Community Notes of Berkeley County and Nearby
Local social news reports visits and family times across Berkeley Springs and surrounding towns. Mrs. Oscar Luttrell travels to Ridge West Virginia to see her mother. several residents host relatives and attend gatherings at Chestnut Grove and Aneers Store. A Saturday storm in Berkeley Springs brings property damage, seven barns struck by lightning and two horses killed.Births, visits, and club activities are listed with names including Brannon, Triplett, Whitacre, Campbell, and Bageant, with regional references to Winchester and Warren Pennsylvania communities.
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Berkeley
Amd
Robert Luttrell
E. N. Lut
Annie Racey
John Triplett
Chestnnut Grove
Walter Moore
Tom Brannon
Eliza Spillman
Ridee
Anna Lue Brannon
Whitacre
Harry Larvent
Roy Fletcher
C. T. Adams
Daughte
Earl Farmer
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
James Brannon
Winchester
Brannon
E. B. Brannon
C. D. Murphy
George Kimble
M. W. Carpenter
George Whitacre
Harley Place
Memorial Hospital
Wn, Va
Southern Methodist Church
Masta Springs
Dorothy
Emma Swimley
Alice Russell
Margaret Campbell
Mary Dane Bride
William and Russell
Ashby Price
Henry Slonake
Capon Bridge
Andy Whitacre
World Club Children’s Society
Jobe
Walter Mather
Warren
Ed Headley
Aggressive Instincts Cited as Leading Cause of Death
An authority states that a prevalent cause of death by one’s own action among both civilized and savage peoples is pent-up aggressive energy that cannot be released. It argues war provides outlets, making peaceful times deadlier than wartime due to lack of outlet for violence.
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1705 B Dress and Apron For Home Use
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1705 B features a smart dress with a bib apron for daily housework. It offers sizes 14 through 42 with bust measurements 32 to 42, plus fabric requirements and color guidance for practical, washable materials. Send 15c for the Barbara Bell Pattern Book and look ahead to tomorrow's two piece dress preview.
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Barbara Bell
Boys Amused Officers With Cuspider Aim
Montrose West Virginia boys visiting town amused police with cuspider marksmanship while seeking their uncle Stephen Poe. They planned to stay with grandfather, learned no such address existed, and were sent home after a night at a detention home. Corncob pipes and tobacco were returned.
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Montrose
W. Va
Stephen Poe
William
Texas
Ruble Sues For Divorce From Angie Whitacre Ruble
Louis Ruble files suit for divorce from wife Angie Whitacre Ruble in Frederick county circuit court alleging desertion dating from February 10, 1929.
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Louis Ruble
Angie Whitacre Ruble
Frederick County
Virginia Fruit Competing In British Market
The 1935-36 apple and pear export season is underway per a U S Department of Agriculture bulletin on British market conditions. About 10,000 bushels of Virginia apples arrived this week with similar tonnage expected next week, while imports from Australia showed strength and Virginia Translate eased. Prices in London include Tasmanian Stormer Pippins 3.09 to 3.28 per box and New Zealand Delicious 3.09 to 3.40, with Virginia Transparents in Liverpool barrels 3.94 to 6.19. Overall export totals show next week’s arrivals near 58,000 bushels and year-to-date trends vs last year.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Australia
Virginia
London
New Zealand
California
Liverpool
Ig Aga
U. S
U.S
Convicts Demoted For Mail Courtship In North Carolina
Ra l eigh N C July 26 Convicts at the state penitentiary are barred from courting by mail. After letters were sent to women prisoners 17 male inmates were demoted in grade and transferred to the Caledonia prison farm in the eastern part of the state.
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Raleigh
N. C
Caledonia
Warden Demotes Convicts Over Prisoner Romance
Warden H. H. Honeycutt announced the demotion of convicts citing male prisoners becoming obsessed with a female inmate. He said the best course is to remove the man from her as quickly as possible to prevent trouble.
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H. H. Honeycutt
Former Bank Commissioner Had Kin In Virginia
Baltimore July 26 George West Page 75 former state bank commissioner died yesterday afternoon at the home of his brother in law George Ward near Owings Mills. He served as bank commissioner from 1919 to 1933 and was born in Frederick. Surviving are his brother William C. Page president of the Calvert Bank and three sisters.
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Baltimore
George West Page
State Bank
George Ward
Owings Mills
Emerson C. Harrington
J. Duke Downes
Mr. Page
John White Page
Clarke County
Ellen Co. West Page
Frederick County
Frederick
Mary Gwinn
Washington
William C. Page
Calvert Bank
Ellen West Page
Henry Randolph Latimer
Pittsburgh
An Ounce of Prevention Phrase Traced to Proverb
The article notes the saying an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure originates from an old Latin proverb with unknown author. It discusses its English translation and attribution.
Shirley Temple Starts Five Week Hawaii Vacation
Shirley Temple and her parents boarded the Matson liner Mariposa in Hollywood for a five week trip to Honolulu. The child star, billed as the first little lady of the screen, giggled with excitement as the voyage began.
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Hollywood
Calif
Shirley Temple
Honolulu
8. Temple
Mariposa
George F. Temple
Islands
Winchester Cold Storage and Related Firms Notice
Virginia apple storage firms Winchester Cold Storage Corporation and Virginia Apple Storage, Inc., with C. L. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Corporation, announce corporate activity affecting storage services and regional operations in Virginia.
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Winchester Cold Storage Corporation
Virginia Apple Storage, Inc
C. L. Robinson Ice & Cold Storage Corporation
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Oscar Luttrell
Ridge
Bracetown
Winchester Evening Star
Times Square Station
New York, N. Y
Virginia Fruit
P. Klompus
North Main St
Etta Kett
THE
STAR
By Paul Robinson
Sol
Binkn
Terry
Monken
Sram
Oken
Pr. Silkk Soc
Moling & Cather
Hamburger’s Specialty Shop
N. Main Street
Timberlake
Jane Kay Cosmetics
T. F. Timberlake
the Linen Store
Smart Junior
Marian Martin
Marian Martin Lew
Winchester Evening Star Pattern Department
18Th St
New York
N. Y
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