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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1935
Page
7
The column records social visits illness and family news across Lebanon County Virginia including Martha and Mary Malone at a church event in January Mr and Mrs Purouser Sunshine Club gatherings Mrs John Norrie in Washington D C and locals including the Unger Owings Glaize Unger Kerns and Shanholtz families. Roads were blocked by 12 to 13 inch snow isolating residents and delaying mail and travel while several neighbors recover from illness.
In Isaac Creek Virginia on January 30 residents report four snow and sleet events totaling sixteen inches. Roads drifted shut, state crews labored to reopen routes. Schools have been closed since last Wednesday and mail delivery stalled amid ongoing winter conditions. Friends mourn hearing about Mr. Sargent.
Refuge Va January notes report Miss Marthana Koenig returning to Washington from time with her parents and visits by Mr Harry McCauley of Winchester. Illnesses include Master Beverley Bowman and Edna Cadwallader with church activities paused due to bad weather. The Strasburg Egg Company opens a new route in the area as winter continues with no services at Refuge Church for two weeks.
Mount Williams Virginia report on snow drifts delaying roads and school. Residents visit others, households listed, and the community notes hot lunches replacing cocoa with daily soup donations to support pupils.
The excerpt lists several visitors and relatives including Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Master Harding, Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Clowser with son and grandson, and Madge Fauver with children Earle Irene, and Paul Campbell from Winchester. Others named include Mr. W. A. Clowser and Mrs Beulah Williams with guests.
Reynolds Store notes in Virginia list social calls and a funeral visitation. James Gardner visits Chester Buckwalter in Good, West Virginia. West Clark's funeral at Chestnut Grove with burial there. Clark died in Martinsburg. Contacts include Muntaing, Omps, Place, Batt, Havermale, and Farmer families in Winchester and nearby towns.
A heavy snowfall disrupted travel with roads blocked for days as state crews worked two gangs to reopen routes. Nearby residents, including Mr G B Hovermale, Miss Crisman, and the Place family, visited relatives and friends across Omps Winchester Martinsburg and other areas, while many townsfolk checked on neighbors and ill relatives.
Greenway Virginia notes show the Greenway Ladies' Aid Society planning an "old hen" event at Mrs How White's home on February 14 with a donation of fifty cents or an old hen. Local visits include Mrs Daisy Grubbs, Mrs Lee Brown and families, and several callers at the Whites and Funks homes.
Mrs. Luther Wise of Stephens City notes that many men young and old are employed by the state highway department to clear snow from the highways last Sunday.
Albin Mention III January 30 reports most residents digging out after heavy snow. Sleighs common and school closed several days due to cold. The bus couldn’t plow through drifts. Rev. Seastrunk and family return from South Carolina visit. Several residents ill with colds. L. J. Hartman injured by a car and ill at home.
Greenwood Virginia residents report the death of Mr. Barrick Sunday morning. Mrs. Sadie Thompson of Martinsburg West Virginia and Mr. Herbert Robertson are visiting Mrs. Mae Hamman. A team of 21 workers with shovels and plows opened the road Sunday after school closed last week and will resume Wednesday.
Hogue Creek Virginia residents report heavy snow disrupting travel with drifted roads. Local social updates include Frances Larrick staying with Evelyn Unger and several visits among Larrick family members. Pauline Clowser remains home ill while others attend 4-H and visits with neighbors.
The text notes that using numbered metal bands on birds yields valuable data on migration range breeding and wintering grounds concentration points mating nesting habits longevity and mortality. It states many native wild birds have greater economic importance to humans than commonly known. It also mentions Arabs brought opium to China by the ninth century A D.
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