First Troop Active During Bloom Festival
Boy Scouts Troop No. 1 participated in the Apple Blossom Festival with eagle Scouts leading a stand and the rest selling programs directing traffic parking cars seating grandstand and aiding parade crowds. Omits master Cooper announced a two month patrol contest and the winner will be named at the next meeting. Credits the event as valuable training for the boys.
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Boy Scouts
Biegow Oo
Cooper
Bennie Vis
Apple Blossom Weekends and Church Plays Near Waynesboro
Armel area residents spent Sunday with relatives in Waynesboro Virginia. Naomi Rickard and Eth I Pereec Ferguson visited and returned home after visiting Kathleen Hayer and Elsie Armel. Mary and Edna Rockgift went home to Luray after a week with Elsie Armel and attending Apple Blossom events. Epworth League plans two one act plays at White Post Parish Hall on Friday May 13. James Dellinger and family from Middletown visited Armel friends.
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Mayayn
W. R. Thompson
A. R
Naomi Rickard
Welll
Eth I Pereecerguson
Waynesboro
Kathleen Hayer
Mary
Edna Rockgift
Luray
Elsie Armel
Epworth
Mock Trial At Oranda School in Shenandoah County
Prominent Strasburg and Oranda residents will take part in a mock trial at the Oranda school house at 8 o clock Friday the 13th. Frank Stover, a funeral director, is to be arraigned on a bootlegging charge with Rev Wyand Bnact as judge and Rev Harry M Crim at the bar. F B Sapp serves as prosecutor, with a jury of 12. The public is invited to attend.
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Strasburg
Oranda
Shenandoah County
Frank Stover
Oes
Wyand Bnact
Harry M. Crim
Public sale of William Dorsey estate near White Hall
Trustee in bankruptcy offers at public auction at the home farm near White Hall in Frederick county on Thursday May 26 1931 at ten o clock a m. Items include three horses five cows two hogs Studebaker automobile sleigh buggy surrey spraying machine manure spreader grain drill gasoline engine cutting box feed mill mower corn cutter cultivator harrows plows and other farming implements plus household furniture and kitchen items. Terms cash on day of sale.
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United States District Court For
Western District of Virginia
William Dorsey
White Hall
Frederick County
Studebaker
Public Sale Of Valuable Real Estate In Winchester Va
Public auction set for eleven A M Saturday May 28 1932 in front of the County Courthouse Winchester Virginia. Tract 1 155 acres seven miles north of Winchester with brick dwelling barn orchard and limestone soil. Tract 2 113 acres adjoining with house outbuildings and apple orchard. Tract 1 terms one third cash with balance in two annual installments secured by bonds and deed of trust. Tract 2 sale limited to equity of redemption with purchaser assuming Federal Land Bank debt of 5580 25 remaining balance. Dunn Duvall Auctioneers.
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United States District Court
Western District of Virginia
William
Winchester
Virginia
Frederick County
William Dorsey
Grimes
Federal Land Bank of Baltimore
Outstanding Happenings In The Administration Of 1813
A compact digest lists events in 1813 including James Madison’s presidency and Admiral Perry’s victory at Lake Erie. It notes British campaigns against Washington, Decatur’s actions at Algiers, and the Battle of New Orleans outcomes. The text mentions the Treaty of Peace with Britain, Indiana state admission, the American Colonization Society founding Liberia, and the first protective tariff.
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Perry
Lake Erie
Washington
Decatur
Algiers
New Orleans
England
THE
United
Indiana
American Colonization Society
Liberia
Small Failures Shake Confidence and Damp Energy
Glass agates serve many roles from marbles to valve seats and light reflectors. Failure in small things dulls enthusiasm and weakens will power, leading to reduced energy. The end is insight. Failure in small things inevitably means failure in big things.
Winchester items reflect community news on deaths and events
One year ago Winchester citizen Harry M. Henry died of pneumonia. Local firemen seek 4000 for awards at the Virginia State and Cumberland War Volunteer Firemen's meet in August. Handley High athletes excel at the Virginia State Track meet in Charlottesville. Six nurses will graduate from Winchester Memorial Hospital this spring. Local complaint cites radio noise as a plague in the city. Five years ago Ruth Snyder faced trial in New York for murder. Ohio Valley apples report more damage. Shenandoah Bar notes Judge Frank B. Whiting’s death. Winchester Century Club demonstrates music history. Virginia motor bus lines report rising passengers.
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Harry M. Henry
Winchester
Vira
Cumberland War
Handley High School
Charlottesville
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Ruth Snyder
New York City
Aples
Ohio Valley
Shenandoah
Frank B. Whiting
Winchester Century Club
Virginia
Winchester Woolen plans erection of state bank
Fifteen years ago plans are under way for a new Winchester woolen state bank building. The institution shows deposits of 96 638.47 in its latest statement. Chapmans Auto Supply advertises selling 15 Ford cars last week. American officials state there will be no peace with Germany until global tranquility is achieved.
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Winchester — Woolen mi State Bank
Chapman's
Auto Supply Company
Ford
Germany
Von Steuben Shapes Washingtons Revolutionary Drill Master
The article notes General von Steuben a German officer who aided General Washington in the Revolutionary War, becoming the first foreign officer to drill colonial troops. It references the heart’s leftward tilt in human anatomy and the Mansion House as London’s lord mayor residence built from 1739 to 1753.
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von Steuben
Washington
General von Steuben
Old London
London
Girard College Bars All Ministers From Premises
The Girard College in Philadelphia, established for orphan boys by Stephen Girard, prohibits all ministers of religion from entering its premises and showing visitors inside.
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Girard
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