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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1920
Page
8
Jack Dempsey, famed prizefighter and film performer, will appear in a thriller shown at Empire Monday. The former heavyweight champion is highlighted as a notable cast member in the cinema lineup.
Woodmen of the World Hickory Camp will conduct decoration and memorial rites at Mount Hebron Cemetery tomorrow at 3 PM. Graves of deceased members will be decorated and an address will be delivered by Mr. T Russell Cather. Other services are planned.
Burial services for Barrow Grim, who died en route to France, were held June 10 at Ridings Chapel. Returned soldiers served as pallbearers. Memorial services planned for Refuge on Sunday. Relatives and friends noted in community notices include the McCauley, Orndorff, Painter, and Grim families with recent births and visits.
The annual sermon to the Charley Rouss Fire Company will be preached tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in Centenary Reformed Church by the Rev. Clarence Woods. All members are asked to meet at the hall to attend the services.
A photoplay at the Empire Theater features Olive Thomas as Prudence a demure Quaker maiden who outwits suitors and exploits in New York as she learns self possession. The film blends suspense and comedy and promises a showcase for a leading star in a unique screen offering.
Handley Schools faculty members with homes outside the region departed yesterday afternoon to spend the vacation. Friends gathered at the Baltimore and Ohio station to bid them goodbye. The group includes Miss Aveline Kent of Cha grin Falls Ohio and others from Brockton New Jersey and Virginia. Some plan to return next year while several will stay until finals next week.
The candidate for reelection to Congress in the Seventh Virginia district spent the day here and was nearly surrounded by large crowds of constituents who pledged support in the forthcoming primary.
The Middletown Agricultural High School baseball team won 6 to 3 against Woodstock on Thursday afternoon. That evening the team hosted a reception in the High School auditorium with blue and old gold decorations, dancing, games, and supper. Team members and several faculty and invited ladies attended.
David Z Patterson cadet at Staunton Military Academy left yesterday afternoon for his home in San Francisco Cal after visiting his grandmother Mrs Mary A Zirkle. He traveled with his aunt Miss Nannie M Zirkle who will stay about a month. Miss Alice Royston of Barryville visits her sisters in Winchester.
Two houses on York Street offered for sale by Grove Bros department store Page shows a brick dwelling and a frame house with application details at Grove Bros location for prospective buyers.
In Macedonia Virginia on June 12 residents report visits from Winchester and Boyce families. Decoration Day services were held June 3 with a large turnout. Local residents and visitors include Mrs Bowman, Mrs Tevalt, Miss Berham-Dyke, Mr Funkhouser, and the Price and Armel families.
Lloyd Williams Post of the American Legion held field day in Berryville Virginia with a large crowd in attendance. Events occurred at the horse show grounds though the government tank and searchlight did not arrive. An evening program by the Dietrichs at Clarke Opera House followed by dances at Winston Hall and the Battletown Inn concluded the day.
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