Man Dies From Burns In Tragic Garage Accident
Horace P. McKee 25, of 116 North Avenue, died at Memorial Hospital after severe burns suffered in a garage fire. A gas and cigarette ignition is suspected though the exact cause remains unknown. He was a surveyor with Walker McC Bond and married to Charlotte Estep McKee. Funeral at 3 p.m. Sunday at his parents home with interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace PR. McKee
C. R. Anderson
L. P. McKee
McKee
Walker McC. Bond
Charlotte Estep
Martinsburg
The
Baptist Church
Charlotte Estep McKee
E. T. Clark
First Baptist Church
Frank T. McFaden
Loudoun Street ‘Presbyterian Church
Mount Heoron Cemetery
Carpenter Headed to Burial After Christmas Death
Wesley J Carpenter of this city is the surviving brother of John W Carpenter who died Christmas day at his home on South Washington street. The obituary had been omitted in The Star yesterday. Funeral from 712 South Washington street at 2 30 Sunday afternoon with Rev N A Lineweaver of Market Street M E Church officiating, burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley J. Carpenter
John W. Carpenter
South Washington Street
Mr. Carpenter
Star
N. A. Lineweaver
Market Street
M. E. Church
Mount Hebron
Frames Honor Two Received Christmas Gifts
Two presents given at Christmas are framed at Barr's Studio on December 26. The item details are limited, but the artwork and gratitude are highlighted as a keepsake from the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barr
Let The Winchester Steam Laundry Do It Ad
Brief laundry advertisement promises service from Winchester Steam Laundry with contact phones 28 and 29, across weekdays and weekend scheduling implied by the line.
Miss Elizabeth Fry Dies At Martinsburg Home
Miss Elizabeth W. Fry from the Middleway area of Jefferson County West Virginia died at 3 50 this morning at her sister Mrs John L Daniels Martinsburg WV after a weekslong illness Funeral from Mrs Daniels home Monday at 2 PM conducted by Rev Dr S R Diehl with interment in Middleway Masonic Cemetery Survived by mother six sisters three brothers and several nieces and nephews active in the Southern Society Washington the West Virginia Society Lebanon Chapter O E S and the American Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth W. Fry
Middleway
Jefferson County
W. Va
John L. Daniels
Martinsburg
Daniels
Presbyterian Church
Masonic Cemetery
Miss Fry
Washington, D. C
Joseph D. Fry
Dle Way
Southern Society
Washington
West Virginia Society
Lebanon
Order of the Eastern Star
American Red Cross
Nannie Fry
David P Fry
Hedgesville
J. Daniel Fry
Cecil L. Fry
Birch Tree
Stanley E. Harmer
Winchester
M. Maude Fry
E. T. Lindner
Chevy Chase
G. H. Gardner
Chambersburg
J. L. Daniels
W. H. Rippard
Henderson the Audley Trainer Dies in Hospital
Baltimore dispatch reports Miller Henderson, trainer for Audley Farms racing stable, died at Mercy Hospital after an operation for mastoids. His setter dog Beaver, bound to him for 14 years, had died recently and his illness followed the pet’s loss. Visiting the dog’s companion may have hastened his decline.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Miller Henderson
Beaver
Henderson
Audley Farms Racing
Mercy Hospital
Audley
Bowie
County Pastors Association To Meet At Jubilee
An open Frederick County Ministerial Association meeting is set for 7 30 p m Monday December 29 at Jubilee Church on the Front Royal road. Clergymen and laity are urged to attend as the discussion focuses on The Needs of the Rural Church with speakers Rev E T Clark Winchester Rev O D Lambert Stephens City Perry Funkhouser Frederick County and Joseph H Funkhouser Clarke County on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Joseph H. Funkhouser
Clarke County
Firecracker attack sparks unusual arrest warrants
Warrants issued for Earl Heflin and Forrest Purtlebaugh over a Christmas night incident in which they allegedly tied giant firecrackers to a rope and hurled them into Holmes Adams’s house causing a small blaze and Mrs Adams to suffer a hysterical reaction. The charge is breach of the peace. Also noted is a joke about presidents and a lost brown leather pocket book with a reward offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Heflin
Forrest Purtlebaugh
Holmes Adams
Adams
Mrs Virginia Smith Left Final Burial Instructions Found
Mrs E V Smith died after months of illness at age 72 born in Berkeley Springs West Virginia in 1878. She operated Hotel Jack with her mother and brother later selling to George Washington Hotel Corp. The funeral is set for Monday at 3 pm Mount Hebron Cemetery with survivors including her mother and daughter Virginia Smith. Her papers include unconventional burial instructions and a passage to be read at interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Virginia Smith
Smith
Berkeley
Springs
W. Va
Episcopal Female Institute
Winchester
German Smith
Fairmont Avenue
O. L. Jack
Hary Jack
Jack
George Washington Hotel Corporation
West Piccadilly
Mount Hebron
Brother shoots at brother on Christmas night
George Long was struck by a .22 caliber bullet fired by his brother Frank during a Christmas celebration. The pellet glanced off George's forehead causing a slight scalp wound. Frank was jailed to await an assault with a deadly weapon charge as George remains in Memorial Hospital.
