Pocahontas Lodge installs new officers and July plans
Seminole Council No. 5 Pocahontas held its July 5 regular session and installed officers led by Mrs Mae Grim. New council includes Ruth Lemley Pocahontas and Nellie Painter keeper of records. Also announced are July 14 Girls' Athletic Association dinner at Tokus Inn and July 21 swimming party and picnic. Epworth League yard party set for July 14 to raise funds for Summer Institute at Mountain Lake Park Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seminole Council
Degree of Pocahontas
Stephens City
Pocahontas
Mae Grim
Hazel Grim
Ruth Lemley
Mae Painter
Winonah
Harry Ornder
Powhatah
Nellie Painter
T. A. Grim
Calvin Grim
Vinnie Rowland
Iola Warren
Edna Ggrim
Madeline Rowland
Sadie Vincent
Lucy Dick
Anne Orndorff
Lyda Campbell
Girls’ Athletic Association
Tokus’ Inn
Opequon
Virginia Harrell
Lord and Spencer
Elsie Mathews
Opal Robinson
Mildred Elsen
Elizabeth Hollis
Mary Sullivan
Margaret Kelchner
Louise Rehill
Virginia Pangle
Helen Crisman
Epworth League
Epworth League of
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Mountain Lake Park
Evening Socials and Club Meetings Schedule
A social calendar lists events at Rosemont Park and venues in Martinsburg including a Rosemont Park dance at 8 P M, Woman's Missionary Society regular meeting at Mrs. Rowena Fries home 112 North Avenue, Finanis Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel, and multiple choir practices at United Brethren and Grace Lutheran churches. Also notes reunions at Big Spring Camp Grounds, Rotary Club luncheon, Loyal Temperance Union meeting, lawn party by Ladies Aid, Epworth League yard party, Girls Athletic Association dinner at Tokus Inn, American Legion luncheon at George Washington Hotel, and Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church choir practice.
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Rosemont Park
Martinsburg
Woman's Missionary Society of United Brethren Church
Rowena Fries
North Avenue
Finanis Club
George Washington Hotel
The
United Brethren Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Josiah Payne
Martha Shepherd Payne
Ernest Payne
Big Spring Camp Grounds
Rotary Club
Loyal Temperance Union
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Ladies’ Aid Society of
First Christian Church
Epworth League of Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Girls’ Athletic Association
Tokus’ Inn
American Legion Post
Braddock Street
Methodist Episcopal Church
Young Peoples’ Choir
Edwin Ritter
Misses Martin Host Summer Dance at Tuleyries
Mary Baldwin College students Miss Marian Martin and Miss Louise Martin hosted a Friday night dance at Tuleyries near Boyce in honor of Miss Mary Blake of Fairfax. Guests included numerous local students and residents from Berryville White Post Boyce and Winchester with attendees from the University of Virginia among others. Local Greek American groups gathered in Hagerstown for a banquet at Colonial Hotel hosted by AHEPA. Achilles Catsonis gave the evening address. The Winchester Hagerstown Frederick Westminster mayors attended and spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian
Louise Martin
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton
Elizabeth
Mae Burch
Frances
Doris Reid Jolliffe
Boyce
Mary Denny
White Post
F. L. Largent
Messrs
Delbert Atkins
Washington, D. C
Nat Page
Leonard Largent
Lory Martin
Henry Jenkins
Brownley McKay
Donald Cooley
Edgar Peters
Daniel Morrison
Louis Lickey
William Shenk
Charles
Hagerstown
Colonial Hotel
Order of Ahepa
Achilles Catsonis
Washington
Winchester
Martinsburg
Waynesboro
Chambersburg
Mercersburg
Frederick
Westminster
Miss Sarah Herr Weds Arthur Brad ley Kresge Jr in Winchester
Miss Sarah Elizabeth Herr and Arthur Bradley Kresge Jr. wed in Winchester. The couple, from Front Royal and Bayside respectively, will reside in Front Royal. the bridegroom formerly studied at Randolph Macon Academy. Other notices mention a Virginia couple obtaining a marriage license in Charles Town and a rosemont Park dance with Percy Glascoe and his Southern Plantation Orchestra.
