Multiple Community Events Highlight Summer in Berryville Area
Community notices detail a busy July with swimming lessons at the American Legion pool, a Woodward family reunion at Orkney Springs, and invitations to dances in Orange County. Also listed are wedding announcements, Girl Scout and 4-H club activities, church events, scout camps on Capon River, and youth social gatherings across Berryville, Winchester, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Rock
Capon River
John M. Taylor
Rene Mathews
Margaret F. Richards
Mary Katherine Aulick
Aulick
Virginia Lupton
Frank Bell Taylor
Bernadine Knee
Miss Knee
Helen Massey
Civic League
Virginia Sutphin
Douglas Cather
Cather
E. B. Cooper
Social Calendar Highlights Weekly Civic Club Events
The notice lists multiple events across days: Shrine Club supper at Hotel Drusille in Jordan White Sulphur Springs at 7:00 p m, choir rehearsals for a Music Festival at 8:00 p m at 23 South Stewart Street, Lions Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel, Kiwanis Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel, young people's choir practice at United Brethren Church, Grace Lutheran Church adult choir, Rotary Club at George Washington Hotel, Willing Workers Society yard party at First Baptist Church, Boyce Alumni Association subscription dance at Battletown Inn Berryville, American Legion Post at George Washington Hotel, Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church youth choir, and a Saturday Girls Athletic Association cake sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Flood
South Stewart Street
Westwood Beverley Byrd
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Rosemont
Robert Portner
Richmond
Berryville
Boyce
Millwood
Winchester Golf Club
Shrine Club
Hotel Drusille
Jordan White Sulphur Springs
The
United Brethren Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
George Washington Hotel
Willing Workers’ Society of
First Baptist Church
Church Lawn
Boyce Alumni Association
Battletown Inn
American Legion Post
Geo. Washington Hotel
Young People’s Choir
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Asee
Families Plan Three Day Bagby Pollard Woodward Reunion
Descendants of the Bagby Pollard and Woodward families who settled in colonial Virginia will hold a three day reunion at Wharton Grove Lancaster County July 29 to 31. The program includes addresses by Mary Bagby Rudd and Governor John Garland Pollard and a Christ Church service. Efforts focus on compiling genealogical data predating the Revolutionary War amid missing Tidewater records. Dr. Woodward specializes in Woodward lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagby
Pollard
Woodward
Virginia
Wharton Grove
Lancaster County
Old Dominion
Rappahannock
Mary Bagby Rudd
Richmond
John Garland Pollard
Christ Church
Lancaster
King Carter
Edmund UL. Woodward
Shrine Mont
Orkney Springs
Tidewater
Longerbeam Couple Welcome Berryville Baby Son
Mr and Mrs Longerbeam of Berryville are congratulated on the birth of a son at Winchester Memorial Hospital on Sunday July 17 Mrs Longerbeam was formerly Miss Mary Sinka Wine of Berryville prior to her marriage last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Longerbeam
Berryville
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Longerbeam
Mary Sinka Wine
Social Guests Visit and Local Arrivals in Front Royal
A roundup lists guests at Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Clark, including the Briggs and Denton families, Larricks, Hansbroughs, and Scofields visiting Orkney Springs. Other locals return home from visits or trips, with Gladys Carver from Washington and Miss Bertha Boehm on vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart B. Green welcome a newborn son as news closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armel School
Four-H
J. W.newcome
Elizabeth Farrar
Farrar
C. B. Rogers
Nellie Holland
A. R. Holland
Nannie
Georgia Darlington
This City
T. T. Holland
Peters
Luke, Md
Bernice Holland
Gainesboro
Raymond Rogers
J. W. Clark
Charles Briggs
Margie
Evelyn Briggs
Ray Denton
Virginia Lee
Frances Denton
Kenzie Larrick
Billy Larrick
W. G. Strickler
Front Royal
Frank L. Buckley
South Stewart Street
Gladys Carver
Washington
Mrs. I. L. Carver
East Piccadilly Street
Ida V. Willis
Ben. M. Neitzey
John Hoover
South
Cameron Street
Orndorff and McIlwee Indicted on Murder Count
Commonwealth Attorney Harris on a special grand jury presented indictments for 13 persons. The focus centers on Orndorff and McIlwee indicted for murder while jurors debated jurisdiction and whether a Corporation Court grand jury must issue the formal indictment. Racey’s affidavit was reportedly filed weeks earlier in a local office as depositions were taken about Mrs. Orndorff’s disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court
Racey
Star Tannery
Orndorff
Commonwealth
Harrison
Indictments Include Orndorff McIlhnee and Others
A special grand jury returned true bills on murder charges against Orndorff and McIlhnee. Additional indictments named Wade Bucher for illegal liquor, Maurice DeHaven for illegal liquor, Charles F. Morrison for manufacture and sale of liquor, E. L. House for liquor manufacture and possession of 71 bottles and 10 gallons of beer and ardent spirits, Ernest Morris for liquor manufacture, John Householder for possessing 24 bottles of intoxicating beer, Harry Myers for burglary of meat valued at $30, Lawrence Walker for liquor manufacture, Port Hutzler for liquor manufacture, William Headley for liquor manufacture, and Chester McGinney. The grand jury was led by J. M. Newell with members Forrest M. Pageant, Walter A. Scrivener, Arthur H. Baylist, Elijah Pifer, and Val T. Hardy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orndorff
