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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1941
Page
9
The county notes frequent moving and visiting. Families such as Luttrells Daileys and Heironimuses resettle near Gainesboro and Ha vestown while relatives travel to Winchester and Siler. Community members discuss gatherings, sewing events, and wood hauling for Mrs Kerns with invites and schedules.
Stephens City notes record visits among local families including Mr and Mrs Barr Samsell and guests from Front Royal and White Post. Mrs Joe Strode visits Middletown. Anne Deighton from near Middletown visits Cranemathen Mrs Wyd Mire Steele. Calvin Grim hospitalized in Winchester Memorial, surgery on Wednesday.
The passage lists numerous relatives and friends visiting or staying with families in Winchester and nearby areas. It notes illnesses, hospitality at homes of Mr. and Mrs., and multiple trips between towns such as Clarksburg and Martinsburg.
Local notes report visits and travels among residents. Frederick Gore and family spent time with the Lamp family in Winchester, while H W and family visited David Glaize in Lebanon Church. Roanoke trips, Arlington and Clearbrook visits, and Florida sojourns are also mentioned along with several local households hosting guests.
Reynolds store notes Mr and Mrs Walter Moore are identified. Shade is indisposed but improving. Mrs Ansley Place slowly recovers. Mr and Mrs Herbert Yost and Mr and Mrs Randall Gardner of Winchester visited Mr and Mrs E D Shenk. Oll guests of Mr and Mrs Strother. Mr and Mrs Frank Lee Flowers of Buck Point spent Sunday with Mr Ernest Batt.
The notice announces observance of Boys and Girls Week from April 26 through May 3 inclusive. It highlights activities and aims to promote youth engagement and community involvement.
Mr and Mrs Stuart Larrick welcomed their second son Gene Roy on February 17. Mrs Bill Burtner was taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital for a major operation. Mr Bill Williams, injured in a fall at Boyce High School, is recovering at home with a body cast for months. Several local residents noted hospital visits, travels and family moves including Mrs Emmett Stuart and Mr and Mrs Rixey Dearmont.
The Womens Society of Christian Service of Rest Church will hold their March meeting on Saturday night March 8 at 8 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Armel at Ridgeway. Several locals attend Bible Study School at Bunker Hill this week and next. Mrs Holmes Snapp and Miss Carrie Swartz of Martinsburg visited Mrs E W Smallwood and family. Esther Ridgeway left for a Florida motor trip with friends from Winchester. Mr and Mrs E N Swartz were guests of Mr and Mrs Oscar Wilson at Inwood. Mrs George Clark visited her sister Mrs Roy Ashton at Cedar Grove.
Kernstown March 1 celebration honoring Herbert and Walter Robertson. Guests included Earl and Mrs Robertson, Helen Robertson, Walter Robertson, and many relatives and friends. Communion services at Kernstown Methodist Church Sunday at 11 o clock. Other visits noted with Lupton and Larrick families.
Isaac Creek March notes report Albert Kerns moved Saturday to a new house near Gore sand near home. Mr and Mrs Clarence Sheffer and Alva Kerns visited Mrs Grace Kerns who is improving slowly. Mr and Mrs Alvin Whitacre and family called on H D Whitacre. Glen Whitacre visited Corey Wingfield. Wingfield family hosts on Sunday.
Cross Roads notes report measles outbreaks easing as several families, including Mrs. W. W. Hicks and Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Line, visited friends and relatives around Sandy Ridge Sunny and Capon Bridge. A recent snowstorm left roads impassable in places.
Seven year old Patsy Wenzel, who never owned a doll, entered a welfare agency doll fashion show dressed as her imagined doll. Judges awarded her a special prize a doll for her creativity and effort.
The record notes 732 individuals in Washington with fortunes exceeding $100,000. This figure highlights a notable concentration of wealth within the state.
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