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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1921
Page
7
A garbled ad item notes B. Lawrence & Co. Chicago selling to Winchester through Geo. Miller's Sons Fred S Boyd and Frank Barker & Son. The text mocks impractical footwear demands and mentions insistent costs and trifle prices.
Practical guide urges homeowners to keep homes neat and attractive to reflect credit on individuals and the community. Emphasizes personal responsibility and neighborhood pride through orderly living spaces and well maintained interiors.
Chaplain J. B. Frazier, chief of the Navy Chaplain Corps, once sailed with Admiral Dewey into Manila Bay in 1898 and now leads Navy chaplaincy worldwide. He offered to help at the Church of the Pilgrims in Washington when its pastor was away, expressing a desire to support Christian service in the capital.
Chaplain Prazier offers to preach Sunday morning and evening as a gratuity while absent. He has over fifteen months of free service and will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to Fort Loudoun Seminary students in the Presbyterian Church at 11 o'clock Sunday.
An electrical storm in the Ham Roads area caused over 200000 in damage. St Luke's Church in Norfolk was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. Warehouses in Norfolk and several Newport News structures suffered damage from bolts.
The Community presented Winchester the Queen City of the Valley at the Empire Theatre to a large audience. The film highlights local industry especially apples, Handley School model, local leaders and schools Shenandoah Valley Academy Fort Loudoun Seminary, Boy Scouts activities and a positive message of doing a good turn daily. It will be shown again this evening.
Sunday school at 9745 Boy Scout Hall with a sermon by the pastor at 11 A.M. and 8 P.M. Young People's meeting at 7:15 P.M. Delegates elected to the Young People's convention at First United Brethren Church in Martinsburg West Virginia on June 16. Short session of the official board after the evening service. All welcome including non professing Christians to meditate for an hour.
A large crowd attended the funeral for Loring Shane of Gainesboro county, son of Mr. and Mrs William T Shang. He died after a truck he drove for J H Lockhart lumber dealer was struck by a mail train in the Baltimore and Ohio yards. Funeral was in Gainesboro Methodist Church with Revs Parlett and Stickley officiating. Floral offerings and pallbearers named.
A Stephens City High School piano recital, presented by Miss Kathleen Morton in the auditorium, impressed a large, attentive audience. Students showcased pieces by Bartok, Liszt, Raff, and others, with special praise for Miss Stickley’s solo and the Larrick McCartney duo.
A nationwide drive from May 29 to June 1 asks for old clothes for naked refugees and orphans of the Near Last. State Chairman Sands urges community cooperation, bundles packed securely and addressed to Near East Relief Warehouse New York, prepaid by parcel post or express.
Miss Katherine Glass returns after a brief visit to Washington DC where she attended a grand reception hosted by the Colonial Dames of the District of Columbia for attendees of the Congress of Colonial Dames of America at the Washington Hotel.
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