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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1922
Page
2
Mount Williams Va June 13 Chambersville baseball team defeated Mount Williams 4 to 3. Latter remains hopeful about future games. Memorial Day observed in Winchester June 6 with local families and residents attending.
Mrs I N Wallace and sister Miss Lena Orndorff spent an evening with Mrs J E Fisher. Sunday guests at Mr J M Orndorff included Mr Wilmer Burkhart and sister Miss Katie Burkhart little Miss Ethel Brewer Miss Arthelia Ashwood and Messrs Mina Snapp and Clyde Keckley. Marie Orndorff Arthelia Ashwood Mina Snapp Clyde Keckley attended Memorial services in Trone where Marie once taught. BE R Clowser and family joined Mr and Mrs Charles Smith near Chambersville. Mrs J M Orndorff has returned home improved after medical treatment in Winchester. A severe electrical storm visited the area Sunday evening with no reported damage. Marie Orndorff was guest of Miss Hilda Gièse Thursday evening.
Mr and Mrs L M Larrick and daughter visited cousins Mr and Mrs John Loy near Winchester. Mr and Mrs L T Larrick called on Mrs Ella Bowman. Mr and Mrs Frank Shipe and family visited Mrs Caroline Clowser. Mrs Laura Orndoff visits Mrs Clemmet Kumpe near Chambersville. Sunday school at Mount Olive on June 18 at 10 am. Miss Lucinda Foster of Hoppers Ferry visits her parents Mr and Mrs David Foster.
Washington experts consider uniting landline telephone with radio broadcasting after hearing President Harding's Lincoln Memorial dedication speech. Early hints suggest a system using loudspeaking telephone to reach wider audiences.
Experts note a possible merging of land telephony and radio telephony with simultaneous two wavelength broadcasts. They caution that listening in on a microphone address via 12,000,000 telephones is not feasible soon, but local amplification could reach a national amateur audience.
Revy M Fearnow of Romney W Va visited his brother in law Thomas Cooper and family on the way to Bridgewater for his son in college. Mrs Rena Sisson and Pauline returned to Washington after visiting Martha E Clowser. Rev H E H Sloop attended a meeting in Woodstock. Mrs Dave Moore and Harold visited Martha E Clowser. Ladies Aid Society of St Johns Church yard party at Friendly Grove June 16. Ralph and Roy Sloop returned from Roanoke College Salem Va.
The Upperville horse show, the oldest in the United States, will stage its 69th annual exhibition on Wednesday and Thursday this week. Secretary B L Johnson reports entries larger than ever with 38 classes including saddle horses jumpers polo ponies and draft breeds. Local and out of state exhibitors will compete at a grounds praised for beauty and facilities with a dance planned on both show nights.
A community camp meeting at Little Mountain Church in Cedar Grove begins nightly at 8 o clock this week with Rev and Mrs Scott of New York as principal speakers. Other preachers expected. A large crowd attended Saturday children s services and picnic in the grove with Pleasant Valley Green Spring Mount Pleasant and Fairview taking part. The Greenspring Cornet Band played. Local visits noted and a children s day service planned at Pleasant Valley on June 25. Wheat is ripening and harvest starts next week.
A collection of jokes and quips opening with playful lines on life in the South Seas and political satire. Lively exchanges feature a coconut mishap, a campaign against Mother Goose, and a senator rejecting a film-money offer as social pace. A final wry note cites superstition and misfortune after a shattered glass.
A humorous anecdote from the London Telegraph recounts a suitor failing to win over one woman who, on meeting her sister, quips that they share hair forehead and eyes but differ in the nose, delivering a witty misfire about resemblance.
A dialogue notes a teacher selling steak at 45 cents a pound and asks the cost for four pounds and a half. Johnny remarks neighbors would not visit their house, hinting at social tension or conditions surrounding the bargain outing.
The verse observes how in stress or storm old habits return as “reform” when the speaker seeks change. It notes human nature’s tendency to label adjustments as progress, underscoring fickle political impulses and the habit of rebranding.
A farmer named Corn tessel says yes to taking boarders next summer not for profit but to have company and keep mosquitoes away from his family. The exchange hints at rural living and practical humor.
A humorous exchange contrasts cooking pride with political flattery. A Judge jokes about not dressing a chicken due to the luxury tax while a Senator inverts the idea of happiness showing re election depends on voters. The dialogue reflects light political humor.
Indians pass a pipe of new tobacco to Sir Walter Raleigh. He asks for coupons showing he kept ahead of the times.
A student named Cyrus replies that a demigod is half divine, noting he is the son of a broker. The teacher prompts further distinction between divine beings and offspring with mortal lineage.
In a conservative tone the dialogue notes European papers are not as enterprising as American ones. The exchange suggests skepticism that many papers pursued extra efforts when America was discovered, highlighting a contrast in initiative and spirit between continents.
A playful revision notes Florida readers require a box of candy with a book. The line suggests reading becomes a task aided by a sweet treat and hints at flapper era language.
A terse dialogue reveals a flirtatious tension as one person suggests withholding a kiss while the other questions self regard and focus on another. The exchange hints at underlying feelings and hesitation.
67 farms offered for sale from 4 to 850 acres with stone land, 4 to 6 room houses and barns. Prices range from 650 to 10 000 dollars with instant possession. Also multiple city properties, timber tracts, mills and store stock. Bailey Bros Store Inchester Va promotes listings.
Sealed bids invited for about one million feet of white oak red oak chestnut and poplar on the 1260 tract near Mountain Falls Frederick county Virginia owned by The Handley Board of Trustees Right to reject bids reserved Successful bidder to remove timber Land rights reserved Terms one half cash and notes due as agreed endorsed to Handley Board Address bids to John I Sloat Chairman Commercial and Savings Bank Winchester Virginia 29 I1m
News mentions Mr. and Mrs. John W. Keller with sons Charles and Richard of Strasburg visiting the area Sunday and staying with Charles Richards. Mount Williams residents Hunter Snapp and Leonard Williams were also in town visiting friends, with Pearl Perry of Winchester listed among attendees.
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