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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1922
Page
7
Last night's rainfall brought relief to Winchester gardens and vegetation after weeks of drought. Citize ns hope for a settled pattern as corn and other crops show slow progress. Potatoes beans cabbage tomatoes and other vegetables also lag in growth, with drought lingering.
Republicans of the Ninth Virginia district will hold their second convention on August 3 in Bristol to select a congressional candidate. Delegates from Norton will be accredited, with L. P. Summers and Senator John H. Hassinger of Abingdon as leading names, after Representative C. Bascom Slemp was nominated and declined.
The executive committee of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation met in Roanoke to discuss plans for reorganizing the departments. Attendees included H. Clay DeGrange of Winchester and members W. H. Barger Shaneville B. F. Moomaw Cloverdale C. G. Crockett Norge R. Cc. Duff Leesburg Robert S. Orr Dryden H. Clay DeGrange Winchester A. J. Huff Fleet and P. C. Huff Roanoke with a second session planned for today.
New York July 26 The revised Form of Solemnization of Matrimony from the Book of Common Prayer omits the word obey from the bride and removes the bridegroom's vow to endow. A joint commission proposes equal vows for husband and wife aligning with women’s civic equality. If adopted, brides would not promise obedience nor a vow to serve. The triennial general convention opens in Portland September 6 for three weeks.
July 26 report from Chatham Virginia details two juries in Pittsylvania Circuit Court delivering harsh verdicts on over fifty liquor indictments. Defendants receive six months in jail and fines up to 500 dollars, a marked shift from earlier lighter penalties. Farmer BE R Milan of Ringgold seeks a continuance as his lawyer handles other liquor cases in town.
The Senior Senator of Virginia is a candidate to succeed himself in the Democratic Primary on Tuesday. He loyally supported the President during the war and, as chairman of the great Committee on Naval Affairs, has served his country and state with distinction and value.
Marie Torquet sues James Henri De Rothschild in the New York state supreme court for 500000 dollars claiming he promised marriage after a spring visit to America and then refused to set a wedding date. Rothschild denies the claim and says the charge is baseless. He is in Paris. Torquet is 24 and in America.
The Mite Society of Grimes met at Mrs Grimes home last Wednesday afternoon. Mrs John Evans returned Sunday to Martinsburg after a week here with her son and sister. Mr W C Shade and a Cumberland Md family formerly of Grimes were visitors for a couple of days. Octavia and Selma Hensell of Brucetown are visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs R B Hensell.
Mr B L Aleshire spent a few days with his parents at his home. Mr and Mrs Wesley Aleshire visited daughter Mrs Walter Ritter near Rest on Plan Ridge farm. Winchester visitors, L D Ritter Carl Ritter and H B Taylor, stayed with Mrs Idn B Taylor at Orchard Glenn farm. Locals swam and boated on the Shenandoah river. Mrs Buelah Shannon of Stephens City and family were here several days. Mrs Timothy Good and son Jonah with Mr and Mrs D Frank Unger drove to Westernport Md for Mrs Simon P Newlin’s funeral. The trip involved minor breakdowns and detours due to road work.
Cross Roads Va July 26. A Sunday school picnic and festival will be held at Pleasant Grove United Brethren Church on Saturday August 5 starting at 2 p m. The event features a baseball game and speaking with public invitation extended. Rev D W Files of Wardensville preached at Fairview Church. No afternoon service due to a funeral at Bethel Church. Mrs John Puffinbenger is ill. Mr C W Fletcher and family of Winchester visited with Mr and Mrs W V Carpenter.
Judge Frank B. Whiting of Berryville was to depart today for Cape May New Jersey for his annual vacation and was expected to be away until late August.
Frank Jones of Jefferson County at 81 enjoyed a reunion event in Richmond hosting a Virginia reel with a young Oklahoma dancer. The Civil War veteran of Co F First Virginia Cavalry under Gen J E B Stuart impressed friends and danced an old-time jig after.
The Lake family reunion will be held August 5 in Philomont Lou doun county attracting more than 500 descendants from across the United States. Attendees include relatives from Illinois Ohio Oklahoma Texas Missouri New Jersey New York Maryland California and Connecticut. The event honors John Lake who moved from Maryland to Virginia in 1754 and his brother William who settled near Front Royal.
Wz Typewriters for sale all makes all machines guaranteed prices right EB. T Bach 178 Center St Cumberland Md.
Bert Underwood of Underwood and Underwood has secured an option on the Fairfax orchard of 77.89 acres on Apple Pie Ridge in the Winchester district. Herbert Schutte owns it and about 70 acres are planted with apple trees. Underwood and his son Robert B. Underwood of New York visited Winchester and Frederick County to inspect apple properties and arranged the option through Baker and Shryock.
The Rev. H. J. Dudley arrives in Luray to assume pastor duties at the Church of Christ this coming Sunday. He travels with his son Willis Dudley who will teach manual training at Luray High School this session.
The Rev. C. Stickley pastor of Old Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church South announces a dedication on Sunday July 30 with Prof. Phillip E. Baer and his Nehester quartet performing their best selections and Baer singing solos. W. F. Shryock Herbert Schutte and Harold W. Wagner departed by auto for New York City.
The baldheaded optimist asks a drug store clerk for a bottle of good hair restorer a bottle of brilliantine and a comb and a hair brush. The quip is attributed to Passing Shaw.
The piece argues that every member should promote others prosperity within their community. It references joining Hancock and notes on butterflies in Australia used as food by aborigines. It remarks on rare bad men versus rare good ones and quotes Bernard Shaw on moral character.
Farmers favor keeping sheep as a weed control and meat producer. Sheep eat low amounts of feed per pound of gain and can be housed cheaply with wind and moisture protection. They distribute income through the year with wool sales in early summer lambs in fall and winter and sale of breeding stock and mutton across seasons.
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