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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1925
Page
2
Local notes list movements and visits among residents. John Ps esma and Mary E. Hamilton receive mentions, and several families relocate to new farms or towns including Forty Oaks and Martinsburg. A.C. Swimley remains attending physician. Galilee church plans sermons next Sunday.
Mount Williams Virginia March 5. Lucien Ard wool at the weekend with their sister Mrs Arthur Sages at Ope jump. Willie Bly guest of grandfather Jacob Burkhart Sunday. Rez AW Groscop Wardensville Spemt Saturday night and Sunday morning with Mr and Mrs Bill Orndorff. Zelda Wallace visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs J M. Wallace. Joseph, Wallace, James and Taft Russell and Charles Ashwood were guests of Howard and James Brewer Sunday. Chris Grubb Winchester painting interior. Mr and Mrs N C Williams and two children Harding and Earle were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs W H Himelright Sunday.
Reynolds Store reports a birthday party held February 28 at the home of Mr and Mrs C C Shirley for Perry Hovermale of Martinsburg West Virginia turning twenty one. Guests included many local residents and relatives with games and a variety of refreshments enjoyed into the late hours.
At 12 o'clock the guests left for home after expressing themselves as having had a most delightful time.
Mr and Mrs Harry Harvey and son from swear Washington visit Mr and Mrs Arthur Miller. Mr Mahlon Lett moves to Mr J Twears farm near St John s Church. Mr and Mrs Ernest Fisher and Canada visit Mr and Mrs Earl Clowser. Miss Liza Holmes spent last week with Mrs Thomas Coope. Mr J L Crell, confined with neuritis, is now able to be down stairs. Mr J I White lost a valuable cow last week.
Bracetown Virginia notes a roundup of dinners and visits. Mr and Mrs Robert Smith hosted Belle Jolie Mary Ware and others at a Sunday dinner. Mrs J T Bradshaw returns from Summit Point after visiting a sister. Inauguration attendance and various local guests are listed with households in Kernstown New Market Martinsburg and Winchester areas.
Rosenberger remarks from Capon Springs as Mrs. Alabaugh cares for her. Friends anticipate her return. Local labor on timber for J. B. Frye's sawmill. Visitors to the Clowsers include Vivian Creswell and Leonard and Leo Clowser. Claribel Clower visits sister near Hayfield. Messrs. Mellwee and Delmar Mellwee in Winchester on business. Lola Clowser visits Mrs. E. A. Haines. Rosenberger family ties and Sunday calls around Winchester. Granville Snapp ill. Tevalt family in Winchester. Hyla Lowery visits. Lowery relatives in Opequon. Multiple visits to Mrs. L. G. Fawcett and Aunt Mrs. C. B. Lowery in Opequon. J. Fawcett in Winchester. Minnie Sime with C U Lowery visit.
Whitacre Virginia March 5 The Epworth League held a Sunday night program led by Miss Retha Kimball with Miss Georgia Dick at the organ. Readings included Samuel 20 1 4 and John 15 13 15 and a lesson on The Cost of Friendship. Weekend visits and local notes follow.
OPEQUON Va March 5 Mrs W F Orndorff and son D Orndorff and daughter Mrs Minnie Line and her young daughter Elegie Gine are mentioned in a local notes item. The fragment suggests a family gathering or social visit with details truncated. Further specifics are not provided in the text.
Notice urges auto owners to prepare cars for spring. Promises cheapest, best service with guaranteed work. Highlights use of second hand parts for all makes. Also sells two building lots in good locations at bargain prices.
An old time cough is described as stubborn and lingering. Bronchiline Emulsion is touted as the strongest remedy, able to halt hacking within doses and even a half bottle claim to cure a two month cough. Readers are directed to Baker's Drug Store or any active druggist for a bottle.
Shenandoah Valley Inc and Northern Virginia Park Association will host a Washington banquet at the Mayflower Hotel to celebrate the congressional passage of funding for Shenandoah National Park survey. Invitations have been issued across the state with notable attendees expected from the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce led by President Dr. Joseph H. Smith of Petersburg and Executive Manager Major Hodges.
Edward Murphy challenges a magistrate's ruling on drinking liquor on a stairway at a Charles Town dance hall. He objects to 30 days in jail and a $100 fine plus costs, asserting due process and intends to take the case to a jury after his arrest as he and four friends approached the hall.
In Boyce Virginia on March 5 a bowing club of young women from Blue Ridge Country School defeated a team led by Mrs. R P Whiting by 85 points. The winning quartet includes Miecel Virginia Jacobs Henrietta Carey Harrison and Elizabeth Ones.
A Virginia voter in Marion writes from North Carolina that he will oppose Senator Byrd for governor due to Byrd’s stance against road bonds. He cites Virginia lagging behind North Carolina in road building as the key reason behind his vote and campaign effort.
J H Dorton and W Graham of Val report long nights due to bladder irritation. After using Lithiated Buchu Keller Formula, they say symptoms eased. The ad claims the pills purify the bowels and neutralize acids, addressing the bladder issue, with tablets costing 2 cents. Sold at leading drug stores from Keller Laboratory Mechanicsburg Ohio.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination to be held Saturday March 28 at the Winchester post office to fill a rural carrier position at Star Tannery and future vacancies on rural routes from that post office. Form 1977 and application blanks are available from the vacancy office or from the Civil Service Commission in Washington.
An old advertisement touts Doan's Pills as a stimulant diuretic for kidney issues. It cites H L Wood of a Winchester clothing store praising the product after a backache and kidney symptoms, claiming lasting relief. Price listed as 60 cents at dealers, with Foster Milburn Co. as manufacturers.
Agonized readers are urged to try Dare’s Mentha Pepsin for quick relief from indigestion gas acidity and stomach distress. The ad promises rapid improvement and a money back guarantee if it does not outperform all prior remedies, claiming years of formulation.
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