Handley Schon Class of Sixty Eight Graduates at Handley
Handley High School concluded a successful year as the class of 1927 held graduation in the Handley building auditorium presided by A. M. Jarman. Dr. D. W. Daniel gave the principal address “The Joyful Life” and Luther Greene won the American Legion medal for top scholarship and leadership.
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Homage High School
Handley
Wins
A. M. Jarman
Daniel
D. W. Daniel
Clemson College
S. i
John M. Steck
City School Board
South Carolina
Handley High School
C. C. Bush
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Luther Greene
Handley Girls’ Glee Club
Starlight
McIntyre
Weldbme
Pretty Primrose
Pinsuit
Steck
Handley Girls
Glee Club
Gang’s
Grey
Jarman
H. S. Duffey
Duffey
American Legion
R. J. Rohart
The
Brethren Church
Handley Orchestra
Lois Talbert Opens Home Studio for Piano and Voice
Lois Talbert announces the opening of a summer music studio at her home. She will teach piano and voice to pupils, with contact via phone 863 J.
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Lois ‘Talbert
Plan for Statue 70 John Handley At Handley Schools
A student driven fund to erect a memorial statue for Judge John Handley began at Handley Schools. About one hundred dollars was raised in minutes with plans to deposit the funds with the General School Organization and seek yearly contributions of at least two hundred dollars.
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John Handley
Handley
Judge Handley
Executive Council
Handley School
Hndley
Claude Stickley Breaks 100 Targets in Trap Shoot
Claude B Stickley of Vaucluse joined Winchester Gun Club for a practice shoot and broke 100 targets in succession, a notable record. He led Virginia shooters last year and holds a high average this year around 96.50 percent on 600 targets. Individual scores listed include Stickley 100 100 and others 90 100, 72 75, 70 75, 66 75, 41 50, 43 50.
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Claude B. Stickley
Vaucluse
Winchester Gun Club
Mr. Stickley
Virginia
Youth Pays Damages for Cow Shooting and Apology
George Nesmith 18 paid $10 damages to Oscar Luttrell and apologized to Mrs Luttrell after shooting Luttrells cow. Sheriff Pannett and Deputy Wigginton had planned arrest on a cow shooting charge. Justice served by compensation and apology, no further action.
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George Nesmith
Oscar Luttrell
Mr. Luttrell
Stars and Stripes Are Saved From a New Jersey Fire
A Jersey City fire damaged the Fourth New Jersey Regiment armory and wiped out all equipment of the One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment, New Jersey National Guard. Loss was estimated from 1,000 to 1,500,000 dollars. only American flags and a few banners and trophies survived.
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Associated Press
Jersey City
N. J
New Jersey Regiment
One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment
New Jersey National Guard
Lace Curtains and Bugs Can Be Laundered
Lace curtains and bugs can be laundried at the Winchester Seam Laundry. Phone 28 4 16 1p tf.
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Winchester
Women’s Missionary Society Concludes Virginia Synod Convention
The final session of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia Women’s Missionary Society was held at Grace Lutheran Church with large attendance. Highlights included Amelia Kemp’s talk on cooperation and prayer, Rev C M Teufel’s “Mary” address, and a memorial for Mrs E C Cronk. The postconvention notes pledge duties for delegates and announce the 1928 Johnstown meeting.
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Women’s Missionary Society of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia
Grace Lutheran Church
Amelia Kemp
General Society
C. M. Teufel
Virginia Synod
Mary
Light Brigade
Markwood
Board of American Missions
E.C. Cronk
General Light Brigade
Mary 8
Matthew Arnold
J. G. Bringman
Lutheran Synod of Virginia
Johnstowny
Paywae
Byrd Monoplane Cleared For Final Ocean Hop Preparations
Commander Richard E. Byrd said weather would delay departure to the day after tomorrow unless the ocean route clears. The Fokker monoplane America was moved from its hangar for a final inspection ahead of a France flight, with Lieut. George Neville the only crew member present.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Richard E. Byrd
Weather Bureau
America
France
George Neville
Bert Acosta
Miss Funk Becomes Winchester's First Licensed Embalmer
Miss Helen Ray Funk passed the Virginia State Board of Embalming exam and is now a licensed embalmer the first in Winchester. She scored very high near a perfect mark as twenty took the test with twelve passing. She will join Funk and Son founded by her grandfather J N W Funk and her late father.
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Helen Ray Funk
State Board Ofmbalming
Virginia
Winchester
Funk
Miss Funk
Funk and Ar
J. N. W. Funk
Ee ¢. A. Funk
Winchester Faces Purrellville In Handley Stadium Tilt
Tomorrow the Winchester team meets Purrellville at Handley Stadium at 3 o'clock. Admission is 25 cents.
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Winchester
Purrellville
Handley Stadium
Ye Olde Tyme Festyval at Market Street Church
Church group invites the public to a Friday June 17 bake sale in front of the Market Street M E Church from 7 to 10 p m featuring lucious strawberry shortcake and piesa like mother used to make served by Young People of Market Street Church.
