Two Teens Held on Bad Checks and Board Bill
Two youths named A F Painter and L C Painter of Harrisonburg are held in Shenandoah county jail in Woodstock on charges of passing four bad checks and beating a board bill. Clarke warrants have been filed. they were reportedly picked up on a Strasburg complaint after passing bad checks at Berryville stores and staying at a local tourist home.
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Berryville
Winchester
Strasburg
Shenandoah County
Woodstock
R. W. Buckner
Clarke
Shenandoah
Buckner
S. F. Baughman
Smith’s
Stickley
M. F. Payne
Walter M Rutherford
German Seamen Landed for Interment After Naval Losses
More than 100 German seamen, believed crews of Nazi vessels captured or scuttled at sea, were landed at a northern port today by a British naval ship. They entrained for an internment camp.
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London
Service For E. Pope At New Oxford
Funeral services were held Wednesday March 6 for E W Pope who died March 3 after a short illness. He resided in New Oxford Pa for many years and was a member of Emory Methodist Church. Survived by wife Belle Scrivener Pope, children H E Gibson Harold Pope E C Carper one foster son Vernon Rutherford twelve grandchildren and one sister I G Hoffman. Interment in New Oxford Cemetery. Palbearers were four grandsons and other relatives attended from Winchester Martinsburg and vicinity.
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Ward W. Pope
New Oxfo Pa
H. Millard
Emory Methodist
New Oxford
Pope
Belle Scrivener Pope
Rene
H. E. Gibson
Crozet
Harold Pope
E. C. Carper
Winchester Goodrich Silver Tan store wins sales award
W. W. Whitlock, manager of the Winchester Goodrich Silver Tan store, received notice from B F Goodrich Company in Akron that his store won a Master Merchandise Award for outstanding sales during 939. The bronze plaque honors top stores in the national sales organization.
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W. W. Whitlock
Winchester Goodrich Silvertan
B. F. Goodrich Company
Akron
Ohio
Whitlock
Indian Music Revival in San Joaquin Valley
Hanford California reports Miss Margery Whittet rural music supervisor leads revival of valley native tunes. Tache tribe members near Lemoore cooperate as she transcribes the rain song and deer song sung by elder women.
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Hanford
Cal
Margery Whittet
San Joaquin Valley
Lemoore
Public Sale of Valuable Orchard and Residence Property
Trustees offer for public auction a 112 acre Frederick County tract known as the Aulick Farm, near Winchester, with a 100 acre apple orchard in fine condition. Sale 1940-03-20 at 11 a.m. in front of Winchester Court House. One third cash, balance in two annual installments at 6 percent, secured by deed of trust and insurance policy. Proceeds to Massey and Elizabeth Massey trusts via Lynch and Massey trustees. Auctioneers Duvall & Dunn.
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Charles F. Massey
J. M. Steck
Frederick County
M. M. Lynch
Elizabeth Massey
Court House
Winchester
W. W. Glass
Ieee Snteteak
Oes
Duvall & Dunn
Aucts
Why Are We Afraid to Die Yet Live in Dreams
A reflective verse asks why people fear death while clinging to yesterday and future fantasies. It contrasts the dead with living fears of change and risk, condemning laziness, greed, intolerance, and spite that rot minds and dull life. The poem ponders true death versus living in fear.
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Copright
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Poston
Disciples Readies Quarterly Meeting at Saumsville
The Disciples Union of the Christian Church will hold a quarterly meeting at Sausasville Church of Christ on Friday evening March 15. A 6 30 fellowship supper will precede conferences by Mrs. W L Dudley of Winchester and Wilmer Whitlock. At 8 00 Rev Charles H Punk of Winchester will speak on The Forces of Christianity Against the Forces of Evil. Public invited. Officers listed: President Fred D Maphis Strasburg vice president Rev Charles H Funk Winchester secretary L B Pifer Winchester.
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Disciples Union of the Christian Church, Disciples of Christ
Sausasville Church of Christ
W. L Dudley
Winchester
Wilmer Whitlock
Charles H. Punk
Church of Christ In
Fred D. Maphis
Strasburg
Charles H. Funk
Fatal Crash Kills Thomas Wilson Near Route 1
Frederickburg Virginia March 9. Thomas Wilson 34 black of Woodford was killed instantly when his car crashed into a lumber ruck four miles north of town on Route 1.
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Fredericksburg
Thomas Wilson
Woodford
Here
Record Broken in Clarksburg Traffic Fatality
Clarksburg end to 1937 streak with May 26 last fatality avoided until a hit run killed 87 year old Frank Anthony. Boston health note links asthma relief to adrenaline response, citing lecture by Dr. Burrage and claim allergies trigger adrenaline production.
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Clarksburg
W. VA
Frank Anthony
Boston
Walter S. Burrage
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