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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1929
Page
5
In Richmond on May 22 the second printing of "Virginia The Reckoning Land" is under way. BE O Fippin, executive secretary of the State Commission on Conservation and Development, said copies are expected for distribution in the first two weeks of June.
Mr Fippin announced that fifty thousand additional copies will be printed to supplement the twenty thousand already distributed for the circulation drive. This increases total print run to seventy thousand.
The commission reports high demand for copies of Virginia The Beckoning Land from foreign cities and countries including Constantinople Johannesburg Naples Rhodesia Sao Paulo Barcelona Malabar and many U S cities. Tourists praise state markers and highway signs with one North Carolina visitor calling spring in the Shenandoah Valley unmatched.
Capon Bridge notes report the death of Mrs Emily Wolford widow of Capt William Wolford at her home near Capon Bridge on Saturday morning due to old age. She is buried at Central Church Sunday at 3. Other items note local social visits and a Mother’s Day program at Church of Christ with 77 present.
Miss Sophie Baker departed recently and travels to Wilmington Delaware to be the guest of friends for an unspecified visit.
Miss Martha Reely taught near Alexandria and visited her parents near Middletown. Mr and Mrs Conway who sold their Milmont home at Montemavista now Roanoke spent time with friends. The Wright sisters visited Washington while Mrs Dyshart and children went to Edinburg. An electric storm struck Mrs Frye’s Main Street home causing chimney damage.
The Womanless Wedding date changes from Thursday to Friday night at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. The program is now set for Friday night at Douglas School. Rev. O. J. Welle is manager and Rev. S. B. Sprigga is pastor.
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