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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1921
Page
7
The Millville post office in Jefferson County was robbed at night, with stamps cash and merchandise totaling about 100 dollars taken. Bloodhounds followed the trail to Blairton in Berkeley County where the dogs stopped. no arrests have been made.
Miss H. N. Barrett resigned as superintendent of Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg Virginia, effective yesterday. No successor named and hospital officials declined to discuss events leading to the departure.
Lexington Virginia report states R Harrison of Boyce was unanimously elected captain of the VMI Flyige Squadron for the 1922 session at the Athletic Council meeting. M Pettyjohn of Lynchburg was chosen as Manager. Harrison, a 230 pound guard, earned All South Atlantic honors this season and is noted as a fighter and leader. Monograms were awarded to 19 football players including Capt Summers Hunt Gray Harrison Wescott Miller Drewry Ridgely Clark Shannon Bypting Castolo Far ley Atwell Venable Faulkner Ryder. Ten of the 19 will graduate in June, leaving ample material for 1922.
The First Baptist Church announces Sunday services including Bible school at 9.45 am with all ages classes, 11 am Divine worship and sermon titled A Gracious Invitation, and 6.30 pm Evening service with sermon Twice Born. Pastor Charles Adey invites all to attend.
Miss Gregory stood before Judge Whiting in Woodstock to apply to practice in Clarke County Courts. She was granted admission, becoming the first woman lawyer to appear in Shenandoah County Courts, as part of a firm handling a major Clarke case with Jack Lee.
Virginia farmers pooling fall fertilizer orders saved about $15000 according to a report by A. Thomas business agent of the Virginia division of the Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union. The cooperative efforts also aided manufacturers with united loading and shipping of pooled orders.
The Augusta County Board of Supervisors decided not to eliminate the county health officer, agricultural demonstration agent, and home demonstration agent to reduce taxes. The vote ends debate on trimming these departments.
Special commissioners of Jefferson Circuit Court sold the L. Watson farm of 143 acres three miles west of Summit Point. Lorn Capper of Winchester Va was the high bidder at 69.50 per acre and will take possession April 1 1922.
Notices from Union Bank of Winchester Farmers and Merchants National Bank Commercial and Saving Bank Shenandoah Valley National Bank state December 26 1921 is a legal holiday and all paper maturing that day will be payable December 27 1921. Chief officers include Charles Summers Fuller John L Sloat Q Hardy and bank cashiers respectively.
By authority of a deed of trust of record in Frederick County Virginia the trustee will offer for sale at public auction in Winchester in front of the Court House at 11 oclock A M Saturday January 21 1921 that tract of land about 134 acres with dwelling outbuildings orchard and timber 9 miles south of Winchester near Wardensville Grade Terms one third cash and balance in two equal annual installments secured by bonds and a deed of trust with insurance on the buildings Auctioneers Dunn and Duvall.
Henry S. Baker purchases the remaining share of M. B. Baker estate in Shepherdstown properties. The purchase covers the Main and King streets corner brick building, its addition, the King street double dwelling, and A. S. Dandridge Company’s property. Details of the sale are not public. Miss Catherine Baker and Miss E Hen Baker arrived from the National Cathedral Seminary in Washington to spend Christmas at the Baker home on South Washington Street.
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