Records Broken in Virginia Beach Aquatic Circus
Virginia Beach spectators at Cavalier Beach Club witnessed an aquatic meet with world records set in races and stunts. Tom Williamson led a 2 mile aquaplane race won in 3 minutes 42 seconds as 15 entrants competed. Acrobatic performers Gurko Lamberti and Harold Are staged a pyramid at 40 mph while George Coleman demonstrated handstands on bars.
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Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach Society
Cavalier Beach Club
Tom Williamson
Virginia
Martin Gurko
Osephine Lamberti
Harold
I Mysterious Nema Man chapter tease on Bangkok voyage
Ann Carmichael serves as bodyguard to Roy Burney as they flee London for Bangkok to uncover a wanderer named Lee Lawson. Jealousy and danger accompany their voyage aboard a liner as Burney hides his Lady Mooring scandal while Ann distrusts him and plans for the next move.
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Ann Carmichael
Roy Burney
Lady Mooring
Burney
Ann
Lee Lawson
Bangkok
London
Barney
Amos
Countess
Singapore
Boyce Scouts Leave On Tour Of Old Dominion
Twenty two members of Boyce Scout Troop led by Scoutmaster R L Moore and J R Strode left Boyce Virginia for an educational tour visiting Richmond Charlottesville Lexington and other points. The group travels by school bus and private car with a camp at Bryan Park Richmond and plans to tour the state west toward Charlottesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyce, Va
Boyce Troop
Boy Scouts
R. L. Moore
J. R. Strode
Virginia
Richmond
Charlottesville
Lexington
Clarke County School Board
Strode
Bryan Park
Boyce
Braxton Strode
John Anders
Henry Rodgers
Leonard Largent
George Rodgers
Dick Kibler
Emory Rodgers
Herbert Cook
Jack Russell
Correll Brown
Meade Darst
Brownley McKay
Donald Hawkins
Joe Coe
Robert Gardiner
Bevelle Brown
Fred Estep
Robert Brown
Samuel Golightly
William Funk
Lloyd Martin
Brooke Neville
Late Conveyances Of County Realty Admitted To Record
Frederick County records show multiple real estate transfers in Stonewall Middletown Stephens City and Shawnee districts. Transfers include Potomac Joint Stock Land Bank to Vernon Shade and others with varied considerations from nominal to 3200 dollars.
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Frederick County
Potomac Joint Stock Land Bank
Vernon E. Shade
Stonewall District
John W .Rosenberger
H. E. Pingley
Northwestern Turnpike
Winchester
Herbert S. Larrick
Velma E. Williams
Middletown
Alice H. Robinson
Maggie M. Shockey
Horse Road
Ernest W. Ritter
Paul S. McFarland
City
Charles E. Williams
Cecelia L. McKay
Als
William D. Parker
Stephens City
M. G. Smith
W. F. Gruver
William J. Lockhart
Shawnee
Mary Louise Glass Simmons
Fred A. Robinson
Shawnee District
Arthur Honesty
Elsie G. Busey
Police Dog Killed by Lightning in Maryland
A Frederick County report says a police dog belonging to John Johnson was killed by a lightning strike during a storm in the Greenwood area. Three bolts reportedly struck near the house and followed a wire clothes line into a wood shed where the dog was kept.
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Greenwood
Frederick County
John Johnson
Martinsburg Net Team Falls to Winchester in Tennis Clash
Martinsburg tennis club loses a seven match Meet to Winchester four to three. Shields and Page of Winchester beat Thomas and M Homer in doubles to seal victory after singles produced a 3-1 Winchester lead. Edmunds and Mulliss contributed key wins for Winchester as Kilmer and Green picked up Martinsburg points.
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Martinsburg
Winchester
Douglas Thomas
Shields
Layer
Washington and University Net
Page
M. Homer
G. Homer
Green
Edmunds
Kilmer
Mullis
White
Thomas
Homer
Mulliss
Shields and
Eddy
Chas. McDonald's Widow Expires Quite Suddenly
Charles McDonald's sister-in-law Mrs. Julia McDonald died suddenly Monday morning at about 6 45 from an acute indigestion attack at John Potee's Maryland shore farm. Potee, former sheriff of Baltimore County, Md, is her brother.
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D. McDonald
Winchester
Charles W. Morrison
Martinsburg
Julia McDonald
Negro Injured as Thunder Scares Horses in Virginia
Isaac Roberts Jr. of Markham Fauquier county was pulled about a quarter mile with frightened horses after a loud thunderclap. He was found unconscious and taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital, where doctors reported his condition as satisfactory with no fractures.
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Isaac Roberts, Jr
Markham
Farquier County
Roberts
Winchesett Memorial Hospital
Dabney Harrison Remembered by Friends After Death
The Star reports Dabney Harrison died in what readers call an untimely death. Known for his candor and convictions, he lived largely as a hermit with few near him at the end. friends and enemies are noted, and many mourn his passing with the wish peace to his ashes.
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Far East
Ann
Barney
the Star
Dabney Harrison
Harrison
Rights of Way Recorded for Electric Lines in County
Forty five rights of way for pole and transmission lines for the Northern Virginia Power Company are recorded in the county clerk's office. They cover extensions to parts of this and adjoining counties and include high tension lines to the Virginia Glass Sand Corporation and to Capon Bridge West Virginia, plus routes from Middletown to Reliance and a northern county section near Gainesboro.
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Northern Virginia Power Company
Virginia Glass Sand Corporation
Capon Bridge
West Va
Middletown
Reliance
Warren County
Gainesboro
Two Gas Filling Stations Leased
Leases recorded in Frederick county list C. F. Crim leasing the Albin station to Texas Company for five years from January 1, 1931, at 1 cent per gallon. Charles William Franks leases the Gore station to Continental Oil Company for five years from May 26, 1931, with option to extend five more years and a monthly rent of 75 dollars.
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Frederick County
C. F. Crim
Texas Company
Albin
Charles William Franks
Continental Oil Company
Gore
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Aquatic Circus
George Coleman
Frank Morgan
Lesmin
Virginia Beagh
Nema Man
Louise Gerard
Marseilles
Lamovit
de Luxe
Paris
Monte Carlo
Liam
Marseillen
England
Young Ann
New York
Tropics
Alto
CRIST
BOX & Lbr
Clarksburg, W. Va
Boyce Scouts
Old Dominion
Bolt
Chas. McDonald
Rights of Way
Electric
Washington
Atlantic-Greyhound
America
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Clarksburg
Bristol __, Parkersburg
Chillicothe Cincinnati
St. Louis
Kansas City
Union Bus Station
Atlantic Greyhound
WM. J. Gochenour
Maurertown, Va
Winchester’s Best Drug Store
Peoples Service Drug Store
North Main St
Katherine
Bill
Jeremy
Cedar Creek
Shenandoah Valley
Belle Grove
S. C. Stewart
Wichita Eagle
Conoco
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