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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1922
Page
4
Page note indicates Associated Press content and local notices. It mentions six individuals connected with the Star Publishing Company and various advance notices and republication terms.
Poet Walt Mason offers a sympathetic verse on a cold night storm while a warm room grants comfort to the speaker. The poem contrasts the shelter indoors with the hardship outside and notes the duty of care for others suffering in the cold.
A New Year's Day gathering in Winchester brought Mr. and Mrs. Seer Wats and their guests, including Mr. and Mrs. Clarence C. Bailey and their daughters Lee and Pauline, along with the Hart S. Bailey family and W. E. Strother, who departed for home in the afternoon.
Fragmented notice notes travel of Miss Py, Mrs. M. D. Albin, and family between Kernstown and Hagerstown during holidays. Mentions Mrs. A. R. Lich Turner and a guest from West Virginia as part of a home visit sequence.
Real estate listing offers a 5 acre suburban home with water and lights and a 66 acre farm three miles from Wine cheater with frontage and good lot potential. Two financing options: client willing to pay 6 percent interest and 2 percent bonus on first class real estate security. terms available for 8000 and 4500 dollar properties.
Miss Nannie Triplett spent several days last week with her new brother Iving Triplett on Apple Pie Ridge. Mr. R S Smith and family were guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs Harry Steele.
Sunday school starts at 9 45 in the morning with all members urged to attend. At 11 Rev W C Hook will preach launching a ten day evangelistic campaign on Seeking Rest. Christian Endeavor meets at 630 pm. No evening service due to Market Street Methodist union services. Final week service set for Monday at 720 pm with continued revival. Public invited.
Union Village Vermont woman says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her strength after severe weakness She worked nine hours a day in a steam laundry and credits the medicine with her recovery The letter touts the product to other women facing similar health issues
In Lynchburg Virginia Judge Frank P Christian denounced bootleggers before juries as a waste of time after a not guilty verdict was returned in the prohibition case against Fred Jamison. The judge suggested an entire gang is involved and cited alibi defenses in court.
Capon Bridge West Virginia January 6 Miss Winifred and Anne Ward and Russell Lovett students at Winchester School returned home for holidays. Mr and Mrs A K Sirbaugh and Carl Sirbaugh of Winchester visited Sunday. Miss Gertrude Ward visiting friends in Winchester. Mr and Mrs A C Lovett and children spent Christmas with Mrs Lievsetts parents Mr and Mrs D B Haines in Winchester.
In Shenandoah county six Commissioners of Revenue handle county and state tax commissions with total 7600.00 in 1921. Proposes abolishing land assessor posts, consolidating duties under two Commissioners of Revenue to save taxpayers money and improve efficiency, with bills to follow if approved.
The Mount Airy public school reports December enrollment at 40 on roll with 60 attendance and 32 not tardy. Names of students not Absent include Kathryn Bayliss and Eleanor Carpenter among many. Seventh grade top marks include William Orndorff 98 and Gardner Headley 98, with multiple other perfect or near perfect scores across grades. The report credits cooperative parents and teacher Mayme E Miller for school support.
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors announces a one year term opening for a county poor farm superintendent beginning March 1 1922. Applications must be received by February 6 1922. Salary and terms obtainable from Clerk C C Brannon.
A letter urges neighboring counties to form a joint almshouse plan under Virginia act. The writer proposes selling most of the parish farm to fund a self supporting or revenue producing institution while keeping buildings and acreage for trucking and fruit growing. Potential cross county sale and shared maintenance discussed.
Red Bud Virginia January 7. Sher idan Newcome of Pittsburg Pa spent Christmas with his parents Mr and Mrs David Newcome of Red Bud. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs John Newcome and family, Mr and Mrs Stewart Stipe and son, Mr and Mrs Walter McCoy and family, Mr and Mrs James Shiley and children, Mr and Mrs Snowden Newcome and son and daughter, Mr and Mrs Claude Fogel and daughter, Mr and Mrs Walter McCoy of Brunswick Md and Mrs James Shiley of Clearbrook Va with sister Mrs Charles White in Washington. Miss Mabel Shiley and siblings of Clearbrook spent holidays here.
Miss Alice Holmes, principal of an experimental school in Ohio, visits Handley School's Primary Department supervisor Miss Marie, and is an interested visitor in all public school departments during her city stay.
Mr J J F Brown is greatly improving the property at 05 N Main Street, purchased from the Evans estate, with modernizations including bath, furnace, electric lights, papering and painting. The house will be occupied later by Miss Emma Howard Wight and Miss Berthayon Hillern.
The Westinghouse Electric Curling Iron curls hair without damage and holds its curl. It heats to just the right temperature and stays hot until switched off. Smaller than a standard curling iron yet more convenient and attractive for daily use.
Northern Virginia Power Co. activities reported from Winchester Virginia with focus on service operations and local impact in the region. Details emphasize utility presence and regional infrastructure considerations affecting residents and businesses.
In Frederick County Virginia a decree in a chancery suit orders a Master Commissioner to determine the estate of Sam Haines deceased. The report will cover real and personal property, heirs, creditors, settlement of accounts, and an estate distribution scheme, with unpaid taxes, and will be published for notice. Court date set for January 4, 1922 with appearance required.
The annual meeting of stockholders of The Commercial and Savings Bank of Chester will be held at Odd Fellows Hall at Market and Water streets on Tuesday January 10 1922 at 11 A M. Directors will be elected and a proposal to amend the charter to permit general trust business will be considered. John I Sloat cashier. Dec 20 1921. 20th.
For sale 138 acre gravel and slate farm with 20 acres of branch flats improved by a 6 room dwelling and two small barns on state road six miles from Winchester. Also 8 room modern dwelling on double lot with several outbuildings priced at 10 500. We offer choice building lots where values are bound to increase. See us for investment or home locations.
A short notice from Sherman Ball of Boyce Virginia offering a trade involving a driving mare and a rubber top buggy for a Ford car plus any difference in value. No additional details on condition or price are provided.
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