Pupils Promoted at Winchester Public Schools
The Winchester Public Schools list 18 pupils who passed examinations through the term end and are promoted to higher grades in September. Names span Sixth Grammar Grade Samuel Arthur to Harold Sheetz and include Fifth and Fourth Primary and First Grammar Grade students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Public Schools
Samuel Arthur
William Brown
Douglas Barnett
Ashley Boyles
Loryn Grabill
Clark Cooper
Clarence Cooley
Arthur Fansler
Wesley Fries
Norman Graber
Don Harmer
Floyd Haines
Blair Hahn
Earle Hoover
Adriani Mason
Blair March
Earle O'Rear
Claude Ritter
Harold Sheetz
Frank Silver
Austin Swartz
Mervill Bailey
Charles Fansler
Robert Hook
Marshall McCauley
Maurice Pifer
Harry Ritter
Herbert Solenberger
Che ‘Smith
Dudley Carr
Lillian Jackson
Marian Barr
Ethel Harmer
Marguerite Hawkins
Stella Clark
Beulah Trenary
Virginia Eagle
Virginia Lanham
Ethel Spaid
Georgia Shoop
Katherine Barnett
Bessie Novick
Wilda Martin
Katherine Amick
Cyclone devastates Midwest with unverified toll
Reports say a powerful cyclone swept the region between St. Louis and Kansas City causing downed wires and property destruction. Kansas City areas reported cloudbursts hail and wind with two deaths in Missouri. Two Paris Missouri hotels were destroyed and bridges carried away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Kansas City
Americah Telegraph and Telephone Co
Kansas
Missouri
Paris
Christians Persia Victims of Natives
Rev Dr J Grayce McAllister quotes a letter from Rev Isaac Yohandai, a Persian native and Union Theological Seminary graduate, detailing bloody persecution of Urmia Christians by Muslims during the war. The letter, dated April 25, 1916 from Tabriz, portrays fiery trials and mass suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal Seminary
Lewisville
Kentucky
Isaac
Yohandai
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Uramia
Persia
Tabria
Boy Scouts of Winchester Thank The Star for Coverage
Troop 1 of Winchester expresses gratitude to The Star for printing all information about their booth sale held on Saturday June 6. They report $50 cleared and thank Mr. H. F. Byrd and the paper for kindness and good wishes, noting public reception helps their success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Richard, H. Gray
Scout Room
Winchester
Senator Martin Urges Stronger Coast Defenses
Virginia Senator Martin calls for improved national defense funding and coastal fortifications. He expects amicable resolutions with Germany and Mexico, does not anticipate a fall Congress session, and predicts no immediate war. He favors liberal defense appropriations and notes Chesapeake Bay needs fortifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Mexico
Martin
Virginia
Capitol
Congress
United States
Washington
Chesapeake Bay
Naefe
Anniversary Social at Fort Loudéth Seminary
W. P. VII hosts an evening anniversary social at Fort Loudéth Seminary on June 18 at 8. The attractive program includes refreshments. Public is invited with no admission charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort ‘Loudéth Semmmary
Priddy
Austro German Forces Cross Dneister After Brutal Three Day Battle
Teutonic allies advance after a fierce three day engagement. Austrian regiment nearly annihilated near Palmitio by Italian troops. German losses are heavy.
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Palmitio
Italians Defeat Austrians and Bombard Fano
Italian war reports claim victory near Goritz with railway vital points seized and several Austrian positions overrun. In Italy the Italian admiralty notes Austrian bombardment of Fano produced minor damage to churches and public buildings as residents sheltered in cellars.
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Rome
London
Goritz
Italian War Office
Plava
Palmino
Sasso
Istria
Albergo
Salsearego
Valamezzo
Adriatic
Cadorna
Petrograd
Constantine
Greece
Fan9
Republic
Ban Marino
Austria
Fano
Virginia man jailed after refusing reconciliation in new law case
Wisecarver, arraigned in a Virginia police court, refused to reunite with his wife and sought a divorce as prosecutors cited 60 day grocery bills and rent payments in his favor. Magistrate Krebs jailed him until he agrees to return, while an appeal to the Corporation Court seeks further action under the new law granting police magistrates wider power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Ver
Highland Avenue
Krebs
Winecarver
Wisecarver
T. Russell Cather
Corporation Court
James P. Reardon
Virginia
Maphis Qualifies as Winchester Commissioner of Revenue
Luther Maphis was appointed commissioner of the revenue for Winchester to fill the unexpired term of the late J Ward Correll. He took the oath of office before clerk J Brad Beverley and posted a bond of 8000 dollars. Judge Thomas W Harrison issued the appointment. Correll served a little over two years and a half. the office was vacant from his death until Maphis’s appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. ‘Luther Maphis
Astole
Star
Revenue
Winchester
J. Boward Correll
J. Brad Beverley
Corporation Court
Thomas W. Harrison
Cobrell
Prof A M Smith and Mrs Stith Visit Washington Guests on Stewart Street
Prof Archibald Magill Smith former principal of the Episcopal Female Institute of Virginia and Mrs Stith have spent the past two weeks in Washington after traveling from Louisiana. They arrived this afternoon and are staying with Mr and Mrs William C Marshall on Stewart Street. Also visiting are Mr and Mrs Granville H Chapman and Mrs B S Taylor of Slanesville West Virginia and Mr and Mrs Robert Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibald Magill Smith
Old
Episcopal Female Institute of Virginia
Stith
Washington
Louisiana
William ¢. Marshall
Miss Esther Leidig Attends Middletown Bride
Miss Esther Leidig of Middletown visited Bridgewater and attended the marriage of her schoolmate Miss Bille Byers to Rev. John F. Glick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Leidig
Middletown
Bridgewater
Bille ‘Byers
John F. Glick
Arizona dreadnought to be launched at New York yard
The Arizona battleship, larger and more powerful than the New York and Pennsylvania, will be launched Saturday at the New York navy yard. Its hull was completed in fifteen months, cost about 14 million dollars, and features 14 inch guns in four turrets plus a strong defensive torpedo layout. Miss Ross of Prescott will sponsor the vessel and christen it with a splash at launch.
