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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1929
Page
5
Hayfield Virginia notes harvest progresses with oats nearing completion in west Frederick. Wheat plantings are about 15 percent lower than last year and preliminary freights from multiple sections indicate yields will be below the average.
Frost in May likely hindered grain development leading to a smaller head and yields possibly under 10 bushels. Mrs. Sidney Stephenson and daughter visit their Stevedale farm near Hayfield. Mount Olive Church Ladies Aid Lawn Social July 10 and 11 at 8 p.m. Dr. and Mrs. Hedrick of Washington and Aberdeen vacationing near Hayfield.
Farmers are making good progress with their work and crops look fine. Notables include Isaac L. Keller improving and J H Finley ill at home with his mother Valley Stick ley staying with him. Visitors include Esther Miler from Annville PA Pearl Dellinger from New Market VA and Azalia Carrier from Valley pike visiting Goldie Miller. Charlotte Himelright weekend visit with Ruth Artz in Strasburg.
Winchester residents and visitors are listed with vacations and visits. Mr Lee Miller and wife stayed at Willow Bank Farm Cedar Creek. Fraternal Order of America adds many new members and plans a yard party tonight. Several families from Martinsburg and Pittsburgh visit or host relatives in Winchester and nearby towns.
A Rutland Herald note cites a prediction that women hats may become standardized. The remark mocks the author for ignorance about women’s nature.
A string of visits links Marlboro and nearby towns with residents traveling to Washington and Middletown. Mr. and Mrs. Mason, Mrs. Layetta Kieburg, and others spent weekends with friends and relatives. Local gatherings included a Hites Chapel Sunday school lawn social.
The sermon at 11.4 a.m. on The Love of God and the Promises of God follows holy communion at 8 a.m. and 11.4 a.m. services with Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. No evening service in July and August. Stephens City offers morning prayer and sermon at 9 a.m. Detroit News quotes a Boston professor remark about boys and enobs as a mailed jab.
Live Oak Filia July 6 Associated Press reports Governors Conference in New London Conn July 16 18 will focus on crime taxation aviation and government responsibility. Roosevelt will open with a crime program Dern presides Byrd and Ritchie will discuss taxation with Guggenheim speaking on aviation.
A reader proposes an aerial or arc spray method to cover 500 acres of apple orchards in Virginia near Frederick, citing an article from June 29 on Air Raids on Mosquitoes. Mountain Lake Park Maryland resident M Bender suggests a formula to treat large districts quickly without harming trees, seeking a practical solution.
W. E. Clevenger proprietor of Halltown garage was held up by a man in an open car. The bandit robbed him of about 0 and demanded cigarettes after seven sellows. a pistol was leveled at Clevenger. State police sought clues in Charles Town with no leads found.
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