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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1925
Page
5
In Corporation Court Samuel 8. Sencindiver and Ruth S. Sencindiver adopt Anna May Long, an infant under 14, with Irene Long approving. The child’s name is changed to Anna May Sencindiver, and the mother relinquishes all legal rights and custody to the couple.
Attorney Herbert Larrick, a Middletown county farmer, harvested a fifteen acre rye field on his farm. He stands six feet two inches and says the rye tops his head, describing it as the most wonderful field he has seen. The crop was being threshed and expected to yield proportionally to its height.
Phe rye, known as the Rozen and developed by a Russian namesake, is described as the tallest straw and the most prolific of the many varieties of grain.
A car carrying two young men and two young ladies collided with a horse owned by Holmes Rosenberger near Hayfield on the Northwestern grade. The front-seat men suffered severe facial and hand cuts from a smashed windshield. the ladies had minor injuries. The horse bore a deep foreleg gash. Brakes helped lessen the impact.
A call to mark the letting of a new home contract on July Fourth as a joyful milestone. Builders invite clients to discuss plans and specifications to base the contract on, urging immediate consultation.
Kern, formerly Miss Ada Weaver a long time Hayfield society favorite, arrives back after a season in Atlantic City. Mrs. Ida Hall Russell of Charles Town West Virginia is visiting for the summer months.
ORANDA Virginia July 7 Nice rains lift spirits of farmers as thresher hum fills air. Guests at M. M. Orndorff include Rev. W. Dudley and daughters Katherine Esther, Fred Shull and wife and daughter Katherine, all from Winchester, and Mary Riddell of Strasburg. Visitors: Perry Coffelt and A. C. Stickley parties from Strasburg and Charles Town.
Whitacre Virginia holds a lawn party on July 18 to benefit the cemetery. Local residents and visitors, including Edgar Pugh and L. Nethers family, enjoyed weekend time with friends and relatives from Shepherdstown and Berryville while others traveled from Dayton and Washington.
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