Mcllnee
Wade Bucher
Maurice DeHaven
Ardent
Charles F. Morrison
E. L. House
Ernest Morris
John Householder
Harry Myers
William V. Fletcher
Lawrence Walker
Port Hutzler
William Headley
Chester McGinney
J. M. Newell
Forrest M. Pageant
Walter A. Scrivener
Arthur H. Baylist
Elijah Pifer
Val T. Hardy
Farm Aid Loans Put Off Until Next Session
Washington July 17 Congress adjourned after a busy session leaving key issues unsolved. Prohibition dominates the near term campaign and future sessions. Farm relief demands will renew with vigor. aging Muscle Shoals, naval construction, banking reform, Philippine independence, and currency concerns remain unsettled. Repeal of the Eighteen Amendment and Volstead Act changes loom as elections approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Big Baltimore railroad piers burst in flame
Three Pennsylvania Railroad piers in Canton burned, with a fourth damaged, as flames and smoke devastated the waterfront. Seven firemen and one volunteer were injured, about 25 others affected, and merchandise valued at $100,000 destroyed. Fire origin undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Canton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chesapeake Bay
Robert Tate
Patapsco
Fort
McHenry
Pier 4
Liquored Pair Engage Officers At Jail In Hot Sun
Ray Kern of this city and Robert Clevenger of Frederick county allegedly drove to the jail intoxicated to surrender to arrest. Sheriff Luther Pannett and Deputy DeHaven pursued Kern, arresting him as he attempted to flee, while Clevenger was nabbed as he entered his car. Kern faces public drunkenness and Clevenger is charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. both await hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Pannett
Winchester
Frederick County
Ray Kern
Robert Clevenger
Ahone
Pannett
Gliff Robert DeHaven
Tom Boyd
Kern
Clevenger
Cameron Street
Boyd
DeHaven
de Haven
Hoover Hikes at Rapidan Camp on Rest Period
President Hoover left the Rapidan camp grounds with Mrs. Hoover and Mark Sullivan for a brief mountain hike under a clear sky. The morning walk marked his most vigorous exercise during a long period of rest, as he spent 24 hours at the camp without routine government duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Luray
Hoover
Rapidan
Mrs. Hoover
Mark Sullivan
Man Fatally Gored By Bull Near Friendsville
Newton Savage, 67, a farmer from Friendsville in Garrett County, died in Cumberland hospital after being gored by a bull last Friday. The Associated Press reported the fatal incident occurred in Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cumberland
Newton Savage
Farmer
Friendsville
Garrett County
Tobacco growers ship leaves by parcel post in Dresden Tenn
In Dresden Tennessee growers have begun selling flue cured tobacco by parcel post rather than market sales, with many disposing of crops this way. The report notes this as a recent trend among farmers. A separate local snippet mentions Abbotsford residents watching a transient skate through town amid a reflection on yard clutter from old days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
Tenn
Abbotsford
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American Legion Pool
Andrew Bell
University of Virginia
Harrisonburg State Teachers’ College
Elizabeth Tiller
Joyce
Dorothy Elizabeth Tiller
Russell A. Joyce
Critz
Mizpah Presbyterian Church
O. Coxe
Handley High School
Fredericksburg State Teachers’ College
John Best, Jr
James D. Cobb
Willis T. Tiller
Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity
Orange
Orange County Cottillion Club
Orange County
Orange Fair Pavillion
Belton
Florida Society Syncopators
Sam Schlosser
Cottillion Club
G. L. Baughan
Alexander T. Browning, Jr
P. R. Johnson
J. W. Preddy
E. M. Newton
Billy Mason
Lawrence Sanford
E. V. Breeden
Armel School 4-H
Mr. Rogers
Sister
Massanetta Springs
Harrisonburg
Church Workers’ School
Luther A. Thomas
Ss. G. Miller
Irving Thrift
Elizabeth Swimley
Nancy Ashwood
Ruth Jones
Martha Stine
Lee Stine
Raymond Cochran
Leroy Cahill
Ben Davis, Jr
Luther Thomas
Rudolph Crisman
Carl Thomas
W. B. Barr
Mrs. Grovers
Jordan Springs
Drusilla
Mrs. Flood
Girls’ Athletic Association
Margaret Kelchner
Louise Rehill
Virginia Panele
Helen Crisman
Mary Alma Henson
White
Middletown
Eugene Richardson White
Stephens City
Reliance
Warren County
Eugene Richardson
Mr. Richardson
Park
Epworth League of Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Harold Rowe
Mountain Lake Park
Lions’ Club
Kiwanis Club
Huntsberry
Mrs. Longerbeam
Garland M. Hansbrough
Samuel H. Miller
Hilda Miller
Margaret Hansbrough
A. Tanner Scofield, Jr
Larchmont
N. Y
Bertha Boehm
Wonder
Mary J. Gray
Hood College
Frederick
Simmer Missionary Conference of the Reformed Church
United States
Joe McFadden
Mount Vernon, N. Y
Patrick J. McFadden
South Washington Street
Clarence E. Hardy
Miss Ola
Virginia Striker
Hot Springs, Ark
Mrs. Hardy
C. W. Hollis
South Braddock Street
Gearing
Handley Avenue
Jane Mudd
North
Alexandria
Betty Hirth
Pittsburgh
West Monmouth Street
Floyd Davis
Marvin
Charles Town
J. W. Sargent
South Cameron Street
Stuart B. Green
McIlwee
Bank
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Baltimore Railroad
Jail Plaza
East
Cecil Street
Lydia E. Pinkham
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Bar Harbor
Lloyd Fiber
Jaquard Velour
RM. Swimley
George Wash
Ington Hotel
Lovett
Styles
Arch Preserver
N. Main St
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