Berryville High School closes with ceremonies and awards
Berryville Va June 10 The past week marked the close of Berryville High School events. Rev T A Painter delivered the baccalaureate sermon June 2 at the Presbyterian Church to a large crowd. Graded school exercises followed in Clarke Opera House with an operetta, a cadet drill and declamations. Friday night medals were awarded for high and graded school contests and Harris Hart gave the commencement address. A Home Demonstration Club meeting at Battletown Inn discussed funding a county assistant for ongoing work.
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Berryville
T. A. Painter
Presbyterian Church
Clarke Opera
Clarke Opera House
Starkey
J. H. Bean
Hilda Levi
Beatrice East
United States
Edith Estep
Harris ‘Hart
Talbot, Smith and Stickel
Winchester
Stephens City
Malcolm §. Taylor
Mr. Ross
Battletown Inn
Hanen Weds Miss Rosa Stickel in PresbyterIan Ceremony
The Rev. Dr. J. H. Lacy presided on June 6 as Samuel P. Hanen of this city married Rosa L. Stickel of the county. The ceremony took place at the Presbyterian manse. The groom, a carpenter, is a Pennsylvania native. the bride is Jacob Stickel’s daughter.
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Mr. Hanen
Rosa Stickel
J. H. Lacy
Samuel P. Hanen
Rosa L. Stickel
Mrs. Tillie Stratford Dies in Richmond at 62
Mrs. Tillie G. Stratford wife of Dr. A. H. Stratford a Richmond dentist died suddenly on her front porch. The funeral was in Richmond after her service as a teacher in Luray and her church missionary work. Survived by husband son A L Stratford Jr sister Mrs. Alice O Neall and brothers George L Herndon and R T Herndon.
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A. L. Stratford
George W. Haines
Richmond
Stratford
Miss Herndon
Luray
Richard N. Herndon
South
Second Baptist Church
Tte
Guard discipline strict as state law fines absentees
Capt. Logan R. Fay of the local State Guards warns members that the state military laws impose a fine of one to five dollars for each day or part thereof of absence without proper excuse from drills parades encampments or other duties ordered by authority.
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Logan R. Fay
Lieut Hook and Two Others With Perfect Health Records
Among officers commissioned on June at Camp Lee Depot Brigade headquarters Peters burg Virginia three lieutenants held perfect health records never reporting sick since entering service Edwin Russell Hook of Trone county James Patrick Bethany of New York City and William Sanford Gray of Indianapolis Indiana all listed with unblemished medical status
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Camp Lee
Petersburg
Edwin Russell Hook
Trone
This County
James Patrick Bethany
New York City
William Sanford Gray
Indianapolis
Ind
Many Young Men Registered Here In Draft
One hundred thirty one from Winchester and Frederick County registered Wednesday under the selective draft. They aged 51 years since June 5, 1917. The jurisdiction expected 148 registrants. actual tally fell short but remained notable. They will be placed at bottom of Class 1 and not called until the rest of Class 1 is issued.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Sugar for Canning Urged by Food Administration
The federal and local food administrations urge canning and preserving industries to secure their full sugar needs for the 1918 pack now. They warn that delaying purchase could leave producers unable to obtain the necessary sugar and disavow responsibility for shortages caused by inaction.
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Food Administration
Bits of State History tale of Persian soldiers in America
E E Meredith notes that many Persian soldiers who came to fight the American Revolution settled in the eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Confined at Winchester, they gained liberties, chose to stay after the war, and settled in Hampshire and nearby counties. Hu Maxwell cites these German hired soldiers as brutal in victory yet humble when prisoners.
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America
Panhandly
West Virginia
Winchester
Hampshire
Hu Maxwell
Germany
England
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