Memorial service date change announced in Brucetown
Memorial services will be held at Lagen Church on Sunday May 22 at 11 oclock, moved from the first Sunday in June to the fourth Sunday in May. Local residents note guests and social visits among Brucetown families from Winchester Martinsburg Pikeside Boyce Clear Brook Mt. Pleasant.
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Brucetown
Lagen
Robert Smith
Andy Whitacre
W. D. Talbott
Winchester
Ernest James
John Penn
Amos Rutherford
Martinsburg
W. Va
Ralph Brown
Pikeside
Herbert Fisiel
R. Ashley
Boyce
James Henry
Clearbrook
George Sowers
Green Spring Locals Share Events and Scenic Drive News
Green Spring Virginia residents report White Hall students and teachers at a Winchester music fete. Baltimore visitors J R Kerns with Nagley family toured Sky land Drive. Skyline Drive traffic reached 70 000 cars in early April with expectations of more weekly.
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Green Spring
White Hall
Winchester
Wilmer Anderson
Dolores Wilson
Sunny Side
J. R. Kerns
Baltimore
Skyland Drive
E. P. Nagley
Catherine
Marilyn
Skyline Drive
Luther Pangle
Elsie Hemsley
William Dix
Mothers Day Guests Visit Chambersville Families
In Chambersville on Mother’s Day guests included Loring Ritter and son Douglas. Roy Bayliss and five children from Kernstown. Frank Orndorff and J Malone from Opequon. G L Rosier and children Junior and Colleen visiting the Brewers. Donna and Peggy Miller from Berryville stayed with their grandfather R L Payne. Charles Everley of Hagerstown and Laton Fogle with daughter Virginia visited Freeman Boyce. Virginia Forney and Linden Hawkins with children from Winchester visited Scott Hawkins. Mrs Roy Bayliss and daughter also attended.
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Chambersville
P. H. Ritter
Loring Ritter
Douglas
Roy Bayliss
Kernstown
Frank Orndorff
J Malone
Opequon
G. L. Rosier
Junior
Colleen
W. W Brewer
Donna
Peggy Miller
Berryville
R. L. Payne
Charles Everley
Hagerstown
Laton Fogle
Virginia
Freeman Boyce
Virginia Forney
Linden Hawkins
Winchester
Scott Hawkins
Rural Life Day Observed Nationwide May 22
Rural Life Sunday May 22 will be widely observed across the nation in churches and communities to emphasize agriculture as a fundamental industry and rural life’s development. The National Grange program May 21 will feature Louis J. Taber on agriculture with Army Band music and NBC network coverage.
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America
National Grange
N.B.C
Louis J. Taber
United States Army Band
Thomas F. Darcy
Nb.c
Grange
New Granges Proliferate Across States This Quarter
The National Grange added 57 new subordinate Granges 46 new Juveniles and three new Pomonas in the quarter ending April 1st. Texas led in new organizations with Indiana Minnesota and Ohio following. New York Wash Maine and Ohio headed juvenile gains, while Wyoming Montana and Florida marked expansion of the order.
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National Grange
Texas
Indiana
Minnesota
Ohio
Oregon
New York
Wash
Maine
Wyoming
Montana
Florida
Grange
Gore Virginia Workmen Build New Home for F Clemons
Gore Virginia May 18 Workmen are making splendid progress on the attractive new home of Mr F Clemons, which he is building after recently losing one to fire. Memorial services were well attended at Pair View Lutheran Church on May 15. Mrs Garvin and family hosted an old time gathering after their southern wedding trip.
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Western Frederick Bank
Garvin
Ida Larrick
Washington
William Gonrat
Doris
Leon Kern
Winchester
Dorothy Rhodes
Garland Potts
Wilmington
Del
Rosewood
Valley
Kern
E. O. McIlwee
H. E. Potts
J. L. Spaid
D. A. Brodie
Asheville
N. C
Knoxville
B. L. Larrick
Cemetery Cleanup Planned at St Johns Bloom Va May 19
Bloom Virginia May 18 There will be a meeting at St Johns on Thursday May 19 at 1 p m for cleaning the cemetery. All interested are urged to attend. Misses Della and Esther Brown of Elderton Pa are visiting relatives in Virginia staying with Mr and Mrs Thomas S Cooper. The Back Creek Sunday School convention will meet at St Johns May 25. Mrs Thomas S Cooper visited Mr and Mrs Warren Himelright last Monday.
