Virginia Sacred Music Festival Presented by State Clubs
Virginia Federation of Music Clubs sponsors the Sacred Music Festival July 22 with a program featuring Virginia composers, tributes to John Powell and Annabell Morris Buchanan, performances by Helen Betelle Levin Houston and Mrs. Buchanan, and a large outdoor festival chorus under Dr. John Fidler Williamson. Governor James H. Price will attend the grounds event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irginia
Virginia Federation of Music Clubs
Irrang
Poe P. Saul, Jr
John Powell
Annabell Morris Buchanan
Helen Betelle
E. and
Levin Houston
Mary Washington College
Fredericks Burg
Virginia Music Teachers’ Association
Robert Cochrane
Roanoke
Buchanan
Malcolm Perkins
Richmond
John Graham
Ington
Utica
Singers of
Utica Normal and Industrial Institute
Edward Kane
National Federation of Music Clubs
Atwater Kent
John Fidler Williamson
Westminster Choir
Williamson
School of Sacred Music
Massanetta
Ithis
James H. Price
Average Monthly Rainfall From 25-Year Averages
The record shows 24 hour rainfall ending yesterday at 5 p m zero. July to date none and year to date 14.36 inches. 25 year averages list monthly totals from January to December and Mec 2 38. Average annual rainfall over the 25 years is 35.36 inches.
Death of Mrs Asa Racey Dominates County News Brevities
Funeral services for the late Mrs Asa Racey drew many relatives and friends after her death at the Racey home. A yard party raised funds to pay off debt on the new Community Hall. The week also included prayer meetings at United Brethren Church and various visits and illnesses among local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mss. Vervender
Pearl Cochran
Ats Dyke
and Perry
MT. Prat Amt
Asa Racey
Racey
Asbury Boyce
Red Bud
Dorsey Ritter
Ladies’ Aid Society
Vennor Milhon
John Perry
Zirkle Williams
Richard
Ruth Perty
Near Opequon
Ada Brewer
Winifred
Mildred Ritter
Atha Dyke
Freda May Milhon
Jeanette Racey
Lloyd
Clayton Milhon
Charles Copenhaver
Carlton Sager
Carl Fox
Lucille Perry
Louise
Betty Albin
Lewis Ritter
Emmerick Copenhaver
Coshocton
Winchester
United Brethren Church
Christian Endeavor
Alway
Mount Williams Local News Roundup
Mt Williams Virginia residents share family visits and birthdays. A large crowd attends Rev Edwin Smith installation at St Johns Church. Dry weather hurts pastures as families gather at picnics and socialize around Winchester Capon River area.
Lebanon Church News Highlights Local Visits and Death
Community notes from Lebanon Church Virginia July 15 report visits by Mrs Lucy Dinges and others, illness of Jim Wilson, and the death of Juanita Godlove in Turtle Creek Pennsylvania. A Mt Hope Church picnic and Vacation Bible School set for July 16 and July 25 start, with multiple local families mentioned in visits and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Wilson
Jimmie Wilson
Wilson
Helen Boone
Mack Boone
Hopewell Himelright
A. E. Keller
D. 8. Stober
Fravers Hospital
Woodstock
I'ed Carter
Jane
Nell Osborne Carter
Berryville
Carter
Joseph Pingley
Minnie Colvin
Strasburg
Raymond Dinges
Albin
Mollie Lindamood
Winchester
Lindamood
Katherine Copp
Youngstown
Ohio
W. L. Whittington
Margaret Fauver
Mt. Hope Church
Marguerite Wisecarver
Gore
William H. Wisecarver
Statton Bowers
Bessie Bowers
N. F. Dinges
Duncan Himelright
Gilbert Himelright
Doris
East Falls Church
Ruby Miller
Nina Lindamood
E. L. Himelright
Elbert Snarr
Elizabeth Furnace
Rena Hulver
Mt. Falls
Marie Rinker
Stephens City
Elmer Godlove
Ray Windle
John Richard
Walter
Grimes Gleanings at Rose Hill Farm Visitors
Mr A S Marco and family of Tenafly New Jersey stay several weeks at Rose Hill Farm with Mrs Marco s parents Mr and Mrs Ernest B Clevenger. County game warden Mr F Wringley visited on business last week. Mr Albert Simmons and family of near Winchester were here visiting last Monday. Mr ee W Finfrock of Springfield Ohio former resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Marco
Tenafly
N. J
Rose Hill Farm
Barbara Hutton Life in Six Articles by Helen Welshimer
Barbara Hutton at 26 has lived a dramatic eight years since debut. Her marriages, wealth, and legal battles surround a marked heiress facing custody fights, exile, and intense media scrutiny as she wanders between reality and dream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Hutton von Haugwitz
Helen Welshimer
Central Press
New York
City
Barbara Hutton
Ritz Carlton
Paris
Riviera
Lido
Babs Hutton
Eee
Lance
Babs
England
Woolworth
London
Baths
Villa Winfield
Scotland Yard
Local Farming Notes Highlight Threshing and Dry Weather
Visitors like Edward Clevenger and relatives of E B Clevenger spent a few days here. Edward Clevenger, a Handley graduate, joined Winchester Credit Corporation in Winchester. Charles Dawson and son, from White Hall, thresh heavily as grain quality remains good and prices are high. Ralph E Mills moved a power dirt scoop from a stone quarry to southern Virginia. Farmers busy with threshing, hauling wheat, making hay, plowing, and picking early fruit, while dry weather persists and crops suffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Clevenger
