Winchester Berkeley Springs Kiwanians Plan Picnic Event
The Winchester and Berkeley Springs Kiwanis clubs in West Virginia announce a joint picnic at Capon Park near Berkeley Springs next Wednesday July 17 from 3 to 8 pm. Activities include swimming softball with supper at 6:30 pm. Attendees include W W Glass Dr Ancell B Groves Leonard I Miller Andrew Bell E E Harbaugh Alan Peery Garland Canter Stanley Shewan Dan Henry and E P Bean.
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Winchester
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Capon Park
Glass
W. W. Glass
Ancell B. Groves
Leonard I. Miller
Andrew Bell
E. E. Harbaugh
W. Alan Peery
Garland Canter
Stanley Schewan
Dan Henry
E. P. Bean
Park Record VISITORS Year to date attendance
The Park Record notes visitors share a year to date percentage of .688, indicating the portion of park traffic measured against a defined baseline.
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Park
Public Sale of Jonathan Barrett Farm
The court ordered public auction of the 78 acre Jonathan Barrett limestone farm in Stonewall District Frederick County Virginia. Sale set for July 22 1940 at 11 AM in Winchester with one third cash and balance in two annual installments secured by a deed of trust and insurance. John W Ward executor and I Brumback auctioneers are handling.
Service For H. H. Parsons Here Friday
Funeral for Harry H. Parsons 64 a Winchester native and former dry cleaning pioneer will be held Friday at 2 PM in Mount Hebron Cemetery chapel. Fraternal Order of Eagles will oversee rites with interment in the family lot. Survived by widow Gertrude Foote Parsons, daughter Virginia Brannon Stevens, three sons, and three brothers.
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Harry H. Parsons
Winchester
Utica
N. Y
Mount Hebron
Order of Eagles
Mr. Parsons
Moorefield
W. Va
Parsons
Improved Order of Red Men
Parsons Family Society of America
Theft of Glass Brings 30 Day Sentence in Virginia
Clyde C. Collins a 50 year old Washington man was found guilty of petit larceny for stealing cut glass from Mrs. J. S. Grigsby’s home. The Grigsby residence on the Shenandoah near Land’s End burned June 1 with an $8 000 loss, destroying an ancestral house and many antiques. Officials suspect arson and a state fire marshal is investigating.
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Berryville
Clyde C. Collins
Washington
Loring C. Kackley
Collins
J. S. Grigsby
Grisby
Joe Walker
Jesse Owens
Public Sale of Cadwallader Farm in Frederick County Va
Trustees will sell at public auction in front of the Winchester County Court House on Monday July 29 1940 at 11 o'clock A M the Cadwallader farm of 125 acres in Opequon District about two miles east of Vaucluse improving with a dwelling house barn and outbuildings currently occupied by George W Cadwallader. Sale subject to deeds of trust dated March 16 1918 and April 2 1938 with interest payable annually and secured by a policy of insurance on the buildings. Auctioneers C I Brumback.
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Emma Ward Barrett
Frederick County
Winchester
Stonewall Magisterial
Apple Pie Ridge
Greenspring Road
Jonathan Barrett
George W. Cadwallader
Opequon
Vaucluse
Herbert S. Larrick
T. R. Cather
C. I. Brumback
New York City teacher held without bail in Massachusetts murder
R Huntin Rice, 54, a New York City teacher, was held without bail in Oak Bluffs Mass. for the murder of Mrs. Clara M. Smith, 70, of Boston. Smith was assaulted and beaten to death in her dormitory room at the School of the Spoken Word where Rice taught that summer.
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R. Huntin Rice
New York City
Oak Bluffs Mass
Cha
Clara M. Smith
Boston
School of the Spoken Word
Rice
Whiting Funeral Held At Grace Episcopal Church
Grace Episcopal Church hosted the funeral for Herbert B. Whiting 55 a prominent grain and fuel dealer and civic leader who died suddenly of a heart ailment. The service was led by Rev. Ernest H Williams with Masons and town council members in attendance. Survived by wife Elizabeth McCormick Whiting and son Richard Beverley Whiting who will carry on the family business.
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Berryville
Grace Episcopal Church
Herbert B. Whiting
Whiting
Ernest H. Williams
Grace Church
Cemetry
Treadwell Lodge
A. M
A. F. Masons
Elizabeth McCormick Whiting
Richard Beverley Whiting
Frederick 4-H Delegates Chosen at Frederick County Council
At a Frederick County 4-H Council meeting in the court house plans for a yard party were finalized and funds set to aid local delegates to the State Short Course in Blacksburg. Rebecca Lodge and Denver Hershman named delegates with Robert Dailey and Nancy Harbaugh as alternates. annual picnic set for August 22 at Cacapon State Park.
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Frederick County
4-H
Court House
Blacksburg
Round Hill
Rebecca Lodge
White Hall
Denver Hershman
Friendly Grove
Robert Dailey
Whitacre
Nancy Harbaugh
Nual
Frederick
Cacapon State Park
County
4-H Council
Nelson Carpenter
Linda Bailey
Barbara Bell Fashion Pattern No. 1200-B for practical summer frock
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1200 B offers a slim straight frock with a frilled collar and cuffs, suitable cottons like gingham or calico. Sizes 14 through 44 with busts 32 to 44, requires about 2 to 4 yards fabric plus contrast or ruffling. Include request to send Barbara Bell's New Fashion Book and pattern bundle.
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Barbara Bell
Address Pattern and Pattern Size Request
The requester asks for a pattern number, size, and full address. They also request wrapping coins securely in paper. No additional context or sources are provided.
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Cardinals
Russell Motor
Packards Wash
Packards
House of David
Prince George
John W. Ward
C.t
D. I. Brumback
Come
Chapman Motor CO
Boscawen St
Cammer Tire CO
Handley School
DODGE
International
Pine Motor CO
Plymouth Distributors
H. H. Parsons
Potomac By-Products Co
Harpers Ferry
R. Huntington Rice
H. B. Whiting
Oo Stickley
Ritenour
Princess
Winchester Evening Star
New York
REPO
Conoco
Continental Oil_ Company
Cowolo
Elizabeths
Flora Robson
Bette Davis
Werner
Miss Robson
Elizabeth
Errol Flynn
Sabatini
Bette
Flynn
Essex
Shenandoah Motor Co.,, Inc
Stepins
Nightanday
Rochelles
Sale
Loudoun ST
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