Social prominence and plans for Golden Rule banquet noted
Mr. Coblentz, Frederick financier and church leader, to speak at Golden Rule Bible Close of Braddock Street M E church South tomorrow at 7 30 pm. 200 plus men expected. Other items include a surprise party for Mrs Costello and varied community notices from Woodbine League to Martinsburg dances and local society reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory L. Coblentz
Frederick
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Harry W. Ebert
D. E. Stultz
Cobientz
Central Trust Company
Potomac Edison Company
Wardman Park Hotel
Washington
Francis Scott Key
Coblentz
Maryland
Remains of Late Mrs. Grover Henson Are Laid To Rest
Funeral services for Mrs. Vergie Derflinger Henson were held at her home in Middletown Virginia with Rev. Hupman officiating, followed by interment at Mount Carmel Cemetery. The 40 year old widow died after a heart attack late Monday night after a hospital operation the prior week, survived by husband Grover Henson, parents Mr and Mrs North Derflinger, a son Wilson and a daughter Alma, plus several siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Vergie Derflinger Henson
Grover Henson
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Hupman
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Mount Carmel Cemetery
Henson
North Derflinger
Wilson Henson
Alma Henson
Foch Shows Slight But Steady Improvement
Paris dispatch reports Marshal Foch improving gradually this morning. His temperature stood at 98.7 and pulse at 86 with good appetite continuing throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foch
Associated Press
Paris
Marshal Foch
Handley Judges Fall Short to Martinsburg in Season Finale
Handley loses 35 to 24 to Martinsburg in the final basketball game with a 13-11 halftime deficit. Next season the Judges aim to build a winning team with core players Sirbaugh Norton Eckley Garber Rosenberger and a track team led by Captain Kern Bageant Koons Eckley Fries Clevenger Flickinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
Martinsburg Cagers
Martinsburg
Sirbaugh
Norton
Eckley
Garber
Rosenberger
Kern
Bageant
Koons
Fries Dash
Clevenger
Flickinger
Sargent
the Athletic Association
College Girls Play Under Boys Rules At Handley High
The Handley High School gym hosts Lions Club basketball against the All American College Girls of Chicago using boys rules. Chicago players lure crowds after recent shows at Harrisonburg and Front Royal. A Girls Athletic Association team and Warrenton’s best girls team also play, with boxing and fencing exhibitions. Tickets cost 50 cents and proceeds aid crippled children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High School
Lions’ Club
Chicago
Harrisonburg
Front Royal
Girls’ Athletic Association
Warrenton Quint
Lions
Winchester
Extra Session of Congress Set for April 15
President Hoover called an extra session of the seventy first Congress for April 15. The session will consider agricultural relief legislation and limited tariff changes, with officials noting these measures cannot be postponed for farmers, laborers, and manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Seventy-First Congress
Hoover
Rate of Call Money Advanced To 11 Per Cent
New York march 17 Alternate periods of weakness and strength marked today’s stock market with nervousness over the credit situation. Call money rose to 11 percent. Liquidation was moderate, suggesting accounts were well margin ed. Trade and business news remained favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Presa
New York
Standard Oil of Indiana Stockholders Meet in Solemn Conclave
In Whiting Indiana the annual meeting of Standard Oil of Indiana stockholders was held with churchlike solemnity. The session was expected to defeat Col Robert W Stewart for reelection as chairman. The board reported 8,446,120 votes cast. 817,410 shares in person and 7,628,710 by proxies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Whiting
Ind
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Community House
Robert W. Stewart
Board of Directors
Board of Election
Farmers Union Meet Scheduled at Court House
Frederick County Farmers Union will hold a meeting at 2 o clock Saturday afternoon March 9 at the Court House building. All members urged to attend as important business of interest to farmers will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Society
Federated Council
Library
Federated Council of Church Women
Handley Library
Council
Frederick County Farmers’ Union
Court House
County Union
Ford Stolen On North Cameron Street Car Details Given
A Ford touring car owned by Paul E Crowser was stolen from North Cameron street last night. The vehicle is green with Virginia license 199 154 and motor number VA1445F and carries a spare tire.
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Paul E Crowser
North Cameron Street
Virginia
Miss Anna MacDonald Dies At 93 In Charles Town
Miss Anna Singleton MacDonald longtime resident of Charles Town West Virginia dies at 9 45 pm at the home of Jesse Engle on South Samuel Street after a brief illness She was born October 10 1836 in Charles Town She was buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery following a funeral at Miss Anne Yates MacDonalds South Mildred Street She was a charter member of the Daughters of the American Revolution United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Southern Relief Society and lived in Washington for many years in active service to these groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Singleton MacDonald
Winchester
Jesse Engle
South Samuel Street
Charles Town
W. Va
Anne Yates MacDonald
South Mildred Street
Mount Hebron
Miss MacDonald
Edward C
Frances Elizabeth Singleton MacDonald
James Singleton
Judith Throckmorton Ball
Col
Angus MacDonald
Mary McGuire
Daughters of the American Revolution
United Daughters of the Confederacy
The
Southern Relief Society
Washington
Miner Killed in Limber Port Coal Mine Slide
A miner named Buddy Swartz was killed Tuesday by a coal slide at the Limber Port coal mines near Clarksburg West Virginia where he worked. His body was recovered hours later and brought to his home in Harrisburg area for funeral plans. He is survived by his widow formerly Miss Ethel Madigan of Martinsburg and a daughter Cloro Swartz, his father Walter Swartz and siblings. The funeral arrangements will be set after relatives arrive. Senator Reed reports from Secretary Whiting that census job safety will preserve Republican gains.
