Winchester Youth Pageant Set for Mission Conference
Winchester Young People will present a pageant titled Inspiration at the Mount Olivet Church near Harrisonburg during the Virginia Valley Central Missionary Society conference on July 27 at 10 o'clock. Rev Rush Line of High View W Va will speak on India. Delegates from Timber Ridge Church attend. Named participants include Doris Jones Maxine Grubbs Isabelle Sheetz Colleen Racey Garnetta Kern Hilda Nelson Mary Clegg Miller Esther Haines Elaine Sheetz.
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Virginia Valley Central Missionary Society
Congregational, Christian Church
Mount Olivet Church
Harrisonburg
Karl H. Sale
Winchester
Winchester Congregational Christian Church
R. A Whitten
West Clifford
J. W. White
Luray
Rush Line
High View
W. Va
India
Leslie Wing
Poplar
Montana
Women's Missionary Society
K. H. Sale
Valley Central Conference
A. K. Sirbaugh
Clarence Brill
Edgar Nelson
Cecil Whitlock
Harry Racey
Jessie Crisman
R. A. Whitten
Doris Jones
Maxine Grubbs
Isabelle Sheetz
Colleen Racey
Garnetta Kern
Hilda Nelson
Mary Clegg Miller
Esther Haines
Elaine Sheetz
Timber Ridge Congregational Christian Church
Julia Johnson
Opal Oates
Josephine Anderson
Card of Thanks for Earl Hockman
Expresses gratitude from Hattie Hockman for friends’ kindness after the death of Earl Hockman. Date noted 7-26-11.
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Earl Hockman
Hattie Hockman
Believed Man Slain By Mistake
Isadore Penn a 42 year old official at a music publishing house was shot to death by two gunmen in a Bronx street near his home. associates said the shooting likely resulted from mistaken identity and Penn insisted he had no enemies before dying.
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New York
Isadore Penn
Bronx
Penn
Eight Clipper Passengers Stranded by Plane Buckle
Eight passengers of the west bound Atlantic Clipper remained in Horta Azores after a minor mishap. Pan American Airways planned to collect the stranded travelers including Mrs Ogden Reid vice president of the New York Herald Tribune and Paul Patterson publisher of the Baltimore Sun. A heavy swell buckled the bow plates causing the flying boat to alight.
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Horta
Azores
Pan-American Airways
Ogden Reid
New York x Flerald- Tribune
Paul Patterson
Baltimore Sunpapers
Claims Husband Back In Alimony
In Los Angeles Mrs Zelma Dewar says her ex husband Frank Dewar Jr behind on alimony by 335 dollars yet spends on Ann Sheridan in night clubs and on secretary Miss Gwynn Woodford who confirms some visits. She calls his income about 100 dollars weekly and his spending as wanton.
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Los Angeles
Zelma Dewar
Frank Dewar, Jr
Ann
Oomph
Miss Sheridan
Henrietta Rites Friday for Charles David Henrietta
Funeral services for Charles David Henrietta a Bartonsville resident will be held Friday at 10 30 a m from his home with Rev Homer Welch of Stephens City Methodist Church officiating Interment follows at Green Hill Cemetery Martinsburg W Va He died yesterday at his home of a heart attack age 65 He was construction superintendent for Kentucky Rock and Asphalt Company of Louisville Ky Survived by wife Emma Howard Henrietta and two sons C A Henrietta Martinsburg and H G Henrietta Bartonsville Also survived by two brothers J E Henrietta Stephens City and J E Henrietta Sweden Ky two sisters Mrs C E Harbaugh Newport Pa and Mrs Bessie Roper Charles Town W Va Pallbearers are J I Stover P C Petrie J T Fritts Harry Flowers Waldo Pennington and J T Dunn
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Charles David Henrietta
Bartonsville
Homer Welch
Stephens City Methodist Church
Green Hill Cemetery
Martinsburg
W. Va
Henrietta
William Henrietta
Powell's Fort Valley
Nancy Ambrose Henrietta
Luray
Sweden
C. E. Harbaugh
Newport
Bessie Roper
Charles Town
J. I. Stover
P. C. Petrie
J. T. Fritts
Harry Flowers
Waldo Pennington
J.T. Dunn
County Church To Be Reopened
St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Middletown restored with diocese funds and set to reopen for a Sunday service at three o'clock. Built over a century ago it saw Civil War use by both sides and bullets still mark the walls. Dr. Thomas Williams supervised the local labor effort. Rev. Francis A. Brown of Woodstock will preach an historical sermon. Public invited.
