Apple Blossom Festival Notes and Local Visits
A Winchester Apple Blossom Festival update lists many guests visiting from nearby towns and states. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Unger, Mr. and Mrs. Mederith Himelright, and others from Glengarry, Winchester, Albin, Ridge, and Baltimore while various residents host and entertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Herbaugh
Albin
Herbaugh
Marshall Unger
Glengary
W. Va
Mederith Himelright
Winchester
State Hawkins
Guy Smith
Vernie Milburn
Retta DeHaven
Ruth Hawkins
Lucille
Flora Hight
Mazie
Maggie Taylor
Audrey Taylor
Messrs
Libert Smith
Holmes Spence
Warl Hawkins
Robert Seal
Ridge
Leslie
Vergil Unger
Festival Guests and Visitors Around Winchester Area
A string of visitors and residents gather for the festival in Winchester. Mrs. John Bowers hosts in Harrisonburg while Grace Orndoff is reported nursing in Harrisonburg. Various families from Kabletown, Burnt Factory, Washington, Gaithersburg and Baltimore visit local homes for the event. Names include M A Bush, Arthur Bush, Sallie Ebersole, Virginia Hoffman, Pauline Grim, Alice Newcome, J B Grubbs, Betty Carter, Mildred Hurst, Nancy Boyer, Summercamp, Annie Marple, Harry Warden, Virginia Moore, Alverda Cooke, Justa Quick, Daisy Brewer, Martin Carper, H B Hess, Major Steel, M D Mitchell, G F Howe, C A De Hart, and Elizabeth DeKay.
Local Guests Visit Area Families This Week
Ashburn Virginia and Harrisburg Pennsylvania visitors spend days with local hosts including Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Gray and Mr. and Mrs. T R Sanford. Wesley and Gertrude Wesley of Washington DC stay with the Grays. The Brewer home hosts Jersey Shore and Ohio visitors during the festival week. Staunton and Blacksburg guests also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert I. Barr
Staunton, Va
C. E. Huntsberry
Mary Lynch
Washington, D. C
Mrs. M. M. Lynch
Ashburn,Va
Robert L. Gray
Marvin. Wesley
Gertrude Wesley
Mrs. Young
Frank S. Black
M. D. Mitchell
Colonel Kennedy Hosts Pennsylvania Guests at Apple Blossom
Col M C Kennedy of Chambersburg hosted a party for the Apple Blossom Festival including T W Hulme of the Pennsylvania Railroad as vice president, George D Ogden A W Thompson and Walker Maguire of Philadelphia. They traveled on a special train and joined a luncheon with Mr and Mrs W A Baker. Pennsylvania officials will lead a parade with representatives from Philadelphia Harrisburg and Chambersburg arriving by special train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hulme
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Col. M. C. Kennedy
Chambersburg
Kennedy
George D. Ogden
Philadelphia
A. W. Thompson
Walker Maguire
W. A. Baker
South
Washington Street
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
William P. Hammond
David H. Riddle
Policeman Killed in Philadelphia Bank Run Duel
A bank runner guarded by police was robbed by five men in Philadelphia. One officer, Harry Cooper, was killed. another wounded, and four bandits were captured. The chase began after a bank escort car halted near Olney Park and Trust Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Philadelphia
William Miller
Olney Park and Trust Company
Miller
Joseph Kaelin
Harry Cooper
Cooper
Charles Bentley
Samuel Holt
Armour Packing Company
Joe Curry
Egger
Pacific Coast
Handley School Pageant Opens Shenandoah Celebration
The town hosts a long parade with military academy bands and school groups marching in divisions from Berryville to Stephens City. A Handley School pageant, The Pageant of the Seasons, features about 600 students with music by the Handley High School Orchestra and solo and choral numbers marking autumn, winter, and spring scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. JE. Sands
Seo
Military Academy
Thomas Beards
Winchester
Miller
Big Brunswick
Greenbrier Military Academy
Lewisburg
Guy Manning
M. G. Ram
Davis
Brunswick H
Brunswick Graded School
A. M. Jarman
Mars Handley H. S
Handley Schools
D. G. Cooley
Berryville H
Berryville Graded School
Boyce High School
Boyce Graded School
J. O. Beard
Middletown
R. E. Ayler
Stephens City
D. F. Kern
Gore High School
Gore Graded
Bryarly
Mt. Carmel
Woodbine
Handley High School
W. H. McIlwee
Dorothy Williams
Camille Waltz
Abstract list of names and seasonal references
Fragmentary OCR lists many personal names paired with months and seasonal words. No coherent event or story emerges beyond a sequence of individuals such as Rufus December John Christmas, Hal Brow Isabelle Bail Little New Year, Jeannette Wise February, Queen of May, and other oddly joined terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Frost
Ogenres Rufus