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Market St. M. E
Hats sale announced for Saturday
Margaret L Hodgson advertises hats for sale at one dollar each in a community notice dated June 16 with the sale set for Saturday June 18.
Soil experts' Winchester visit disrupts congress sessions
Delegates from 28 countries and nearly all states attended the first International Congress of Soil Science in Washington. A day off led them to tours of Frederick, Hagerstown, Martinsburg, and Winchester. The group stayed at the George Washington Hotel before a dinner hosted by the local Chamber of Commerce.
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George Washington Hotel
Winchester
Washington
Maryland
United States
Frederick
Hagerstown
Martinsburg
W. Va
Chamber of Commerce
Stewart Bell
Andrew Bell
Carlton M. Collins
Clearbrook
Ige Hington Hotel
Collins
T. D. Rice
United States Department of Agriculture
Rice
Bell
Frank T. McFaden
Presbyterian Church
Union
F. J. Alway
University of Minnesota
Congress
Handley School
Lee-Jackson Highway
Great Britain
Russia
Germany
Italy
Chocolate Covered Cherries Special At People's Drug
Friday and Saturday sale at The People's Drug Store offers chocolate covered cherries for 49 cents per pound. Includes in store pickup and limited quantities.
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The
People’s Drug Store
Public Sale Notice Near Stephens City
Public sale scheduled for June 18 covering entire household goods chicken yard family cow hog harness and implements. Administered by GEO H INSKIPP as administrator.
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Stephens City
Geo
Chamberlin and Levine Arrive. Hamburg Welcomes Aviators
Clarence D. Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine, famed trans Atlantic aviators, arrive Bremen and are welcomed by Hamburg Senate officials. Their wives join them after a late-night ship arrival, prompting a flurry of questions from reporters as the Berlin pulls in at Bremerhaven.
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Associated Press
Hamburg
Germany
Bremen
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Madgeburg
Berlin
Press
Bremerhaven
Strength Shown In Stocks That Had Been Neglected
New York shares rallied and showed strength in baking, merchandizing, tobacco, public utilities, rubber and motor sectors. General Motors and National Tea posted new highs while rich men stocks remained quiet. Closing was firm with about 2.1 million shares traded.
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Associated Press
New York
General Motors
National Tea
President Coolidge Resumes Work in Rapid City
President Coolidge arrived from the state game lodge to the executive offices in a Rapid City school building. He reviewed a batch of mail and routine business forwarded from Washington after a 32 mile ride and began work promptly at 9 30 a m. The president set aside callers and focused on the first items on his agenda since Monday.
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Associated Press
Rapid City
M. D
Coolidge
Washington
State Game Lodge
Obituary: G A J Omps Passes After Long Illness in Frederick
G A J Omps of northwestern Frederick County died at his residence at two this morning after a long heart illness. He was 69, survived by his wife Catherine Puffinberger and children Emmett Omps and daughters Mrs William Mauzy, Mrs Hunter Sencindver, Mrs Nelson Benner, Abbie Mamie Minnie Georgie Omps. Funeral Sunday 10:30 at home then Salem Church with Rev J Russell Corr on. interment in Salem graveyard.
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G. A. J. Omps
Frederick County
Omps
Misa Catherine Puffinberger
Emmett Omps
William Mauzy
Unger
Hunter Sencind Ver
Nelson Benner
Martinsburg
W. Va
Abbie
Mamie
Minnie
Georgie Omps
Richard L Omps
Christopher Omps
M. E. Church
Salem Church
J. Russell Corron
Berkeley Springs
Will Rogers May Be Operated Upon
A conference of physicians at California Lutheran Hospital was called to decide if and when an operation would be performed on Will Rogers the humorist and Beverly Hills mayor who has been ill with nervous indigestion believed caused by gall stones.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
California Lutheran Hospital Today
Will Rogers
Beverley Hills
Child Struck by Car Near Gore Suffers Skull Fracture
Five year old James Alvin Mitchell son of Henry Mitchell of the State Highway Commission was hit while playing near Gore. Hooter Oates of Rio, W. Va., drove at moderate speed and said the boy darted into the road. The child was taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital with a severe skull fracture and serious condition.
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James Alvin Mitchell
Henry Mitchell
State Highway Commission
Gore
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Hooter Oates
Rio
W. Va
Winchester
Mr. Oates
Oates
Mitchell
HH. F. Clemons
Trone
Memorial Hospital
R. A. Shafer
Irving Camp Is Choice of Lions
Irving Camp of Secamne ht a international at a convention in progress here. Nominations of the international officers exclusive of the directors are regarded as virtually an election. The formal voting takes place tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fila
Irving Camp
Secamne Ht A
Mahon Ill in Baltimore Hotel Suite Amid Family Closeness
John J. Mahon a famed Democratic political leader is ill in his Baltimore hotel suite with only family present. His doctor says the condition is not dangerous though he has suffered for a year.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
John J. Mahon
Brother of Oil Magnate Dies in New York Office
John Teele Pratt aged 64 financier and chairman of the National Budget Commission of New York died suddenly in his Standard Oil New York office. Physicians attributed the death to acute indigestion. He was brother to Herbert L. Pratt, president of the Standard Oil Company of New York.
