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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1922
Page
5
Mrs. Martin Wisecarver returned from a visit to Reanooke and Salem Virginia. While in Reanooke she was the guest of Mr and Mrs J B Persinger.
Reading from Baltimore wholesale markets and local listings, prices for butter creamery, spring chickens, flour and bran are shown with corrections to previous figures. The report aggregates dairy and grain values, noting variances and standard quotes for various farm products and feeds.
E. W. Gladwin of Home Life Insurance Company New York and other officers are expected at the second annual luncheon of H. R. Bryarly and Brother district agents to be held at Mrs Coble's on West Water Street. George W. Murray first vice president and Doctors Chapin Whitney from the medical staff are among those anticipated. Special agents and medical examiners from Bryarly Brothers territory across Virginia and nearby states will attend.
John Dove Chapter No 21 Royal Arch Masons welcomed William Chapman grand high priest from Portsmouth Va with grand honors at a special convocation. He arrived from Harrisonburg after an official visit to Rockingham Chapter and lectured on Capitular Masonry to three candidates from Berryville Va. A banquet followed. John J McCabe of Brunswick Md arrived from Harrisonburg aboard the Baltimore and Ohio line. Civic League backers plan clean-up week May 22 27 with school children assisting merchants urged to show civic pride by tidying backyards.
Gun Club announces a June 16 event at the city reservoir 8 gro Shack with a ready program soon. It will offer cash prizes for the best scores as a large field competes for honors before the traps.
Prohibition agents from Washington raided Joe Kellys saloon at Avenue and Peter Street. Bricks and missiles hit agents. one leader and two Negroes injured. A crowd forced liquor from two trucks, and order was restored by police after midnight. Kelley says the liquor was bought before Prohibition for personal use. He will appear before the U S Commissioner.
A collage of short, quasi educational pieces and anecdotes. It includes reflections on nature and sound, a doughnut tale about Junior and the grocer, a science note on moons and satellites, a family dinner quip, and a remark on the horned owl as a powerful woodland bird.
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