Girls Celebrate Birthdays at Summer Camp Party
Mary Sullivan LaVella Anderson and Mary Capper hosted a joint birthday party at a Big Eddy summer camp near Charles Town West Virginia on the Shenandoah river. Guests from Winchester Charles Town Brucetown and Waynesboro joined a swimming party supper and fireworks chaperoned by Mrs Rehill. Mary Patterson wed Robert Baer in Chambersburg with Rev George W Stover officiating.
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Mary Sullivan
LaVella Anderson
Mary Capper
Big Eddy
Charles Town
W. Va
Shenandoah River
Winchester
Rehill
Virginia Rehill
Mary Thomas
Virginia Barnett
Ila Brown
Lucy Dean
Lucy Miley
Jack Herrell
Pete Hans
Gus Rutherford
Mrs. Rehill
Miss Mary Meade Engaged To Mr Kerfoot
Miss Mary Lee Meade of Berryville becomes engaged to Henry OD Kerfoot son of Mrs Louise H Kerfoot and the late Rev Frank Kerfoot. The wedding is planned for the fall with Miss Meade, daughter of the late David Randolph Meade. Nearby social note details include dances at Jordan Springs Hotel and a theater event at Braddock Street Church Tonight.
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Mary Meade
Kerfoot
Sarah Blackburn Crown
Woodlayn
Berryville
Mary Lee Meade
Henry OD. Kerfoot
Louise H. Kerfoot
Frank Kerfoot
Miss Meade
David Randolph Meade
Mrs Madge Jackson Grubbs Weds Mr Gochenour
Mrs Madge Jackson Grubbs of Warren County Virginia married Roy Samuel Gochenour of Raleigh North Carolina on June 22 at the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration in New York City. The bride is the daughter of Mrs Jackson and the late Robert C Jackson of Riverton. They will reside in Raleigh after the wedding.
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Madge Jackson Grubbs
Gochenour
Warren County
Roy Samuel Gochenour
Raleigh
N. C
New York City
Jackson
Robert C. Jackson
Riverton
Mr and Mrs Peery Return From Wedding Trip
Mr and Mrs Alan Peery have returned after a two week wedding trip to Atlantic City and New York. They will be at home at 215 East Cork street. Mrs Peery was formerly Miss Gertrude Ritter, daughter of Mr and Mrs Taylor Ritter.
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Mrs. Peery
Alan Peery
Atlantic City
New York
East Cork Street
Gertrude Ritter
Taylor Ritte
Henry Brown
Edward C. Luke
Virginia Beach
Cavalier Hotel
Improvement in A C Nadenhousch’s Condition in Baltimore
Word from Winchester reports steady improvement of Adrian C Nadenhousch a prominent Martinsburg West Virginia attorney under medical care at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore for five weeks. Relatives visiting say he is in good humor and enjoyed a substantial dinner. He is a former Berkeley County bar member and a past grand master of Masons in West Virginia and a past right eminent grand commander of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of West Virginia.
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Winchester
Adrian C. Nadenhousch
Martinebure
W. Va
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Nadenbousch
Berkeley County
Nadenhousel
West Virginia
Masons
Knights Templar
Notable Local Visitors and Residents Tour Shenandoah Valley
A crowded roster of visitors and residents spending time in the area is reported. Miss Mildred Milleson remains hospitalized in Chambersburg with appendicitis and cannot undergo surgery now. Many guests arrive at hotels and homes, including Mr. and Mrs. Krogstad planning to move to Paris, Mrs. Byrd entertaining in Clarke County, and numerous other travelers from Richmond Petersburg Frederick and Los Angeles.
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Mildred Milleson
Chambersburg
Miss Milleson
Mason Snapp
John Yarrow
Los Angeles
Cal
C. R Grubbs
Senseney Road
Church Women Elect Officers At Massanetta
The twenty fifth annual meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Synod of Virginia closed at Massanetta Springs with reelection of officers led by Mrs C R Vaughan as president and Carrie Leepbell as vice president. New officers include Grace Lackey treasurer Mary Stribling social service secretary and Granville Braddock home missions secretary. Dr B F Windon installed the officers after an address by Janie W McGaughey.
