to citizenship and defense while noting funding limits and maintenance gaps in the army.
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Reserve Officers Training Corps
Pershing
Officers Training Corps
United States
Pamaama Canal
War Department
National Guard
Derci
General Pershing
America
Winchester to issue auto and truck licenses from Dec 26
Residents of Winchester and surrounding counties may obtain automobile and truck state licenses at the Chamber of Commerce starting December 26. Jen Bell secretary says supplies will be ample and staff will expedite processing. Applicants must pay cash or certified check as the state conducts cash transactions.
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Winchester
Chamber of Commerce
Jen Bell
Chamber
Bell
Dyke Family and Friends Gather for Weekend Visits
Mr and Mrs Warner Dyke visited his brother George Dyke at Mount Williams last Sunday. Mrs Bell Dyke of Winchester is visiting son Carson Dyke. Holmes Spillman and family visited his parents. Raymond Racey and family called on James Rosenberger. Sunday visitors included Elza Renner Mary Renner Bessie Dyke Bertha Rosenberger Hinkle Lamp Ed High and Alice Renner.
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Warner Dyke
George Dyke
Mount Williams
Bell Dyke
Winchester
Carson Dyke
Holmes Spillman
Jonah Spillman
Raymond Racey
James Rosenberger
Harry Lamp
Elza
Mary Renner
Bessie Dyke
Bertha Rosenberger
Hinkle Lamp
Ed High
Alice Renner
Dorsey Ritter
Charles Smith
Belle Dyke
James Boyce
Bright Little One Dies Suddenly in Boyce Virginia
Nannie Mabel Vorous, six months old, died of heart trouble in Boyce on December 7 after a brief, unexpected illness. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs J William Vorous and the cherished child at home. Survived by her parents.
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Boyce
Nannie
Mabel Vorous
J. Wlliam
Vorous
Funeral for Vorous sibling group a Berryville ceremony
The obituary notes Alma John William Margaret Ethel and Francis Vorous. funeral from the home at 10 o clock Thursday. Rev John B Williams officiated and burial followed at Green Hill Cemetery Berryville. The family receives much sympathy in their sorrow.
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Alma
John William
Margaret
Ethel
Francis
John B. Williams
Green Hill Cemetery
Berryville
Local Notes From Boyce Area on Thanksgiving Week
Thanksgiving in Boyce area highlights include Rev Winton at Methodist Church and Rev B D Chambers at Episcopal Church. Theodora Cox and Louise Baker returned from Richmond with Cox attending a teacher meeting and Baker the junior league convention where her league won 25 dollars.
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Mr. Winton
B. D. Chambers
Episcopal Church
Theodora Cox
Louise Baker
Richmond
Miss Cox
Miss Baker
Wbuycetssf
D. J. Howard
Charles Gaunt
Erin
Howard
Carolyn Howard
Aville
Woodfield
Damascus
Holmes Grim
Winchester
Stephens City
J. M. Milburn
Baltimore
Ada Belle Vowell
T. P. Jolliffe
Luray
Robert Carper
John Edward
The Vision of St. John Poem by Geo B Harrison
The poem portrays the Apostle John’s vision of heaven with a slain Lamb and Christ exalted on the throne. It calls for faith to behold and worship Jesus Lord before the throne, citing Revelation five. The author is Geo B Harrison and references the opened heaven gate from Revelation five.
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Jesus
Geo
B. Harrison
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Auto-Lite
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Wagner
Bosch
Gray & Davis
de ’Jon
Klaxen
Magnetos
Eisemann
E. A
the Valley Service Station
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Hamburger’s
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P. EB. Campbell
Kernstowh
Christ
God
Pershing Pinises Army
Mount Pleasant, VA
Boyce, VA
ST. John
John
Faith
Heaven
Moses and
the Lamb
M. B. Clowe
W. W
Scripps-Booth
Chapman Auto Sales
Frank Gearing
the People’s Drug Co., Inc
Ford, Star
Durant
Essex
Flint
Hupmobile
Hudson and Packard
PT. Henson
Dodge Brothers
J. Howard Cather and Co
J. Winchester, Va
H. R. Willis
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Cumberland
Glades
Oakland
Altamont
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Thomas
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