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Bloom
St. John’s
Della
Esther Brown
Elderton
Virginia
Thomas S. Cooper
Back Creek
Warren Himelright
Two Young Men join The Colors
The local army recruiting office reports two new enlistments Floyd E. Sirbaugh of Capon Bridge West Virginia and William B. Houser of Luray Virginia. Sirbaugh joins the Twelfth Infantry at Fort Washington Maryland and Houser enters infantry in the Philippines. Three vacancies remain in infantry Panama. Enlistments may be made at once by applying to the local office. The recruiting sergeant is at Winchester station Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays till noon.
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Army
Floyd E. Sirbaugh
Capon Bridge
W. Va
William B. Houser
Luray
Twelfth Infantry
Fort Washington
Infantry
Philippine Islands
Panama
Winchester
Oil Dispute With Mexico Sees Mud Slings In Britain
In a tense exchange over expropriated oil properties valued at 250 million dollars, Britain and Mexico tilt toward economic pressure rather than war. Mexico accuses Britain of delaying payments on a wartime debt while Britain cites Mexico's foreign indebtedness as a provocation. The Monroe Doctrine limits outside intervention and the U S stance has been restrained as London awaits Washington guidance.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
New York
Mexico
America
Roosevelt
London
Britain
United States
England
Cardenas
Western Hemisphere
North
South America
Washington
Tourist Trade To Be Discussed At Oil Meeting
Major Raymond Bottom of Newport News will preside at the Virginia Oil Men's Association meeting in Richmond on May 20. He will discuss Virginia tourist assets and liabilities and the 15 years of travel promotion by the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce. The chamber has spent about $250 000 to develop a trade that is now a major state revenue producer.
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Virginia
Raymond Bottom
Newport News
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Virginia Oil Men’ S Association
Richmond
Volveme 6
Major Bottom
Virginia State Chamber of Commrece
Expect Sell Out At Golden Gloves Show In Chicago Stadium
CHICAGO May 18 Eight European champions join Chicago title holders at the Chicago Stadium for the seventh annual International Bouts. A sell-out crowd of 21 000 is expected as six midwestern preliminaries open the event. The European team has yet to defeat the Chicago champions in the Tribune Tourney era.
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Chicago
Europe
Chicago Golden Gloves
Chicago Tribune
Apples for the Northeast Gain Favor in Commercial Planting
McIntosh Rome and Stayman top the list for northeastern commercial planting, with Baldwin Rhode Island Greening Northern Spy and Wealthy still valued but waning. The report by state horticulturists from 15 colleges catalogs 62 old and 68 new varieties, naming Cortland Early McIntosh and Golden Delicious as favored newer types, while Carlton Medina Newfane and Orleans show doubtful value.
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Geneva
N. Y
McIntosh
Rome
Stayman
United States
Baldwin
Rhode Island
Northern Spy
Wealthy
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
West Virginia
New York State Experiment Station
Cortland
Kendall Lodi
Macoun
Milton
Carlton Medina
Newfane
Orleans
Barroom Detective Arraigned Over Whisky Adulteration
Ludwig Aschenbrenner tavern owner from Milwaukee Wisconsin faced court on adulterating whisky charges. He claimed a problematic bartender diluted the batch with water. The judge suspended his sentence.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Ludwig Aschenbrenner
Aschenbrenner
C V A L Meet Postponed Again
Cumberland Maryland May 18 The Cumberland Valley Athletic League scholastic track meet was postponed again due to rain after a prior cancellation last Saturday. John J Long Fort Hill High Track coach and meet director said organizers hope to stage it next week with Martins West Virginia Handley Virginia Hagerstown Waynesboro both of Cumberland also participating Snag Sargent Handley High coach warned further delays may exhaust the team and harm fitness without competition.
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Cumberland
Cumberland Valley Athletic League
John J. Long
Fort Hill
Martins
Handley High
Hagerstown
Waynesboro
High
Snag Sargent
Handley
Bergman Celebrates Birthday With 51 Mile Hike
Pittsburgh resident A. F. Bergman marks his birthday by walking one mile for each year of life totaling 51 miles for the occasion. A lifelong walking enthusiast for 33 years, he claims to have covered about a million miles since age 18.
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Pittsburgh
A. F. Bergman
Bergman
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