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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1923
Page
2
Philip Walters, 79, a longtime Valley veteran who served in Reagan W. Va, died at his Timber Ridge district home. A member of the Newall Brigade, he fought in Bull Run, Antietam, Gettysburg, and Shenandoah engagements. He endured injuries in the war and suffered health issues for years.
Former state Senator Robert F. Leedy of Warren and Rappahannock counties announces he will not seek another term. He says he resents the district composition and will step aside to allow a successor to challenge for the seat.
A reunion of Mosby’s Forty third Virginia battalion will be held in Marshall Virginia on Tuesday June 19. Marshall on the Valley branch road from Manassas was known as Salem during the Civil War and served as Mosby’s ranger meeting place, and the 1865 disbandment site.
Mrs Frye of Waterlick spent Sunday with Mrs Alberta Shannon. Miss Maggie Hammack of Middletown visits her aunt Mrs Emma J Guard. Mr and Mrs Carroll of Luke MA visit their son Joe Carroll in Stephens City. Miss Hilda Doggett returns from Martinsburg to her parents. Mildred Lee Grove returns after winter at Holland College. Julian Gregory of Manassas visits aunt Mrs H E Stickley. Also a free Valet Auto Strop Razor offer at Peoples Drug Store. WANTED Clean cotton rags for Star Office.
Testimonies from Mrs L K Myers of Winston Salem N C and Mrs A F Hammond of Keene NH report renewed strength after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. They describe relief from weakness backache and other female ailments enabling them to resume daily tasks and assist family.
In Middletown, forty votes were cast in a municipal election an unusually high total. John I. Rhodes was chosen mayor, W. H. Edmondson sergeant, and councilmen Holt Hottel E R Sperry W Willey S G Larrick O R Rhodes Fred E Kline. Several incumbents were defeated and bond issues for municipal improvements were not placed on the ballot.
William Astor Drayton, grandson of the late William Astor, was granted an interlocutory divorce from Mrs Helen Squiers Drayton on June 1 after a secret Newburg, New York trial. Mrs Drayton’s countersuit naming corespondents in Italy and France was dismissed and trial records ordered sealed. The corespondent’s name was not revealed.
The text states Drayton and his daughter, Mrs Drayton, daughter of the late Yer G Sauiers once a minister to Panama and later Cuba, are living in London while Mr Drayton resides in New York.
The First Church hosts a full Sunday schedule including Sunday school at 9:45, sermon at 11 on A Prison, Jr Christian Endeavor at 3, a 4:30 union service led by Frank P. Wilson, a 7 p.m. Senior Endeavor led by Russell Cather, and an 8 p.m. sermon Some Great Powers In Life. All welcome.
A special meeting of Winchester Christian Endeavor groups is set for Sunday at 4 30 pm at the First Christian Church. The agenda includes an address The Value of Christian Endeavor Unions by Frank P. Wilson of Danville Virginia and the nominating committee report to form a city Christian Endeavor Union. All Endeavor members are urged to attend.
Cumberland Md June 13 The big hill climb for motorcyclists at Lindner farm Mason crossroads drew a large crowd and produced two new stars Carl Herpich a local rider on an 80 inch Indian topped 750 feet in 1845 seconds with a wreck but unharmed Albert McMillan of Pittsburgh beat his time in 2925 seconds with a 61 cubic inch motor John R Grove of Chambersburg Pa won the 61 cubic inch event on a Harley Davidson in 2015 seconds.
Roanoke and Shenandoah schedules list Nos 13 9 07 a m parlor car to Bristol and a Pullman sleeper via Roanoke and Philadelphia. No 27 5 58 p m to Shenandoah and intermediate stations. No 28 8 39 a m to Harrisburg Philadelphia and New York with a junction for Washington. No 14 7 36 p m parlor to Magers town and a Magers town to Philadelphia Pullman. Information via H H Burks Ville Va and W C Saan Pass Roanoke Va.
The Society of Friends will hold services at Ridge Meeting House on Sunday the 17th at 11 o clock and at 3 30 p m the same day at the Methodist Church Gainesboro. Isaac Wilson, a minister from Pennsylvania, will attend both meetings and interested parties are invited.
London June 14 The Associated Press reports a British Labor Party committee finds a sudden reform in drinking habits is not obtainable. The panel regrets the wasted effort of reformers and deems prohibition an impractical measure at this time.
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