Local village notes on ill health and family visitors
Mrs A DeHaven is recovering at home after an illness. J W Dunlap remains ill. The Heironimus and Dailey families plus many relatives visited or passed through, with measles affecting several and a foot injury healing slowly. Local farming activity includes planting corn, brush burning, garden work, spraying orchards, and barley crop progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brush
A. DeHaven
J. W. Dunlap
Paul. B. Heironimus
Hagerstown
Mus
Sarah
A. Pitacre
Ruth M. Kerns
Paul Heironimus
Frank Lee Flowers
Harry O. Kerns
Anne Dailey
Eva
Grady Glenn Lamp
Thelma
Harold Lamp
Nettie Lamp
Ora W Child
Paul Lamp
Hayfield
Alva Lamp
Cross Junction
Ead
Road improvement brings hard surface to Grimes village
Grimes residents and travelers praise the State Highway Commission for hard surfacing the village road. Master James Weatherholtz returns home after knee surgery. Mr and Mrs Irvin Parkinson move to John san house near West Virginia. John Leight family from near Kabletown WV visit cousin Harry ht. Funeral services held for Lanct Martin Ebert and Ridgeway. Rev Wilbur A Reed expected to move to Pennsylvania soon. Church service planned for second Sunday in June. Children’s Day services set for June 9. Opal V. Tusing, Stephens City High, wins health essay prize. Church of Christ in Winchester meeting attended by locals. Several attend White Hall Church play. Irvin Kerns and family visit Isaac Kerns. Reem girl attends well meet. farmers are busy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kabletown
W. Va
Harry Ht
Lanct
Martin Ebert
Ridgeway
Ing
Wilbur A. Reed
Pennsylvania
Opal V. Tusing
Stephens Ty High School
Friends
Galilee Church
Church of Christ
Winchester
Scott
Eenway Church
White
White Hall Church
Colleen Bageant
White Hall
Pal
Hheir
Level View
Irvin Kerns
Near Siler
Isaac Kerns
Reem
Ewell
Stephens City Notes Highlights of weekend visitors and local calls
May 24 Stephens City notes recount visits to Holmes Yeakle and others, with calls from residents of Winchester Middletown Martinsburg Towson and Strasburg. Illness prompts travel as Mr John Sargent remains ill and friends wish him speed recovery.
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Stephens City
Holmes Yeakle
Joe Shenk
Kenneth
Swimley
Weldon Holsinger
Allen Coverstone
Sue Anne
Winchester
Norman Bean
Roanoke
James Graham
Nellie Cooley
Frances
Middletown
Harrison
Jean
Front Royal
Mae Grove
Strasburg
A. C. Boyer
Near Town
William Herrell
T. A. Grim
Danville
Carpenter’s Union Association
John Sargent
Rest Brevities Highlights From May Rest
Local notes report Bible class at the parsonage led by Mrs. G H Fielding and a Sunday sermon at Rest Church. Easten Star convention attendee Miss Ethel Barrett returns from Roanoke. Winchester visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ridgeway. Graduation imminent for Stephes City High School trio Wilma Schinck La Ree Flowers and Edgar Clark. The class annual honors Mr. M M Lynch, with weather a talking point among students and families in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rest
G. H. Fielding
Parsonage
Rest Church
Ethel Barrett
Roanoke
Eastern Star
Harry Ridgeway
Winchester
C. E. Ridgeway
Wilma Schinck
la- Ree Flowers
Edgar Clark
G. L. Snyder
Blanche Stipe
Snyder
E. W. Smallwood
Martinsburg
Holmes Snapp
Butchel Lamp
Washington, D. C
Swisher
Mar
Biglersville
James Smallwood
Oscar Wilson
Inwood
E. N. Swartz
Lucille Gordon
Washing
Charles Gordon
C. M. Barrett
Winchesoe
Local Notes From Hogue Creek May Gathering And Birth
Hogue Creek VA May 24 reports Abraham Foster and Maryland friends visiting Mrs Nancy Foster. Several couples shared Sunday with Mr and Mrs Newton Cather. An 8 pound birth Sunday morning brings congratulations to Mr and Mrs Walter Miller. mother and baby are well. Out-of-town guests include Miss Katie Marple Alexandria VA Mrs Gladys Fairley Monessen PA Mrs H B Hedrick Washington DC A Anderson and Miss Lillie Boyce Winchester. An error is corrected from last week concerning Mount Olive cemetery near Hayfield with cleaning set for June 4.
