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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1916
Page
5
Trains arrive in Winchester from the stations named above at 9 20 8 daily except Sunday 11 4 S 3 a mand 7 27 2 p TM ly daily except Sunday 3 Tower. Supt HA Rippte Gen P A.
No. 13 928 a m to Bristol and intermediate stations includes Pullman Sleepers and Dining Car Roanoke and No. 1 2 27 a m to Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton intermediate stations with Pullman Car and cafe Shenandoah Gary connections Roanoke to Memphis special in south No 27638 p m Shenandoah intermediate stations No 78 9 42 a m to Hagerstown intermediate stations Harrisburg Philadelphia New York with Shenandoah junction or Washington connections
Train timetables show No 23 Daily at 7 40 am local for Harrisonburg arriving 9 30 am and No 49 Daily at 12 25 pm local for Amherstburg arriving 2 37 pm with Suffet Parlor Car. includes arrival times at Harrisonburg and service notes.
An article extols plain coconut oil as a greaseless, cheap alternative to commercial soaps for cleansing hair. It describes wetting the hair, rubbing in a teaspoonful, and rinsing to produce fluffy, bright, easy to handle hair. The note also mentions Mr. G. M. Besant of Frederick, Md., staying at Hotel Jack.
Roy G. Mitchell and N B Page from Boyce Missouri spent the day in town with friends. Whiting Faulkner of Martinsburg attends Shenandoah Valley Academy finals. Prof J Olin Faulkner a Catlettsburg schools principal visits during summer at Mrs Lucy Faulkner's Braddock street home.
Mrs Martin Phalen of Brunswick Maryland spent yesterday in this city with friends. The note urges readers to clean up their back yards.
A family day service will be held at Braddock Street Methodist Church next Sunday at 11 in the morning. Fathers are especially invited to attend with wife and children, and a committee will arrange transportation for shut ins and feeble attendees.
Memorial exercises were held in Brucetown village cemetery with a large turnout. Each grave received flowers and a rose filled arrangement. Children’s day program followed with a brief church service and readings. Visitors from Baltimore joined local families for the weekend. A lightning strike damaged a barn on Hiram Summell’s farm. Rev. O D Lambert to preach June 10 at the village church. Mrs. Lambert remains ill with little improvement. Miss Johnetta Wright returned home from Dayton College.
Mrs. Frank White and her son Frank arrive from Washington to spend summer with her parents Mr. and Mrs. John O Flaherty. Visitors at Mr. W Halver's include Sartelle and Grubbs of Winchester and Mrs Sarah Elliott of Rock Enon is indisposed. Norman Cooper to preach at St Johns June 18 at 10 30 a m. Others from Bloom visit Winchester and local homes on Sunday.
Cross Roads Virginia notes that children will attend services at Pleasant Grove United Brethren Church on Sunday evening June 18. Local residents report visitors including Hunter Good and family from Capon Bridge and W V Carpenter and family visiting Homer Keller and family.
By decree of the Corporation Court in July 1913 the estate of the late Lewis Calvert at 616 North Main Street Winchester is offered for sale at public auction. The lot fronts 22 feet 6 inches on North Main and runs back about 200 feet to an alley. Terms: one third cash, balance in two installments with bonds and deed of trust. Auctioneer M M Lynch and clerk J B Beverley certify bond sufficiency.
A group of well known Winchester residents departed yesterday by car for the Virginia Hot Springs to spend the rest of the week. The travelers include Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Carter, Mrs. Hunter H. McGuire, Mrs. Joseph Wright, Mrs. W. A. Baker, Dr. Walter Cox and Mr. R. Gray Beverley.
Mr. Thomas H. Lewis of Luray Virginia and Miss Agnes Wilson of Washington arrived yesterday afternoon to attend the Shenandoah Valley Academy finals in town.
Miss Bessie Bauserman of Edinburg Virginia and Miss Virginia Whisson of this city left yesterday for Middletown Virginia to visit Bauserman’s brother Mr C C Bauserman.
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