Stephens City hosts 50th anniversary reception
Mr. and Mrs. Parker celebrated fifty years of marriage with a reception at their Stephens City home last Tuesday. Over 100 guests attended including family members and local residents. Rev W L Dudley spoke praising the couple’s long life together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Parker
Stephens City
Mildred Strode
Cecelia
Frances
Helen
Katherine’ Venable
Marshall
Richard Venable
Virginia
Parker
W. L. Dudley
Winchester
Q.D. Parker
P.B. Stickley
Randolph Ridgeway
Evelyn Heath Stickley
Virginia Stickley
Robert Stickley
W. M. Stickley
William Stickley
Eldridge Lemley
Julian Steele
F. K. Weaver
Lomax Parker
Nannie Parker
A. F. Doggett
Clydus Stickley
Samuel Stickley
Lizzie Stickley
F. K. Stickley
C. D. Stickley
Amos Stickley
Ruth Stickley
Laura Hoover
Walter
L. L. Hockman
Edward Grove
Married at Sacred Heart Church Sedan West Virginia
Joseph F Schuller and Miss Margaret Schuller of Sedan West Virginia were married this morning at the rectory of the Church of the Sacred Heart by Rev T A Rankin. The groom a Bavarian native and miller at Sedan. The bride is the daughter of A A Schuller of Sedan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. Schuller
Margaret Schuller
Sedan
W. Va
Church of the Sacred Heart
T. A. Rankin
Bavaria
Germany
A. A. Schuller
Thomson and Family Visit Hawthorne Home
Editor James M. Thomson of the New Orleans Evening Item and Morning Tribune and his family stay at Hawthorne near Summit Point. He says flood control on the lower Mississippi is the paramount issue in New Orleans where he has worked ten years. Floods have driven 150,000 refugees in Louisiana and paralyzed business across a wide area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Thomson
Old Home
James M. Thomson
New Orleans Evening Item
Morning Tribune
Hawthorne
Summit Point
Mississippi
Thomson
New Orleans
Louisiana
Wedding Announcement for Funkhouser Bowman Pair
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Marie Conrad Funkhouser of Lebanon Church Virginia to Mr Harry Preston Bowman of Baltimore Maryland planned for Monday May 16 at Ellicott City Maryland. The bride daughter of E D Funkhouser graduate of Handley High School class of 26 and Smithdeal Business College 1927. The groom eldest son of R J Bowman of Lebanon Church a Bethlehem Steel executive. They will reside in Baltimore. Rev T K Nelson and Robert Nelson will attend a summer camp in Linville North Carolina Stating plans. Miss Elizabeth Brown will visit Washington friends this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Blanche Freeman
Anna Stack
Worthington
Roy Kohlhousen
Eastméor Boulevard
Bexley
English Lutheran Church
Lewis P. Speaker
Helen Stack
Channing
Yarborough
Richmond
Kohlhaugen
University of Virginia
Robert W. Hunt Company
Pittsburgh
Ordinance Department
United States Government
Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company
Eastmoor Boulevard
Marie Conrad Funkhouser
Lebanon Church
Harry Preston Bowman
Baltimore
Ellicott City
E. D. Funkhouser
Handley High School
Smithdeal Business College
Bowman
R. J. Bowman
Strasburg High School
Bethlehem Steel Company
Sparrows Point
T. K. Nelson
Robert—Nelson
Linville
N. C
Charles ‘Tomkins
Episcopal High School
Alexandria
Social Roundup of Winchester Visitors and Residents
A long column lists visitors and locals in Winchester including Lola and Katherine Funkhouser of White Post guests of Miss Virginia Price, G Beverley of Elgin registered at the G F House, and numerous moves between Hotel Jack and Memorial Hospital. Names include Dr E W Miller family, Howard Glanding party from Wilmington, J Lee Turner of Norfolk and Western operations, Madeline Whitlock off to Chicago for music study, and Flora Wolven from Buffalo joining Miss Virginia Williamson, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola
Katherine Funkhouser
White Post
Luray, Va
Virginia Price
Howard Glanding
Mrs. H. S. Glanding and Family
Wilmington, del
Hotel Jack
Flora Wolven
Buffalo, N. Y
Virginia Williamson
Babe Ruth Reveals $9,000 Spent for Publicity in 1924
Babe Ruth, in a treasury tax appeal, discloses spending $9,000 in 1924 to establish and maintain goodwill by entertaining special writers and press agents, aiming to keep himself before the public. He reported 1924 earnings of $66,215.34 and seeks this deduction against the deficiency assessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Babe Ruth
Treasury
Ruth
Lindbergh Rides Unrecognized Through New York
Charles A. Lindbergh moved through Manhattan without being recognized after arriving from the Long Island home of F. Trubee Davison. He avoided public eye, cancelled a book publishers engagement, and left reporters without a lead on his whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Manhattan
Long Island
F. Trubee Davison
Fahnestock Estate Divided Among Heirs in Maryland Will
The will of Daniel T. Fahnestock, who died in the county, was probated in Frederick Circuit Clerk's office. He left six acres to his daughter Mrs. Linnie O'Rear with $100 due to Isabella Haines and a further $50 to Haines. The remaining estate is divided equally among Cephas, Margaret, and Mrs. O'Rear, who acts executrix with a $300 bond. The will dated November 29, 1924, was witnessed by Virginia L. Davis and Coe C. Brannon.