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Woman's Auxiliary of the
Synod of Virginia
Mangsanetta Springs
C. R. Vaughan
Mise Carrie Leepbell
Richmond
Co. B Crawford
Lula McFadden
Roanoke
Henrietta Dunlap
Lexington
Grace Lackey Staunton
Mary Stribling
Martinsburg
Free Showers For Kiddies Opened On East Cork Street
The first free children shower baths opened this afternoon beside John Kerr Public School on Cork streets Cam eron. Operated 3 to 5 pm daily, in warm weather only children in bathing suits may use them. Proposed to expand to other city areas after a successful start. Initiated by Councilman J Henkel Henry at a recent Common Council meeting.
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Cork
John Kerr
Cameron
Common Council
J. Henkel Henry
Tombstone Record Settles Denver Name Spelling
Catholic Cemetery headstones in Tombstone Arizona were used by federal authorities to guide Denver Colorado spelling. The U S Geographic Board cited Denver family link to General Denver and recalled Patrick Denver 1831 inscription from a headstone. Father Thomas B Martin quoted the Irish native's death record.
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Denver
Colo
Thomas B. Martin
Church of the Secret Heart
United States Geographic Board
Washington
Winchester
Geographic Board
Patrick Denver
General Denver
Father Martin
County Down
Ireland
France blinds American hopes in Davis Cup opening
At Rolan Garros Paris France, France swept the opening singles in the Davis Cup challenge round. Henri Cochet defeated William Tilden in straight sets 6-3 6-1 6-2 while Jean Borotta beat George Lott 6-1 3-6 6-4 7-5. The Americans now must win the remaining three matches to lift the cup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rolan Garros
Paris
France
America
Henri Cochet
Bill” Tilden
Jean Borotta
George Lott
Delaware to adopt Virginia finance system
Governor C. Douglas Buck of Delaware plans to implement in his state the financial system recently adopted by Virginia. Buck visited Richmond to study Byrd administration reforms and praised Virginia’s system as nearly ideal, doubting any other state directs finances better.
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C. Douglas C. Buck
Delaware
Virginia
Wilmington
Del
Buck
Richmond
Byrd
The
Star
American School Ship Annapolis Arrives in Barcelona
The American school ship Annapolis with 95 cadets aboard reached Barcelona from Philadelphia. The captain and the American consul met by city authorities in the afternoon reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Barcelona
Spain
Annapolis
Philadelphia
Firecrest completes six year solo world voyage
HAVRE France July 26 Alain Gerbault former French tennis star arrived at Havre Roads at 4 30 this afternoon at the helm of the Firecrest a 25 foot sloop thus completing a six year solitary voyage around the world which began at Cannes in 1923
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Havre
France
Firecrest
Alain Gerbault
Havre Roads
Cannes
Notice to the Voters of Winchester
A Winchester notice urges voters to choose Virginia Democrats for the November election. It notes candidates for local offices, remarks on campaigning and old friendships, and announces Arthur W. Fansler as a clerk candidate, claiming he is the youngest legionnaire in Winchester.
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Virginia
Corporation Court
Arthur W. Fansler
Winchester
Respected Woodstock man faces jail term terminated by sanity review
Aaron Vetter of Woodstock Shenandoah county was convicted in Winchester for shoplifting and sentenced to six months. The Woodstock Herald describes him as a long respected citizen whose mind may be affected, with plans for an immediate suspension of sentence and transfer to relatives for release while a mental examination is arranged by a commission in Woodstock.
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Woodstock
Aaron Vetter
Winchester
Vetter
Shenandoah County
Wyoming
West
Virginia
McGuire
Justice Weems
Mr. Vetter
Nation's Conferees To Meet At Hague
Paul Hymans informed the British and French ambassadors that Belgium has accepted The Hague as the seat of the conference for applying the Young reparations plan. The decision makes The Hague the permanent conference seat.
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Hague
Associated Press
Brussels
Paul Hymans
Belgium
Fire Destroys Auto in the County Near Stephenson
An automobile owned by Charles Kitchen was destroyed by fire last night near Stephenson. Baltimore Sun representatives reported the incident after passing through town. Residents and others tried to extinguish the flames but failed. Kitchen had acquired the car in a trade the day before.
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Charles Kitchen
Stephenson
Baltimore Sun
Baltimore
Kitchen
May Call Second Venire For Snook
Columbus Ohio July 26 Efforts to complete the jury in the murder trial of Dr James H Snook, confessed slayer of Theora Hix, got under way today under the threat of a second venire before its jury box can be permanently filled.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
James H. Snook
Theora Hix
Hoover says cruiser contracts can be delayed to 1931
President Hoover interprets the cruiser law as granting authority to delay contracts for five cruisers laid down in 1929 1930 1931 until the next fiscal year if not undertaken in the current year. The White House announced this ruling amid debates over delaying contracts to weigh parity with Great Britain.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Great Britain
Mrs Pence Dies in Edinburg Sister of Mr Brumbaugh
Ella Louisa Pence aged 71 years 3 months 19 days died at her home one mile south of Edinburg after months of illness from a complication of diseases. She was born March 30 1858 at Columbia Furnace and was married in September 1880 to Samuel Pence who preceded her in death.
