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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1915
Page
1
Athens reports clash over Greece response with former Premier Gounaris pledging firm action while a royal wire to the Kaiser and a third report claim consent to invasion. In other dispatches Turkish forces attacked the Kut al Amara base with heavy Turkish losses and British casualties.
Philip E. Bragg of Culpeper Virginia marked fifty years in the railway mail service in Washington. He has logged over two and a half million miles on routes between Washington and Danville Virginia. Bragg, born January 16 1841 in Sperryville, entered the service in December 1866 and remains the oldest clerk, having declined a chief clerk post to stay on the road despite many wrecks.
The Winchester Athletic Club beat the Winchester Boy Scouts 25 to 10 in the season opener played Christmas afternoon. Hite scored 15 for the Athletic Club while Locke and Robinson starred for the Scouts. Lineups listed with Hite and Larrick at forwards for the Athletic Club and Locke and Knight for the Scouts. Lost Mary Garden Face Powder package mentioned with a reward offered.
Martinsburg West Virginia December 27 Miss Mary Virginia McInturff and Mr Roy LeRoy Bowers wed at 9 45 am Friday in the Baptist parsonage on West Burke Street Rev G C Smith presiding The couple left for a ten day visit with the bride s family at Middletown Virginia and will reside on Illinois Avenue after returning The groom son of Mr and Mrs W H Bowers of West John Street works at the Interwoven knitting mills
Funeral services for George Edward Copenhaver a Winchester plasterer and contractor were held at his South Market Street home with Rev H G Spencer officiating. He belonged to Shawnee Tribe I O F Winchester Nest of Owls Friendship Fire Company and others. Interment was at Mount Hebron Cemetery with Shawnee Tribe of Red Men giving the final rites. Pallbearers included George Taylor E C Hottel John W Nail C M Hodgson Adam Forby Hunter B Grim William Merryman and S A Affleck.
Early Sunday winds awakened Winchester residents with a storm that, while not as disastrous as the 1914 gale, caused property damage and fear. A freak system across the eastern U S produced a ninety mile per hour gale, lightning, rain, and snow. Riverside Drive cliffs and structures swayed as cars overturned and signs flew away.
Marriage notice for Paul S. Grant of Winchester and Miss Virginia Catherine Stickley of Warren County Virginia. Ceremony held December 23 at Middletown Methodist Episcopal Church South parsonage, Rev. J. H. Haley officiating. Bride teaches in Warren County public schools. Groom employed by Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company.
At the Friendship Fire Company bazar the cake mold won by Mr. Raymond Ellis remains unclaimed. The mold is stored at the Friendship engine house and Mr. Ellis can claim it by applying to the driver.
Mr. C F Massey, a noted fruit grower, suffered an apoplexy attack at his home west of town on Christmas Eve. He has shown some improvement and is under care of Dr. P W Boyd after a comfortable night and better afternoon. New Year post cards offered at SEAL'S MUSIC STORE.
Frederick Palmer to lecture on European war in Winchester. Noted war correspondent and author will speak under Handley Board sponsorship, with a February date tentatively planned.
John F Kremer a well known Main street merchant confined to his home on South Main street for illness suffered a paralysis stroke on Saturday night and has remained in serious condition. Dr W A Bell attends him after a Baltimore trip where a specialist found no organic disorder.
Regular deliveries of fresh mackerel arrive for trial. Delicious fried or baked, the fish is offered by Orndorff and M'Vicar with promotional emphasis.
Miss Ann Elizabeth Whitmore daughter of Samuel Paxton and Phoebe Beach Whitmore died at her home in Martinsburg on Friday. A devoted Presbyterian Church member and sister, she is survived by brothers George A. Whitmore Ridgeway William Y. Whitmore Missouri Samuel Y. Whitmore Kansas City John A Mrs George Dallas Lambert Mrs John O Lemen and Miss Alice S Whitmore Martinsburg. Funeral conducted by Rev F M Woods at the Presbyterian Church followed by interment in Green Hill Cemetery Martinsburg.
At the 8 pm close, No 2 red wheat spot traded at 1.27 12, old corn at 78 cents, York 76 cents. Bruce Capper jeweler notes store closes 7 30 pm until January 3, 1916. Mrs Carson Haymaker visits Green and Bros store for Christmas holidays. store to close at 6 pm tonight.
Dr C Alphonso Smith will share personal recollections of the German emperor at City Hall Auditorium next Thursday night at eight o clock. The talk forms part of a Handley Library series hosted by the Yandier Board with education value and a corrected start time of eight o clock sharp.
Sixteen acres of woodland and no well broken mules will be sold for cash on Wednesday of this week at the residence of the late Robert P. Branton near White Hall.
A blaze in the hold of the British steamship Inchmoor at Brooklyn damaged sugar cargo worth about 100000 dollars. Investigators found traces of chlorate and potassium compounds and suspect chemical fires rather than bombs, prompting official inquiry.
Winchester Commandery No. 12 Knights Templar held a Christmas day gathering at noon to toast Grand Master Lee Stewart Smith of Pittsburgh and honor orders from Grand Commander Joseph T. Houck. the event featured a prepared response by the grand master and was well attended.
Merry families gathered indoors across Winchester for Christmas Day as outdoor weather stayed mild and damp. Children with skates and sleds faced odd wishes for a white Christmas while adults hosted parties and shared happiness despite rain wind and snow later in the day.
The Ford peace party under new management seeks to mend rifts after Governor Hanna and Mrs. Boissevain exit. Delegation urged to unite on the peace trail as Rev. Lloyd Jenkins Jones sees a chance for partial success if harmony prevails. Leaders explain the plan before 300 Socialist Democrats who approved. Swedish papers say Ford’s expedition may have hastened peace if not poorly organized.
The mill will stay open during the holidays from 8 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. It will reopen as before on January 3, 1916, at 6 p.m. R. C. Perry signs the notice.
The Sunday school annual Christmas celebration will be held in the church main area at 8 o clock Tuesday evening. Members meet in the lecture room at 7 30. they will march into the church as a group for an arranged program. Public is invited.
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