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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1939

Page

9

Dedicate New Hotel on Drive at Big Meadows

The Big Meadows Hotel on Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park was dedicated last night in a gathering of Luray residents. McCall Frazier of the Virginia Skyline Company led the ceremony, praising German Pollock for his role in the park promotion. The $100,000 stone and walnut structure seats 125 guests and opened to the public for the first time.

Big Meadows Shenandoah National Park Skyline Drive McCall Frazier Virginia Skyline Company

Divorce Action Filed in Winchester Court

In the Clerk's Office of the Corporation Court Winchester Virginia on July 7 1939 Jess Ray Denton versus Willy Collins Denton seeks divorce on desertion for over two years An affidavit shows Lilly Collins Denton not a Virginia resident and she must appear within ten days after publication A notice will be in The Winchester Evening Star weekly for four weeks and posted at the courthouse front door by July 10 1939 Deputy Clerk hn W Rice p q 7 8 15 22 29 41

Corporation Court Winchester Virginia Jess Ray Denton Willy Collins Denton Lilly Collins Denton Hn W. Rice Wealth of Cortion Court Win Virginia Yarrell Lomas Oswell Yarrell Thomas Orwell Yarrell State of Evening Star Corinne Barnett Corro Poration Court Taylor Bishop S Gerick Bishop Frederick Bishop Winchest Evening Star John W. Rice

Confessions Reported in Suffolk Hold Up Case

Newport News police announce John Gross of Denbigh and a woman named Mrs Jack Baxley of Ft Myers Fla were captured after a 36 hour hunt on the Virginia peninsula. Suffolk police report Robert W Hendricks of Richmond confessed to involvement and the woman is hospitalized in no-questions state with exposure and exhaustion. The state troopers captured the injured girl while she was found near exhaustion after escaping thick brush.

Newport News W. E. Mahone John Gross Denbigh Suffolk Virginia Peninsula Gross Jack Baxley Ft. Myers Fila Mahone H. W. Churn Robert W. Hendricks Richmond Hendricks Churn Anderson

Engagement Announced For Kathryn Carson And George Wines

Front Royal Virginia announces the engagement of Kathryn Carson Supinger to George Millard Wines of Front Royal. The couple plans to marry in September. Local social notes list relatives and visiting friends from Maryland Kentucky West Virginia and Canada attending events and travels in the area.

Front Royal Theodore Supinger Kathryn Carson George Millard Wines George Wines

Mrs Robinson Dies At Albin Farm

Mrs Virginia Robinson wife of Hunter Robinson died at her Madison farm near Albin at 11 this morning after a week long illness. She was born September 1 1876 in Kirksville Missouri and was 62 years old. Survived by husband two sons Charles Hunter Robinson Jr and Virgil L Robinson two sisters Miss Margaret Ewing and Miss Ada Ewing. Funeral Sunday 2 PM Omps Funeral Home Rev Ronald Wilson officiating Mount Hebron Cemetery.

Snowdie Virginia Robinson Hunter Robinson Madison Albin Robinson William Ewing Bell Porter Ewing Kirksville Kirksville Presbyterian Church Frederick County Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church Winchester

Union Services For Opequon Group

Two union services are planned for tomorrow for the Opequon group of Presbyterian churches. At 11:00 a.m. Rev. E Summers McGavock will preach to all congregations at Burnt Church. An 8:00 p.m. Young People service follows at Opequon Chapel. The revival meeting opens Wednesday night at Round Hill on August 2 and runs through August 13 with Jonathan Edwards of Woodstock leading.

Opequon Presbyterian E. Summers McGavock Burnt Church Opequon Chapel McGavock Round Hill Jonathan Edwards Presbyterian Church Woodstock

Reynolds Store Notes

Reynolds Store notes report local social visits and illness remarks. Harley Place improves after illness while families from Winchester Baltimore and nearby areas visit friends and attend Sunday gatherings and a Salon Sunday School party.

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