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Sarah Herr
A. B. Kresge
Reuben E. Herr
Front Royal
Sarah Elizabeth
Arthur Bradley Kresge Jr
Arthur Bradley Kresge
Bayside
Long Island
Winchester
Randolph-Macon Academy
Charles Town
Dorsey Edwin Russell
Rosa May Rose
Marshall, Va
Delaplane
W. Va
Joseph Rose
Rosemont Park
Martinsburg
Shenandoah Valley
Percy Glascoe
Southern Plantation
Picnic Supper Held At Bush Home In Martinsburg
Friends and relatives gathered at the John and Mrs. Bush home on National Avenue for a Sunday picnic on the lawn with games for younger guests. Local families from Martinsburg and surrounding towns attended, including the L. F. Bush and Keller families from Bethlehem and Charles Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bush
National Avenue
L. F. Bush
Kathryn
Kenneth Bush
Bethlehem
John C. Keller
Donald
Marshall E. Keller
Edward W. Huyett
C. L. Keller
Roy Keller
Ralph Keller
Hugh Keller
Martin, Marvin
Virginia
Betty Lou Keller
William Keller
Charles Keller
Arthur Bender
Rose Lamar
Martinsburg
William Grasey
William and
James Gracey
Charles Town
C. E. Johnston
Warren Keller
City
Mrs. Loring Mumma
Lorraine
Wormleysburg
Mrs. C. A. Anderson
The Com plaint of Scotland and odd balloon tale
The article notes Sir James Inglis as author of The Com plaint of Scotland published in St Andrews in 1548 though he was dead 18 years. It adds a claim that a woman's voice can be heard from a balloon at two miles while a man’s voice stops at one mile and invites testing.
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Scotland
James Inglis
St. Andrews
London
Relief Workers Seek Victims in West Virginia Floods
relief teams carried food beds and clothing up flood damaged valleys as state police searched for the dead. 18 believed killed four bodies recovered 25 missing over 150 homes ruined with 800 to 1000 left homeless as Red Cross raises estimate.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Paint
Armstrong Creeks
Burmwell
Paint Creek
Red Cross
Securities Show Tendency To Advance
New York markets drifted toward higher prices with a firm opening. The share market moved in sympathy with wheat, then regained ground by midday as bonds held a fair undertone despite some irregularity. Sterling cables opened at 3.5542 dollars, up half a cent, and call money rose to 2 percent.
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New York
Police Enforce Stop Sign and Speed Laws Citywide
Police warn motorists to stop at all posted stop signs and obey city speed laws. Officers instructed to strictly enforce violations as city ordinances also ban lawn sprinkling after 8 p m with strict enforcement.
Woman Released After Shooting Attempt on Cubs Shortstop Bill Jurges
Violet Popovich, jailed on an assault with intent to kill charge, left county jail in Chicago with her arm in a sling. She expressed a desire to see Bill Jurges, the Cubs shortstop she shot during the incident. Bond was posted and she faces the ongoing case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Jurges
Chicago Cubs
Violet Popovich
Hicago
Miss Popovich
Bandit Shootout Near Cross Junction Leads to Riverside Manhunt
A posse surrounded woods near Cross Junction as a desperado and accomplices fled into West Virginia. Washington detectives joined local officers after a burglary attempt at Garber Manufacturing and a street battle left several shots fired and a car overturned. One witness described a man seeking water before slipping away toward Winchester.
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West Virginia
Cross Junction
Winchester
D. C
John H. Fowler
Metropolitan Police Department
Washington, D. C
Sergi Talley
Garber Place
Boyd, Funk and Bowers
Lieut Fowler
Washington
Studebaker
Maryland
A. R. Peed
College Park
Perry C. Carmen
E. Street
N. W
Lucian Funk
G Street
N. E
Same City
David Colvin
C. W. Hollis
Garber Manufacturing Company
Nancy Lee Coble
West Boscawen
Washington Street
Residents find bullet holes as bandits fire on South Washington
Police believe many more homes in the South Washington street area will have bullet holes after rounds of high powered ammunition were fired by bandits firing at houses. The investigation continues as authorities check the extent of property damage.
