Cumberland Valley Agents Banquet At Greencastle Pa
Cumberland Valley 4 on Pennsylvania Railroad held a banquet in Greencastle detailing a goal to promote safety and reduce loss and damage. Attendees included M. V. B. Snake and committee members J. C. Clark T. M. West W. B. Hawhaker and W. S. Mullin. Speakers urged vigilance and teamwork to cut injuries and improve handling of freight. A marriage notice for Miss Helen Virginia Crabill and Robert Fountain Jones in Washington followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Valley
Pennsylvania
Greencastle
M. V. B. Snake
Winchester
J. C. Clark
Chambersburg
T. M. West
Waynesboro
W. B. Hawhaker
W. S. Mullin
Turkey
W. B. Hawbaker
W. S. Mullins
A. T. Stocksdale
Thomas B. Kennedy
Dorothy Stewart Engaged to Harrison Musgrave Jr in Martinsburg Tea
Miss Dorothy Stewart announced engaged to Harrison Musgrave Jr of Saginaw Mich at a tea hosted by Mrs T P Licklider on West King street Winchester. About 50 guests attended and maid of honor Ann Kemp was chosen. Tea featured pink roses and pink candle decor with miniature bride and groom cards on salad plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Martinsburg
W. Va
Evening Journal
T. P. Licklider
West King Street
Dorothy Stewart
Harrison Musgrave, Jr
Saginaw
Mich
Lillian Licklider
Stewart
Elsie Stewart
Robert H. Stewart
Musgrave
Los Angeles
Cal
Isabelle Payne
Gertrude Miller
Clay Whiteford
Power Company Frolic Attracts Hagerstown Employees
Nearly 300 Potomac Edison Company workers attended a masqued frolic at the Masonic Temple in Hagerstown Maryland replacing the Christmas party canceled due to flu. Revellers Orchestra provided music as Mr Park W T Loy led arrangements with Mrs Edith Parry and others handling refreshments decorations invitations and games. About 100 attendees came from the local area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Power Company
Potomac Edison Company
Masonic Temple
Hagerstown
Park W. T. Loy
Edith
Parisy
Lydia Stouffer
Olive Martin
Ruby Yost
Roland Long
Elizabeth Robins Engaged to Thomas Turner Foster
Announced by Mr and Mrs William Randolph Robins of Baltimore their daughter Elizabeth Horner Robins to Thomas Turner Foster son of the late James Robert Foster and Mrs Foster of Glenville Virginia The couple will marry in Warrenton in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Randolph Robins
Baltimore
Elizabeth Horner Robins
Thomas Turner Foster
James Robert Foster
Foster
Glenville
the Plains
James W. Foster
Edward Carter
Carter Hall
Warrenton
Lovett Brothers Plan Alternating Leadership at Two Stores
Frank and Harry Lovett, new owners of Timberlake Shoe Company in Staunton, announce a plan to run both the Staunton Timberlake store and the Sample Shoe Store in Winchester by alternating weekly between the two locations. The Timberlake store, one of the Shenandoah Valley’s oldest, was sold by the Timberlake estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Kremer Transferred to Carlisle Store Duties Begin
Mr Richardson Kremer recently joined Montgomery Ward and has been transferred to Carlisle Pennsylvania to commence duties there last Monday. He was accompanied by Mr and Mrs Herbert Harmer and Mrs Kremer who returned home Sunday. Mrs Kremer will join him in Carlisle within weeks to establish their future home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richardson Kremer
Montgomery Ward Company
Carlisle
Kremer
Herbert Harmer
Trenary on Florida trip and rescheduled meeting notice
The regular meeting of the Girls Athletic Association moved from March 7 to March 14 due to a basketball game with the Lions. Commissioner Trenary, revenue chief for the city, sails from Baltimore on the Dorchester to Florida for about two weeks. Several residents and visitors frequent Baltimore and Winchester area this week, with local social and church notes included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ Athletic Association
Lions
Commissioner Trenary
Florida
Charles W. Trenary
Baltimore
Dorchester
Merchants and Miners’ Line
Trenary
Social notes from Luray and Martinsburg visitors
A string of social updates lists Mrs. W. M. Brumback of Luray staying at Hotel Jack, Miss Lulu Mace of Philadelphia visiting family, Dr. A C Swimley and wife en route to Washington and Philadelphia, and several other guests and travelers including Mr. B. T. Molar, the Owens, Mrs. Ritter sidelined by illness, and Kiwanis Revue participants. The items note travel to New York and Farmington, Detroit and Philadelphia, with brief hospital and hospitalward mentions.