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Ella Louisa Pence
Edinburg
Pence
Joseph and
Elizabeth Brumbaugh
Columbia Furnace
Samuel Pence
Blimp Lands On Capitol Plaza To Let Senator Out
An army airship landed on the Capitol Plaza to discharge Senator Bing ham of Connecticut after a 200 mile road journey from Langley Field Virginia. He said future congressmen will arrive this way as officials rearranged plaza traffic for the craft. The event drew secretaries staff and tourists.
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Capitol Plaza
Senator
Associated Press
Washington
Capitol Building
Senator Bingham
Connecticut
Langley Field
Virginia
Senate Finance Committee
Bingham
Virginia Point
Capitol
Obituary for Mrs. Pence of Virginia and Indiana ties
Mrs. Pence, a Church of the Brethren member and neighbor in Virginia, died six years after her grave. Survived by children Bessie and Edward, sister Mrs. Jacob Hershman of Con feville, Va., and brothers Frank of Marion Ind., Joseph of West Virginia, John of Winchester. Funeral Sunday at 2:30 pm at home with Rev. J. W. Harpine and Rev. T. Collyer officiating. Pallbearers listed as Milt Sheetz, Jease Stickley, Enoch Riter as Myere, and Clarence Crabill.
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Pence
Church of the Brethren
Bessie
Edward
Jacob Hershman
Confeville
Frank
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Ecalhl Repectet
Es m
Mary Patterson
Robert Baer
Mary M. Patterson
Robert W. Baer
Waynesboro
George W. Stover
United Brethren Church
North Avenue
Winfield Patterson
Alvin Baer
Mr Baer
Jordan Springs
Front Royal
Hagerstown
Brunswick
Jordan Springs Hotel
Sue Schlack
Earl Grim
Black Diamond Orchestra
York
Black Diamonds
J. H. Smith
Clarke
James H. Smith
Dorothea
Natalie Friend
Presbyterian Manse
Springsberry
Clarke County
Dr. Smith
F. T. McFaden
St. Luke’s Hospital
Crums Epworth League
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Foworth League
Huntsberry
A. C. Nadenhousch
Henry Oxnard
Upperville
Robert B. Krogstad
Europe
Krogstad
Virgil C. Davis
Shenandoah Valley
Watkins Glen
Niagara Falls
Alexadria
Mount Weather
8. N. Williams
Robert
W. H. Apple
White Sulphur Springs
R. C. Dickson
Lost River, W. Va
George Washington Hotel
Richard Evelyn Byrd
B. James Ferguson
Harry F. Byrd
Rosemont
Nat Harrison
St. Petersburg
Fla
Petersburg
Wheeling
Mrs. B. L. Pool
Herndon, Va
Jack
Henry Skuddawitz
Frederick, Md
Myer Hamburger
Augusta Clay
Savannah
H. H. McGuire
A. E. Harper
Seth Harper
Grethren Harper
Rebecca Cooper
Meadville, Pa
Hotel Jack
Frances Scott
Richmond, Va
Hunter H McGuire
Mrs
O. H. Ruddle
Salem, Va
Lieut
Lindsey
United States Army
Fort Dee Moines
Iowa
J. Wilbur Warner
Potomac Edison Company
R. C. Benthrom
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Lucy Vorous
Virginia Cove
Millwood Pike
Joseph W. Sargent
South Cameron Street
Stephens City
John C. Meredith
Washington Inn
Kansas City
Meredith
William C. Marshall
Maggie Johnston
Hattie
Grace Pitts
Willi C. Marshall
Markham
Hugh McCulloch
Hugh, Jr
St. Louis, Mo
Massanetta
Cork Street
Tombstone
Virginia Finance System
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Loudoun and
Cecil Streets
Snook
North Main Street
Fin
Jack Sale
Geo. Washington Hotel
F. Miller
W. Cork St
Carter & Glaize
North Market St
Sample Shoe Store
Riley
Martha Washington
East Piccadilly St
Lloyd
Lloyd Furniture
AM. Sime
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