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Associated Press
New York
John Teele Pratt
Financcier
National Budget Commission of New York
Herbert L. Pratt
Standard Oil Company of New York
Standard Oil
Purnell Accused of Hula Hula Dance for Colony Girls
Ruth Bamford Reed testified in the state receivership case against the House of David Colony that cult leader Benjamin Purnell once posed as a hula dancer to entertain girl members. She said after the exhibition some girls kissed Purnell.
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Associated Press
ST. Joseph, Mich
Ruth Bamford Reed
House of David Colony
Benjamin Purnell
Man Kills Ex Sweetheart Then Suicide in Atlanta
In Atlanta on June 17 Mrs Belle Black, 37, was shot dead by her former admirer Mrs M McIntyre 35 who after refusing marriage shot himself. The tragedy occurred in Belle Black’s bedroom and left no survivor. Parsley for sale listed for Davis Grocery Braddock Street.
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Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
Mm. M. McIntyre
Belle Black
Summer School Registration at Handley Building
Registration for grades A1 at Handley Summer School will be held Tuesday, June 21 at the Handley Building. All pupils expecting to enroll must register on this day. Frank Keckley advertises a modern house for rent.
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Handley
Duffey
Lindbergh receives hero welcome in Columbus St Louis
Col Charles A. Lindbergh flies into Columbus Ohio at Norton Field en route New York to St Louis. City crowds cheer as his Spirit of St Louis passes the state house and business district before continuing to St Louis for a grand parade and banquet.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
St Louis
Norton Field
Lindbergh
St. Louis
Circlec State House
New c New York
Col. S Lindbergh
Mitchel Field
Governor's Island
the Battery
Sam Ieeene
Victor Miller
Planet Bergh
Harry H. Knight
New York-to-Pari
Cardinals
Miller
Police Guarding Pickford Residence Against Kidnapping
Beverly Hills and Hollywood police guard the Mary Pickford Douglas Fairbanks home after a reported kidnapping plot. Pickford and Fairbanks traveled to work with armed protection as investigators trace an automobile remark valuing the actress at $100,000.
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Associated Press
Beverly Hills
Cal
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Ef?ct
Hollywood
Miss Pickford
Substitution at Empire Theatre for Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
The Empire Theatre will show Sun Up at 4 pm replacing Johnny Get Your Hair Cut due to the film not arriving. Cast members include Conrad Nagel Pauline Starke and Lucille Laverne in the billed program.
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Johnny
Conrad Nagel
Pauline Starke
Lucille Laverne
Empire Theatre
Grabill Grader showcased for fruit quality at Winchester
Attention fruit growers inspect the Grabill Grader on exhibition at Winchester Cold Store platform. It promises to avoid bruising mashing or crushing apples and will not choke. Prices listed 4 size 2250 3 size 1850. For sale by Brumback Co. Real estate ads note Newlin & Co handles buying or selling property.
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Winchester Cold Store
Co. I. Brumback
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Handley Schon
Eloise Caldwell
Luther Green
Anderson
Laura Baker
Mary Carr
Barnett
Bean
Odell
Caldwell
Eloise
Capper
Carpenter
Jessie
Carver
Frances
Cather
Elizabeth
Glevenger
Elnora
Cochran
Conner
Catherine
Crawford
Eiizabeth
Eagle
Finkelstein
Fide
Grove
Bright
Harlee
Marion
Harris
Louise
Hildright
Mary Hockman
Juanita
Jenkins
Sara
Johnston
Dorothy
Jones
Courtney
Ruth
Klompus
Zelda
McKenzie
Myers
Rena
Nathanson
Estelle
Noonan
Lizabeth
O'Rear
Thelma
Rehill
Renner
Helen
Reno
Julia
Ritter
Amy
Russell
Mary G. Rutherford
Meta
Suern
Spaid
Minh
Picher-vereapet
Grubbs
Rilys
Knox
Josephine
Baker
Charken
Bly
Curtis
Cooper
Raymond
Clark
Melvin
Crisman
Wesley
Greene
Luther
Hook
Kenneth
Laurens
Mason
Owen
O’rear
Dayton
Claude Stickley
New Jersey
Women’s Missionary Society
Lutheran Church
Byrd
SALE
Margaret L. Hodgson
WORLD
George Washington Hotel and Chamber of Commerce
Eis
Levine
Layside Fishing For Business
County
Jas. Mitchell
Highway Dept
Irving
Purnell
Davis Grocery
Braddock St
Frank Keckley
Missouri
Lindy
Pickford
Newlin & CO
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