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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1926
Page
7
A local notice warns Winchester residents about itinerant peddlers who ring doors and offer unseen goods for cash or early payment. Bill Dollar urges shoppers to patronize trusted Winchester merchants who offer direct access, credit, and on the spot service, contrasting them with transient ringers and their risky promises.
Mrs. Lesley Orndoff returns from Washington and is improved. Mr. and Mrs. Warner Gregory visit Washington after a week here. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Carroll return from Amherst, Virginia. A Methodist church pageant titled The rose road House is set for Sunday night July 4 at 8. J. W. Carroll builds a new house for Mr. M. K. Sandy at White Oak.
Governor Byrd reappoints Henry G. Shirley as chairman of the State Highway Commission for four years, praising pay as you go fuel tax funded system and oiling sand clay roads. Hugh B. Sproul is reappointed as a member, both terms expiring June 30, 1930.
National and state park officials met in Washington to outline purchasing Shenandoah land from Mount Marshall to Jarman's Gap and project spurs and canyons. They oppose high prices, favor negotiations, and plan a rapid national fundraising drive once initial ridge lands are secured.
Plowing is the daily order for farmers in Reynolds Store area. Mr and Mrs C C Lloyd and child visit home after time with daughter in Washington. Local residents, including Mr Sam Boyd and son, A L Place and son, and several Place and Lloyd family members, gather Sunday. Salem hosts a children's service on July 4 at 2 30 p m with public invitation. Winchester firemen urge the public to call 16 for fire alarms with location and details to avoid unnecessary responses.
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