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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1924
Page
7
An early hour crowd in Strasburg gathered to view the Klux Klan event as Raf people noted the assembly. The occasion appeared orderly with initiation activities reportedly planned for an unspecified time.
About 75 Klansmen in masks paraded through the town at 10 o clock led by a large car with K K K symbols and 12 escorts carrying American flags. They then went to the hill overlooking Strasburg for an initiation ceremony, forming two circles and lighting a large cross in a controlled, orderly event with no disorder reported.
The column lists residents visiting relatives and neighbors, church improvements, and local incidents. Notables include Rae Ton E Thur with Mrs Hudd, Miss Adeline Albin’s gathering, Rev Obaugh’s leg injury, Rae Alton Cave visiting, and guilds painting at Friendship United Brethren Church.
The Rev. L. L. Lowance former pastor at Berryville Clarke county now conducts evangelistic work in the conference territory with a Buena Vista home. He recently concluded a successful Upperville Va meeting with 25 professions and 40 reconsecrations and has engagements through summer and fall.
In Trent, New Jersey, Miss Katherine Dudley leads Prospect Hill School pupils to compose and perform original songs. Beginning with victrola lessons last fall, children now create tunes tied to activities, from robin themes to interpretive dance, under Dudley and Principal Miss Marie H. Schuster's support.
Robert Lée Saner president of the American Bar Association travels from Dallas to Richmond to attend the Virginia State Bar Association meeting in Winchester on Wednesday night. He praises Richmond and Virginia during his visit and tours Petersburg battlefields with George Bryan and A W Patterson. Saner rose from Texas Bar president in 1911 to ABA president today, admitted to the Texas bar in 1896.
Mrs Hattie R Cather wife of Arthur D Cather near Hunting Ridge died at 8 45 am Monday after weeks with typhoid fever in the twenty seventh year of her age She was born in Frederick county on April 14 1898 and survived by her husband parents one son Wilbur Scott Cather one brother Wesley Clark and three sisters Annie Shingleton Eva Shoemaker and Ollie Clark Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the house at 10 am and proceed to Old Bethel Church with Rev H W Lindamood officiating Interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery
Miss Hall, longtime organist and pianist at the Colonial Theatre, returned from a restorative vacation to a rousing reception in Winchester. The audience's spontaneous ovation reflected her strong popularity among Colonial patrons and her gracious acknowledgment of the warm greetings.
Limestone farm with stone dwelling and bank barn on 58 acres. Six room bungalow with hall bath and large porches. Immediate possession with purchase of equipment. Attractive price to quick buyer. also lists of improved or unimproved properties. Good & Co.
Several Winchester and Shenandoah Valley banks announce closure on Friday July 4 1924 marking a legal holiday. Customers with paper maturing that day may pay on Saturday July 5 1924 and bank cashiers include Charles Summers John J Sloat and WM Hardy. Farmers and Merchants National Bank A D Fuller also notes closure.
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