First Friends Meeting House Origins in Winchester Area
The 1730s to 1790s saw Hopewell Friends establishing meetings across the Valley. Early Quakers built a log house, then a stone structure by 1759 expanded in 1788. Fairfax Waterford and Providence Martinsburg meetings grew, with Crooked Run Mill Creek and Back Creek branching from Hopewell. In 1776 worship was allowed south of Winchester near Isaac Parkins.
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Friends Meeting
Alexander Ross
Winchester
Ross
Morgan Bryan
Hopewell
Hopewel
Ibanscaster County
Opeckon
Fairfax Meeting
Waterford
Loudoun County
Providence Meeting
Martinsburg
Fairfax
Monocacy
Hopewell Friends
Crooked Run
Hopewell Meeting House
Friends Meeting House
Rev Robertson Accepts Call To Alexandria Mission Area
The Rev Charles Stuart Robertson, pastor of St Matthew Lutheran Richmond, accepts a mission developer post with the American Missions board in the Alexandria Mt Vernon region of Metropolitan Washington He is a Handley High School 1951 graduate and Navy veteran who also studied at George Washington University and the Lutheran Theological Seminary Philadelphia He organized St Matthew in Richmond and is married to Mary Martha Eisenberg with three children The article recounts Hopewell Friends history including early meetings in Winchester and key figures in the Society of Friends with Civil War-era events.
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Charles Stuart Robertson
Sts" Matthew Lutheran Church
Richmond
Board of American Missions
Lutheran Church In America
Alexandria-Mt. Vernon
Washington
Robertson
Handley High School
Winchester
U.S. Navy
George Washington University
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Philadelphia
St. Matthew Congregation
Bids Sought For Paving Route 81
Virginia Highways announces 34 projects for bid including Route 81 paving from U S 11 north of town to the West Virginia line and from U S 50 east of town to U S 11 north of Winchester. Loudoun bids include Rt 599 by pass segments and Goose Creek bridge approaches. Open bids August 26 in Richmond.
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Frederick County
Interstate Rt. 81
Virginia Dept. of Highways
U.S. 11
Town
West Virginia State Line
U.S. 50
U.S.11
Winchester
U.S
Stephens City
Loudoun County
Leesburg
Goose Creek
General Assembly
DAR Requirement to join the Daughters of the American Revolution
The article explains that to join the Daughters of the American Revolution one must submit proof of a direct ancestor who rendered patriotic service in the American Revolution. It emphasizes lineage and the need for documented evidence.
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Daughters of the
Dr Swann to Preach at Braddock Street Church
Dr T M Swann will be guest minister at Braddock Street Methodist Church for both morning services tomorrow. He previously led Braddock Street from 1937 to 1943 and later served as Staunton District superintendent. He also pastored in Lynchburg and Norfolk before retirement in Arlington.
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T. M. Swann
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Dr. Swann
Braddock Street
Staunton
Virginia Conference
Court Street Methodist Church
Lynchburg
Miles Memorial Church
Norfolk
Riots in Singapore Over Two Nations Clash Leave Dozens Dead
Singapore suffers days of island wide rioting between Chinese and Malay communities with 21 dead and 454 injured. A Malaysian patrol boat sank a three man Indonesian raider four miles south of Singapore after an armed encounter while investigating two coastal traders. Sholem Asch noted as a Polish born writer who became a U.S. citizen in 1920.
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Singapore
Defense Ministry
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Malaysia
Indonesia
Relief Choir Plans Sacred Music Program at 7 30 P M
The Relief Methodist Church Sanctuary Choir will present a sacred music program at 7:30 p.m. with anthem arrangements of Come Ye Disconsolate I Love To Tell The Story and O Master Let Me Walk With Thee. Soloists include Mildred Armstrong Shenandoah Conservatory senior. Joann Orndorff Elwanda Ginn Sharon Smith. and Nat Painter J Rhodes Marstel Fred Armstrong. Mrs Alfred L Jr directs the program with Mrs J B Armstrong as accompanist.
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Sanctuary Choir
Relief Methodist Church
Mildred Armstrong
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Joanna Orndorff
Elwanda Ginn
Sharon Smith
Farmer finds coal mine the hard way
In Washburn North Dakota Robert Inglehart was plowing when his tractor and he fell 10 feet into an abandoned mine tunnel. He escaped injury but spent time freeing the tractor.
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Washburn, N.D
Robert Inglehart
Inglehart
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Rev. Robertson
Alexandria
Mr. Robertson
Mary Martha Eisenberg
Hollingsworth
Abraham Hollingsworth
Abrams Delight
Center
S. Washington St
Sarah Zane
Center Friends
North Washington and
Piccadilly Sts
John Griffith
John Hunt
Thomas Gilpin
Job Throckmorton
Jacob Joliffe
Unday
Young Friends Association
Society of Friends
THE
Highway Department
Resolution
Pichmond
Virginia American Legion
Medical College of Virginia
DAR
Cork Street
Clearbrook Woolen Shop
Braddock St
Sholem Asch
Poland
Winchester Evening Star
Nat Painter
J. Rhodes Marstel
Fred Armstrong
Alfred L, Jr
J. B, Armstrong
the Church For All
Peg
Keister Advertising Service, Inc
Strasburg, Va
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Commerce St
Quarles School
Caldwell-Sites CO
Cammer Tire
O. Early Bird
Winchester Savings & Loan Association
W. Bescawen St
Boyd's Drug Store, Inc
Shenandoah Gas CO
Smalts Florist, Inc
Braddesh St
Sanitary Dairy Pasteurized Milk
MO. S. Solenberger & CO
N. Loudoun St
Coca-Cola
Winchester Concrete Prod., Inc. Concrete Specialties
Pike
Northside Recreation
Rt. 11
North
Haines
Cork St
Carl A. Baines
H. F. Nelson, Inc
Sunoco Products
Culligan Water Cond. Corp
Mitchell & Shelburn
Millwood Ave
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
F.d.lc
Howard
Shockey & Sons Builders & Contractors
O’sullivan Rubber Corp
America
Royal Crown Cola
B&m
Chevrolet
Corvairs
N. Lewlenn St
Winchester Electric Service, Inc
Electric Heat Specialists
G&m Music Center, Inc
Everything Musical
Winchester Plumbing & Heating
W. Beseawes
Lee-Jackson Ree Neer Fine Food
Shenandoah Memorial Park
Front Royal Road
Grove Furniture Co., Inc
B. Leedens St
National Fruit Product CO
Whitehouse Food Products
Winchester Creamery, Inc
Salat
W. A. Hartman
Barre
Mach
Monteneo
Fairmont Ave
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