Opequon locals share holiday tales and town notices
Opequon Va January 14 local column records residents retiring to Lovettsville after Christmas with Womeldorph families. Several residents voyage to Winchester for business, visit relatives, or attend sales. Community events include Sunday school next Sunday and a Women's Missionary Society meeting at the church, with plans for a community league program on January 17.
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W. F. Orn
Simon Snapp
Maynard
Hunter
Mount Williams
Old Forge
C. J. Fawcett
Minnié Line
H. C. Womeldorph
Ophelia Snapp
Obelia
Winchester
Elmer Bucher
Opequon
James Bucher
Mountain Falls
William Roe
R. D. Fawcett
Raymond Snapp
Fawcett Gap
Norman Dunn
Mt. Airy School
Womeldorph
C. B. Lowery
St. Paul’s Church
Polly Norris
Griffith
Front Royal
Anne Robinson
Mildred Menefee
Women’s Missionary Society
W. C. Obough
Emm R. Stickley
Visi
Strasburg
Marguerite Willey
Yeakley
Fred B. Willey
Floyd Derflinger
Obough
Community League
Raymond Headley
Mamie Legg
Middleetown
Mildred Cooley
Cooley Heads to Johnstown for Business and Hardware Meet
C E Cooley left Reliance on Sunday for a business trip to Johnstown Pennsylvania. He will also attend a hardware convention in Clarksburg West Virginia before returning home.
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Reliance, Va
C. E. Cooley
Johnstown
Clarksburg
W. Va
Eloise Trussell Recovers From Chickenpox In Stephens City
Stephens City social notes report Eloise Trussell is back out after chickenpox confinement. Miss Fairfax Frazier has returned to Washington D C to resume her schooling after her mother's illness.
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Stephens City
Eloise Trussell
Spout Spring Notes Family Visits and Travel
Spout Springs Virginia residents report social visits and travels. Mrs C P Clanahan visits in Washington while Mollie and Clara Wood return from Winchester. Mr and Mrs House and Mr G C Lewis of Martinsburg visit George Lind. Sheridan Newcome and daughters Mabel and Myrtle spend Friday in Winchester.
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Spout Springs
C. P. Clanahan
Washington
Mollie
Clara Wood
Winchester
House
G.C. Lewis
Martinsburg
George Lind
Sheridan Newcome
Mabel
Myrtle
Farmers' Union To Elect Officers
Frederick County Farmers Educational and Cooperative Association holds its regular meeting at the Court House in Winchester on Saturday January 17 at 1 o clock. Officers will be elected for the ensuing year and important matters will be considered. Full attendance requested. be punctual. By order of E M Funk president and G L Rothgeb secretary.
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Frederick County
No Meeting Of School Board Held Yesterday
Chairman C. G. Crawford said no county school board meeting occurred in the county courthouse yesterday afternoon. A group of county citizens met informally to discuss selecting a county superintendent. Crawford added no board meeting was planned before the regular February session, though a special meeting could be called if needed.
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C. G. Crawford
County Court House
Star
Crawford
A Tribute To the Late Atwell Venable
Stephens City Va January 14 The untimely death of Atwell Venable on Christmas Day cast gloom over the community. A popular youth with a sunny disposition he helped others and spoke ill of none. The community mourns with his family as Rev E O Graham and Rev W L Dudley led funeral services. He was laid to rest at Green Hill Cemetery December 27. Pallbearers were six high school friends Russell Shryock Jack Funk Dick Funk Jack Stickley David Gregory avid Brumback.
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Stephens City
Atwell Venable
Atwell
E.O. Graham
W. L. Dudley
Winchester
Green Hill Cemetery
Russell Shryock
Jack
Dick Funk
Jack Stickley
David Gregory
Avid Brumback
Sales Directors and Farm Stock Sale Schedule
A long list details sales agents and auctions across multiple towns from January to March, including individuals such as C. H. Dove, L. A. Lamp, Floyd Carper, and J. B. White, with goods ranging from stock and implements to household goods and dairy cows in Virginia and West Virginia. The text also notes a burden of field mice causing girdling on apple trees and urges orchardists to inspect trees and protect orchards to prevent future losses.
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C. H. Dove
Salem Lane
L. A. Lamp
Clearbrook
L. Neil Woods
Louis Craig
Front Royal
Floyd Carper
Middletown
F. W. Marple
Jnoi
Reed Farm
S. S. Polhamus
Summit Point
D. W
C. L. Brown
Old Chapel
Clarence Hawptman
Boyce
A. C. Henning
Stephens City
J. B. White
Berryville
W. W. McDonald
R. L. Reiley
Fes
Thompson
Gaylord
MACRH
R. ©. Brown
P. W. Huff
G. B. Parson
Glengary
Jno. Hartman
Albin
W. CO. Crampton
John Myers
Bufflick Road
W. T. Willingham
D. R. Rogers
Charles ‘Town
W. Va
C. .C. Bauserman
Middle Road
tSock
W. B. Royston
Appen
Orchard Workers Urged To Watch For Field Mice
Washington January 14 The Biological Survey of the United States Department of Agriculture warns orchard workers to guard against field mice especially short tail variety This pest causes injuries to trees and other plant life in regular cycles After peak abundance several years of lower activity usually follow the outbreak
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Washington
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
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Stephens City Social
Farmers’ Union
Woodstock
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Enza
Coldee
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The
United States
Portland Cement Association
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
N. Main Street
Storm
N. Main St
Moling & Seal
McCallum
Betty Shoppe
Braddock St
Frank Gearing
East Piccadilly Street
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