First Apples of New Zealand To Arrive March 21
The Empire Marketing Board reports New Zealand apples should reach Great Britain around March 21 with 11 000 boxes due. Total shipments to the continent are expected to rise to about 35 percent this year, up from 18 percent last year, as Western Australia markets expand and more fruit moves to Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Australia
New Zealand
Foreign Service
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Edwin Smith
Europe
England
Empire Marketing Board
Great Britain
Western Australia
United Kingdom
Tax Returns Feature Among Winter Sports This Year
Prominent among the winter season items is the focus on income tax returns, noted as a regular highlight in the period's sports coverage.
Farmer Trapper Sentenced to Life for Killing Boy
Romney W Va March 6 George Fitzwater a 51 year old Hardy county farmer trapper was sentenced to life in the state penitentiary for the murder by shooting of 13 year old Lerti Simmons neighbor boy on September 23 1928 near Moorefield The jury recommended mercy making life imprisonment mandatory rather than hanging The father Charles Simmons was killed moments earlier when Fitzwater shot him during the same incident and trial parts of the case were delayed due to venue changes and witness uncertainty Attorneys Luttrell Gain and Thompson led the prosecution with defenders Welch and White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romney
W. Va
George Fitzwater
Hardy County
State Penitentiary
Lerti Simmons
Fitzwater
Simmons
Moorefield
Kump
Moundsville
Mercy
Lerti
Charles Simmons
E. L. Luttrell
Charles Gain
Martinsburg
Thompson
Hampshire
R. C. Welch
Keyser
Robert White
Gala Week at Local Theatres Promises Silents and Sound
The week of March 11 features daily Capitol showings of talking pictures led by The Girl on Barge and The Singing Fool with Al Jolson. Regent Denny stars in Red Hot Speed. Ernest L. Houde will accompany screenings at the Colonial organ, with noted silent titles like The Beloved Rogue and Two Arabian Knights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Rupert Hughes
al Jolson
Reginald Denny
Ernest L. Houde
Colonial Organ
Robert Morton
Houde
Winchester
Colonial Theatre
John Barrymore
Dolores del Rio
Norma Tamladge
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Astor Theatre
New York
Sorrell and Son
Foch's Doctors Report Slightly Optimistic On Condition
Paris physicians said Marshal Foch's patient had a good night and showed more optimism. Temperature listed at 99.3 and pulse 88 as doctors assess his condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foch
Associated Press
Paris
Marshall Foch
Landslide in Armenia Destroys Village, 13 Die
A landslide in Armenia wiped out the village of Zangezur with 13 fatalities. The report notes uncertainty about further details and includes a stray, unrelated sentence about paying bills and consuming fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Moscow
Armenia
Zangezur
Funeral Services Held For Late Godfrey O Miller
Funeral services were held for Godfrey O. Miller proprietor of Miller's drug store after a months long illness. Rev C A Freed led services at the family home with Grace Lutheran Church ties noted. Burial followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery with out of town friends and numerous pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Godfrey O. Miller
Miller's
Mount Hebron
Keith W. Mooris
Bronxville
New York
Frances R. Robinson
New York City
John M. Waters
Frank L. Water
Washington
Freed
F. T. McFaden
Presbyterian Church
William R Miller
William C. Miller
Michael Collins
E. Blair Sheetz
C. Fred Barr
George Bowly
John 5S. Miller
Godfrey Miller
Baltimore
H. D. Fuller
Scott Affleck
Elson Schaffenaker
Yellow Spring
W. Va
Henry Brown D. W. Ritenour
James B. Russell
Harry R. Kern
J. P. Reardon
J. Mach Noonan
