Annual Patriotic Order Sons of America Picnic Program
The three day event at Ungers Store W Va July 13 1915 features concerts by Camp No 5 bands rides and amusements from Thursday 4 PM to 10 PM. Friday includes Medal of Honor presentation to the first president of Camp 5 with D L Snyder and O B Shockey assisting and baseball contests Berkeley Springs vs Paw Paw. Saturday offers community song service baseball Winester Midway vs Sleepy Creek and vaudeville by Black and Tan entertainers. Free camping available and speakers include Townsend Plan representative Russell Baville.
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the Patriotic Order, Sons of America
Ungers
W. Va
P. R. Unger
Fere
Angers Store
P. O
A. Camp No
D. L. Snyder
O. B. Shockey
Berkeley Springs
Paw Paw
Dillsburg
Dury
Camp No
Winester Midway
Sleepy Creek
Mokey
Blacky
Jarry Hansroth
Berkeley High School
Aine
Paul Tyson
Black and Wan Serenaders
Unger
Answers to Today’s Quiz From Page Four
Answers to today’s quiz include: Master of Laws. reasons for color recognition. science of crystals. air base. Switzerland. responses Yes and No. independence. Ok kult vs ok kult. invertebrates.
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Switzerland
Veteran N and W Conductor and Wife Visit Winchester
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. McHaffa of Bluefield West Virginia toured Winchester with interest in Frederick and Clarke counties. They visited orchards, stayed with Thomas Dawson, and praised the city during their first visit before returning to Bluefield on Number 1. McHaffa has 48 years in Norfolk and Western service and holds a 40 years badge from the Order of Railway Conductors.
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W. B. McHaffa
Frederick Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Norfolk and Western Railway
Winchester
Star Office
Old City
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Thomas Dawson
North Loudoun Street
McHaffa
Mr. McHaffa
Kentucky
Norfolk & Western Service
Williamson
McVey
Order of Railway Conductors
Release Of School Funds Hinges On Hodges Report
Virginia officials await Comptroller Leroy Hodges later this month to decide if $2,431,500 in conditional appropriations for state institutions can be released. Some funds were tied to governor certification to avoid a general fund deficit, with several institutions already authorized to borrow for emergency needs.
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Richmond
Leroy Hodges
Madison College
Price
Virginia Military Institute
Division of Motor Vehicles
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
W. T. Sanger
General Fund
Hodges
Berryville Chamber hears banker Ralph M Ware on Bermuda cruise
Berryville July 6 Ralph M Ware cashier and vice president of the First National Bank of Berryville described his Bermuda cruise at the Berryville Chamber of Commerce meeting. Bruce Gorham president appointed two committees Membership and Publicity with listed chairmen and members.
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Berryville
Berryville Chamber of Commerce
Ralph M. Ware
First National Bank of
Bermuda
Virginia Bankers Association
Bruce Gorham
G. O'Bryan
Roy E. Potts
Edward P Berlin
William D. Burtner
Stacy B. Lloyd, Jr
John B. Neill
G. Kenneth Levi
British Officer Held in Japan over Insult Claim
British circles report that Clifford Winterbottom chief officer of the Chang sha was detained by Japanese authorities on charges of insulting behavior toward Japanese. The incident was noted from Hankow with July 6 dating.
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Japan
Hankow
Clifford Winterbottom
Changsha
Junior Farmers Entertained At Round Hill Meeting
Frederick County Junior Farmers Club members attended a supper at John Larrick’s Round Hill home with about 45 youths and parents present. The meeting focused on estimating weights of swine and beef cattle and other contests. The next regular meeting is set for the second Tuesday in August at Stephens City High School.
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John Larrick
Round Hill
Frederick County
Jack Larrick
Presid
Stephens City High School
Virginia party to attend World Fair celebration in New York
Governor Price and state officials depart by train with family for Virginia day at the World’s Fair. A military review, luncheon at Pershing Hall, and Virginia exhibit dedication at 2 p.m. are planned with speeches by Governor Price, Ashton Dovell, and General Dennis Nolan.