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Limberport
Clarksburg
W. Va
Buddy
Walter Swartz
Lupton
Ethel Madigan
Martinsburg
Cloro Swartz
Howard Swartz
South Loudoun Street
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
James F. Rehill
North Kent Street
Personal Finance Co Martinsburg Ad for Quick Loans
Quick loans available on your own signature from $10 to $300 with fixed law rate. Easy monthly repayments. Contact Personal Finance Co of Martinsburg at 115 W King St or by phone 251 J. Published January 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Personal Finance Co
Martinsburg
W. King St
Birthplace search for Wright mothers roots narrows to Virginia
Researchers at the University of Virginia chase two Hillsboros in Albemarle and Loudoun counties to locate Susan Catherine Koerner Wright birthplace. Expert Elizabeth C Grasty suspects Hillsboro Loudoun as the likely site based on family ties and older gazetteer notes. Church and land records in Loudoun are being examined for clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Loudoun
Albémarle
Susan Catherine Koerner Wright
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Wright
University of Virginia
Hillaboro
Loudoun County
John Gottlieb Koerner
Hilsborough
40 Die In Landslide In Madeira Valley
London reports from Funchal Madeira indicate about 40 people dead in the Valley of St Vincent disaster. Eleven houses were swept into the sea according to the Lisbon Seculo newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Funchal
Madeira
Valley
St. Vincent
Madeira Island
Lisbon
Seculo
U. S. Troops to Take Field in Mexico Report
Loyal Mexican general Almazan, provisional federal commander in Coahuila, was said captured at Saltillo by rebels after marching from Monterey. Escobar, rebel commander, fled as Almazan’s forces moved to Saltillo and were defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Saltillo
Almazan
Coahuila
Monterey
Gonzalo Escobar
Escobar
Sportsmen Meet Organize Walton League Branch
A Walton League activity article notes local sportsmen organizing a new branch. The piece discusses quarry behavior noting foxes, quail, and predators in the field, highlighting hunting conditions and regional wildlife interactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton League
Fox Nor Rabbits Policy Discussed By Colonel Bullock
Colonel Bullock urges a study of fox habitats and prey to maintain balance in game. He cites observers and scientists and argues for humane limits on rabbits to keep pest populations healthy. Temporary Izaak Walton officers named include W Nelson Page, R B Jones, and Leslie D Kline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bullock
Izaak Walton
W. Nelson Page
Jones
Leslie D. Kline
Waltoniah
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Coblentz
Golden Rulers
Costello
J. R. Costello
Vaucluse
Eliza Costello
Arthur Costello
Maggie Carper
J. W. Williams
Gretna
Roy
Mary Katheryn
Woodbine
Woodbine Community League
Lague
Civic Community Club
United Brethren Conference
George W. Stover
United Brethren Church
Lancaster
J. H. Brunk
J. R. Collis
A. L Maiden
W. F. Grover
J. H Ruebush
W. S. Good
N. F. A. Cupp
J E. Oliver
B F. Cooley
Shenandoah College
Dayton
Crandall
Jelly Roll Morton
Holmes Grimm
East Gerrard Street
Memorial Hospital
Colleen Hortense
Grimm
Olive Funk
United States Army
H. T. Smith
Charles Summerall
Army
Smith
Third Corps
Mary McKenzie
New York City
Samuel Gerschenak
Mr. C. EB. Babb
Baltimore
Cora Newcome
Alexandria Va
National Avenue
Robert McCarty
Asbury Park N. J
Miss Gerschenak
Mr. S. Marks
R. A. Shryock
Stephens City
Ruth Newcome
Alexandria
H. H. Hees
Jack Prestage
Scranton, Pa
George Washington Hotel
Maj. A. Willis Robertson
Game and Inland Fisheries
Davidson
Hunter Davidson
Newport News
Mrs. T. M. Judd
George A. Newcome
Harrisburg
Robert Brumback
B. A. Rowland
Stoneans
Huntsberry
Ster
Congress
Farmers’ Union
FORD
Anna MacDonald
Arville Swartz
West Va
Arville B. Swartz
David Reed
Secretary of Commerce
Washington Post
Commonwealth of Virginia
Frederick County
Acts of Assembly of
Board of Supervisors
C. I. Brumback
C. C. Brannon
Wrights
U. S
Winchester Wholesale Grocery Corp
Sale Distributors
LOU Bernstein CO
Loudoun Street
New
Lovett Bros
David Miller
Chestnut Farm
American Legion
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