May 23 social notes and local visits reported
Mr Isaac and family plus George visit Everton Maryland last Sunday. Timothy Good remains very ill after a fall near here. Merchants of Winchester renew Willowbrook ranch lease for pasture. Measles rise, farmers call it a good corn sign. Mite Society meeting attended at Goff Clark’s Inwood. Dora Grimes visited Winchester relatives. Adult Bible Class hosted by Mr and Mrs Orndorff at White Hall Church. Hunter Gray and family in Hanging Rock WV visited Hensell family. Weather unusually hot and dry for early May.
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Isaac
George
Fam
Everton
Timothy Good
Winchester
Purcell “Willowbrook
Mite Society
We of
Goff Clark
Inwood
Dora Grimes
Tusing
White Hall
A.S. Orndorff
Hunter Gray
Hanging Rock
W. Va
Leslie Hensell
Cotownh
Selma Hensell
Charles Hensell
Soldiers' Home Razed Except Key Buildings
The Soldiers' Home is being razed with visitors to the Confederates' retreat, the mess building, boiler room and hospital areas to be erased. The chapel, administration building and old bake shop will be left. The last veteran cared for at the home died some months ago.
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Hospital T
Motor Industry Shapes Up Over a Billion in Defense Work
A broad view shows the motor industry mobilizing for defense with over a billion dollars in contracts. Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Buick, Packard, and others expand plants and output to mass produce tanks, engines, bomber planes, and aircraft motors, while home-building and car purchases rise as defense demand grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford
Packard
Rolls-Royce Aircraft
Ypsilanti
Mich
Buick Aviation
Chicago
Flint
Hudson Motor Car Company
Naval Ordnace Arsenal
Detroit
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Murray Corporation
Bank of Wythe Receives Charter in Virginia
The Bank of Wythe in Elizabeth City county with a maximum capitalization of 100000 was chartered today by the State Corporation Commission. Officers include J. E. Webb of Elizabeth City as cashier, marking the 186th state chartered bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Bank of Wythe
Elizabeth City
State Corporation Commission
J. E. Webb
Elizabeth Beth City
Quote attribution to McDuffie cited by Hamilton and Watterson
The expression attributed to George McDuffie of South Carolina is cited by James Hamilton a former governor and by the late Colonel Henry Watterson of Kentucky. It reflects rhetoric from early American political discourse.
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George McDuffie
South Carolina
James Hamilton
Henry Watterson
Kentucky
National Hotel Week Observance Sets Theme for June
National Hotel Week with the theme Comfort and Security will be observed June 17. The American Hotel Association distributes posters and stickers nationwide to promote the event. The piece notes hotels consume large food quantities and money in the national economy and urges Winchester residents to visit local hotels during the observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
American Hotel Association
Uncle Sam
Museous
Tne Trav
Winchester
Property lien suit in Frederick Court for unknown heirs
In the Circuit Court for Frederick County on May 9 1941 Leafy V Cleaves et al seek to determine interests in a deeded land from Howard T Lockhart to Frank and Annie Dwyer dated September 4 1931 and to assert liens to secure unpaid purchase money owed by George Hodgson. Frank Dwyer and Annie Dwyer are non residents. unknown heirs and other unknown parties must appear within ten days after publication in Winchester Evening Star.
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Frank Dwyer
Annie Dwyer
Annie Hodgson
Howard T. Lockhart
Frank
George Hodgson
Corporation Court
Winchester Evening Star
Ome
J. W. Baker
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Valley View
Goodrich
Winchester Furniture
Virginia
U. S
Shenandoah Commercial Hatchery
David J. Wilkie
Circuit Court
Frederick
Leafy
Apple
Winchester Cold
C. L. Robinson Ice & Cold Storage
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