Sheriff Tracks Hog Rustlers in White Hall Area
Sheriff Robert DeHaven seeks two 220 pound hogs stolen from Walter Anderson of White Hall. A fresh hog skin was found along Greenspring Road the day after the theft, believed to have occurred Sunday night. The two missing hogs were valued at about $50 each. no link to a prior Hayfield theft is noted.
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White Hall
Frederick County
Robert DeHaven
Walter Anderson
Anderson
Greenspring
Greenspring Church
Hayfield
DeHaven
Quiz answers printed on Page 4
The list provides the correct responses: 1 Masons 2 Cocktail 3 De Clemenceau 5 Ice and Spain 6 White tailed deer 7 24 carats fine 8 Lower left corner on the face of the currency 9 True although originally the proposal was defeated 10 California
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de Clemenceau
Spain
California
Retired Minister and Wife Honored at Golden Wedding
Rev Claude B Larrick 71 and Mrs Daisy Good 69 celebrated their golden wedding with a lawn observance at the Larrick home three miles south of Winchester on the Front Royal road. Dr Forrest Oglesby and other Methodist leaders attended as about 100 guests enjoyed buffet ham and chicken salad and a white wedding cake.
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Forrest Oglesby
Districte
Claude B. Larrick
Oglesby
Larrick
Winchester
Front Royal Road
Gainesboro
Barnum
W. Va
Pauline Good
E. Monmouth St
Winchester Presbyterian Parsonage
W. H. Rosenberger
Hayfield
Charles Grove
Miami
Florida
Etta Pennington
Gore
William Grove
Henry Brown
Cacapon Springs
Randolph-Macon Academy
Theodore
Martha Larrick
Emery University
Lutherans Attend Bible Conference From Stephens City
Sixteen members of Trinity Lutheran church from Stephens City attend a week at Massanetta Springs near Harrisonburg. The group stays in the Mt Olive cottage as Lutheran week features students Mis ses Nancy Ewing Barbara Seal Margaret Carbaugh Betty Ewing Lita Gates Vivian Ryman Eddie Ambrose Gregory Orndorff Lewis Ewing Billy Ewing and adults Rev A Hayne Boozer and family plus Mrs Boozer Mrs Vernon Ridings Mrs Valley Fritts Miss Sarah Shyrock Miss Martha Funk and house mother Mrs Fred Ridings.
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Stephen City
Trinity Lutheran’ Church
Massanetta Springs
Harrisonburg
Mt. Olive Cottage
Massanetta
Nancy Ewing
Barbara Seal
Margaret Carbaugh
Betty Ewing
Lita Gates
Vivian Ryman
Eddie Ambrose
Gregory Orndorff
Lewis Ewing
Billy Ewing
Fred Ridings
Truck Crash Kills Lad Driven by Blind Vet and Child
Gett ysburg dispatch reports a five ton truck driven by Nelson E. Schultz a WW2 blinded veteran with 11 year old Merle as wheel man attempting to navigate a back mountain road caused the vehicle to overturn killing four year old Barry Schultz. Six other family members injured. Police consider manslaughter charges possible.
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Gettysburg
Barry Schultz
Barry
David James
Nelson E. Schultz
Merle
Schultz
James
Nelson
Air program features Ray Mill in new drama series debut
The program The Constant Invader will air at 6:45 p.m. today over WINC and is presented by the Winchester Frederick and Clarke county tuberculosis associations. Ray Mill is the featured screen star in this first in a new series of broadcasts.
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Ray Milland
WINC
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke County
Murphy the Pious Red Haired Jurist A City Leader
Born in Benton Harbor Michigan on April 13 1890 Murphy pursued arts and law at the University of Michigan then studied in London and Dublin after WWI. Admitted to the bar in 1914 he taught law and served as assistant U.S. attorney before rising from recorder's court judge to mayor while remaining devout and abstinent.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Murphy
University of Michigan
London
Dublin
Michigan
U.S
University of Detroit
Recorder’s Court
Justice Murphy
Vampire Slayer Sentenced to Hang in Lewes England
John George Haigh was condemned to death by hanging for the murder of Mrs Olive Durand Deacon. A jury of 11 men and a woman deliberated 15 minutes before finding the 39 year old businessman guilty of killing the wealthy widow on February 18. He drank her blood and disposed of her body in acid.
