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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1929

Page

8

Preston C Parlett Dies of Cancer at Sister Home

Preston C Parlett a longtime Frederick county public school teacher died at 9 15 this morning at his sister Mrs Salina B Brown 441 North Londoun street cause cancer He was 59 born July 25 1866 survived by an adopted daughter Mrs Joseph Gooding three sisters and a cousin the Rev John H Parlett He will be buried at Old Bethel graveyard funeral Friday with services at 2 oclock at Old Bethel Church in the county Pallbearers listed

Preston C. Parlett Frederick County Salina B. Brown North Londoun Street Miss Jones Mr. Parlett Henry J Mary A. Lewis Parlett Parlett Joseph Gooding Baltimore Susanah C. Clark Lizzie J. Parlett John “H. Parlett United “Brethren Church Mrs. Brown Old Bethel Methodist Church Co. A. Freed Grace Lutheran Church Charles Wagner Methodist Episcopal Church South Gainesboro Old Bethel William H. Cochran Boyd V. Unger James H. Hawkins Silas Cather Thomas Parlett John H. Parlett

Capon Bridge News Finds Band and Illness Updates

The Capon Bridge string band entertained at the Giffin home with Miss Lorene Yearwood at the piano and refreshments served. D M Whitlock remains critically ill. his son Russell arrives from Cumberland. Mrs. Benjamin Lockhart and Mrs. Anderson, mother of Mrs. Gill, are ill but improving. The Church of Christ Ladies Aid meets February 7 at 2 30 p m. The Sunday school reorganizes with Kinzel Oates as superintendent and new officers.

Capon Bridge W. Va B. A. Giffin Lorene Yearwood D. M. Whitlock Russell Cumberland Benjamin Lockhart Conrad Gills Anderson Birs. Gill Ladies Aid Society Church of Christ D. H. Shuler Kinzel Oates W. J. Sirbaugh Ernest Faton Spendler Frank Shuler

Winchester Weekend Social Notes

A business trip to Winchester mentioned, with M O Horner reported much better. Gladys Funkhouser of Winchester spent the weekend there, and Rodger Schaffenaker of Akron visited for a few days.

Winchester M. O. Horner Gladys Funkhouser Rodger Schaffenaker Akron

Singing Fool to Appear In the Star

Broadway buzzes over Al Stone and Molly Winton romance saga with the Singing Fool. Stone's voice failed on stage as pandemonium erupted and reporters unveil a dramatic tale of elopement, a missing child, and a hospital bedside rush to Sonny Boy’s deathbed.

Broadway al Stone Molly Winton Stone Molly John Perry Sonny Boy

Broadway Singing Fool Ends In Tragic Stage Death

Attending doctors call the incident a miracle that let Sonny Boy open his eye before he died. Al Stone the Broadway Singing Fool sang a lullaby foretelling eternal rest for his son. The father’s heart broke and the boy breathed his last as Stone reached the theatre that night. The audience clamored for the same melody, and Stone’s Broadway heart broke as the show did not go on. The Star previews Hubert Dail novel The Singing Fool releasing February 11.

Sonny Boy al Stone Stone Mfe Hubert Dail Star

Garber to resign as Rockingham county treasurer

A. Garber Republican congressman elect from Virginia's Seventh District will resign as Rockingham county treasurer effective March 1, four days before taking a seat in the U.S. House. He is in his second term, and Judge H W Bertram will appoint a successor to serve the remaining three years of the term amid about twenty applicants.

Y. A. Garber Virginia Rockingham County Hous of Representatives Garber Rockingham H. W. Bertram

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