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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1929
Page
2
Mrs Crawford alleges cruel and abusive treatment by her husband W Ford after their April marriage in Harrisonburg. She left January 16 after he struck her, kicked her, and caused a scalp wound. She seeks alimony and notes her refusal of a $40 monthly offer.
More than 2,000 members are expected for the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Virginia annual conclave in Roanoke May 16 and 17 with Bayard Commandery No. 15 as host. The event will feature varied activities shaping the third week of May.
The Scottish Rite Consistory plans a spring reunion May 14 to 16 and Kazim Temple Shrine ceremony May 17 in Roanoke. Knights Templars, Scottish Rite Masons, and Shriners with their ladies will attend two major entertainments and a joint banquet at the Hotel Patrick Henry. About 2,500 members are expected, with roughly 4,500 within driving distance. Pullman cars will be used by some commanderies, and reduced railroad rates are offered for attendees and families.
The Christian Science Monitor notes that a well balanced man has long been held as a worthy ideal, needing no heavy justification. The saying by Parton asserts that fidelity is seven tenths of business success.
Inauguration footage of President Hoover at the Capitol, including the trip to the Capitol, swearing in by Chief Justice Taft, and parade segments, shown today in Capitol News Events. Capitol Theatre also screens The Girl on the Barge with Jean Hersholt Sally O'Neil Malcolm MacGregor, plus Johnny Marvin numbers.
Mrs Ver non Garton and Mr and Mrs George Martin of Martinsburg W V visited friends in Albin Va recently. Mrs Lila B Janney spent Sunday with friends in the village. Mr and Mrs John Snyder visited here with the Snyders parents. Mrs Guy Smith is in Winchester Memorial Hospital for appendicitis surgery. Lloyd Lewis and Miss Beatrice Knight of Hagerstown visited with Mr and Mrs B F Linaburg. Mr and Mrs Gladstone Crim of Winchester spent Sunday with the Crim parents.
Christine W. C. Roszel urges wives daughters sisters and mothers of legionaries to join the auxiliary. dues are 1.60 yearly. she notes the group spends over half a million dollars annually aiding ex service men and their dependents while urging membership by March 10 to help the four fold American Legion purpose.
The message urges eligible women to join the American Legion Auxiliary to support ex service members and aid the sick and needy. It stresses the auxiliary and legion have a unique mission and capabilities.
The excerpt contrasts calm duty facing danger with the folly of repeating mistakes. It echoes the value of restraint and learning from errors, aligning with a stoic view of personal growth.
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