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Daniel T. Fahnestock
Frederick County
Linnie O’rear
T. Fahnestock
Isabella Haines
Cephas
Margaret
O’rear
Virginia L. Davis
Coe C. Brannon
Bake's Celebrated Bat Found After Overnight Mystery
In Springfield Massachusetts on June 25 Babe Ruth’s famed bat, reported missing during an exhibition game, was returned to the local baseball club by Daniel F. O’Leary. The bat bears Ruth’s name and investigators probe how it ended up at a playground, with a $25 reward once offered for its return.
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Springfield
Mass
Babe Ruth
Yankees
Ruth
Daniel F. O'Leary
The Rival by Stephen F Whitman Named Best Red Book Story
Karl Edwin Harriman selects Stephen F Whitman’s The Rival as the year’s top Red Book story. This No 13 pick appears in The World magazine section with a complete version slated for next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Edwin Harriman
Red Book
Stephen F. Whitman
America
Eee
WORLD
Weekend guests from Charles Town visit local home
Messrs. Jay Eyster and Hugh Mc Cormick of Charles Town West Virginia are weekend guests at the home of Mr. John Williams in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Jay Eyster
Hugh McCormick
Charles Town
W. Va
John Williams
Split in Ranks Of Convicts Sparks Kansas Prison Probe
In Lansing Kansas on June 25 a split among hundreds of convicts led to 328 prisoners surrendering after 77 hours barricaded in a coal mine. The outbreak began with a cigarette and coal demand ultimatum and escalated into a riot that prompted surrender and investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Lansing
Kans
Airmen Chamberlin and Levine Leave Prague for Nearby Cities
Clarence D. Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine, American trans Atlantic flyers, depart Prague for Pilsen area towns including Pilsen and Barienbad. They met President Masaryk and spoke at city hall and the American embassy. They plan further stops at Marienbad Carlsbad and a flight to Warsaw then Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Pileen
Barienbad
Pilsen
The
Republic
Prof
Masaryk
Marienbad
Carlsbad
Warsaw
Paris
Switzerland
Body of Prominent Man Found In Car
Toronto date line reports the body of George Dodds, a prominent businessman, found bundled in the rear seat of a motor car in a garage near his home. It is unclear whether he was murdered or killed in an accident and placed in the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Toronto
George Dodds
Dodd
Staunton Drives Toward Shenandoah Valley Fund Goal
Staunton reporters note total contributions to Shenandoah Valley Inc reach 3275 dollars with 725 more needed to meet the 4000 dollar campaign target. Mrs. W. W. King urges local businesspeople to contribute or increase pledges while Secretary Kavanaugh commends Staunton’s overall response and appeals for renewed support. New subscribers include Consumers Utility Co Be itco relics Dull Transfer Co Beverly Book Co Chas Tanner & Co Dr Alex F Robertson Staunton National Bank and Stonewall Jackson Hotel providing free headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Stonewall Jackson
Valley Corporation
W. W. King
Kavanaugh
Consumers Utility Co
Comet Visible in East as it Nears Earth Sunday Night
Washington June 24 Naval Observatory says the Pons-Winneke comet visible to the naked eye with telescope aid grows brighter as it nears Earth. Closest point Sunday night, visible for several nights until early July above the eastern sky across the United States. The 1818 discovery refreshed for this visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Naval Observatory
United States
Pottsville
James Theodore Walker
St. Louis
Gr. L. Lambert
Lambert Pharmaceutical Co
Here
Princeton University
Rev Rosenberg to Address Bible Class Meeting
The Rev Dr J H Rosenberg, a native Russian Jew visiting Winchester, will address a joint meeting of the adult Bible classes of the Presbyterian church at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The talk titled The Gentiles Relation to the Gospel will run about 30 minutes. He will preach at First Baptist tomorrow morning and at Ward Dock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South in the evening. He is the first Hebrew licensed to preach and ordained in the Southern Presbyterian General Assembly, Memphis Presbytery, Synod of Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Rosenberg
Winchester
Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
Memphis
Synod of Tennessee
Two Youths Drowned After Canoe Upset Near Waynesboro
In Waynesboro Pennsylvania two 17 year old canoeists Richard Martin of Fountain Dale and Clark Shockey of Rouserville drowned when their canoe upset on Lake Roger. Their companion Vernon Warren survived by clinging to the upturned craft.
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Associated
Preas
Waynesboro
Richard Martin
Fountain Dale
Clark Shockey
Rouserville
Maryland State Military Reservation
Here
Lake Roger
Vernon Warren
Sunday Baseball Declared Illegal in Pennsylvania
The State Supreme Court ruled Sunday baseball illegal in Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia American League club challenged state efforts to stop the Athletics from playing baseball on Sundays within the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
State Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia American League Baseball Club
Lawyers of State to Meet August 3-5 at Virginia Beach
Virginia lawyers gather at Virginia Beach for the state bar convention August 3 to 5. President Williams promotes higher standards and advanced tests for admission while debate over trial judges commenting on jury weight looms. Dinner speakers include Junius P. Fishburn and an as yet unnamed State Chamber of Commerce leader.