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Wobddatock
Shenandoah
Worhan
Ida Moser
W. BH
Wouldtock
Shy Willie
Abi
Wis Bork
Chester “Mémorial Hospital
Sohn’ Miller, Jr
Woodstock
Waterstreet
Mositos Cooper
Nought
Arizona
New York Navy Yard
New York
Pennsylvania
Burnhelis
Ross
Rather Ross
Prescott
Aris
Roosevelt Dam
Miss Ross
Fort Loudoun Catalogue After Changes At Eddy Press
The Fort Loudoun catalogue to be issued by the Eddy Press Corporation will be the most attractive yet. Changes in the faculty include Miss Adele Affleck assisted by Miss Virginia Buchanan, a State Normal School graduate. Madame Richer Debre will head the French instruction, bringing royal conservatory ties and international teaching experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Loudoun Bembary
Eddy Press Corporation
Adele Affleck
Virginia Buchanan
State Normal School
Harrisonburg
Misa Buchanan
Médamé
Richer Debre
Geholar
Royal ‘Conservatory
Calleberg
Saxony
Holland
England
France
America
Byers Family Leaves On Extended Midwestern Trip
Mrs Rebecca D Byers and her daughter Miss Myrtle H Byers of Washington depart on a long midwestern tour. They will visit relatives in Myf barre étion corn at crib C Chiengo Springfield Illinois Kan Swinnehiey road Apdas city and St Joseph Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca D. Byers
Myrtle H. Byers
Washington
Middle West
Crib
C. Chiengo
Springfield
Ilinois
Kan“Swinnehiey Road
Apdas City
Sunday School Convention Nears End in Shepherdstown
The forty ninth annual Sunday school convention of the Baltimore district Episcopal Church, South, was near final sessions in Shepherdstown West Virginia with about 200 Sunday school workers in attendance. Officers were elected including President W. W.Millan and Secretary W. L. Brannan, with vice presidents from Baltimore, Washington, Alexandria, Winchester, Rockingham, Roanoke, and Lewisburg districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Episcopal Church
Cheater
Haley
Middletown
William
Hardy
Frank Barr
Wyotthia City
Braddock Street
Methodiat Pal
Rhepherdatown
Lider
Tor
Knox
Bert
J. Wy. W. Way
Atlantic
W. W. ‘Millan Wtington
D.C
W. L. Brannan
Holliday Farm Sale Notice Postponed to June 2
Public sale notice for Holliday Farm at Moriida arm sile postponed to June 2 at 11 am in front of Shenandoah Hotel and Savage residence on Tor Street. courthouse gate event details appear in local paper.
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Adv
Moriida Arm Sile
Gate of
Shenandoah
Savage
Tor
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Elizabeth Baker
Elizabeth Brown
Margaret Drummond
Mary Drummond
Mary Ronenberger
Louise Steele
Carter May Stryker
Dorothy’ Winkfield
Leatharies
Katheriie Grimm
Lela Jackson
Kula ‘Martin
Carrie Pipher
Hulda Seabright
Kathleen Shiner
Marshall Stryker
Eva Triplett
Emma Haines
Gertrude Mills
Elsie Rainsberger
Madeline Cain
Paul Anderson
Clifford Bockey
Ernest Clevenger
Clydé Dehart
George Fishel
Paul Grubbs
James Ritter
Clinton Tinsman
George Barr
Robert Ragle
Burt Harrison
Frederick Recher
Lawrencé Womeldorph
Roy Fishel
Douglas Anderson
Robert Patton
James Stine
Virginia Barr
Gretna Barr
Deniie Cool
Catherine Dispanett
Grace Johnston
Josephine Hodges
Lillian Hilliard
Mary Haymaker
Lucy Lack
Rosa Polotsky
Kenneth Cornwell
Bar! Cooley
Franklin Grove
Paul Hartman
Alvin Kremer
Davis Ritter
Robert Shank
George Snyder
Mayo Schmidt
J. Grayce McAllister
Sentor
Presbyterian Theologi
H. F. Byrd
Senator Martin
Fane
Adriatic Sea
Wire
Pola
Dneister
Stinislau
Stry T
Raasland
Pon ‘Lingennen
Stry3
Chotin
Philip Wisécarver
MR. Maphis
Commissioner of the Revenue
A. M. Smith
Mere
Aid
Granville H. ‘Chapmann
B. 8. Taylor
Slanesville
W. Va
Robert Taylor
Child
Winchester Hospital
Homba
Ian Mowler
Imber’s
Ida Mosler
Hiram Bausermah
Maurertown
M. Bl. Balsermah
George Boyer
Adsair Kauenn
Fort Loudaun
Frederick County
Shepherdstown
Holliday Farm
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