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George Long
Brother
Ball
Frank Long
Memorial Hospital
George
Frank
George Frank
Nutt demands apology over slush fund charges
Joseph R. Nutt Republican National Committee treasurer, from Cleveland, asks Chairman Nye of the special election investigating committee to apologize for calling a $50,000 fund a slush fund. He says $32,000 was spent for congressional campaigns, with cancelled checks on file, and lists disbursements to Galen L. Tait, Bascom Slemp and D. W. Cork among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph R. Nutt
Republican National Committee
Nye
Special Election Investigating Committee
Commercial National Bank of Washington
Republican
Cleveland
National Committee
Capitol
Nutt
Toy Galen L. Tait
Baltimore
Bascom Slemp
Big Stone Gap
D. W. Cork
John M. Wolverton
West Virginia
Shoemaker to Face Mounting Charges in Moorefield
Moorefield West Virginia authorities report J Perry Shoemaker, arrested in Winchester on burglary and assaulting a officer with a deadly weapon, is sought for resisting an officer and threatening a deputy in Moorefield. He will be turned over to state authorities likely early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moorefield
W. Va
Winchester Police Department
J. Perry Shoemaker
Pannett
West Virginia
C. W. Hollis
Shoemaker
Unlawful To Hunt Rabbits In Snow In Virginia
Game warden Pingley states Virginia law forbids landowners from hunting or tracking rabbits in snow and warns that known violations will be punished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pingley
Virginia
Court Inquires Into Water Supply Of Orchard Co
Frederick county Circuit Court orders receivers F B Tavenner and H B Larrick to appear by January 31 to report on Turkey Knob Orchard water supply and distribution, water rights from Mill Creek, receivership finances to Dec 30 1930, and condition and needs of spraying and dusting equipment and team availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Gudebrod
Turkey Knob Orchard Company
Frederick County
Orchard Company
Messrs
Peaches Sues Daddy For Absolute Divorce
Frances Heenan Browning known as Peaches sues Edward W Browning for absolute divorce in New York. The complaint seeks temporary alimony of 50000 dollars yearly and legal fees of 25000 dollars. Guardian for the action is Carolyn Heenan, the plaintiff mother. The suit cites infidelity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Frances Heenan
Peaches
Market list makes a bold recovery effort
The New York stock market opened with heavy liquidation due to tax and bear selling but recovered slightly in the final half hour. Total two hour sales reached 1,350,000 shares as margins remained heavy at the close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sessson
Militia Officer Dies from Streetcar Injury
Lieut. Robert S. Johnson of Company A Bedford died from internal injuries and toxaemia after being struck by a street car in Schoolfield while on duty during a textile strike area. He died today in Danville Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Danville
Robert S. Johnson
Company A
Bedford
Schoolfield
Rain and Snow Relieve Drought in Shenandoah Valley
The Shenandoah Valley saw soaking rain and snow that lasted through yesterday and last night, washing away snow cover and easing water shortages. Total precipitation around Winchester reached 1.73 inches, the heaviest this year, with 17.50 inches overall since January 1930 and December totaling 2.78 inches.
