News of Other Years December 18 1929 Highlights
The item recalls events from Romney West Virginia where Walter Crabtreee went on a drunken rampage killing three men. Commodore Henry Brooke Gilpin died in Baltimore after a long illness. A banquet honored One Hundred and tendered for Company I and its auxiliary. The First Brotherhood Church cornerstone laid on Pike this Sunday. Local gas company to study home heating. Dr R M Glass spoke at Winchester Rotary luncheon. Graham Blandy heads a fund committee for Washington's Greenway Court office restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Crabtreee
Romney
W. Va
Commodore Henry Brooke Gilpin
Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
Company I
One Hundred
Graham F. Blandy
Clarke County
Washington
Greenway Court
Governors Trinkle and Byrd Confer on Shenandoah Canvasses
Five years ago on December 18 1925 Governors E Lee Trinkle and elect Harry Byrd met to discuss proposed canvasses for the Shenandoah region. The discussions aimed to shape legislative and electoral strategies in Virginia.
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E. Lee Trinkle
Harry F. Byrd
England's Place In The Present War Lecture announced
Swimley notes Prof. Earl Barnes will lecture at Handley Library on England's Place In The Present War in the near future. President Woodrow Wilson and Mrs Edith Boling Galt to be married at 8:30 this evening. Marseilles becomes the Allies chief naval base. Judge T W Harrison presiding at Leesburg due to illness of the regular judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swimley
Earl Barnes
Handley Library
England
Woodrow Wilson
Edith Boling Galt
Marseilles
T. W. Harrison
Leesburg
Market Report from The Star Local Prices and Items
The Star prints a market list with prices for flour dairy feed corn and meal along with poultry items and livestock. Entries include cracked corn shelled corn mixed feed and butter with figures shown for various categories and animal types.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ccsiene
UCYS
Baltimore
Prizes Offered for Feeding Quail During Winter
Local Game Warden F W Pingley reports prize details from the Commission and Fisheries for upland game feeders. Two contests award 975 live quail and $100 in cash to 27 top feeders covering December 16 to March 15, based on area, birds fed, and methods used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Pingley
Pingley
Rest Sunday school Christmas cantata planned at Rest
Rest Brevities note the Sunday school will hold its annual Christmas service on Christmas eve at 8 o clock with a cantata The Christmas Gift and a morning of treats and presents for the school the Sunday before Christmas All are welcome Also update on Mr Harry Stipe ill under Dr M C Hoffman and a report of recent activities by Epworth League and Woman s Missionary Society communities in Mount Pleasant Clearbrook and Paynes Chapel providing details of meetings and a literacy program with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rest
Harry Stipe
M. C. Hoffman
Epworth League of Rest
Paynes
Martinsburg Hospital Ailment News For Local Merchant
Word has reached here of the serious illness of Mr. L. C. Snapp in a Martinsburg Hospital. Mr. Snapp was a merchant here for many years before moving to Martinsburg. The Rev. F. F. Neel will preach in the village church Sunday evening December 21 at 7 30 preceded by Epworth League at 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Snapp
Martinsburg
Snapp
F. F. Neel
Epworth League
Christmas events and hospital notes in Canterbury
The notice lists Carrie Hudson visiting her son in New Jersey and mentions a hospital stay. It notes a Christmas entertainment at the churches on Christmas night. It reports common colds and sore throats in the community, and lists local social visits among the Dovels Painter Rowland Clem Cave and White families. It mentions Miss Jean Painter on the sick list and well wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Hudson
New Jersey
Christine
Lorena Dovel
Nellie
Mae Painter
B. A. Rowland
Fay Clemons
Gore
Williams and neighbors spend weekend visits in Winchester and relief areas
Mr. Theodore Thompson and Mrs. Thomp son travel West Virginia. Mrs. Dorothy Sager Grace and granddaughter visit Mr. A. L. Brewer. I. N. Wallace family tour Winchester. Edison Fawcett and family join Mr. and Mrs. Smithey. Keckley family visit Mrs. Orn dorff. Orndorff family guests with Annie M. Orndorff and Belle Viola Brewer. Noel Williams of Relief visits relatives. Mrs. Mary J. Ashwood and her three sons Ernest Lucien and Winifred are noted among local movements.
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Mt.williams
Can
Theodore Thompson
West Virginia
Dorothy Sager
Grace
A. L. Brewer
I. N. Wallace
Winchester
Edison Fawcett
Fawcett Gap
Harry Smithey
C. J. Keckley
Laura Keckley
Local Social Visits Report Across Town
Guests of Mr and Mrs Arthur White on the North Western Grade include Mr and Mrs Hurl Himelright visiting Mr and Mrs N C Williams of Relief. Mrs Hollis Clowser is visiting her daughter in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur White
Hurl Himelright
N. C. Williams
Relief
Hollis Clowser
Winchester
Kernstown Man Visits Neighbor Guest at Home
Mr. O. L. Peer of Kernstown was a recent guest of Mr. W. H. Himelright, visiting for social reasons at the latter’s residence.
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O. L. Peer
Kernstown
W. H. Himelright
Henry Ford on Women At Home and Workplace
The statement claims Ford declared a woman belongs in the home while actions allegedly oppose this view by restricting women’s roles. It presents a contradiction attributed to Ford regarding women’s place in society and work.
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Henry Ford
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First Brothern Church
Pike
R. M. Glass
Aker
Winchester Rotary Club
North Loudoun Street
Market Report
Canterbury
Mr. Williams
John S. Miller &G. Hardware the
Atwater Kent Radio Dealer
Snapp’s Foundry, Inc
Cameron Street
Virginia
Moling & Cather
Biarritz
THE
Betty Shoppe
West Boscawen
Santa Claus
Chevrolet
Dodge
Chrysler
Willys-Knight
Buick
Oakland
Essex
Ford
Motor Company
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