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Lawyers OF State
Virginia Beach
Virginia Bar
Williams
Robert B. Tunstall
Virginia State Bar Association
Court of Appeals of
New York
Judicial Section
Virginia
Association
Russia
Mussolini
Italy
State Chamber of Commerce
Junius P. Fishburn
Army Aviators Set For Friscos Flight To Hawaii
In San Diego on June 25 Lieut Lester Maitland and Lieut Albert Hegenberger pilots of a tri motored Fokker took off from Rockwell Field for San Francisco Their plan is a non stop hop to Honolulu with a departure from Oakland early next Tuesday as part of the attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Diego
Cal
Lester J. Maitland
Albert Hegenberger
Rockwell Field
San Francisco
Honolulu
Hawaii
Oakland
Trainmen of 55 Western Roads Denied Wage Increase
Chicago June 25 A wage increase was denied to about 55 000 builders and trainmen on 56 western railroads by a board. They sought an average rise of one dollar per day. Yardmen were granted seven and a half percent. The board ruled current western wages already exceed eastern pay by 74 percent and southeastern pay by 6 percent for conductors and trainmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Old Church Bulletin List From Stephens City
The Stephens City M E Church announces Kernstown services at 10 a.m. Sunday school 11 a.m. sermon The Corn of Wheat at 8 p.m. Epworth League 2 p.m. Children’s Service 0 p.m. Stephens City session 9 45 a.m. Sunday school 7 30 p.m. Epworth League 8 p.m. sermon to the Red Men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
M. E. Church
James A. Johnson
Kernstown
Epworth League
Red Men
Christ Episcopal Church Services In City and Stephens City
The notice lists Christ Episcopal Church at Boscawen and Washington Streets with Rev. R. B. Nelson as Rector. Sunday school 9:45, morning prayer and sermon at 11 on Sustaining Faith, evening prayer and sermon at 8 on The Enlightening Spirit, Stephens City service at 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Episcopal
John Mann M. E. Church Colored Service Notes
Rev Horace A Johnson pastor. church school at 10 a m. At 11 a m Rev J M King D D district superintendent will preach his introductory sermon and at 8 p m his quarterly conference sermon. Public invited. Dr King arrived Thursday and held a delightful conference. Fas Wifer arrived from Washington and will be at her husband in service tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace A. Johnson
J. M. King
D. D
Alexandria
King
Fas Wifer
Wasington
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George Bierach
Edward
Jack Bierach
Bierach
Mrs. Kohihousen
Ohio
Bax Kohlhousen
Columbus
Shawnee Inn
Valley Pike
Kohlhousen
Columbus Dispatch
Miss MacDonald
Brooklyn School of Art
Natalie MacDonald
Pratt Art School
Brooklyn
N. Y
Samuel M. Chiles
Brooklyn Institution
MacDonald
Junior Red Cross
Martha Stowers
Charlottesville
Junior Red Cross Institute
Miss Stowers
Institute
H. S. Baker, Jr
Wheatland
Henry S. Baker, Jr
Sharon
Mr. Baker
Henry S. Baker
Baker
Sharon Steel Company
G. F. Conklyn
Anna Margaret Conklin
T. A. Ramey
Fredericksburg
Travillian
Chancellorsville
Francis Conklyn
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Shenandoah Valley
Harrisonburg
Huntsberry
Elizabeth Brown
Roy Kumlhulsla
Columbus, Ohio
G. Beverley
Elgin, Ill
G. F. House
J. E. Hawkins
Boyce, Va
George Miller
E. W. Miller
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Evans Johnston
Mr. Clark Smith
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
A. G. Topkins
Hotel
Jack
J Lee Turner
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western
Mr. F. Musey
Richmond, Va
E. K. Meade
Madeline Whitlock
Chicago, Ill
Chicago Musical College
Miss Whitlock
W. Otto Messner
Robert Malone
Uniontown, Pa
H. F. Ambrose
Waynesboro, Pa
C. E. Funkhouser
Ross Boyd
Memorial Hospital
Walter H. Boyd
County
Luther Pannett
Walter Shade
Martinsburg
D. A. Hollingsworth
Cadiz, Ohio
George Washington Hotel
Helen Massey
William Massey, Jr
Auburndale
Arthur C. Farley
Seddon Nelson
Lake Chamblain
Camp Dudley
Cassius Stiles
Stiles
Russell Patton
North Kent Street
W. J. Smith
Charles Rosenberger
Rosenberger, Va
Hall, Md
Hopkins
Edmund Burke
Washington, D.C
Fietta Rosenberger
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit
Rosenberger
Lindbergh
Bake
Kansas
Chamberlin
Levine
Shen Valley, Inc
Dr. Rosenberg
Army
Friscos
Church Bulletin
John Mann
East Cork Street
Leton Port Onan Cpartnees
Dr. Scholl
Sample Shoe Store
Wonder's Apparel Shop
North Main St
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