Old Winchester Jail Door Found in Frederick County Relic
A long lost stone jail door from Winchester Frederick County's first jail was found in the Reardon orchard near Winchester. The door matches 1764 contract specs and was donated to the county for preservation likely in the court house corridor. It ties to Aaron Griffith’s smokehouse site and local jail history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Griffith
Winchester
Senseney Road
Berryville Pike
Griffith
Ther
Orie
Market Square
Grogey
Frederick County
Julian W. Baker
Circuit Court
Simon Taylor
John Hite
Lord
Win
Baker
Richard E. Griffith
West Clifford Street
David M. Reardon
Reardon
Prederick County
Cameron and
Boscawen
City Hall
William G. Russell
Russell
Cameron Street
Williams Qualifies To Practice Law In Winchester Office
John J. Williams is admitted to practice law by the board on the motion of his father R Gray Williams. He will practice in Winchester at the office of Gray Williams, continuing a family lineage of local legal work dating back to 1899. Williams was born in Winchester, educated at the University of Virginia, and previously worked with the News Record in Harrisonburg and Endless Caverns.
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Baers Aemice Corporator
R. Gray Williams
Williams
John J. Williams
Gray Williams
John Williams
Winchester
News-Record
Harrisonburg
Endless Caverns
University of Virginia
Divorce Granted for Desertion in Frederick County Case
Mrs. Bessie Virginia Erwin receives an absolute divorce from James Emerson Erwin in Frederick County Circuit Court on desertion. They married August 3 1927 in Martinsburg West Virginia and were deserted November 19 1927. She resumes maiden name Seldon and may not remarry for six months. Property rights protected. R E Perrine attorney.
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Frederick County
Bessie Virginia Erwin
James Emerson Erwin
Martinsburg
W.va
Gore
Seldon
R. E. Perrine
Hines Named Budget Director Prospect at Roosevelt Meeting
Walker D. Hines of New York, recent guest at the Little White House in Warm Springs Georgia, is reported slated for the post of director of the budget in the Roosevelt administration. Hines, formerly director general of the federal railway administration, would face the crucial task of steering a balanced budget if he accepts.
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Roosevelt
White House
Warm Springs
Walker D. Hines
New York
Hines
Federal Railway Administration
Mrs. Hayes Dyke of this county passes away
Mrs Hayes Dyke aged fifty nine died after months of ill health. Surviving her are husband four daughters Lena Nichols of New Jersey Ethel Dyke of Winchester and two daughters of Hayfield and six sons Dorsey Ernest Edward Herman and John Dyke of Hayfield Gilbert Dyke of Winchester. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 pm from St John Lutheran Church Mt Williams with Rev C E Seastruck officiating. Interment in family cemetery nearby.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
Mt. Williams
C. E. Seastruck
W. G. Hardy to Address Loudoun Street Class
The Young Men's Bible Class of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church will hear William G. Hardy at 10 o clock tomorrow morning. Attendance has risen, and men not in other Bible classes are invited. Fred Stine serves as class president.
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Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
William G. Hardy
Fred Stine
Meet Little Dempsey and the Filipino Tenant Tale
The Filipinos resemble a landlord whose tenant refused to accept the house as a gift unless the landlord kept paying for repairs, a scenario echoed in a small domestic anecdote.
Public Sale of City Residence in Winchester Va
Trustees will sell at public auction on February 28 1933 at 11 A M in Winchester Va the lot at 19 East Kern street with a two story frame dwelling. Terms are one third cash and balance in two installments secured by a deed of trust and bonds of the purchaser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Patton
City of
Winchester
County Court
Holmes F. Larrick
Herbert S. Larrick
Woodin Seen as Likely Head of Reconstruction Finance Corp
Political deposters in Washington say William Woodin president of the American Car and Foundry, who has been visiting President-elect Roosevelt at Warm Springs, Ga., is slated to become head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He would succeed former Senator Atlee Pomerene, an anti-Roosevelt Democrat, appointed by Hoover.
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Washington
William Woodin
American Car &Poundry
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Atlee Pomerene
Hoover
Apple Blossom Festival Plans Forming In Winchester
Winchester and Frederick county citizens are called to a mass meeting to outline preliminary plans for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. William Beverley and John F. Rodman Jr lead the finance committee as early invitations go to apple industry and transportation interests along with local merchants.
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William Beverley
John F. Rodman, Jr
Arthur
Winchester
Frederick County
Shenandoah
W. A. Dad" Ryan
Cumberland
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Enterprise
Program Recognizes Community Merit And Credit
A program presented to honor standout individuals will reflect credit on the community and all involved, highlighting achievements and service.
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Great Electric Power Project
Numskurr
Noah
Congress
Andy Weiss
Akron
William
Andrew Carothers
Chattan Coga
Tenn
Stanley
Dad Blakeslee
Lee W. Stanley Central Press
Scott’s
R. J. Scott
Nuremberg
Germany
GZ. Brown
MT Zion
Baptist. Church
Washington, D.C
Cantract Press Association, ‘Inc
Tsa
Bessie Erwin
W. G. Hardy
Farang di
Little Dempsey
Dempsey
Roberto Hirando
Pacific Coast
C. I. Brumback
R. F.C
Cece Sute
Fata
the Talk of
Twin City Oil & Gas Corporation
Shell Station
Matinsburg Pike
Amherst & Boscawen Sts
Valley Ave
Braddock St
Miles
Oreere Betel Olly
Silvertown
Cammer Tire Co
Braddock
Tb Boscawen
Buick
Essex
Packard
Bickers Motor Company
Raymond Snapp
Hugh Green
Dept
Myron B. Bickers
Bickers Motor Co
Ford
Hugh K. Green
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