Social and Personal Notes From a Garden Club Meeting
Mr. Bissett spoke at the library on garden culture with slides of Chinese origin flowers and shrubs. Members and guests toured Mrs. Harry K. Russell’s residence for tea, and a May flower show was announced for Woodstock Virginia with plantings for exhibit in September.
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Chester A
Japan
Bissett
Harry K. Russell
South Stew‘art Street
Russell
John M. Steck
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Woodstock
Fort Loudoun Chapter D A R selects 1928 officers in Winchester
At the annual meeting held yesterday at Mrs. Lorenzo Lewis’s Berryville home, officers were chosen including Regent Warren Rice and first vice regent Stisle Glass Strider. A picnic at Opequon headwaters and a state convention in Winchester the first week of November 1928 were planned. Mrs. O’Neal spoke on the Continental Congress session in Washington noting Virginia’s rank in the organization.
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Marshall MacDonald
Washington
Miss MacDonald
Rice
Fort Loudoun
Winchester
Lorenzo Lewis
Berryville
Rose MacDonald
Warren Rice
D. O'Neal
Vernon Eddy
Warren. Rice
Stisle
Glass Strider
Lucy Kurtz
J."t. Griffith
Anna Briggs
Julia Tyler
C.W. Trenary
Rose, MacDonald
T. Jolliffe
C. Vernon Eddy
Harry K. Greene
F. B. Crawford
M. A. Collins
Opequon
Virginia
License plates found at police headquarters
Police report two Virginia license plates found and awaiting recovery by owners. Plate numbers 266 897 and 188 853 are available for retrieval at the police headquarters.
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Police
Virginia
Funeral Services For Mrs J W Seabright Held
Funeral services were held in the First Baptist Church for Mrs Hattie Whison Seabright a former Winchester resident who died last Sunday in Philadelphia. The Rev BE T Clark led the service attended by her family and former neighbors. Interment followed at Mount Hebron beside her husband James W Seabright a longtime Winchester contractor. Six nephews served as pallbearers. Survived by daughters Corinne Seabright and Helen Blanford and sons Hunter Walter and Douglas Seabright. The body was brought to the daughter's home at 18 South Braddock Street Tuesday night.
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First Baptist Church
Hattie Whisson
Seabright
Winchester
Philadelphia
BE. T. Clark
Mount Hebron
James W. Seabright
Virginia
Corinne Seabright
Helen Blanford
Birmingham
Ala
Hunter
Walter Seabright
Douglas Seabright
New York
Ida Seabright
South Braddock Street
Comdr Pinedo Reaches Charleston on Transcontinental Flight
Commander Francisco de Pinedo, Italian flyer, completes leg of his four continent air voyage arriving in Charleston from Philadelphia in a giant seaplane. The arrival occurred at 1 p m after a five hour and 35 minute flight.
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Associated Press
Charleston
S. C
Francisco de Pinedo
Philadelphia
Widow of Rector Dies at 92 in Virginia City
Mrs Lucy Grammer widow of Rev James Grammer Episcopal Diocese of Virginia died at Miss May Heists No 444 North Braddock street at one this morning after months of illness. Burial will be Mount Hebron beside her husband. She was born Lucy Page in Cumberland county and resided at Woodstock and Middleway with her rector husband. She leaves two nephews Dr Paulus Irving Farmville and Page Irving Washington DC. She was 92.
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Lucy Grammer
James Grammer
Virginia
May Heist
North Braddock Street
Mount Hebron
Grammer
Lucy Page
Cumberland County
Woodstock
Middleway
W. Va
Bull Tendencies Predominate In Stock Market
New York May 12 uneven price movements characterized the stock market today with bullish tendencies again predominating Oils rose on crude regulation signals and the Nickel Plate railroad shares were heavily bought after news of the Chesapeake corporation. Call money stood at 4 percent. The closing was irregular with about 1 700 000 shares traded.
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Associated Press
New York
Chesapeake Corporation
London raid at Arcos House targets Soviet delegation
Police raided Arcos House in Moorgate London the Soviet trade delegation headquarters. Uniformed officers guarded the doorway and denied entry while offering no explanation. The building also serves as the Anglo Russian Cooperative Society Limited HQ near the Bank of England.