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St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church
Middletown
Thomas Williams
Francis A. Brown
Woodstock
Answers to Today's Quiz From Page Four
Answers to today puzzle test questions include Winward Islands West Indies drying removing water from a substance tennis Turkey and its subject states wine buoyancy salt water Liberia prelat not prelate naturalization equatorial.
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Winward Islands
West Indies
Turkey
Liberia
Death Removes Fred Oehm Jr in Baltimore Home
Frederick William Oehm Jr died yesterday at his Baltimore home 2155 Chelsea Terrace. His wife, formerly Eleomore J Molter, survives. Funeral services will be held at William J. Tickner and Sons Baltimore at 11 tomorrow morning with private interment. He was a grandson of the late Franz Oehm of Winchester, long involved in local tailoring on North Loudoun Street.
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Winchester
Frederick William Oehm, Jr
Chelsea Terrace
Baltimore
Eleomore J. Molter
William J. Tickner and Sons
North and
Pennsylvania Avenues
Oehm
Franz Oehm
North
Loudoun Street
Treasury Receipts and Debt Figures July 24
Treasury figures show July 24 receipts of 12.65 million dollars and expenditures of 36.34 million. Gross debt stands at 40.62 billion dollars, up 0.29 million from the previous day.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Firemen Benefit To Open Thursday At John Kerr School
The Friendship Fire Company reel team plans a three day yard party at John Kerr school starting Thursday. Proceeds will cover travel to Cape Charles Virginia for the Virginia Firemen's Association convention and state reel races.
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The
Friendship Fire Company
John Kerr School
Virginia Firemen’s Association
Cape Charles
Net Income Rise for B and O Railroad First Half Year
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reports first half years earnings of 7 708 221 on operating income up from 2 514 320 the prior year June income 1 863 883 vs 1 381 337 in 1938 and operating revenues 69 801 167 vs 61 612 141. Expenses total 54 778 659 up 3 218 007.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Tierney Baker nuptials witnessed by hundreds at Thornhill
Nine years ago this week Katharine Baker wed Laurence Edward Tierney of Bluefield W V in Thornhill residence of Mr and Mrs W A Baker. Bridesmaids included Mrs A H Morgan Miss Amy Meek maid Emma Ginn Baker and flower girl Anne Browne. Local jail over crowded sheriff petitions to move prisoners to Clarke county lockup to ease conditions amid prohibition offences. Water hauling aims to save drought struck apple crop amidst rocky terrains with little sub soil. A park to park highway linking Shenandoah Great Smoky Mountain and Mammoth Cave proposed by Kentucky congressman. Brucetown Woolen Mills opens new fireproof plant in Clearbrook with plan to employ 50 workers. Camp Shenandoah registration lists Winchester girls for August term.
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Shenandoah
Great Smoky Mountain
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
House of Representatives
Shenandoah Association Meets Here
Mrs. Nellie Lancaster president of the Rebekah Assembly of Virginia visited Winchester Rebekah Lodge No. 21 in the Hall of Madison Lodge No. 6. The Shenandoah Association gathering featured addresses, songs, and a gift presentation with Lyda Chapman presenting. The event included remarks on friendship and included music by the Frederick County School Band under Paul Riley. The next meeting is slated for Middletown in October.