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Lewes
Eng
John George Haigh
Olive Durand- Deacon
Battle and Noland clash over Virginia surplus funds
In Richmond and Newport News Sen John S Battle Democratic candidate for governor challenged Sen L A Noland amid claims of a state surplus. Battle cites comptroller Henry G Gilmer projecting a surplus around 21 million at the next General Assembly session. He accuses Noland of being misled by allies and notes Gilmer supports his figures. Meanwhile a Clarke County search and a vandalism incident threaten the Greathouse family as deputies pursue a reported stranger amid bushy brush and child sightings.
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Richmond
John S. Battle
L. A.noland
Newport News
Noland
Battle
Horace H. Edwards
General Assembly
Henry G. Gilmer
Comptroller
Comptroller’s Office
Gilmer
Senate
Commonwealth of Virginia
Woman fires shotgun at intruder near Clarke county home
Mrs Greathouse described a barefoot daytime encounter in Clarke county near Wickliff, where a tall thin white man wearing a blue shirt and cap approached from thick brush. She fired after warning him to come out, injuring him in the legs. Her husband Miles Greathouse was distant at work, and the family fled to help after the shooting.
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Greathouse
Mrs. Greathouse
Mac Greathouse
Smithfield
Star
Glanda
Smallwood
E. B. Mitchell
Sheri Smallwood
Sta
Miles Greathouse
E. Jacqueline Smith
Wickliff
Clarke County
Betty
Ellen
Miles Jr
Rain Unwelcomed By Orchardists
A quarter inch of rain fell last night before dawn cooling to 69 at 6 am. Orchard workers Frederick Clarke and others faced showers with partly cloudy skies and forecast calmer, cooler weather, with a possible high near 90. The Associated Press noted cooler, drier air moving into parts of the midwest ending a brief hot spell.
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Frederick Clarke Peach
Associated Press
Mid-West
Campbell Elected District Official By Postmasters
Postmaster Carl Campbell was elected membership chairman of the 7th district at the Virginia chapter annual convention of the National Association of Postmasters held last week at Natural Bridge. C. H. Drinkard of Bristol was reelected president, and the group planned to meet next year in Richmond.
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Carl Campbell
Virginia
National Assn. of Postmasters
Natural Bridge
C. H. Drinkard
Bristol
Richmond
Motorist Pleads Guilty to Assault in WV Case
Mervil Clarence Hawkins of Highview West Virginia pleaded guilty to assaulting Clyde Ours Jr. of Moorefield after a wreck near Gore. He received a 12 month jail term suspended on probation for three years. A jury on July 2 fined Hawkins $50 for a similar charge involving Nellie Leatherman. Hawkins was represented by Harry Kern Jr.
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Mervil Clarence Hawkins
Highview
W. Va
Elliott Marshall
Hawkins
Clyde Ours Jr
Moorefield
Gore
Nellie Leatherman
Oldfield
Harry Kern Jr
Long-lived mare recalls battles and escape during wars
An elderly mare, aged through five wars, recalls outriding and outwitting Yankees to carry messages during the War Between the States. She describes hiding in a cornfield and cellar near Winchester as fighting roared nearby, with Winchester changing hands multiple times.
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Winchester
Centennial memory keeper of Falls Church lived through wars
The article recalls a longtime Falls Church resident, widow of Capt. Hiett, who remembered Civil War battles near Lee, followed the Spanish American War and both World Wars, read Ernie Pyle, and celebrated her 101st and 102nd birthdays with family and the Robert E. Lee chapter UDC.
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Hiett
Lee
Falls Church
Ernie Pyle
John 8. Miller
Julia Jilkins
Robert E. Lee
UDC
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