Commander Byrd Homecoming Arrangements Announced
Winchester plans a six oclock arrival for Commander Byrd with Admiral Nuton presenting medals. A 7 30 p m parade and stadium address at Handley High follow a dinner at the George Washington Hotel. Floyd Bennett hoped to attend and receive Winchester hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick " Byrd J
Philip Williams
Logan Fay
Baltimore and Ohio
George Washington Hotel
Valley of
Virginia
Piccadilly Street
American Legion
Piccadilly
Loudoun
Cameron Street
Handley High School
Henry Steere
Cameron (Market) Street
Police
Robert Y. Conrad Post
Richard Evelyn Byrd
L. M. Nulton
Stadium
Handley High
Winchester
Frederick County
Byrd
Floyd Bennett
Duffey
Boy Scouts
Bennett Floyd Bennett
Will
Chamber of Commerce
Hats $1.00 Sale Announced For July 14–15
Margaret L Hodgson promotes a two day sale offering hats at one dollar each on Wednesday July 14 and Thursday July 15 with a further $5 Dollar Days event scheduled for Friday and Saturday July 16 and 17 described as the greatest sale yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret L. Hodgson
Seven Counties ID Dollar Day Sales Promoted by The Star
The Star announces seven county dollar day sales in Virginia and West Virginia carried by 25 Winchester merchants. A special Sunday through Friday edition is circulated to Frederick Clarke Warren Shenandoah Berkeley Jefferson Hampshire counties with 10 000 copies, followed by a second 5 000 copy issue for Winchester areas. Sales run 9 a m to late Saturday night with extra staff and rapid service. Sponsors include Orndoff and Brown Nathanson Company Winchester Gas Hamman's Dollar Store Sample Shoe Gray and Sheetz The Leader Huntsberry's Wonder's Little Joe's Grove Brothers Moling and Seal Vmmarth Hamburger's Specialty Shop National Sales Store Jolliffe and Jolliffe People's Drug M. B. Clowe Frank Feinberg Hodgson and Brown Ramsey Furniture S. H. Hable Army and Navy Store Empire Theater The Evening Star.
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Winchester
Virginia
West Virginia
The
Star
Frederick, Clarke
Warren
Shenandoah
Berkeley
Jefferson
Hampshire
the Star
Orndoff and Brown
Nathanson Company
Winchester Gas Company
Hamman’s Dollar
Sample Shoe
Gray and Sheetz
the Leader
Huntsberry’s
Wonder's Apparel
Little Joe's
Grove Brothers’ Department Store
Moling and Seal
Vmmarth
Hamburger’s Specialty
National
Jolliffe and Jolliffe
People’s Drug Company, Inc
M. B. Clowe
Frank Feinberg
Hodgson and Brown
Ramsey Furniture Company
S. H. Hable
Army and Navy
Empire Theater
the Evening Star
Lee Barr Chosen President of Firemen's Society
The Firemen's Welfare Association met at Sarah Zane Hall with Herman Hable presiding. Lee Barr was elected president as officers were announced for the coming year and plans outlined for a carnival on National Avenue to aid the fire department. The parade and parade-ground festivities will open the carnival week with the J M Cronin Shows providing entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firemen’s Welfare Association
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Herman H. Hable
Elwood Smith
National Avenue
Lee Barr
C. Lee Barr
Fred Forney
Lee Lamp
G.ghas
H. Buhl
W. Lee Fisher
Taylor Barr
Ed Grim
H. H. Hable
James N. Moling
C. Douglas Brown
J. M.cronin
Smith Lot
City Hall Plaza
Citizens Band
Weather outlook fair tonight and Thursday with northeast winds
Nightly forecast calls for fair skies and cooler conditions in the east. Thursday should be fair and warmer with moderate northeast and north winds.
Shenandoah Valley Train Trip Sees Strong Early Signups
Over 100 reservations have been pledged for the Shenandoah Valley special to Canada and the east with the minimum 125 expected to be met by Thursday night. Railroad officials in Harrisonburg anticipate a full Pullman car plan and plan novelty advertising for each county featured on the coaches. Fifteen of Barid High School Band members offered to join with $25 each, but director Prof. W H Mcllwee insisted on a larger turnout before approving the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
East
S.E. Burgess
The
Southern Railway
Col
Malcolm J. Woods
Canadian National Railways
Harrisonburg
Burgess
Shenandoah Valley
New York
Maine
Boston
Atlantic City
Winchester
Florida
Virginia
Messrs. Burgess and Woods
Houston H. Newman
Dan P. Wine
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Pullman Car Company
Pullmans
Frederick County
Frederick
Colonel Woods
Barid
Handley High School Band of
W. HH. Mcllwee
For Sale Air Tanks Suitable for Garages
Classified note lists for sale several compressed air tanks suitable for garages. Advert reads renew your subscription now and save with discounts. Rates shown: $1.00 per year by carrier and $3.00 per year by mail if paid in advance before July 21. The Evening Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Evening Star
Star Office
Maryland Governor Signs Death Warrant for Whittemore
Mrs. Margaret Whittemore has gathered over 2,000 signatures on a clemency petition and plans to reach 4,000 to plead with Governor Ritchie. Whittemore, condemned for killing a Maryland Penitentiary guard after the 1925 escape, faces an August 13 execution date after appeals failed.
