Firemen Honor Guest at Fourth Annual Banquet
Nearly three hundred members of the Friendship Fire Company and guests gathered for the fourth annual banquet. John W. Morrison of Harrisonburg spoke on volunteer firemen and Winchester’s prominence, with Col. Roszel and Capt. Gray also addressing the gathering amid music from Shenandoah Valley Serenaders.
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Friendship Fire Company
Shenandoah Valley Serenaders
J. H. Dunn
Joe Hodgson
John Green
Bob Barr
Marcellus Anderson
Jas. P. Reardon
Byrd
Court of St. James
London
Harrisonburg
National Park
John W. Morrison
Winchester
United Fire Department
Morrison
North Pole
Roszel
B. M. Roszel
Wintchester
Charley Rouss Fire Company
Robert L. Gray
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Torederick, Md
Reward offered by Minnie Kennedy for Aimee Semple McPherson return
Los Angeles May 23. Mrs Minnie Kennedy mother of the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson offers 25000 to the person who returns her daughter unharmed to Angelus Temple. She says the reward is to call bluff of rumors and notes she believes Aimee drowned but offers the sum to settle public speculation. Sheriff and district attorney plan a full survey of the case as investigations begin.
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Associated Press
Los Angels
Cal
Aimee Semple
Ocean Park
Minnie Kennedy
Kennedy
Aimee’ Semple McPherson
Aimes Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
District Attorney's Office
Thirteen 10 to Be Awarded Diplomas at Middletown
Middletown Va May 28 Thirteen seniors will receive diplomas at the Middletown Agricultural High School commencement at Grace Methodist Church South May 31. Dr F T McFaden of Winchester to deliver the address. The senior play A Bunch of Fun will be staged tonight and Saturday. Baccalaureate Sunday at Grace Church. E O Larrick medal for top student and American Legion Auxiliary medal for eighth grade girl to be awarded. Public invited. Awards and promotions Read. For sale one 60 h P steam boiler $175 National Fruit Product Co Inc (5 24 1p eod 3t).
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Middletown
Middletown Agricultural High School
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Lucille Brumback
Norman Coffelt
Thelma Cooley
Ernestine Eyerly
Nelson Fishpan
Hazel Funkhouser
Arlene Judy
Anna Keener
Evelyn Keller
Alma Louise Little
Lena MacDonald
Ruth Richard
Corinne Willey
F. T. McFaden
Winchester
Grace Church
J. P. Hupman
E. O. Larrick
American Legion Auxiliary
Cedar Creek Lot Sale Near Winchester This Saturday
Large lot sale advertised for Cedar Creek Grade one mile south of Winchester on Saturday at 1 p m. Auction details appear in the notice with time and location.
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Cedar Creek
Winchester
Apple Blossom Festival Committee Meet Urged for Permanent Status
Important notice to Executive and Finance Committee members of the Apple Blossom Festival urges attendance at a Friday 7 30 PM meeting at the Virginia Woolen Mills Company office. All members must attend to make the festival a permanent institution.
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Virginia Woolen Mills Company
Handley vs Gettysburg baseball game at Handley Stadium
Baseball item notes a 3 p m game between Handley and Gettysburg at Handley Stadium with 25 cent admission. Also lists used cars for sale by Winchester Credit Corp and a lost brown leather handbag with reward, plus a note on a Monday date.
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Handley
Gettysburg
Handley Stadium
Riverton
Winchester
Star Ofice
Mission
Begin spray program to curb codling moth in orchards
Entomologist W. B. Hough urges early spraying to suppress the first generation of codling moth and leaf roller, aiming to prevent a second generation in July. The plan calls for May and June treatments, with June end applications to protect fruit, using lead arsenate lime and sulfur in prescribed quantities.
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S. Hough
Winchester Field Laboratory
Badly Hurt In Fall At North Loudoun Street Store
Chas. P. McVicar city councilman and Loudoun street businessman suffered a severe fall at his North Loudoun street store on Wednesday. While descending an unrailed staircase from the second to the first floor he slipped and plunged down the stairs. He endured heavy bruising and two fractures of the middle fingers, leaving his hand useless. Dr. Cox treated him and he remains in pain but able to be out.
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Chas. P. McVicar
Loudoun Street
Cox
Dr McGuire to Spend Summer in Winchester Not Hot Springs
The Star corrects an error stating Dr. and Mrs. Hunter H McGuire would leave June 5 for Hot Springs. They will spend the entire summer in Winchester except for three days in June for the American Ophthalmological Society sessions at Hot Springs. The Star regrets the error. Also noting a free radio lot and money at a Saturday Lot Sale at 1 p.m.
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the Star
Hunter H .McGuire
Hot Springs
Mrs. McGuire
Winchester
Fence call at the county yard tallest zinc insulated roll
Classified item notes a fence call at the county hitching yard advertising a tall roll of zinc insulated fencing. Also a job ad seeks a girl to do house work at 216 Be Water Street with date stamp May 28.
