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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1927
Page
1
About 100 club members attended a night service where Dr. Bridgers urged moral courage and surrender to Christ. He contrasted righteous action with mob pressure, urged unity, and warned against denying God while stressing trial by jury and foundational faith amid a changing age.
December report from the Northern Valley Cow Testing Association shows Haldeman winning all honors with pure Lees Holsteins. His herd average 954 pounds milk and 35.24 pounds fat. his high cow produced 2244 pounds milk and 101.0 fat. This is his third cow over 125 pounds fat in 1926.
Firemen invited to attend in a body to the evangelistic meeting led by Dr. Luther Bridgers. The Sarah Zan Company has accepted. Officers contact members to come out Friday evening meeting at Sarah Zane hall at seven, leaving at 7 15 for the tabernacle.
David Scott Brown of Gainesboro Tennessee district died in Keyser West Virginia last week. He enlisted in 1861 in Company A Tenth Virginia Infantry at Strasburg and later served under Stonewall Jackson.
Stephens City Local No. 1151 Farmers Education and Cooperative Union will hold a special meeting at Stephens City Wednesday night January 26. Secretary I W Scotherys urges all Clover seed interested members to attend.
The local Red Cross chapter asks for clean warm clothing for needy children aged 2 to 15. Donations of under clothing and outer garments are welcomed and can be left at the Red Cross office in City Hall.
The Winchester Gan Club will hold a practice shoot Thursday afternoon starting at 2 o'clock. A team race will be featured and attract trap shooting enthusiasts. All interested in trap shooting are invited to join the club and shoot with its members.
Perry Locke of the county was arrested today at his home by Deputy Sheriff Wigginton on a non-support complaint filed by his wife. He faces arraignment before Judge W R Talbot in the Domestic Relations Court.
Friendship Fire Co. No. 1 will meet tonight at 8 o'clock to make arrangements to attend Rev. Bridgers' services at the tabernacle on Dight. Fred W. Ney, Captain.
H. H. Newman of Shenandoah Valley Sacu announces the Shenandoah Valley Special rail tour of 10000 miles. The trip begins June 18 in Harrisonburg Virginia with planned stops in many cities and reservations open through Virginia and surrounding states. Committees will be named soon and inquiries directed to Newman in Edinburg or secretary Daniel Mavan augh at Harrisonburg headquarters.
The Rotary Club of Pee will join Martinsburg for a joint meeting with the medi? club. Winchester club members meet at 11 at 40 Rouss avenue and travel by car to Martinsburg. Luncheon at 12 15 at the Shenandoah Hotel features speakers Marshall Baker Vernon Eddy Hugh Duffey Rev Dr F T McFaden and Nelson Pase.
Household and kitchen furniture to be sold at public auction Thursday January 27 at 1 pm. Antique beds tables and other articles offered. Also note guest Mr Thomas J Larken of Baltimore Md staying at the George Washington Hotel on Main Street.
A committee gathered representatives from ten states to raise five thousand dollars for advertising the Shenandoah Valley route. The group will hire a publicity agent and place ads in newspapers and magazines across Pennsylvania Maryland West Virginia Virginia Tennessee North Carolina Georgia and Florida. The effort seeks to attract northern tourists to the scenic historic route with coordination among chambers of commerce and hotels.
Congress moved away from formal options to give President Coolidge advisory input while hearings on the Fairchild resolution proceeded. Democrats pressed for Kellogg questioning amid strained Mexico Nicaragua policy tensions and stalled oil drilling permits.
Leo Maham a 17 year old amateur boxer died from a stomach blow suffered in a Brad dock bout. He collapsed after the punch in his match with Joe Ioviano during the West Penn sylvania amateur boxing tournament in Pittsburgh.
Dyke was acquitted last night in police court of operating an automobile while under the influence of liquor. He had been arrested Sunday night for fighting and fined $17 for that offense yesterday. The charge of drunken driving was dismissed for lack of sufficient evidence.
Opposing speculative forces contested price moves in today's market with the downward trend resuming. Rail equipment and automobile issues saw temporary bids in an effort to lift the general list, while professional sentiment leaned bearish and money remained at four percent. Mrs. George Lind, confined at home on North Cameron Street, is improving.
Lynchburg surpassed its Virginia State Chamber of Commerce membership and fund goal by more than 1500, raising 10000 toward an 8500 target. The drive is led by a large Virginia business committee headed by John M. Miller Jr., with local members W A Baker H B McCormac and Shirley Carter and district director General Samuel Gardner Waller.
A letter from M. P. Carter in Winchester Va dated January 26 1927 corrects a misprint stating General Jake Mechee was a Virginia Military Institute graduate class of 1857. The 1857 class had twenty four members with twenty two serving as Confederate officers and Mechee resigned his professorship to join the army.
One of Jefferson county West Virginia's oldest commercial apple orchards is being cut down in the Kabletown area. Planted about 40 years ago by the late Captain Milton Rouss, the trees have declined and the fruit is no longer marketable.
Hubert Ryman of Topnot neighborhood cut his right foot with an axe while cutting wood on North Mountain. His brother Joe Ryman and Jasper Elbon witnessed the accident and helped move him to his sister Mrs N M Rosenberger home. He was taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital where doctors found a bone severed and an operation planned to remove bone fragments. He is in pain and has lost blood but is doing as well as can be expected.
Berryville Virginia circuit court disposed of liquor law violations after indictments. Champ Feltner to pay 100 dollars and costs and serve 60 days in jail. Frank Blair colored 50 dollars and costs and 30 days in jail. Bob Myers possession of still and mash at Pine Grove home 25 dollars and costs and six months in jail. Brooks Lee found not guilty on resisting an officer but fined 25 dollars by magistrate for resisting.
Mrs Frances Browning testified in a separation suit brought by Edward Browning detailing alleged cruelties after their marriage. She described being pinched and scolded for refusing to obey his wishes and said her mother arranged afternoon visits. The court allowed limited courtroom reporting.
White and black terrier named Jack missing on Royal road near Ragtown in Winchester Virginia. Reward offered. Owner appeals to finder for safe return.
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