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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1926
Page
8
A bold pitch touts Bostonian footwear for style and comfort, inviting customers to try them. The copy claims the shoes are blue ribbon winners for wearing endurance and promises they look as good as they feel.
Greenwood Virginia visitors Misses Daisy and Corrine Pennington spent a day with their sister Mrs Jack Rutherford in Winchester. Also visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs G T Riley were Mr and Mrs.
Local residents and visitors from Winchester and nearby towns are noted hosting or visiting family and friends this week. Names include Miss Ethel Carpenter, Miss Claire Stone, Prof. Jarman and Morton, Mrs. John Johnson, Miss Reba Riley, Miss Teresa Baecher, Mr. Silas Henry, Mr. S. E. Maloy, Mrs. Clayton McCauley, Miss Bessie Bentzel, and the Hamman and Knight families, with slips of travel to Staunton and Washington venues.
Richmond Light Infantry Blues selected as official escort to Governor Harry F. Byrd for the sesquicentennial flag day exercises in Philadelphia and Valley Forge on June 14. The unit will accompany Byrd as part of the commemorations, underscoring Virginia’s participation in the national event.
Governor Byrd announces 15 original states and historic units will participate in Philadelphia events. Two provisional Blues companies totaling about 125 men will escort the governor, led by Major Mills F. Neal, with 75 to 80 Richmond Howitzers joining at the sesquicentennial committee’s urging. Captain John F. Seay будет in command. Byrd’s staff also plans to travel for elaborate ceremonies and parades on June 14.
Eightieth division headquarters in Richmond announced the 1926 C. M. T. C. camps quota increased from 711 to 911. More than 750 Virginians aged 17 to 24 filed last night, with telegraphic authorization from federal authorities for the 200 rise. Infantry and basic courses will be at Camp Eustis this year, with special demand for applicants who have completed the basic course and those seeking artillery training.
Major R. T. Barton of Winchester asks the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce to route the second all Virginia tour through Winchester. He lauds the trip’s results and envisions fifty communities alive for the morrow and a reawakened Virginia shedding antebellum constraints.
The speaker portrays a rising spirit among Virginians including children and elders seeking knowledge and connection. A reawakened state consciousness grows, aided by the State Chamber of Commerce as a channel for today and tomorrow, while Virginia drinks the stirrup cup of the past to toast the future and recommends another tour routed via Winchester.
Opequon Va June 4 Miss Rowena Jefferson visited the home of Mrs Jesse Carpenter Tuesday. Luther Affleck spends weekend with sister Mrs J B Singhass. Mrs Jefferson is ill. Noah Funkhouser and son Guy stayed at their West Virginia home Saturday through Tuesday. Services at Opequon union chapel Sunday at 8 pm led by Rev T H Daffin. Arthur Sagers and family with Hugh Ashwood at Mt Williams. Maynard and Bayliss families visited Berryville Sunday. J B Singhass in town Monday on business.
Mr and Mrs Linden Singhass and their son Lester were in town Tuesday on business. A birthday surprise awaited Mrs Singhass when she returned home to a decorated house and a ready dinner. Attendees included the Pritchards Snapps Langley Carpenters including two children Anna and Frances Coffman from Edinburg Rebecca Lupton Funkhouser Dorsey Funk. The gathering ended with wishes for many more happy birthdays.
Capon Springs reports a weekend of visits from Cumberland Maryland residents. Mr. and Mrs. Lylis stayed at the A S Anderson home while George Penrod and family visited G W Farmer and friends. Courtney Anderson and children Wilbur Naomi and Aletha spent Sunday with B G Brill, then G C Stevens and family were noted visitors.
Laughter and Mrs. H Brill visited farmers daughters Vernie and Ethel Stevens at Martinsburg West Virginia Sunday. Mrs Amanda Roby of Washington DC spends time with her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs James Bland. A party from this place motored to Hebron Cemetery near Intermont West Virginia Monday to tend graves. Miss Cora Kern of Yellow Springs visited Mr and Mrs J D Line Sunday evening. Mrs David Sine Ada Cooper and Gleuts Brill visited Mrs E B S Anderson Wednesday morning. Mr and Mrs Dewey Shumaker and son Junior and Hollis Dunlap and Conley Cooper motored to Wardens-
Sunday afternoon notices report Mrs M. K. Brill is very ill and Mrs Jane Bland endures another severe rheumatic attack, reflecting ongoing health concerns in the community.
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