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Associated Press
London
Arcos House
Moorgate
Bank of England
Anglo- Russian Cooperative Society, Limited
Robbers Take Bank Safe in McCune Heist
Six men kidnapped the McCune city marshal and cut power to the town before seizing the two ton safe from the McCune State Bank. The loot included 7000 dollars in cash and 200000 dollars in registered securities.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Kans
McCune State Bank
McCune
Here
Byrd-led flight delayed by safety checks and French loss
New York May 12. The America in a statement by Rodman Wanamaker says no transatlantic flight will occur until the French aviators Nungesser and Coli are found or their loss is accepted as a sacrifice to aviation. The ship will only fly when tests prove reliability and safeguards are in place.
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Pade
Byrd
New York
America
Comander Richard
Nun- KeSsser
Wwas
Rodman Wanamaker
American Trans-Oceanic Company
New York-Paris
France
Nungesser
Major Coli
United States
Herrick
Bennett
Neville
French aviators missing over Atlantic amid hopeful tension
News recounts Nungesser and Coll’s peril as their White Bird drifts north of usual lanes toward Grand Banks with potential iceberg danger. Authorities cling to hope they survive, while Newfoundland waters become focus of search and fear. Byrd congratulates Byrd on postponing a trans Atlantic flight due to the French aviators’ fate in doubt.
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North Atlantic
France
New York
Maryland
New England
Coast Guard
Washington
mid-Atlantic
Canada
Maritime Provinces
Tampa
Grand Banks
Boston
Nungesser and Coll
Havre
Newfoundland
Lieut Teigh Wade
Nungesser
Coli
Wade
Coll
Paris
Saint Roman
Comdr Mouneyres
St Louis
Senegal
Vernambuco
Brazil
South Atlantic
Byrd
Richmond
Gov. Byrd
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Rev Charles Friend Estate Probate Details in Court
The will of the late Rev. Charles Friend, Presbyterian minister, probated in the Corporation Court, leaves $750 to Dr. and Mrs. McFaden, $500 to Mrs. Bessie Bocock and Mrs. Natalie Smith, $250 to several relatives, $200 to C F, and $500 to the Ministerial Relief Fund of the Presbyterian Church United States. Rev. Dr. F T McFaden named executor.
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Charles Friend
F. T. McFadden
Corporation Court
McFaden
Bessie Bocock
Natalie Smith
Frank Smith
Jim Smith
Mary Caldwell
Frank T. McFaden
Frances McFaden
To.c
Flood Waters Drive Families From Lowland Homes
Missouri river crest moved past Wheelers last night and flood waters cover all low lands from Springfield to Wheelerville. About 60 to 75 families are forced from homes with four families reportedly marooned in the Nebraska lowlands below Niobrara.
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Associated Press
Yankton
8. D
Springfela
Wheelora Aietdnen
Rie Mile
Missouri
Wheeler
Nebraska
Niorbrara
Presbyterians Elect Three Elders and Six Deacons
At a large Presbyterian Church congregational meeting last night three elders and six deacons were elected. Elders named Stewart Bell Fred Boyd and L H Stokes. Deacons chosen include Dr P Boyd Clifford Grim Edgar Mason J Henry Moling Jr MH C Sheeta and John B Solenberger. Deacons to be installed next Sunday morning and elders at a later service.
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Presbyterian Church
Stewart Bell
Fred
Boyd
L. H. Stokes
Clifford D. Grim
Edgar Mason
J. Henry Moling, Jr
MH. C. Sheeta
John
Martinsburg Pike Widening Considered to Virginia Line
Plans to widen Martinsburg Pike from Berkeley County to the Virginia line at Ridgeway using concrete are under study by the State Road Commission. Commissioners may visit Berkeley county to review plans and coordinate state forces once funding is available.
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Charleston
W. Va
Martinsburg
Virginia Line
Ridgeway
State Road Commission
Berkeley County
Williamsport
Potomac River
Woman Believed Drowned Located in Cleveland
Mrs Mary B Marshall who disappeared March 21 from the Old Bay line steamer City of Virginia en route to Baltimore was found today in Cleveland Ohio federal authorities said they aided local police and her husband in the search for her. the case ends with her being located.
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Associated Press
Norfolk, Va
Mary B. Marshall
Bay Line
City of Virginia
Baltimore
Cleveland
Ohio
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W. P. Woltz
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Handley High School
Northern Virginia Power Company
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J. P. Haddox
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Takoma Park, D. C
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Charles J. Athey
National Avenue
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Mrs
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Richmond, Va
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B. L. Deering
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Clarksburg, W.va
George Washington Hotel
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Staunton, Va
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