Gun Club Seeks City Rifle Range and Lease
The Winchester Gun Club asked Council for permission to use city land near Rouss Spring to build a rifle range and potentially host a Virginia Trapshooters Association meet. The proposal, to lease the land for one dollar annually, was referred to the public and local improvements committee to coordinate with the gun club and ensure safety and city costs are minimized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy F. Kurtz
Melvin Green
Women’s Civic League
Winchester Gun Club
John L. Shine
Rouss Spring
Virginia Trapshooters Association
F. L. Harris
Harris Addition
Works Hard in the Field in Rankin Illinois
Mrs Bren of Rankin Illinois reports using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound before and after childbirth and during heavy farm work. She says it helps her feel better and that her mother used it with good results. She offers to answer letters about the medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rankin
Illinois
Lydia B. Pinkham
Bren
Osen
Anv
Jefferson Street Grading Plan Before City Council
Council discussed grading 600 feet of Jefferson Street at 210 dollars with abutting owners paying one third. An ordinance appropriating 210 dollars for grading was introduced and paused after two readings. The issue of Miller Street acceptance was referred to the street committee for action. Budget item request for 1929 was urged by a Chamber of Commerce official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firm
Sewer Committee
Jefferson Street
T. J. Orndorff
Mr. Page
Baker
Page
A. D. Henkel
Connelly
Miller Street
Harper
Glaize
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Council
Commerce Chamber
Barr
Corporation Court
City
Forney
Miller
Wm. J. Lockhart
Haddox Terrace
R. B. Rogers
East Gerrard Street
Tommy Clark
Percy Miller
East Boscawen Street
City considers borrowing 10000 to pay printing costs
The council debated and advanced an ordinance allowing the city treasurer to borrow Ten thousand dollars to cover printing and interest costs. The measure passed initial readings and moves toward budget inclusion.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cumberland Valley Division
Frederick
Frostburg
Berkeley Springs
Helen Crabill
Robert F. Jones
Helen Virginia Crabill
Robert Fountain Jones
R. L. Crabill
Potomac
Strasburg
Toms Brook
Jones
Richmond
del Ray
Harrison Musgrave
Bostonians
Huntsberry
Elizabeth ‘Robins
Mr. Foster
Mrs. Kremer
Stephenson Social Club
Miss Ritter
Baltimore Hospital
Gertrude Ritter
Handley High School
A. Taylor Ritter
East Cork Street
Church Home Infirmary
Mr. Kingdon Laws
Westwood N. J
Hotel
Jack
Messrs. P. Klompus
M. Hamburger
Cecil Eskridge
Mrs. Henkel Carpenter
East Piccadilly Street
E. D. Calvert
Frank Wissler
Mount Jackson
LeVan Hyssong
The
Potomac-Edison Company
Hagerstown, Md
William and Baker Chamblin
White Post
R. L. McCarty
Washingon
H. M. Canter
Methodist Church
R. M. Wheeler
Frank Bly
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Handley Library
Stanley McFarland
Paw Paw, W. Va
J. Newton McDonald
W. M. Brumback
Luray
Hotel Jack
Lulu Mace
Philadelphia
Charles Town
Maurice Cather
Miss Mace
Katience
A.C. Swimley
Washington, D. C
B. T. Molar
Shepherdstown, W. Va
Mrs. C. T. Owen
C. W. Ritter
South Braddock Street
Mrs. Ritter
J. A. Emick
Central Weighing and Inspecting Bureau
Lewis H. Hyde
Miss Mary Hyde
Messie
R. L. Clark
F. M. Johnson
George Washington Hotel
Robert Kremer
Virginia Jenkins
Martinsburg Kiwanis Club
James MacIntosh
Emory Larrick
Memorial Hospital
Ellis E. Brush
June
Canadensis
Harry K. Russell
Farmington, Conn
Mary Greenway Russell
Farmington School
J. M. Amherst
Miss Ann McKenzie
Lydia E. Pinkham
LOU Bernstein CO
Loudoun Street
H. W. Ebert
Braddock
Amherst St
W. A. Buncutter & Son
Albin, VA
Lovett Bros
Coats
David Miller
Chestnut Farm
Rotary Club
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