Governor Names A Commission For Study of Counties
Governor Pollard announces a five member commission to study county government reforms in Virginia. The panel will gather facts on costs and forms of county government and report to the 1932 General Assembly. Members include Reed, Elmore, Saunders, Spiker, and Tucker. The commission has no authority to change county governments without citizen referendum approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
John Garland Pellard
Virginia
General Assembly
Charles C. Reed
Midlothian
Senator E J Dennis Shot in Berkeley Street Ambush
South Carolina state Senator E J Dennis of Berkeley county was shot on a Monks Corner street and is unlikely to survive. W L Thornley, 35, is jailed in Columbia after firing buckshot into Dennis as he spoke near the post office. Gov. Richards ordered 12 state constables to the scene to prevent further trouble as the area endures a wave of gun violence and political turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monks Corner
E. J. Dennis
Berkeley County
Berkeley
Charleston
W. L. Thornley
Dennis
Columbia
John G. Richards
Thornley
Glenn B. McKnight
Hell Hole Swamp
McKnight
J. DC
Dailey Family Visitors Fill Isaac Creek Notes
Isa ac Creek Va July 23. Mr W L Dailey and son and daughter and grandchild of Pittsburgh Pa spending days with the former's parents Mr and Mrs Emory Dailey. Visitors Sunday at Mr and Mrs Henry Kern included Lacey Braithwaite and children from Winchester Othel McIntyre Reynolds Store and W A Stotler and children. The friends of J R Sargent are glad she left Harrisonburg hospital for home and is recovering from injuries in an automobile accident. Mr and Mrs Holmes Fletcher Whitacre spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Ernest Dailey. Emory Dailey and W D Dailey and family of Pittsburgh were guests of Mrs Lemuel Whitacre Monday. Mrs Whitacre ill and unimproved. Edna Nesmith called on Mrs J R Largent Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Creek
W. L. Dailey
Pittsburgh
Emory Dailey
Henry Kern
Lacey Braithwaite
Winchester
Othel McIntyre
Reynolds Store
W. A. Stotler
J. R. Sargent
Harrisonburg Hospital
Holmes Fletcher
Whitacre
Ernest Dailey
W .D. Dailey
F. L. Ayrer
J. D. Griffith
Herbert Whiting
E. P. Berlin
Lloyd Williamson
Spartansburg
S. C
Blackburn Moore
David Allg¢n
Ramsey Peyton
Birmingham
Ala
Ralph Dorsey
Albert Muller
Fred. Crown
Mobile
Ollie Thomas
Emily Powers
Antoinette Beasley
Monroe
N. C
William Clagett
J. D. Griffing
Goldsboro
Alexander Cabell
Alexandria
Eee Frank McCormick
Bridgewater
New Market
Lydia Schroeder
New York
Frank E. Tappan
Charles Isenberg
Isenberg
A. B. Wyndham
Mary Swineford
Richmond
J. M. Carr
Floyd Dorsey
Carson
Cora Wells
Walter Ross Johnson
Emily McCormick
New Jersey
Gertrude Reynolds
Catherine Harwell
Queenstown
Battletown Fruit Exchange
C. L. Robinson
L. N. Russell
Berryville
D. N. Griffing
Chicago
Lloyd Williams
American Legion
Auxiliary
Legion
Charles Town Pike
Shenandoah Baptist Association
Berryville Baptist Church
Virginia
West Virginia
L. A. Parker
E. T. Clark
Detectives Again Question Campbell in Murder Probe
Washington police renewed questioning of Herbert Campbell as a suspect in the Mary Baker homicide. Investigators reviewed his alibi and noted he had shot at a Virginia real estate man and a Washington scoutmaster on April 11, hours after the alleged killing. Commonwealth and Washington detectives pressed their cross examination in Arlington county courthouse sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert Campbell
Mary Baker
Virginia
Navy Department
Arlington County
Commonwealth Attorney
William A. Gloth
Edward J. Kelly
Campbell
Personal and Social Mention From Berryville
Berryville notes record visits by F. L. Ay rer J. D. Griffith Herbert Whit ing and others from Spartansburg Birmingham Monroe and Mobile. Details include travel, weddings, funerals, guests at local homes and upcoming events like the Batttetown Fruit Exchange project and the Shenandoah Baptist Association meeting.
Homecoming Day at Verona Church
Verona United Brethren Church invites all to Homecoming Day on Sunday July 27. Dinner will be served on the premises and a children's program is planned in the afternoon. The Harmon Family of Harrisonburg will present a sacred program of music and recitations and assist with the day’s services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verona United Brethren Church
Harmon
Harrisonburg
Hogue Creek News Briefs From July Gatherings
In Hogue Creek Virginia on July 24 residents report visits among neighbors. Mrs Mamie Larrick called on Mrs Marion Cooper while Mr and Mrs A O Cooper and daughter and Mr John Harmer visited the Larricks. Mrs Carter Hoover returns from Memorial Hospital after a week. Fre mont Lutheran Ladies Aid yard party set for Thursday July 31 with rain date the next night. Miss Nannie Orndoff called on Mrs Carter Hoover Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogue Creek
Areer
Orn
Mamie Larrick
Marion Cooper
A. O. Cooper
John Harmer
T. Larrick
Carter Hoover
Memorial Hospital
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Fremont Lutheran Church
Nannie Orndoff
All Day Meeting At Shiloh Church
An all day service at Shiloh M E Church South Wardensville charge on Sunday July 2 includes preaching at 11 am and 3 pm. Dinner will be served on the grounds. The Rev J Russell Corron is pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh M. E. .Church
South
Wardensville Charge
J. Russell Corron
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Potomac Edison
Old Line Standard
Hansbrough & Carter Insurance
Willys-Knights
ESSEX
C. B. Organ
Braddock Street
Southern Chemical
Braddock St. and
Valley Avenue
Boscawen and
Amherst St. Martinsburg Pike
Ceed
Snapp’s Foundry. Inc
Cameron Street
Braddock and
Amherst Sts
Buick
South Carolina
Verona
Harpers Ferry
Specal
Consolt
Baltimore & Ohio
Shiloh Church
Bate
GROVE
WER
Auburn
Chrysler
Wright Motor Co
North Braddock St
Roadster Sale
Hudson
Plymouth
Shenandoah Motorompany
Oppo
Handley School
Pine Motor CO
S. Braddock St
John W. Rosenberger &Co., Inc
Studebaker
Free Wheeling
Dellinger Bros
East Piccadilly Street
Bickers Motor Co
MTS
Sakvece
South Main Street
Ford
Coonfi
W. A. Buncutter & Son
Albin, VA
Ford Sales and
Bickers
Motor. CO
Ford Wealer
Leonomice Transportation
Upa Oke
North Kent St
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