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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1929
Page
10
Capon Bridge residents share news from July gatherings at the Sch home and visits by M A Horner and Earhart in Davis. Frank Shuler of Winchester visits his parents. B F Line mourned a respected neighbor. Glenn Baker and Early of Harrisonburg College visited Lovett sisters. Children's Day events drew local families.
The Methodist Episcopal Church reports visits by Mrs. J. T. Funkhouser and Gertrude Whitacre to Winchester Monday. Rev. E. J. Goode of Winchester conducted Delray meetings, en route to Winchester. Mr. Voine Omps of Keyser visited friends Sunday. Ruth Hiett of Shepherds College spent the weekend at home. The Ladies' Aid annual picnic was well attended and successful. The Young People's Class has been reorganized with Mrs. Dan Harrison as teacher and aims for greater future work.
John Parsons of Frederick County Virginia was paroled after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He claimed he was not driving when arrested and had hazy recollections of the day. Parsons is the third drunken driver paroled in two weeks, following A L Orr and a Jefferson County man named Smith.
Secretary Arthur M. Hyde advocates diverting marginal and sub marginal agricultural land to profitable forestry. He argues such conversion would boost farm relief, soil conservation, flood control, and future wood supplies while stabilizing agriculture and supporting private investment.
Mrs. Sadie Hamrick left this morning for Capon Springs in West Virginia to spend part of her vacation.
The Presbyterian church in Marlboro started a Daily Vacation Bible School on Monday July 22 with 18 attendees despite rain. Allen Jones of Union Theological Seminary supervises the program, assisted by Mrs Jones and Miss Mary Tevault of Stephens City. Tevault brings special training in the intermediate Sunday school department.
Students in a local program study crafts with boys making bird houses for birds and girls practicing needlecraft. The article notes active participation and hands on learning beyond Bible instruction.
The Evening Star reports a special July rate now in effect. Pay by carrier four dollars per year in advance or by mail three dollars per year in advance.
Middletown Virginia July 25. Mr and Mrs Walter Branch of Petersburg visit Mr and Mrs George Wright on Church Street Friday afternoon. Master Thomas Bowers of Sandhorne Pa visits grandmother Mrs Alice McInturff. Sunday visitors at L L Sibert home include Joe Rife and Anna Estes of Washington DC, Paul Rife and five children of Harrisonburg, Joe Henson and daughter of Front Royal, C H Henson and George Bywaters with three children of Opequon. L L Sibert, superintendent of the Winchester district of the Peoples Life Insurance Company, of Washington, last week on suspected Event Banal.
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