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Shenandoah Valley
Catense
Winchester
Winchester Research Laboratory
Hough
Weather Bureau
John W Affleck Dies at 81 in Winchester Home
Longtime Winchester resident John William Affleck aged 81 died at his home 34 Peyton Street after weeks of illness. Born January 1 1850 he survived by his widow Rosa Belle Kerfoot and five children Kerfoot Alexander Charles Jackson Adele Scott plus two sisters and two grandchildren. Funeral from 84 Peyton Street Monday at 2 PM with Rev. F T McFaden officiating. interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John William Affleck
Winchester
Peyton Street
Mr. Affieck
Mr. Affleck
Affleck
Bida-Wee
Alexander Abeth Hoover
Gladstone
Scotland
William E. Gladstone
Ie Scott Alexander
Virginia
Kerfoot Alexander Affleck
Fairfax
Charles Jackson Affleck
Louisville
Hunter N. Kern
Adele Affleck
Scott Affleck
Frances R. Affleck
James McKericher
Dante, Va
Helen
Shooting Match New Year’s Day At Gan Club Grounds
A shooting event is planned for January 1 at the Winchester Gun Club grounds in Rouss Spring Park. The program includes clay targets, still targets, rifle matches and quail events with prizes of turkeys geese chickens and ducks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Gun Club
Rouss Spring Park
Gun Club
Final hearing on real estate assessments in Winchester
The Winchester Board of Equalization sets a final hearing at the City Building on Monday December 29 1930 at 10 o'clock to equalize real estate assessments and hear complaints of inequalities I N GOOD is chairman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Equalization
Notice to creditors in estate of Robert Shade
All persons having claims or who may be indebted to the estate of Robert Shade are asked to please call or write the undersigned for settlement. Genevea S Whitacre, Administrator of Robert Shade, Deceased. December 23, 1p 61.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Shade
Cali
Geneva S.whitacre
Admr
Utilities Corp. Receives Charter In Virginia Transition
The State Corporation Commission granted a charter to United Utilities and its Virginia assets in Roanoke, with J H Lennon announcing the decision in Winchester. The new Holdings will acquire the assets of Eastern Public Service and Townes Bus Lines for about 500000, taking over January 1 and consolidating operations across a 450 mile highway area serving over 1 million people. Directors include B Cole Breslin Hardy N Dial Warden and Lennon. Capital set at 1 050 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Corporation Commission
Virginia
Knoxville
Tenni
Eastern
United
Winchester
J.H. Lennon
Hartford
Conn
United Utilities
Roanoke
C. B. Keene
R. W
B. H. Hardy
Richeeeoeace States
Dial
South Carolina
Washington
D. W. Warden
J. H. Lennon
Will of J D O Connell Probated In Corporation Court
The will of the late J D O Connell dated March 30 1925 and witnessed by Helen G Miller and Robert B Smith has been admitted probate in the Corporation clerk's office. The estate primarily passes to wife Ellen O Connell for life, then is sold with one sixth remainder to his children including Daniel F O Connell who also receives an additional three thousand dollars in two separate provisions. Executors Daniel F O Connell and James P Reardon posted bond for two hundred dollars. The testator died on 23 last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. O'Connell
Corporation Clerk
Ellen O’connell
Daniel F. O’connell
Daniel F. O'Connell
Mary McGarry
Sarah A. Jones
Nellie O'Connell
Loretta Spat
Anna O’connell
James P. Reardon
Helen G. Miller
Robert 8. Smith
Christmas at Nineveh Church Celebration Held
The Sunday school of the Presbyterian Church at Nineveh will present Christmas exercises in the Nineveh church at 7 30 o clock Tuesday evening December Everyone is invited to attend this Christmas festival led by Reverend E D Witherspoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church At
Nineveh
E. DD. Wither” Spoon
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Horage P. M’keeves
Wesley Carpenter
Audley” Trainer
County
Pastors’ Association
Stat ‘Office
Real Choto
Slush
Orchard Co
Militia
the Evening Star
Federal Weather Bureau
Seaboard
New England
Dixie
Pittsburgh
New Jersey
Maryland
Richmond
Scrotein
Mente
Carle
Paris
Louis II
Principality of
Monaco
John W. Affleck
Passonsed
Per Bus Line
Pflug
Townes
Washington-Shena
Oah and
Virginia Motor Lines
J.D. O’connell
Corporation Court
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