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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1921
Page
4
The Evening Star condemns wartime draft lists for including too many innocent men while omitting or mislabeling others. It cites errors that hurt veterans’ reputations and urges accuracy to protect honor and avoid public shaming.
The poem recalls a bright, midwestern winter with blue skies and sunny days. Yet it warns of looming storms and hazards, predicting a rough spring with spoiled fruit and pests while yearning for warm sun and merriment.
Roy Larrick of Winchester reelected president of the Sun- day School and Christian Endeavor at the annual titling held in Leaks Page county. Officers elected include Roy Hosaflock of Harri te as vice president A P Liskey secretary and B C Deavers treasurer Harrisonburg. Attending from Winchester were Rev and Mrs C A Mc daughter Glen Mrs Larrick and Mrs Miss Paulie Shiner. Over 200 attendees despite the weather.
Daily market sheet lists wholesale prices for commodities and farm products. Butter eggs flour and hay are noted with varied quotes, including creamery butter and country butter, while poultry shows spring chickens roosters hens and young birds with tentative figures.
Oliver J. Sands of Richmon d Virginia state chairman for Near East Relief names W Spott White as local chairman to raise four thousand two hundred dollars. County meetings planned and city efforts under way to support oldest Christian people facing atrocities.
In memory of Mable Dinn Brown who died May 14 1918 at 3 PM her mother Jennie Garver preserves her memory with lines about sunshine and sleep. The Social Club of the Methodist Episcopal Church invites interest in a light hearted program featuring Cupid and poems at next Tuesday night.
The Sarah Zane Fire Company truck committee will travel to Reading Pennsylvania to inspect a White fire truck owned by a large company. They will then visit Frederick Maryland to view the Ahrens Fox truck and seek the best value for the money.
All Boy Scouts and officers urged to attend Sunday at 2 p.m. in uniform. Moving pictures of the troop will be taken. a three reel story will be made directed by Commissioner Baker. Patrols with best attendance earn extra points. Be sure to come. Scout Executive.
The court orders a commission to inventory Miriam Pingley deceaseds real and personal estate. It directs inquiry into its location age and value, identifies heirs, and reports creditor accounts. A public notice in The Evening Star Winchester VA announces June 18 1921 for interested parties to appear and present evidence. Commissioner James P Reardon signs the notice.
On the eve of UVA’s centennial celebration beginning May 31, President Edwin A. Alderman appeals to 10 000 alumni nationwide to contribute to the centennial endowment. Gifts totaling $887,126 come from Virginia districts and other regional districts, with further calls for generosity before the anniversary events. Dr and Mrs C Edward Janney of Baltimore attend Friends meeting house events while Miss Brewster of Handley School visits Washington.
Public auction set for Thursday May 25 at the Millwood road residence southeast of town. Nine month notes describe items including a refrigerator feed mill Sharpless separator 20 bushels of potatoes wagons harness and milking implements 25 chickens 25 hogs 16 cattle mostly fresh cows and springers Ford Dayton truck Maxwell truck and more. Auctioneers F A Shavock along with Duvall and Dunn. clerk Robert Smith.
Norfolk and Western announces intermediate stations including Roanoke Bristol Bluefield Pocahontas Welch Norton and connections at Roanoke with a Memphis Southbound special. Northbound services list Hagerstown Philadelphia Washington and Shenandoah Junction connections with parlor and Pullman sleepers to Philadelphia and New Haven. For details contact W. Saunders General Passenger and B. Revill Passenger Traffic Manager.
50 acres limestone farm with graveled graves by bank barn eight room dwelling and outbuildings on Mac Adam Road. Block of four dwellings six rooms each with cellars alleys sewerage and water in each unit on Main Street. Whole lot priced at $6000. Inquiries respond to Haddox Ter race, promising building site or investment. Good & Company.
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