Washington's Office Poem Honors George Washington's Traditions
An editor note introduces a poem from Kate McVicar under the Nemo pen name. The piece recalls a small Cork and Braddock Street house in Wet City linked to Washington era traditions and ancestral glamour. It envisions Liber ty's symbol and a future praising Washington as a hero. Winchester is praised as the Pearl of the Valley with the corner house as a symbol.
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the Star
George Washington
Kate McVicar
Winchester
Nemo
Washington
Cork and
Braddock
Braddock Street
World Day of Prayer events at two churches
Members of Reliance Evangelical Brethren Church join the community for World Day of Prayer Friday night at 7 30 and a Friendship U B Church musical service Sunday night Feb 26 at 5 30. Latin Mission slides from Ybor City shown during the programs. A free will offering will be taken. Public invited.
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Reliance Evangelical Brethren Church
Latin Mission
Ybor City
Friendship ’.U.B
Howard White
L. P. Tederick
Tow ers Hotel Fire Strikes Glens Falls NY
A fast moving blaze destroyed the 78 year old Tow ers Hotel in Glens Falls NY trapping guests on four stories. Forty five guests escaped or were rescued and nine were injured as firefighters faced zero degree weather and snow. The hotel rear wall collapsed and the origin of the fire remains undetermined.
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Glens Falls
N. Y
Towers
Albany
James E. Keating
Latham
John Delaney
Ouster Trial Nears End in Greene County Case
The second ouster trial of suspended Greene County Sheriff George E. Morris neared completion in Green County Circuit Court with a 12 man Albemarle County jury to decide. Morris faced cross examination over his refusal to arrest Winfred Deane after a fracas that preceded Deane's fatal shooting of H. G. Moyers Jr. He cited lack of a warrant and Deane’s threat to harm him as reasons, while witnesses Geraldine Morris and Alice Madison testified about events at a nearby filling station leading to the shooting.
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Standardsville
George E. Morris
Greene County
Albemarle County
Green County
Morris
Winfred Deane
Dean
H. G. Moyers, Jr
Commonwealth
R. N. Early
Deane
Miller
Ted
Geraldine Morris
Alice Madison
Moyers
Exchanges Closed Across U S For Washington's Birthday
Financial and commodity exchanges were closed nationwide today in observance of Washington's Birthday as markets paused.
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New York
United States
Washington
Fourteen Pickets Held for Grand Jury Action
Fourteen pickets accused of roughing up a Pennsylvania banker at a Greenbrier County strip mine operation were held for grand jury action in Lewisburg.
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Lewisburg
W. Va
Pennsylvania
Greenbrier County
Mardi Gras Ends With Royal Visit and Toll in New Orleans
New Orleans marked the end of Mardi Gras as Lent began. The Windsor Duke and Duchess of Windsor attended events and curtsied at balls. The city reported three dead and about 200 injured, with Charity Hospital treating many gunshot and accident casualties from the celebrations.
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New Orleans
Rex
Misfitl
Windsor
Charity Hospital
Barbara Parks Charged with Murder in Luray Shooting
Page County officials charged Barbara Parks, 26, with murder in the fatal shooting of her husband, Robert Franklin Parks, in Luray.
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Luray
Page County
Barbara Parks
Robert Franklin Parks
Bible Class Holds Its Annual Banquet at St Peters Lutheran
The Men’s Bible Class of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Toms Brook held its annual banquet in the social room at 7 o’clock last night. Rev. George M. Smith of Strasburg preached with a cast of church members including E. W. Frye B. F. Davis E. B. Yates Peter Georges Branson Myers Ray Ebersole H. K. Grove Clyde Campbell Frank Baker Soper Joe Hott and A. K. Wingert.
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St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Toms Brook
George M. Smith
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Strasburg
William E. Eisenberg
E. W. Frye
B. F. Davis
E. B. Yates
Peter Georges
Branson Myers
Ray Ebersole
H. K. Grove
Clyde Campbell
Frank Aoe Baker Soper
Joe Hott
A. K. Wingert
S C Hawkins Rites Set
Funeral services for the late Stephen C. Hawkins will be held at 2 30 p m tomorrow at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville with the Rev Percy D White of Duncan Memorial Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in Green Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers are Lonnie Huff John Jenkins Kenneth Levi Joe Snapp Nelson Thompson and William Bray. Honorary pallbearers include Dr Frank Tappan H N Ritter L H Bell Ralph Ware Hugh Owens Wilbur Gaunt Dr C H Iden and Dr George Pine.
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Stephen C. Hawkins
John H. Enders
Berryville
Percy D. White
Duncan Memorial
Methodist Church
Green Hill Cemetery
Lonnie Huff
John Jenkins
Kenneth Levi
Joe Snapp
Nelson Thompson
William Bray
Frank Tappan
H. N. Ritter
L. H. Bell
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Washington's Office
Liberty
Buncutter Tire CO
S. Braddock St
Oruiller
Wolk
Konseal
Precision Engine
J.C. Penney CO
Virginia
S. C. Hawkins
Reese
General Electric
Anderson
E. Boscawen St
Aluminum
Penney's
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