John
Hal Brow
Isabelle Bail
Jéannetta Wise
Sis Otterbein M
Mery Bitzab
William Shafe
Queen’s Herald
Bidney Queen of May
Kerr Russe
Riddick
High Honor For Clifford Graves At Univ of Pennsylvania
Clifford Graves of Winchester Virginia is elected to the Béla Gamma Si Honorary Scholastic Society at the University of Pennsylvania. A Wharton junior with a 3.52 average, Graves is also a member of the university wrestling team and was noted for admission without standard entrance exams due to his scholarship record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Star
Philadelphia
H. Graves
Winchester
Unity of Pennsylvania
Gamma Sigma
American City Schools of Business
Phi. Beta Kappa
Graves
Wharton School of Finance and Commerce
Varsi
All Ars
Strother Shulleauis
Mondiey High School
Heelays
University of Pennsyvania
British strikes prompt arrests and miner union stance
Shapurji Saklatvala the only communist MP was arrested in London for a seditious Hyde Park speech and faces Bow Street Court. Prime Minister Baldwin linked the warning to averting calamity if the general strike continues, while Labour leaders challenge the date. In Hazelton Pennsylvania the United Mine Workers say no action will be taken until British strike details are clarified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communist
London
Shapurji Saklavala
Hyde Park
Bow Street
Saklatvala
Premi Blagwin
House of Common
Ngti
Baldwin
Battersea
Hazelton
Red Mine Workers of America
Thom Kennedy
United Mine Woers
Better Get Dog Tags To Avoid Paying a Fine
Dog owners urged to purchase tags to avoid fines as a house to house canvass targets unlicensed dogs. April 30 is the deadline for 1926 tags. Any dog found unlicensed on premises after date may result in fines. cooperation requested by Ralph G. Pollard. Also, Friendship Fire Co. No. 1 members asked to meet at the hall at noon tomorrow for the Apple Blossom parade under Capt. Fred W. Forney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph G. Pollard
Pollard
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Friendship Fire Co. No. 1
Fred W. Forney
To Winchester Virginians in Your Place Poem by Corbet
A verse praising Winchester and surrounding Virginia scenery. The poem by Ethel B. Corbet admires mountains valleys trees rivers and orchards and argues visitors should carry home memories of Virginians and the place itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel B. Corbet
Washington, D
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R. Hopper Smith
Baltimore
S. Rosenmeyer
North Loudoun Street
W. T. Gregg
I. B. Richardson
J. W. Fell
Monongahela, Pa
David Grimm
South Cameron Street
Mr. Wayne Cooper
Washington
Leslie D. Grimm
Harrisburg, Pa
Mrs
Louis Fontas
Fontas
George’s Confectionary
Mr. Fontas
Crystal Confectionary
Ruth Greene
New Rochelle, N Y
Esther Norton
William McFarland
Keyser, W. Va
J. Newton McDonald
May Cooper
Helen
Washington D. C
J. A. Kerns
Baltimore, Md
Mrs. W. L. Poston
North Kent Street
Harmon B. Bell
William H. Beale
Billy
Mrs. Douglas Taylor
Winston-Salem
Gray Gables ‘Inn
Elizabeth Sheetz
Philadelphia, Pa
Mrs. I. N. Good
George O. Ferguson
University of Virginia
J. G. Beverley
J. H. Pifer
Strasburg, Va
Mrs. H. S. Pifer
John Murnan
North Kern Street
Charlie Beck
Harrisonburg, Va
J. S. Haldeman
Samuel Beckenheimer
Fenton Byers
William Shank
North
Loudoun Street
John Bowers
Harrisonburg
Grace Orndoff
armvbere_ted
Powetausis
Eeedoff
M. A. Bush
Arthur Bush and Son
Kabletown
Sallie Ebersole
Virginia Hoffman
Pauline Grim
Burnt Factory
Alice Newcome
South Kent Street
J. B. Grubbs
Betty Carter
Wadesville
Mildred Hurst
Nancy Boyer
G. F. House
Mrs. Summercamp
Cumberland
Annie Marple
Harry Warden
Berryville, A
Virginia Moore
Alverda Cooke
Gaithersburg, Md
H. C. Sheetz
Mary Quick
State Teachers’ College
Fredericksburgh Va
Justa Quick
Daisy Brewer
Mrs. W. L. Brewer
Martin Carper
Boyce
Richmond
W. S. Carper
H. BH. Hess
Steel
G. F. Howe
Brunswick, Md
C. A. DeHart
Henry DeKay
Miss Elizabeth DeKay
T. R. Sanford
C .c. R. Sanford
Douglas Sheetz
Cleveland, Ohio
H. C
Herman S. Barr
V.P. I
Blacksburg, Va
Colonel Kennedy
KreDelll
Prince Albert
P. A
Jimmy
Pringe Albert
P.A
Marjorie Kenney
Margaret Price
Red Leaves Gold Leagues
Rufus Boyce
Miss Williams
Kenneth Triplett
Wilson Pugh
Up In
Santa Land
John Hottle
Little New York
Jeanette Wisecarvers
George Washington
Spring
Mary Elizabeth Ebert
William Shafer
March Wind
South Wind
Helen Mason
April
Dorothy Ann Reed
Daffodil Ladies
Daffodil Girls
Robin Dear
Chalmers Nelson
Bluebird
Marguerite Whitacre
South Wind Daisies
Majorie Kenney
H. B. McCormac
House
Senate
Clifford Graves
Univ. P
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