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South Washington Street
Prowler Flees After Resident Hears His Moves
A would be burglar on the rear roof of 125 East Monmouth street vanished when Mrs. Kater heard noises and turned on lights. Neighbors searched the premises but found no trace. No items reported missing.
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John W. Kater
Monmouth Street
Other Veterans Plan To Camp At The Capitol
A California delegation of 450 war veterans planned to camp on the Capitol grounds until Congress adjourns or grants immediate cash payment of the bonus. Led by Roy W. Robertson the group arrived last weekend and formed a parade to the Capitol. Veterans administration officials reported 1,092 loans approved from 1,216 bonus certificate applications funded by Congress.
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Associated Press
Washington
California
Capitol
Congress
Roy W. Robertson
Robertson
Veterans
Illinois Judge To Head Elks Grand Lodge
Floyd Eugene Thompson, rising from school master to Illinois Supreme Court, was elected grand exalted ruler of the Elks Grand Lodge without opposition. He succeeds John R Coen of Sterling, Col.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Floyd Eugene Thompson
Illinois Supreme Court
Grand Lodge
John R Coen
Sterling
Relief bill tailored to Hoover nears passage after talks
Washington July 12. After a conference with President Hoover in which he said relief legislation had been discussed Representative Rainey Democratic leader told newspaper men today a relief bill suitable to the President would be soon passed by the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Representative Rainey
Men Today
Lawmakers Escort Hawley and Treadway to White House
The passage notes that he was accompanied to the White House by Representatives Hawley of Oregon and Treadway of Massachusetts, both Republicans, as they moved toward a vote or meeting scheduled for morrow night.
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House
White House
Hawley
Oregon
Treadway
Massachusetts
German claims leap with pneumatic boots humor
A London humorist notes a German claim that wearing special pneumatic boots would enable leaps and even walking on air, describing it as a humorous idea born from exaggerated belief.
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London
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Ile
George C. Vournas
Frank G. Wagaman
Walter Byron Stehl
Pocahontas Council
Girls Athletic Association
Martin
Huntsberry
Little Theatre
Little Theatre Organization
Handley Library
Melvin Sager
W. Warren Sager
John Harmer
Stanley Melvin
Bettie Warren Sager
Warren Sager
Stanley E. Harmer
West Cork Street
Bush Home
Bruce Shockey
Mary Shockey
J. K. Luttrell
Senseney Road
Harold
Grace Lichliter
Arthur Luttrell
Ladies' Aid Society
Centenary Reformed Church
Miss Pannett
Velma Lee Pannett
Garfield Memorial Hospital
Lee Pannett
Ellsworth Orndorff
Avalon Orndorff
Blackstone
Titus Nursery Company
Willing Workers’ Society of the First Baptist Church
South End Hose Company
Market Street
Edward O. Kremer
North Braddock Street
Richmond
Ursula O’leary
Intermont
Capon Lake Inn
J. N. McDonald
Mary Cochran
Hancock, Md
S. J. McFarland
J. H. Yost
Handley Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Winifred Crowser
Capitol Theatre
Edith Hunter
Elmina
N. Y
Mrs. Marshall Kline
South Braddock Street
Charles J. Athey
Margaret Jane Athey
Gray Avenue
William B. Sinnott
West Va
Prohibition
William D. Upshaw
Atlanta
Prohibition Party
William E. Borah
Upshaw
Indianapolis
Rave
George F. Miller
Illinois
Elks
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Bank Credit
United States
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Union Bank of Winchester
State Corporation Commission
Geo
Bushnell, Casnier
Geo. B. Bushnell
P. M. Funkhouser
J. Fred Thwaite
Daniel W. Lupton
State of Virginia
Wwe
Irene
Headley
R. M. Swimley
Lovett Brothers
N. Main St
Lovett
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