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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1937
Page
2
A roundup of local visits and social calls across the county. many residents from Winchester Martinsburg and Strasburg were guests or hosted relatives and friends over the weekend with several cross town trips for family occasions and reunions.
Local column from Fawcett Gap Virginia on May 14 records community social life. Mentions residents attending the Apple Blossom Festival, relatives visiting, and several neighbors listed by name including Snapp Brumback Derflinger and Keller. Health updates note Carlton Snapp recovering after appendicitis surgery and W M Bayliss out after illness.
Cross Junction Va May 14 guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs J B Braithwaite included Russell Scrivener and family Martinsburg Harold Hobday Berkeley Springs Harley Adams family Winchester Carter Luttrell and son White Hall calling on R G Braithwaite Mrs Curtis Funkhouser and
Mt Falls Virginia May 14. Local residents and visitors report weekend gatherings and travel from Forest Glen Maryland and Baltimore to enjoy the Apple Blossom Festival. Several relatives and friends are noted visiting or returning home, with multiple households hosting relatives and guests from Hyattsville Hyattsville and Stephens City in the region.
Chambersville Va May 14 Colleen Rosier daughter of Mr and Mrs G L Rosier has come home after almost four months of treatment at the University Hospital Charlottesville reaches end of hospital stay and home recovery begins
Miss Carper visited Nessabel Rosenberger and Mrs Loring Potter in Kernstown. Miss Lot Wwisecarver stayed with aunt L Long in Winchester. Gladys Smith from Hagers Town spent days with Mr and Mrs Scott Hawkins and attended the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester. Mrs Sanford Combs of Wardensville WV left Memorial Hospital after an operation and stays with son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs F W Pingley. Maynard Shanholtz of Winchester visited Mr Herman Ritter.
Mt Pleasant notes show visits among Opequon Winchester Coshocton Martinsburg and Winchester Memorial Hospital update. Measles recovery for Perry children. United Brethren Sunday School changes hours to 9 30 am with 2 pm service on first and third Sundays. Ladies Aid meets May 15 at 8 pm at Mrs Atha Dyke home. Paul Wolverton family guests of Harry Lamp.
Mrs. D. S. Hughes returned to her home in Charles Town West Virginia on Sunday after visiting Nineveh Virginia as a guest accompanying her hosts and sharing time with local residents.
Wheatland Manor hosted Mr Lawrence Johns and family from Hagerstown Maryland as weekend guests of Mr and Mrs E G Johns. Mr George Chapman is ill at home. Alfred Hummer remains ill with measles. Presbyterian Church Women Auxiliary met at the church on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs J M Jett hosted supper Friday for Mr R G Stevens of Radford Virginia and Mr D M Cloyd with Miss Lillian Humphrey of Front Royal.
Mr and Mrs Cecil Barr relocated from the Clevenger home to their new residence near Winchester. Heavy holiday traffic drew tourists to local orchards. Rev and Mrs Wilbur Read from Romney WV visited JN Good. Read preaches at Galilee Church. Lillian Haycock went to Winchester hospital for treatment. Apple Blossom festival attracted many locals, Grover Teets recovers from recent illness. The farming season is favorable with orchards and gardens at their best.
Mr. and Mrs. W L O Roark of Broadway visit their daughter Mrs Tom Blair in Albin with Mr and Mrs C H Zeigler. Guests include Mr and Mrs Hunter Blair and Mrs C E Alva of Bridgewater and Granville Barent of Washington DC. Other relatives Buddy and Donald Crim visit grandparents, Floyd Crim mentioned.
Mrs R Buncutter of Winchester visited her mother in law Mrs W A Buncutter on Tate Street and sister Lloyd Reynolds. Mr M B Glaize elected delegate to Pauls Lutheran Church meeting in Strasburg May 13 14. Rev F B Lingle pastors the Strasburg church and Glaize with Rev C E Seas trunk will represent Bethel E Oyegonte Church. Mr and Mrs William Smith and sons Gus and Vernon of Phillipsburg Pa were guests of Mrs W A Orndoff Sunday.
Johnny Mack Brown appears in his latest western Lawless Land at the Palace Theatre with extra action and thrills. Oprien introduces Daniel and Secret Agent X 9 with Scott Kolk and Jean Rogers as part of the program. Jungle will also be shown.
A comic tale recounts a doctor advising a chronic insomniac to imagine being a night watchman at 9 p.m. to sleep easier. The anecdote contrasts a worried patient and a bookkeeper, hinting at imagination easing troubles, attributed to American News Features, Inc.
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