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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1932
Page
3
The Girls' Athletic Association basketball team schedules a 7 30 practice at Handley High School gym tomorrow evening ahead of a trip to Warrenton to play the Warrenton Athletic Club.
A Monday Elks Charity Ball at Rouss Hall opens a crowded week. Lions meet Tuesday at George Washington Hotel, Century Club gathers at Gray Gables Inn with Miss Carrie Hunter. Kiwanis, United Brethren and Grace Lutheran hold lunches and rehearsals midweek. Thursday features Rotary and First Baptist Willing Workers supper plus tapdancing and ballroom lessons at George Washington Hotel. Friday hosts American Legion and Braddock Street church choir practices.
Mrs. Stewart A Shiner of East Cork street has been ill and confined to bed but shows slight improvement under a physician's care. She is a well known neighbor with many friends hoping for a full recovery after their fiftieth wedding anniversary with Mr. Shiner. Formerly Miss Annie Newcomb.
Mr and Mrs D D Cleve and family join the Washington Alexandria bicentennial day celebration. Several social notices report Miss Rosalie Nelson and Miss Phyllis Palmer returning home after visits in Baltimore Washington and Front Royal. Carl Cather Earl Parks Pearl Brown and others also spent the day in the bicentennial festivities.
In Frederick County Circuit Court Virginia the matter of Jos N Patton dec d is referred to a Master Commissioner to gather creditors locate assets value property and settle accounts The notice calls lien and general creditors to file proofs March 2 1932 at 4 N Loudoun Street Winchester VA and states adjournments possible until completion Master Commissioner J W Baker presiding February 22 1932
Mrs J Wilmer Biddle of Philadelphia will arrive this week as house guest of Mrs Joseph A Massie on Amherst. Miss Pauline French and Gera Fletcher visited Mrs C H Purcell. Pauline French returns to Maryland after visiting here since last fall. Mr Thomas S Ferguson returns to Washington after weekend with Mrs Martha E Tucker on Handley avenue.
John Russell known as Lieut. John Mosby Russell, longtime Mosby partisan ranger and friend of Col. Mosby, died after a long illness. He served as lieutenant in Company I Forty-third Battalion and aided Mosby in daring Civil War exploits. He is survived by a widow Harriet Collins Russell and five daughters. He was born March 13, 1841 in Clarke County.
Lieutenant Russell delivered a message to Sheridan to halt Mosby exploits. Russell, longtime superintendent of the Winchester and Berryville Turnpike Company, lies in state with a simple service planned for Tuesday at his home, conducted by Presbyterian ministers F T McFaden and L F Harper.
Advertisement touts Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap for eczema relief. It instructs bathing affected areas, drying, then applying ointment and promises rapid itching cessation and healing. Includes offer for a free trial and booklet from Resinol Department 12 Baltimore Md.
Interment will take place in Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers include Charles Feltner, J. T. J. Jones, Harry Co. Warden, Dr. L. M. Allen, Archibald Arnette, Scott Grant. Honorary pallbearers are Nicholas Moore Province McCormick, Charles R. McCann, John Lindsey, Thomas Hardesty, Alfred Kerfoot, Maurice M. Lynch, Albert L. Baker, D. H. Allen, Hugh Thomas, and G. B. Thomas. Singing in the bathtub is noted as a sign of health yet costly to hire a bathtub singer.
Persistent coughs and colds can lead to serious trouble. Creomulsion treats inflamed membranes and inhibits germ growth. It contains creosote plus healing elements and is said to soothe, heal, and build up the system. Money refunded if relief is not obtained after following directions.
Eddie Miller presents the Silver Moon Revue at Hables Palace with Dutch Saunders and Lillian Chaplin leading a fast moving 30 minute show. The Hickville Jug Band adds acts as Ins Claire and Mary Brian headline in March with The Royal Family of Pageant on screen. Low prices prevail at Winchester venue every evening.
State police in Malone New York report Harry H Blagden of Upper Syracuse Lake admitted returning home voluntarily after being away several days and said he was not kidnapped.
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