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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1932
Page
5
A turkey shoot is planned on the D F Hagin estate near Leesburg starting at 10 o clock tomorrow. Over fifty turkeys will be awarded as prizes in clay pigeon and rifle target classes. Lunch will be served and good weather is hoped for. if it rains the event will be moved to the next day.
A long list of holiday visitors and hosted families in Oranda and nearby towns. Names include Mowrey family guests from Martinsburg, Sapp and granddaughter Geraldine in Washington, Brumback Orndorff families at Redgate Farm, and multiple local households hosting relatives from Stephens City Winchester Strasburg White Post and Waynesboro. Also noted is the loss of a valuable horse by John W. McDonald.
The Reliance area reports a strong return to classes with good enrollment and several new pupils. Local residents Miss Lena Yates Strasburg Miss Agnes Comer Middletown and others are noted in visits and travel between Harrisonburg Washington Front Royal and Waynesboro as revival services begin led by Rev Allman of Stephens City Lutheran Church.
One bottle of Dr. J. S. Leonhardt's prescription HEMROID ends itching bleeding and protruding piles. It heals and restores the affected parts reduces blood congestion in the lower bowel, with a money back guarantee from Baker's Drug Store if it fails to end misery.
In Rest Brevities, Rest Virginia on January 9 a watch night service was held at the home of Mr and Mrs M B Snapp to mark the passing of 1931 and the dawning of 1932. Numerous local names appear including Ridgeway Gains Brady Neel Stipe Ridgaway and Neel families with visits between Front Royal Clarksburg and Annapolis.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy plan to place a picture of General Robert E. Lee in every Clarke county school. Other items note local business purchases, retirements, and civic events, including a Lee talk at Christ Episcopal Church and a campus fire at Front Royal.
In Winchester Virginia the Chas J Summers Executrix case is referred to J Sloan Kuykendall as Special Commissioner. He will settle accounts of Florence M Summers Exec of the deceased, ascertain property, creditors and priority of liens, report real rentals, and any other pertinent matters. Proceedings set for January 12 1932 at his Winchester office with adjournments as needed.
Local social notes list visits and gatherings around Hogue Creek Virginia. families and neighbors including Racey Larrick Orndorff Boxwell Nail Cooper and others share dinners visits and weekends with relatives and friends. The column records numerous small engagements across the community.
An inscription at Eilean Donan near Lake Duich Scotland proclaims that A Fraser shall not be without and a Macrae within, marking a gesture of gratitude for a good deed between clans.
An OCR fragment recalls Crispus Attucks as a mulatto hero among early martyrs for American liberty, noting his being shot by British soldiers on the night of March 5, 1770, during the Boston Massacre.
An ad promotes Stanback Headache Powders for headache and various pains. It warns against inferior imitations and asserts the product is not made from opium or habit forming drugs, urging customers to ask for Stanback by name.
Public sale of a 93 acre farm near Lenore Virginia in Frederick County advertised by trustee James P. Reardon. The property includes a new dwelling, barn and orchards with good fences and road access. Sale January 23 1932 at noon in Winchester in front of the courthouse. terms require one third cash and balance in one and two years with bonds and mortgage and insurance.
Public auction of eight acres comprising many Opequon Terrace lots near Winchester Virginia. Sale postponed to January 11 1932. Terms: one third cash day of sale, balance in two annual payments 6 percent interest, secured by deed of trust. Plot viewed at Harry R Kern Winchester. Also includes divorce decree proceeding in Frederick County Va court against James Emerson Irwin with publication notice.
In the Frederick County Va case Western Frederick . & Corp. versus A Guard et al the Master Commissioner in Chancery is to report on the real estate seized and its liens the value of the property including taxes and the rental value and any other pertinent matters. A session is set for January 2, 1932 at 4 N Loudoun Street to hear lien creditors and allow claims if needed.
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