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Hogue Creek
Abraham Foster
Maryland
Nancy Foster
Ollie Clowser
Charles Clowser
Charles Brown
Newton Cather
Walter Miller
H. C. Moore
Ed Haines
Katie, Marple
Alexandria
Gladys Fairley
Monessen
H. B. Hedrick
Washington, D. C
A.anderson
Lillie Boyce
Winchester
Cleve Marple
Mount Olive
Hayfield
Community urged to clean cemetery and local updates
The notice asks all who have ties to the cemetery to assist in cleaning. It reports Mrs. Nancy Poster helping nurse Mr. Charles Rinker who is very ill in Winchester. Mrs. Carter Hoover remains ill at home. Mrs. Bertha Crowser eyes improving and near recovery. Miss Mary Lee Miller shows improvement after an operation.
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Nancy Poster
Charles Rinker
Winchester
Carter Hoover
Bertha Crowser
Mary Lee Miller
Revival Services At Meade Memorial Parish Hall
Evangelistic services led by F. Nortridge begin Sunday at 7 30 p m in Meades Memorial Parish Hall and continue nightly through the week. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meade Memorial
Meade’s Memorial Parish Hall
F. Nortridge
Nazi Handbills Found in Chicago Mail Boxes
The FBI reported complaints of Heil Hitler swastika handbills found in Chicago mail boxes and on cars across the city. The leaflets, addressed to German Americans, warned Hitler will not forget you and urged not to forget Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hitler
Roosevelt
Teas Ney
Rev Strieby to Address Woodstock High Graduates
Woodstock high school seniors will hear a Baccalaureate sermon by Rev. F. H. Strieby on June 2 at the Methodist church and receive diplomas the following evening after an address by J. J. Sperry. Miss Sara Bird Williams will deliver the valedictory and Miss Judith Johnson is salutatorian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodstock
Woodstock High School
Methodist
F. H. Strieby
J. J. Sperry
Sara Bird Williams
Philip Williams
Judith Johnson
Frank Johnson
Mary Louise Baker
Louise Burner
Geraldine Clem
Hazel Ritenour
Charlotte Richard
Jane Wolverton
Anna Bel Conner
Nellie Ryman
Elsie Mogle
Catherine Weaver
Marguerite Tapley
Isabelle Seibert
Marty Frances Helsley
Dorothy Hipp
Helen Wisman
Mildred Sheetz
Warren French, Jr
Milson French
Gordon Wolverton
Davis Seal
Chester Foster
W. H. Wilkin
Carl Lee Smoot
Allan Peer
Samuel Hollingsworth
Eugene Sheetz
Paul Stickley
Harold Hoffman
Wilbert Walden
Vivian Mumaw
John Sherman
Herbert Walker
William Rudolph
Harry Fleming
Stephen Kiser
Forrest Vehrencamp
Vivian Snyder
Police Training School Set for June at University of Richmond
Richmond May 24. O D Garton and Dan W Duling of the city police will direct the fourth annual police training school at the University of Richmond from June 17 through June 28. The school attracts officers from across the state and is sponsored by the Virginia Police Executives Association with state division of trade and industrial education and League of Virginia Municipalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
O. D. Garton
Dan W. Duling
University of Richmond
The
Virginia Police Executives’ Association
State Division of Trade and Industrial Education
League of Virginia Municipalities
Betty Campbell's 30 Foot Window Fall Amazes Doctors
Chicago reports three year old Peggy telling her mother that Betty, seven, fell thirty feet from a third floor window. Physicians found no injuries despite the dramatic incident in their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Betty
Peggy Campbell
Peggy
Slight Drop In Birth Rate For Country
Census figures show a small decline in the U S birth rate for 1939 with 2,262,726 births at 17.4 per thousand. New Mexico records the highest rate at 33.7 and New Jersey the lowest at 13.0. States’ 1939 and 1938 comparisons are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
New Mexico
New Jersey
In Defense of Credit Service at Virginia Bankers Meet
William H. Neal of Winston Salem told the amortization discount committee at Hotel Roanoke during the Virginia Bankers Association 47th annual convention opening day. Henry G. Ellis Peters burg school superintendent Giles H. Miller of Lynchburg and J Harvie Wilkinson Jr Richmond spoke on program themes and warned against government trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
William H. Neal
Winston Salem
N. C
Virginia Bankers’ Association
Hotel Roanoke
Henry G. Ellis
Petersburg
Giles H. Miller
Lynchburg
J. Harvie Wilkinson, Jr
Richmond
World Postal Union membership and mail exchange
The United States and virtually every nation belong to the International Postal Union to enable reciprocal exchange of mail.
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United States
The
International Postal Union
Etchings Rise and Fall Across Centuries
The passage notes that etchings began in the 15th century, gained popularity in the 17th century, waned in the 18th, and revived in the 19th century.
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Brush Creek
Grimes
Stephens
Miles Music Co
Mr. Strieby
Chapman Motor Co
In Defense of Credit Service
Miller's Hardware
Miller’s
Miss Kidd
Cooking School
Sherwin-Williams
Miller’s Hardware
N. Loudoun
General Electric
Mio de
Allsteel
GE Thrift
Lee
E. Boscawen ST
America’s Finest
Anderson
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