Last Rites Held For Miss Bertha Boehm
Funeral services were held at 4 PM at the Boehm home on 513 North Cameron for Bertha Boehm aged 46. Rev. Dr. Sydenstricker and Rev. W O Talbert officiated with one hymn read. Burial was in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers included Walter Cooper and R M Glass among others. Attendees came from Woodstock Strasburg Martinsburg and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missesse
Carrie J. Boehm
North Cameron Street
Bertha Boehm
Hubert Sydenstrickter
Braddock Street
M. B.urch
W. O. Talbert
Sydenstricker
Mount Hebron
Walter Cooper
R. M. Glass
Joseph Wright
Grover Lewis
George Lind
Harry W. Murphy
Lucille Hottel
A. T. Hottel
Sue Koontz
Woodstock
R. L. Keller
Carolina Keller
Mabel Keller
Beeler
Strasburg
Harry Johnson
Martinsburg
W. Va
Convict To Tell Of Black Legion Conspiracy, Kidnapping
Dayton Dean pleaded guilty to kidnapping and execution of Charles A Poole last May 12 and may testify against about 60 Black Legion suspects. He faces life in prison with a probation report due in a week. Prosecutors plan to use him as a witness in forthcoming trials. Poole, a WPA worker, was killed after being accused by the hooded group. Dean and 14 others were charged with kidnapping and murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Black Legion
Dayton Dean
Hooded Order
Charles A. Poole
Poole
WPA
Jack Legion
Lst
Dean
Bank Closing Notices for July Fourth Holiday
Banks announce closure on Saturday July 4 1936 a legal holiday. All maturing funds will be payable on Monday July 6 1936. J H Yost cashier Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co John H Sloat cashier Commercial and Savings Bank Geo B Bushnell cashier Union Bank of Winchester Harold G Brown cashier Shenandoah Valley National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Yost
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co
John IL. Sloat
Commercial and Savings Bank
Geo. B. Bushnell
Union Bank of Winchester
Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley Net
L Bank
Executor's Sale Of Desirable Home And Building Lots
A Frederick County Virginia court decree prompts a public auction for Shannon Hill properties in Winchester. Two parcels and a whole are offered with one third cash day of sale and the remainder in two installments secured by deed of trust and mortgage policy. Auctioneers Tall and Dunn announce the sale date as June 27, 1936, with the listing noting a postponement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Couny
Virginia
M. M. Lynch
Elizabeth A. Horsey
Samuel R. Atwell
Winchester
Irginia
Frederick Inchester
Shannon Hill
Said Parkway
Prem
M. Lynch
Tall & Dunn
Lynchburg Plans 150th Anniversary Week in October
Lynchburg to celebrate the 150th founding with a week of events starting Oct 12. A pageant of Lynchburg’s progress will run four nightly performances featuring over a thousand cast members. The celebration is funded by a commemorative half dollar sale with 20 000 coins minted and sold at one dollar each plus 25 cent shipping. Senator Carter Glass is honorary president. Ch Keek, New York sculptor, designs the coin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Horner
Lynchburg
United Room
Virnia
Congress
United States
Carter Glass
Monument
Terrace
Senator Glass
En Association
Ch Keek
New York
Negro Held Guilty In Woman's Death
A federal court jury found Earl Conner Williams guilty of first degree murder in the Lover's Lane killing of Fannie Kurz, a Fredericksburg woman fatally beaten in a car at Battlefield Memorial Park in May 1934. The verdict imposes life imprisonment, not death.
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Richmond
Earl Conner Williams
Lover’s Lane
Fannie Kurz
Miss Kurz
Fredericksburg
Williams
Rabid Fire Blamed on Speedy Incendiary Incident
A blaze in San Bernardino California was attributed to an animal incident involving a rabbit whose fur caught fire. Fire crews battled the flames causing property damage with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino
Calif
Million Dollar Wedding at Local Church This Thursday
A mock wedding titled A Million Dollar Wedding will be staged Thursday at the local church. Cast includes Velma Lewis Lucien Bannister Elizabeth Shields Jefferson Lewis with many other youths portraying queens and escorts. attendants decorate in colors of nations including France Austria Italy Spain and England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Entertainment
Ursday Oul
France
Austria
Italy
Spain
South America
China
America
England
Holland
Africa
Denmark
Japan
Germany
Russia
Velma Lewis
Lucien Bannister
Elizabeth Shields
Jefferson Lewis
Heston Tokes
Shepherd Harris
Trilly Turner
John Shields
Violet Tokes
Bushrod Harris
Azelia Day
Carl Green
Elizabeth Cook
Hannah Bacchus
John Tokes
Roberta Jackson
Howard Walker
Rachel Willis
George Davis
Susan Tokes
Robert Moten
Josephine Shields
Hazel Green
Charles Tokes
Mazee Hall
Pocahontas Jackson
Vivian Jackson
Mary Louise Davis
Orie Robinson
George Cook
Rabbit flees flaming brush pile in San Bernardino Forest
Firefighters report a rabbit escaped a brush pile blaze in the San Bernardino National Forest. A railway crew described flames leaping through dry chaparral as the rabbit ran, leaving a scorched track in the brush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino National Forest
Bounty Relics To Be In Museum
Newport News June 30 relics from H M S bounty wrecked on Pitcairn Island in 1789 will be stored in the Huntington Mariners Museum. Alexander Crosby Brown secretary obtained relics by bartering with islanders for yards of cotton print cloth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
H. M. S. Bounty
Fletcher Chris
Pitcairn Island
Huntington Mariners Museum
Alexander Crosby Brown
Bounty Mutineers Loot Pieces from Bligh Shipwreck
Pitcairn Islanders report recovered relics from the Bounty mutiny era. A bronze bolt and oak fragment arrived, with a pig iron ballast piece en route. Parkin Christian, descendant of the mutiny leader, arranged the exchange after stormy washing ashore finds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitcairn
Tyrant Adrift in Open Launch With Loyal 18 Sailors
An unnamed tyrant is described as adrift aboard an open launch with 18 men who remained loyal to him, highlighting a scene of isolation and loyalty amid uncertain escape.
Winchester Vet Delayed Return From Saratoga Mission
Dr. E. W. Miller, Winchester veterinarian, left for Saratoga, N Y, to perform a delicate operation on a valuable thoroughbred. He was accompanied by Dr. Harry Langdon of Charles Town, W Va, and will return to Winchester on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Miller
Winchester
Saratoga
N. Y
Harry Langdon
Charles Town
W. Va
Miller
Canton Troops Withdraw Behind Frontiers Amid Tensions
Hong Kong reports that Canton government troops have withdrawn behind their frontiers in Kwangtung and Kwangsi provinces. Informed sources expect further movements ahead of the Kuomintang executive committee meeting in Nanking on July 10. Canton remains reported quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Canton
Sou
Kwangtung
Kwangsi
Kuomintang
Nationalist Party
Nanking
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William Bligh
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