Rogers Calls Mass Meeting on Fire Protection Plan
Special to the Times says community leaders seek better fire protection after a costly blaze that destroyed stores and a lunchroom. A fund of about 300 dollars in Middletown banked interest may support equipment, with plans for a Marsh Run dam and gravity tank to serve West Town. Interim proposals include a 50 000 gallon tank and strategic pump sites to improve readiness. Attendance at the meeting was affected by other events, but emphasis remained on league driven action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Rogers
Presiden League
Puba
Ein Bank
Middletown
Community League
Middle
Readers Debate Convoying and War in War Time Letter Page
The Inquiring Reporter Willkie urges convoying while President Roosevelt warns it could lead to war. Readers from Logan Fay to Rev Father Hannon and James Reardon weigh in, arguing for or against convoying as essential to aiding Britain or risking broader conflict.
Wm Lee Elsea Rites Scheduled for Thursday
William Lee Elsea 69 a Berryville resident died at his home from a heart attack yesterday morning. He was born May 7 and survived by several children including Broaddus Elsea of Arlington Elizabeth Thomas and Mrs Beall of Bluemont. funeral services set for Thursday at 2 pm at Berryville Baptist Church with Rev L A Parker and interment in Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers named E Barnett James Dakeman Walter Wisecarver Alfred Kerrett H B Harris L N Glov
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lee Elsea
Berryville
A. J. Elsea
Sarah Dewar Elsea
Clarke Lee
Mr. Elsen
Broaddus Elses
Arlington
Elizabeth
Thomas
Beall
Bluemont
Berryville Baptist Church
L. A. Parker
Green Hill Cemetery
E. Barnett
James Dakeman
Walter Wisecarver
Alfred Kerrett
H. B. Harris
L. N. Glov
Arthur Rowles In Custody On Fish Dynamiting Charge
Arthur Rowles, with prior legal trouble, is under arrest again. Deputy Sheriff Robert DeHaven said Rowles is jailed on a charge of dynamiting fish in the Opequon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Rowles
Robert DeHaven
Rowles
Robert N Vorous dies at home in Clarke County
Robert N Vorous 61 prominent Clarke county farmer died at his Berryville home. He was husband of Annie Estelle Royston and father of ten including Robert A Vorous Susan Compton Meta Vorous and Holmes Vorous. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 pm at Duncan Memorial Methodist Church Berryville with burial in Green Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert N. Vorous
Clarke County
Berryville
Annie Estelle Royston
Jacob W. Vorous
Vorus
Annie Vorous
A. E. Binet
St. Paul
Robert. A. Vorous
Lacy Belle Hepner
Colorus
Special Masses For Ascension Feast
The Rev Father Robert E Han non pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart announces special masses at 6 and 8 tomorrow morning in observance of the Feast of the Ascension. Mass will be celebrated at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning in St Ens Catholic Church at Woodo-5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Hannon
Church of the Sacred Heart
Stens Catholic
Wodod
Roy O Locke to Head Berryville Parent Teachers Association
Roy O Locke was elected president of the Berryville Parent Teachers Association for the next year at the final meeting of the school session. He succeeds John O Hardesty who completed his second year as head. Officers named include Vice President George H Pope Secretary S G Igen and Treasurer H C Bar el. The meeting featured a Home Economics Club program Parade of Fashions and a display of clothing and articles from the high school shop and industrial arts classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Roy O. Locke
Parent- Teachers Association
John O. Hardesty
Parent-Teachers Association
George H. Pope
Igen
H. C. Barel
Answers to the Daily Quiz
The page lists quiz answers including James Stewart and Izzak Walton. The fragment ends with Tene as a possible name or entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Stewart
Izzak Walton
Flagpole Fund Nearing Goal At Winchester Armory
Harry T. Cook of the Col. James H. Baker Post announces that 142 dollars remain to complete a fund for a flagpole with base at the Winchester armory. A pole was chosen and may be erected before the Virginia Department encampment this summer. Contributors listed will have their names inscribed on a scroll in the base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry T. Cook
James H. Baker
United Spanish War Veterans
Winchester Armory
Virginia Department of United Spanish War Veterans
North Braddock Street
Katherine Grand
RR. Duff
F. J. Jac
H. W. Swartz
H. W. Harmer
P. L. Carper
H. F. Carper
James Brubaker
Robert Y. Conrad
American Legion
Robert L. Sutton
Abe Levin
Lucy F. Kurtz
W. C. Cather
M. E. Cather
W. P. Harty
Peachy Hockman
Jerry Terlingo
Edwin Glaize
Lawrence Keller
David Petrie
A. C. Halvosa
Mason
Eee Smith
Theresa
Mr. Cook
Members Sought for Miller PT A Membership Drive
Miller School Parent-Teachers Association held a meeting led by vice president Mrs Charles Cochran with Mrs Edwin R. Marker absent. A membership drive was approved and a contacting committee formed to recruit new members for the June 17 meeting which will feature a social. Patrons from Carpers Valley and Round Hill were invited to join to form a larger association lacking senior departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller School Parent- Teachers Association
Charles Cochran
Edwin R. Marker
C.G. Wilkins
Middletown Community League
Carpers ‘Valley
