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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1920
Page
3
Hickory camp No. 34 W. O. W. holds annual picnic at Rock Enon Springs next Tuesday July 20. The event includes music and amusements for children and a railroad run by Winchester and Western Railway from 9 am from the Baltimore and Ohio depot stopping at all stations to Rock Enon.
Late news from Armel Virginia lists visits by Rush Eaton and daughter from Washington DC to S8 Dellinger home. Clara Bowman from near Nineveh stayed with Mrs W L Armel. M S Armel traveled from Hagerstown. J Theo Fries from Cedar Grove visited G W Haymaker. Mrs William Shiley and children from Ridgeway WV visited. Harry Armel traveled to Hagerstown MD. Mayo Shiley and Bula Williams from Ridgeway visited Carrie Mae Shiley.
Misses Hilda Giese and Lena Orndoff visit Mrs Dorthy Sager. Families travel, visit relatives in Washington Winchester and Lebanon Church with numerous local names and Sunday gatherings.
The Rev Walter Mark Depp of Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church will discuss issues Sunday night July 18. The talk, titled Straight Facts About Crooked Business, argues religion should influence politics without becoming political. The address invites all, especially those seeking to return to the Constitution.
Virginia congressman Bascom Slemp, the state’s only Republican, predicts a GOP win this year. He tells W. Poe Tames in Richmond he has been in Kentucky handling business and reports the political climate favorable nationwide.
Sunday school starts at 9 45 with preaching at 11 by the pastor The Young Peoples meeting is at 7 15 led by Miss Grace Fries Sunday evening service follows Also Wednesday Junior meeting at 3 45 and prayer meetings at evening led by Leslie Fries All invited to attend.
Canning experts in the United States say home canning will be as important this year as during the war. Labor shortages push up factory costs and wages, raising prices for cans and supplies. Since transportation is slower and costlier, experts urge households to rely on home canning to meet demand.
The Virginia State Trapshooters Association will be represented at the Grand American Handicap in Cleveland by W. D. Runnells of Staunton. Runnells recently won the state championship at the Norfolk tournament and previously led state scores in 1919 with 291 and 292 in 1920. In Norfolk team shooting Runnells won first. L. W. Puffenbarger and Walter R. Smith, both of Staunton, placed second and third. Miss Eva Miller of Washington has returned home after visiting Mrs. W. W. Dellinger on National Avenue.
Roanoke Va. nearly 300000 has been spent on musical instruments in the past nine months, per reports from music shops. Phonographs and player-pianos lead sales but there is a rising demand for instruments requiring skill, while jazz and ragtime remain in supply.
Washington July 17 The USDA warns that some communities have a growing use of canning powder. Purchases of ric and salicylic acid by consumers for preserving foods are reported at high volume and low price under fictional names. The agency cautions these compounds damage digestion and health and urges safe heat processing to preserve foods without powders.
Announcement of preaching at South End Hall by Rlder W. H. Armstrong of Stanley Va on Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7 45 p.m. All are invited. Also ads seeking two single men 21 to 35 to travel with crew in Virginia and North Carolina for an advertising position with reference required Apply W W Tyree Hotel Evans after 7 30 this evening.
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