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Nellie Lancaster
Rebekah Assembly of
Shenandoah Association
Ruth Bucher
Winchester Lodge
Shenandoah Rebekahs Association
Lyda Chapman
Mary Wingfield
Beulah Menefee
Front Royal
Association
Encle Edwards
Lancaster
Marshall Farmer
Winchester
Frederick County
Paul Riley
Claude Stickley
Vaucluse
Grand Lodge of Virginia Odd Fellows
Middletown
Hazel Lake
Margaret Meister
Nellie Mason
Anna Boxwell
Cora Robertson
Etta Curl
Gussie Dyke
Roosevelt Child Butted By Goat
Five year old Ruth Chandler Roosevelt granddaughter of President Roosevelt was treated in a Fort Worth hospital for a very slight concussion after a goat butted her while she played at a country home. Her mother Mrs Elliott Roosevelt stayed with her overnight and planned to move the child to the Dutch Branch Ranch home later.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Ruth Chandler Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
Roosevelt calls for sheriff office cleanup in Hyde Park
President Roosevelt opposes Sheriff Dwight R. Sedgwick as a Duchess County farmer and Hyde Park resident questions the conduct of the 7000 dollar a year sheriff. The situation is tangled with an conspiracy case that has indicted 82 individuals.
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Duchess County
Roosevelt
Dwight R. Sedgwick
Hyde Park
N. Y
Wife Ordered To Pay Alimony
Burt Simmons seeks a larger alimony after his Reno divorce, claiming his wife Dorothy earns 3000 a month from a trust fund. A temporary order forces $100 monthly support while he pursues main maintenance and divorce relief. He defends himself as a roughneck construction worker, not a lounge lizard.
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Los Angeles
Burt Simmons
Dorothy
Simmons
Injuries Fatal To Boy In Frederick County
Warren Nelson Herman, five, son of Maurice and Gladys Herman, died in New Oxford Pennsylvania from a blood clot after injuries from a January automobile accident. Funeral services were at Hampton Reformed Church with Rev. Richard Shaffer officiating. He is survived by his parents, grandparents J Hay Herman and Calvin Warren, and great uncle Harry Warren with family in Stephens City area.
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Frederick County
New Oxford
Warren Nelson Herman
Maurice Herman
Hampton Reformed Church
Richard Shaffer
East Berlin
Maurice and
Gladys Warren Herman
J. Hay Herman
Biglersville
Calvin H. Warren
Berlin
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Mt. Oliver
Louis 8. Levy
Paul M. Hahn
Martin T. Manton
Louis
Levy
Mrs. Lancaster
Virginia Rebekahs
Riverton
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Mit
DuPont
John W. Rosenberger and CO
Ftrslles Elat A. Orn
Stokol
Ponent
Em Wonsat Stokol
Mervel
W. Adams
E. Piccadilly St
Victor
Bartonville
Mary E. Scott
Agnes Evans
Mantua
N. J
Mrs. Scott
J. Curtis
Fred. Oehm, Jr
Boss” Pannett
Philip Williams
Berryville
Clarke County
Brucetown Mill
Brucetown Woolen Mills, Inc
Clearbrook
B. E. Russell
Great Park
Shenandoah Area
Virginia Vredenburgh
Grace Bosserman
Anne Kerr Russell
Dorothy Lupton
Virginia Lupton
Martone Lupton
Mary
Eleanor
Jane Scully
North We Assurance Society
Richmond, Va
Et Valley Natl
Parlett Funeral Home
Gainesboro Road
Frederick County School Band
Miller
Montague Meth. Church
Cedar Creek Press
Commercial Small Loan & Finance Coo
E. Boscawen St
Lexington, Va
Roanoke, Va
Louisville
Winston Salem
Charlotte
Grey
N. Braddry
Columbia
Charleston
San Francisco
Knoxville
Tenn
Greenville
F.D.R
Warren Herman
Pennsylvania
Harry Warren
Stephens City
Calvin Warren
Harry
Carter
Sie
Northern Virginia Power Co
C. I. Brumback
Board of Supervisors
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