Round Hill
Leroy White
Albin B. Cadwallader
Portsmouth
Pastor Garland Hopkins to Speak at Atlantic City Conference
Rev. Garland Evans Hopkins of Market Street Methodist Church Winchester Virginia will speak Monday morning June 2 at the National Conference on Social Work in Atlantic City. He leads the Virginia Methodist Commission on Social Welfare and holds roles in state and national social welfare conferences and the Federal Council of Churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Garland Evans Hopkins
Market Street Methodist Church
Winchester
Virginia
Hopkins
Methodist Commission On Social Welfare
Department of Social Service
Federal Council of Churches
Lynch Still Improves After Illness
Windsor veteran attorney M. Lynch of the Star is recovering well from a recent illness. He is now able to sit on his porch for part of each day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice M. Lynch
Winchester
Lynch
Recreation To Be Promoted In Stonewall
Stonewall District Association formed to promote healthy recreation. Youth members pay 25 cents, adults 50 cents. Interested people may contact R L Bageant Walter Anderson B F Strother Robert Russell Jesse B Lewis Wayne S Guthrie or the Rev Leslie O Shirley. Night games planned under lights near Frank Strother meadow with first game expected June 9. Next meeting set for May 26 at 8 pm at the Ite Hall school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonewall District Association
R. L. Bageant
Walter Anderson
B. F. Strother
Robert Russell
Jesse B. Lewis
Wayne S. Guthrie
Leslie O Shirley
Frank Strother
White Hall
Association
Ite Hall School
Cameron Youth Charged in Rappahannock Slayings
A Cameron teenager was charged after two Johnson family members were slain near Huntly. Investigators found an open cash register and post office box, with a bicycle missing and a gun discarded nearby. Autopsies were performed in Front Royal before burial in Washington VA. The accused, once on probation for pocketbook theft, claimed innocence and was described as a skilled hunter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Moore
Edna Johnson
Johnson
Huntly
Moffett
Cameron
Huntley
W. T. Williams
Front Royal
Nerr
Washington, Va
T. H. Chelf
Flint Hill
Mr. Bens
Culpeper
William H. Johnson
Rappahannock County
Cannon
Handley School Patrol Praised By The Police
At a Handley School assembly officers praised the patrol for preventing accidents to children traveling to and from school. Gilbert Helsley led twelve patrollers while a sound film on patrol activity was shown, funded by GM through the Junior Board of Trade and Winchester Star with projector by Richard Rush from NOVA Power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
Elem
Handley School
Starrett
Winchester Police Department
Gilbert Helsley
General Motors Corporation
Junior Board of Trade
Police Department
Winchester Star
Richard Rush
Northern Virginia Power Company
Child Pianist Phillipa Duke Schuyler To Play Here
Nine year old Phillipa Duke Schuyler, a colored pianist acclaimed by critics as a leading young artist, will perform at Douglas High School on Sunday June 22 at 4 PM. The eighth grade student has composed over 65 works and is praised by Look magazine as America's best child pianist. Her appearance follows WE THE PEOPLE radio exposure and a New York World's Fair honor day last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. P. Robinson
Phillipa Duke Schuyler
the Douglas High School
Phillipa
Look Magazine
America
Communion Tonight At Christ Church
Tonight at 7 30 the Holy Communion will be celebrated at Christ Episcopal Church under the charge of Rev Robert B Nelson. The public is cordially invited. The Ascension Day prayer asks for belief and spiritual ascent with Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Episcopal Church
Robert B. Nelson
Jesus Christ
Lambs To Be Shipped On Monday May 26
The Middletown stock yards set Monday May 26 for the first shipment of lambs old sheep and calves. Livestock will be received 8 a m to 8 p m. Marketing is on a cooperative basis with weighing and grading at the shipping point and sale on terminal market weights at Baltimore or Jersey City. Each shipment prorated and returns go to each producer. Committee members include R E Brumback chair C K Wright vice chair E M Punk secretary treasurer R K Stickley L H Ramey D N Gruber and F A Dobbins vocational agriculture teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Baltimore
Jersey City
R. E. Brumback
C. K. Wright
E. M. Punk
Robert K. Stickley
L. H. Ramey
D. N. Gruber
F. A. Dobbins
For Sale Farm 618 Acres with Water and Fence
Agricultural property listing for 618 acres with 100 acres cultivated and 100 acres well watered. Includes a good stream and 200 rods of new American wire fence. Available for sale in 30 days at 4.50 per acre. Cash price and long term financing offered. Contact C. B. Smalts Jr at 440 National Ave.
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Rogers
RITE
Winchester Star Ination Bureau
Ww D. C
Glaize LE
Iets
E. Ee
Ued
Willkie
Roosevelt
Logan R. Fay
England
France
Germany
R. E. Hannon
Robert J. McNally, JR
Great Britain
James P. Reardon
Wm. Lee Elsea
Rob’t Vorous
Clarke
Parc An
E. Boscawen
Anderson
B. F. Goodrich
Goodrich
Silvertowns
Silvertown
Braddock & Boscawen Sts
Miller P.T. A
Carpers Valley
Mervel W. Adams
E. Piccadilly St
Mr. Lynch
Recreation
Stonewall
Rappahannock
Handley School Patrol
Christ Church
C. B. Smalts, Jr
National Ave
du Pont
John W. Rosenberger and Co., Inc
Braddock St
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