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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1926
Page
3
A note requests attendees to meet at Friendship on Wednesday night July 14 at 7 in civilian clothes to attend the Byrd Homecoming Celebration. The message is signed by Fred W. Forney, Captain.
Mayor Jackson had protested the depot near the Baltimore business district. Authorities cited the Lake Denmark blast prompting the request. Officials noted explosions could occur from vault deterioration during routine tests and stressed proper spacing.
Commander and Mrs John Reginald Beardall were presented at the court of St James in London by the American ambassador Dr Allanson Houghton. Beardall, naval attache to the American embassy, traveled with his wife, her father Admiral A M D McCormick and their three children aboard the transport President Roosevelt. Mrs Beardall, daughter of the admiral, will visit relatives in Clarke County and Washington before the posting in London. Mrs Florence Beardall, the commander’s mother, sails with them and will stay in England with her brother Gershom Bonser at Sutton in Ashfield.
Mr and Mrs Paul Smoke of Bartonville welcome a nine and a half pound boy born last Wednesday July 7 at their home Mrs Smoke is formerly Miss Elizabeth Whitmore of near Harrisonburg Mr Smoke comes from a Frederick County farming and lumbering family and works with his brothers in Bartonville
Hon. Gilbert Grosvenor president of the National Geographic Society and Dr. W. J. Showalter editor of the National Geographic magazine were guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs. Boyd Richards at their residence on South Washington Street.
Mr. F. D. Good of the Frederick county supervisors from Back Creek district has been moved from his home near Trone to Mr. Meredith Lockhart’s home on Fairmont avenue. He is reported to be slightly improved.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland M Seibert and Miss May Trammell of Martinsburg W Va spent an evening with Mr. and Mrs E B Clevenger near town and were joined by Miss Harriet Seibert who had been visiting Miss Lela B Clevenger at Rose Hill Mrs Rebecca Lewis who has been in Atlantic City recuperating with her son and daughter Mr Olga Compton and Miss Ella Compton is staying with Mrs Charles Grim at 523 North Cameron before returning to Atlantic City
A telegram reports the death of John Pangle aged 65 in Toronto Canada. Native of the county born near Rockenan he spent youth in Winchester and Washington DC and was a notable horseman on Eastern tracks. Survived by a daughter three sisters and three brothers. Body to be brought to Washington for burial.
In Charles Town West Virginia July 13 telegrams notify Misses Lila and Patty Willis and Mrs S W Washington of the drownings of Nathaniel Washington and their sister Peachie Washington of Lincoln County Washington. The dead, children of the late Bushrod Washington, were natives of Jefferson County and Nathaniel a lawyer survived by wife and three children.
The author of historic novels writes Virginiana an epic tracing Virginia’s history from its first settlers to the present. Journeys Beautiful features the poem in July with vivid illustrations and a two page map of Virginia.
The Winchester Playgrounds Committee urges citizens to donate to fund organized recreation. They note four summers of activity thanks to Friends, F. L. Harris, and others, and stress that cars threaten safe play spaces as yards vanish. Last year 300 children participated. funds cover running costs, equipment renewal, and a year-end picnic.
Martinsburg West Virginia July 13 Everything points to one of the greatest conventions of firemen in Martinsburg next month as Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association marks its silver anniversary Delegations from Shenandoah and Cumberland valleys will attend Keyser fire department and band reserved 70 spots at Hotel Berkeley for three days Acting Chief Roland S Snyder announced souvenir program copies received but insufficient for distribution The program promises an attractive agenda.
Miss May Painter spent the weekend with her sister in Gainesboro. Families from Cumberland and nearby areas visited J Cunningham and relatives. Various locals hosted or visited kin from Leesburg New Jersey New York City and Winchester. Moonlight picnic at Strasburg noted and farming remains active with harvests largely complete.
In Capon Bridge West Virginia on Sunday services will be held at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. with Rev. E. L. Shade. Local residents visited, illness updates mention Mrs. J. T. Funkhouser’s father O. D. Braithwaite, and others guests and relatives noted.
Charles H. Grakelow of Philadelphia was unanimously elected Grand Exalted Ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks by the Grand Lodge. He succeeds Judge William Hawley Atwell of Dallas and was nominated by Philadelphia mayor W Freeland Kendricks.
The Cronne Carnival will exhibit in Winchester for a July 1924 week to benefit the Firemen's Welfare Association. Committees were appointed to arrange the carnival after a meeting of the organization. Local firemen seek funds to support department maintenance and appeal to citizens for help.
Baltimore businessmen request President Coolidge order removal from Curtis Bay of a government ordnance depot with 15 million pounds of smokeless powder and similar TNT nitrate cellulose. Curtis Bay lies within six miles of the city.
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