South End Hose Company Receives Praise From Fire Chief
Fire Chief and Warden J W Sibert addressed the South End Hose Company meeting on Man Street praising its long time service. He urged greater local support to sustain the volunteer unit protecting Winchester's southern district and keeping fires under control before other companies arrive. The audience gave a rising vote of thanks and the meeting adjourned awaiting another visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Sibert
South End
Manstreet
Winchester
Sibert
Little Hose
Two Young Men Injured In Auto Wreck Sunday
Two men from Pikeside, George H. Swimley and Roy Kilmer, were injured when their car skidded on the Martinsburg Winchester turnpike near Tablers. Swimley suffered head and body injuries and cannot use his right arm. Kilmer was briefly unconscious but not seriously hurt. The machine turned turtle, crossed the road, and wrecked. Swimley was partly buried under the car and the vehicle was lifted off him.
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Bunker Hill
W. Va
Martinsburg
Winchester
Tablers
George H. Swimley
Roy Kilmer
Pikeside
Young Kilmer
Swimley
Kilmer
J. W. Kilmer
Bishop Brown To Be Here On May 25
Rt Rev William Cabell Brown and D D bishop coadjutor of the Virginia diocese will visit Christ Church Winchester on May 25 to administer the apostolic rite of confirmation. The rector Rev Dr W D Smith will oversee the services and Bishop Brown will preach. This marks his first Winchester visit since election and consecration. He comes from Berryville via Clarke County Va and will hold confirmation services in Grace Church May 24.
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William Cabell Brown
Protestant Episcopal Diocese
Brazil
Virginia
Christ Church
Brown
Winchester
Berryville
Clarke County
Grace Church
Fortunes Left Mrs. Brooks
The article details Mrs. Brooks of Langhorne fame facing an estate of over 300000 and notes her connections to Langhorne lineage and prominent relatives. It mentions an interlocutory divorce from Reginald Brooks in Charlottesville and lists two English admirers, Capt. Wyndham and Capt. Douglas Pennant, who both imagined marriage to her.
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Brooks
Langhorne
Chiswell D. Langhorne
Waldorf Astor
Charles Dana Gibson
T. Concure Perkins
Paul Phipps
Reginald Brooks
New York
Charlottesville
Court
Inald Brooks
Capt
Wyndham
France
Douglas-Pennant
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