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Richmond
Price
New York
Commonwealth
la Guardia
Arrowbrook
Grover Whalen
Peryson
Virginia
Ashton Dovell
General Assembly’s Fair Committee
Dennis Nolan
Robert C. Harper
E. E. Goodwyn
Emporia
Leroy Hodges
Dovell
Tazewell Buchanan
R. M. Sanford
Virginia State Planning Board
Sanford
Diver frees lines at Squalus grave in Portsmouth
A diver freed two reeving lines fouled on a massive chain beneath the disabled submarine Squalus 240 feet down. Two pontoons have been attached to the chain sling and seven pontoons total will be needed to lift the Squalus as navy officials adjust the recovery plan.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Navy
Mayfair Conspiracy Leads to Prison Sentences
Four well-dressed men in Mayfair, including W. F. C. Hervey, nephew of a peer, received prison terms for a vile scheme at a London nightclub. The judge called it loathsome as they drugged a matron and stole her 12,000 dollar jewelry. Hervey got three years' penal servitude. the recorder labeled him the mainspring of the plot.
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London
Mayfair
W. F.C. Hervey
Lord Herbert Hervey
Lord Bristol
Gerald Dodson
Hervey
Trainmen say amendments could boost industrial strife
Burl A. Whitney of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen told the Senate labor committee that destructive changes to the labor relations act may trigger a sharp rise in industrial strife. He warned workers could turn away from an innocuous labor law and a weakened Labor Board.
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Washington
Burl A. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Senate Labor Committee
Whitney
James O Lowery Dies in Winchester Memorial Hospital
James Oliver Lowery of 312 South Kent Street died early this morning at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was a member of the Sarah Zane Fire Company and longtime downtown figure. Previously he ran cabinet work, managed newspaper stands, and later sold shirts. Funeral plans await his only relative, step-daughter Ida Humphreys, who is seriously ill.
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James Oliver Lowery
South Kent Street
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
Ida Humphreys
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Witness Refuses To Testify In Richmond Police Probe
A Hastings Court grand jury in Richmond, Virginia, begins proceedings as a lone witness declines to testify. Commonwealth's Attorney T Gray Haddon orders nine people summoned for the next session, including several officers and two reporters. The probe follows safety director John A Cutchins and police chief R B Jordan reporting activities of number writers and pick-up men at a filling station. Judge John L Ingram cautions the grand jury it can only investigate criminal matters and urges restraint on police department scrutiny.
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Richmond
Hastings Court
Richmond Police Department
Commonwealth
T. Gray Haddon
D. Andrew Welch
Wilbur J. Griggs
John A. Cutchins
R. B. Jordan
John L. Ingram
Berryville Proposes Ban on Hogs and Hog Pens
Berryville Virginia town council plans final action on an ordinance to prohibit residents from keeping hogs and hog pens within town limits. The proposal, already drafted in April, carries a $25 fine for each 30 day violation.
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Berryville
Fire in hitching yard car ended by owner
Norman Lockhart was working on an automobile in the hitching yard when the vehicle caught fire. He extinguished the blaze himself before firemen arrived, so their services were not needed.
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Norman Lockhart
Hitching Yard
Nominations in Postal Service Nominations in Postal Service
Postmaster nominations sent by the President to the Senate for confirmation today include Samuel Brooks for Virginia Appalachia Anna Bengston for Catawba Sanatorium Dewey Arrington for Cleveland Fort Defiance James Walker for Fort Defiance Troy Weeks for Willis and Thomas Chambers for Catawba Sanatorium.
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Washington
Senate
Virginia
Appalachia
Samuel 8. Brooks
Blackstone
Thomas E. Chambers
Catawba Sanatorium
Anna G. Bengston
Cleveland
Dewey Arrington
Fort Defiance
James F. Walker
Willis
Troy J. Weeks
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Townsendite
Stow
Mass
Daniel . Cady
Cady
U. B
Hot Point
Atlantic City
Norfolk & Western Railway
Comptroller
Briggs
Andrew G
North America Assurance Society
Shenandoah Valley
Bank
Nature
Jr. Farmers
Rosenberger
John W. Rosenberger & CO
James Lowrey
PRPWW
Penney’s
Ptr
Oxford
Oxfords
Vicinity
American Institute of Laundering
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