E. B. Clevenger
Near Here
Handley
Winchester Credit Corporation
Winchester
Charles Dawson
White Hall
Ralph E. Mills
Virginia
Social Notes From Local Roundup
Russell Edmondson and daughter Mary appear in a friendly social sketch. Miss Helen Mowrey will start a Winchester post Monday. Recent guests at the M M Orndorff home include Harry Long family and Peyton, Dr. Wright of Richmond, A C Stickley couple, and F D Maphis couple from Strasburg. Lizzie Hodson is indisposed. Hemilright store building nears completion. Preaching by Rev. Conrad McDonald was held Sunday morning and evening and he will return in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Edmondson
Mary
Helen Mowrey
Winchester
M. M. Orndorff
Harry Long
Peyton
Wright
Richmond
A. C. Stickley
F. D. Maphis
Strasburg
Lizzie Hodson
Hemilright
Conrad McDonald
Norfolk driver fined for drunken truck collision
Junius W. Pierce was fined 150 in police court after a collision while driving a water tank truck led to his arrest for driving while drunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Junius W. Pierce
Pierce
Oranda Notes: Dry Weather Impacts Local Gardens
In Oranda Virginia on July 15 locals report extreme dryness harming gardens and cornfields. Mrs C I Lineburg and her three sons were Sunday guests of Mrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oranda
C. I. Lineburg
Storm Damage Sparks Across Delaware and Maryland
Lightning and heavy rain lashed the East Shore causing widespread property damage. In Sussex county Delaware the Milford Houston area bore the worst impact with power outages in Milford and lightning striking homes in Houston. Charles Clark of Federalsburg Maryland reported two cows killed by a lightning strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Delaware
Maryland
Milford- Houston
Sussex County
Milford
Houston
Charles Clark
Federalsburg
RIS Kidney Health Remedy Ad in Winchester Virginia
An old advertisement promises relief for kidney and bladder issues with a guaranteed RIS formula. It claims to restore night sleep and reduce back pain, urging readers to buy 50 cents worth at local Winchester drugstores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller's Drug Store
Winchester
Alexander’s
Berlin’s
Berryville
One-Legged Buyer Buys Church Rummage Shoe
In Lynchburg Virginia a church rummage sale misfit shoe drew jokes about selling to a one legged man. Soon a one legged buyer appeared, tried the shoe, and purchased it as a perfect fit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Garner Put New Deal In Saddle
Postmaster General Farley reveals that John Nance Garner engineered the 1932 Democratic convention pivot in Chicago that secured Roosevelt's nomination. The first installment traces pre convention moves, telephonic signals from Washington, and Garner’s reluctant path toward the vice presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farley
Today
John Nance Garner
Texas
House of Representatives
Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Garner
Washington
Sam Rayburn
California
Roosevelt
Rooseevelt
William Randolph Hearst
Louie Howe
Trustee's Sale of Valuable Real Estate in Frederick County
Public auction to be held at the front door of the Frederick County Courthouse in Winchester on July 23, 1938 at noon. The 38 acre tract near Chester, identified as orchard land with clay subsoil, is offered subject to a first mortgage held by The Federal Land Bank of Baltimore and to the June 1 1934 deed of trust. Cash terms. Acting Trustee T Russell Cather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Sibert
Henrietta Sibert
Frederick County
Virginia
E. Paul Crider
T. Russell Cather
Circuit Court
Court House
Winchester
Stonewall
J. Wm. Sibert
R. A. Wickersham
Chester
Federal Land Bank of Baltimore
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Mt. Williams
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June Wolverton
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James Brewer
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Joyce Campbell
Myrtle Clowser
Edwin Smith
St. John’s Church
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Temple
W. Hollis Clowser
Paul
Charlotte Campbell
Clowser
A. B. Fauver
Guy Fa
Paul Campbell
Virginia Baer
Charles
Crowser
Glenna Fauver
Irene
Earle Fauver
Richard Smithey
Washington, D. C
Harry Smithey
Hollis Clowser
William Hollis
Joyce
Miller Brothers Presbyterian
Capon River
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Lebanon Church News
Grimes
Barbara
United States
U. S
Kurt Haugwitz-Reventlow
Citizens
Winfield House
Barbara Hutton von Haugwitz-Reventlow
America
Loudoun St
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Mr. Farley
Smith
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Albany
Brain Trust
NRA
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Pale Ory Beer
Worthee
National Brewing
Baltimore, Md
Kelvinator Electric
Saba
Miller & Anderson
Winchester Front
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