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Associated Presse
Baltimore
Ritchie
Richard Reese Whittemore
Maryland
Margaret Whittemore
Whittemore
Robert H. Holtman
Criminal Court
Eugene O’dunne
Supreme Bench of Baltimore
Maryland Supreme Court of Appeals
Reese
Court of Appeals
Byrd Pictures To Be Shown Overflow Crowds At Empire
Empire Theatre management and Pathe Exchange arrange extra screenings to accommodate overflow crowds for Commander Dick Byrd’s Polar pictures. Shows are 7 and 9 tonight and 8 36 and 10 30 tomorrow, with usual features Pola Negri film Good and Naughty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire Theatre
Pathe Exchange, Inc
Handley Auditorium
Dick” Byrd
North Pole
Empire
Byrd
Winchester
Pola Negri
Byrd Homecoming Parade Preparations and Fire Company Notices
Circle No 1 of Braddock Street M E Church South hosts a yard party on July 15 at 7 15 p m for Byrd Homecoming. Sarah Zanf Fire Co members meet at the hall at 7 15 p m for homecoming events. Rouss Fire Co members assemble at the George Washington Hotel on July 14 at 7 p m to join the Byrd Homecoming parade.
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Circle No
Braddock Street
M. FE
Fairview Ave
P. m
Sarah Zanf Fire CO
Byrd
Rouss Fire Co
George Washington Hotel
W. E. Hewitt
Byrd Homecoming Celebration Meeting at Friendship Hall
A note invites attendees to Friendship Hall on Wednesday night July 14 at 7 o clock in civilian clothes for Byrd Homecoming Celebration led by Fred W Forney Captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Hall
Virginia Restaurant Debt Notice and Local Classifieds
Public notice that the author will not be responsible for debts of The Virginia Restaurant prior to July 5. Includes items: Read Moling and Seal Silk Searf Sale at $1.00. Lost diamond bar pin with $50.90 reward. For rent store room on Main Street and auto repair shop space. Winchester Fair catalogues available from R. S. Smith and by mail. contact Cc. R. McCann secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Gus Pappas
Star Office
Main St
Herman H. Hable
Winchester Fair
R. S. Smith
Cc. R. McCann
Secy
Burial Tomorrow for Charles Curl Victim of Electric Substation Accident
The remains of Charles Robert Curl, 30, of Winchester, who died after contacting a 13 000 volt live wire at a Potomac Electric Power Company sub station in Washington, D C, were brought to Winchester. The funeral will be held at 3 p m tomorrow at the Curl home with Rev Robt B Nelson of Christ Episcopal Church officiating. Burial is in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Six cousins will pallbear. Curl served eight years in the U S Navy and later the Marine Corps. An inquest found contributory negligence. Curl left an estate valued about ten thousand dollars and his widow’s insurance applies under workers compensation.
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Knights Templar
Grand Lodge
Ren. W. Beach
Danville
Chalottesville
District of Columbia
Virginia
C. Vernon Eddy
Winchester
Washington Templars
Band of Orient Commandery
United States Marine Band
Acca Temple Band
Richmond
Masonic
Marine Base
Quantico
Charlottesville
Blue Ridge
Blue Lodge
Washington
Charles ©. Callahan
Alexandria
Virginia Masons
Macole
Lynchou
Charles Robert Curl
Potomac Electric Power Company
Washington, D. C
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Sydnor C. Surl
South Braddock Street
Robt. B. Nelson
Christ Episcopal Church
Curl
Mount Hebron
Herbert Haines
Floyd Haines
Charles Haines
Charles Grim
Charles Curl
William Curl
Navy
Mr. Curl
George W. Curl
United States Navy
James Curl
Uniontown
Lillie Strayne
Potomac Electric Company
Ruby
Georgie Curl
Strayne
Dre
Senate Bauer
Young Curl
Bureau of Navigation
Marine Corps
Winchester Memorial Hospital To Build Large Addition
The Winchester Memorial Hospital board awarded an $84,000 contract to Herrington and Company of Roanoke for a three story brick steel and concrete addition facing Stewart and Cork streets. Plumbing and lighting bids will follow in two weeks. A separate $19,000 contract went to Miller and Anderson for a central heating plant to service the expanded facility. The project, including past nurses home work, is expected to total over $160,000 and sit among the state's largest hospitals outside Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Stewart and
Cork
Herrington and Company
Roanoke
Miller and Anderson
Richmond
Virginia harvests record apple crop with 2 9 million barrels forecast
Virginia reports the largest commercial apple crop on record for 1926 with an estimated 2,921,000 barrels on July 1, up from 1,440,000 last year and 2,520,000 in 1924. Orchards show good fruit set, minimal disease, and forecasts call for best quality yet.
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The
Star
Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Crop Reporting Service
Henry M. Taylor
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Ping County
York
Grimes
Jonathan
United States
Pacific Coast
Oregon
California
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
North Carolina
New England
New York
Michigan
Missouri
Arkansas
Idaho
Baldwin
Parade Parking Rules Tonight Across Town
No parking on Piccadilly between Cameron and Main or on Main between Piccadilly and Boscawen tonight during the parade. Also no parking on Boscawen except on the south side between Indian alley and Brad dock street. Also rental ad and hot sales lines appear in the surrounding notices.
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Piccadilly Street
Cameron and
Main
Piccadilly
Boscawen Street
Boscawen
Indian Alley
Braddock Street
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Son
Nulton
Firemen’s Society
Citizens
Professor MclIlwee
Woodstock
Dick Whittemore
Gov. of
Sedy
Masons OF State
George W. Wright
Blue Ridge Sanitorium
M’faden
Old Dominion
Grand Lodge of Virginia
Blue Ridge Tranitorium
Shenandoah V Valey
District of
Columa
Page
Fred W. Forney
Miller & Anderson
Jack
W. Piccadtily
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