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Water St
Harmony Urged Among Presbyterians Amid Church Rift
Baltimore May 28 The report of the committee of fifteen to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church stresses greater harmony and clearer prerogatives for presbyteries while affirming faith has not deteriorated. It upholds loyalty to evangelical truth and the Westminster system, with no definite action proposed.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
General Assembly
Committee of Fifteen
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In
United States of America
Jesus Christ
Presbyterian Church
Committee of 15
Silent and Satisfying Service Pays Fitting Tribute
The notice promises quiet, efficient service meeting every requirement and comfort for mourners with R. T. Jones & Co. offering assistance at St. Winchester Wa. The ad also lists compressed air tanks for garages and a Miss America product at Baker's Drug Store with prices.
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R. T. Jones & Co
S. Loudoun
Try Herrell's Next Lot Sale Saturday May 29
A sale notice for Herrell's upcoming auction lists a 1 pm start on Saturday May 29 in the stadium area. The brief item notes a 25 cent mission and a band cancer reference with numbers 43 27 Ip 21.
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Herrell
Bobbed-Hair Candidates Divide Women’s Clubs Leaders
The General Federation of Women’s Clubs debates whether bobbed hair disqualifies women from office. Two nominees, Mrs. H. G. Reynolds and Mrs. Oakley W. Cooke, face scrutiny as leaders weigh tradition against progress. Opinions vary on tolerance, leadership image, and personal style.
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General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
H. G. Reynolds
Peducah
Federation
Oakley W. Cooke
Caldwell
Gilbert Davis
Windsor
John T. Mason
Aurora
Ill
Death summons Evan R Johnson at Hook's Mill
Evan R. Johnson a Hamp shire County West Virginia resident known as Uncle Evan died at his home near Hook's Mill on the Capon River in the ninetieth year of life. He lived there his whole life and was a longtime blacksmith and farmer. Funeral services will be held at Timber Ridge Christian Church with interment in the adjoining cemetery.
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Philadelphia
William O. Thompson
Lapsley McAfee
Committee On
Christian Education
Dr. McAfee
Evan R. Johnson
Hampshire
W. Va
Hook’s Mill
Capon River
Mr. Johnson
Winchester
Evan
Johnson Home
Capon
John I. Johnson
Kaw City
Okla
Johnson
Timber Ridge Christian Church
Roe
Hook's Mill
Uncle Evans
Christian Church
Timber Ridge Church
A. R. Breckenridges
Breckenridge
Hats Sold At Auction Notice
Auction ad lists hats for sale at one dollar each on Saturday May 23. Margaret L Hodgson appears as the contact, with a docket tag 5-27-1p-21.
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Margaret L. Hodgson
Cake Sale Saturday at Solenberger's Social Club
Community notice announces a cake sale at Solenberger's by Social Club on Market Street near M. E. Church on May 29 at 10 a.m. Also mentions Rexall One Cent Sale and Brooks' Pharamcy candy values and a water and sewer payment due by June 1 to avoid penalties, signed by City Treasurer Wm. T. Bark.
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Solenberger’s
Market St. M. E
Rexall
Ww. T. Bark
Rotary Sluggers Lose To Kiwanis In First Game
The Handley diamond hosted a well attended 16 to 11 Kiwanis victory over the Rotary club in a two hour game. Paul Beck limited the Rotarians early while Bill Ritenour delivered a key pinch hit in the eighth. The Handley School Band provided music as both clubs begin a best two out of three series.
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Kiwanians
Handley Diamond
Rotarians
Paul Beck
Bill Ritenour
Handley School
Rotary
Kiwanis Club
Wife killer argues penalty too severe in 1915 tragedy
Three men including John Baker, a Black man, were electrocuted at Eddyville prison in Kentucky within an hour. Sloan and Lake died earlier. Baker, convicted of killing his wife, was executed at 1 25 a m. Officials faced petitions and last minute stays as debate over the death penalty continued.
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Associated Press
Eddyville
Elisha Sloan
Vin Kinging
Edward Lake
Lonville
M Mary Smith
John Baker
Sloan
Lake
Baker
Terrell Kinging
Marvin Kinging
N. Cy
Kinging
Nance
Bisa
Fields
George Bolin
Bolin
Tion
Sweetser Advances to British Amateur Finals in Dramatic 21-Hole Win
In Muirfield Scotland Jess Sweetser eliminated the Hon W G Brownlow after a stirring 21-hole match to reach the British amateur championship final He will meet S F Simpson in a 35-hole final Simpson beat Arthur Jameison Jr 2 and 1 while Bobby Jones fell 4 and 3 to Jameison Harris had defeated Jones yesterday
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Associated Press
Muirfield
Scotland
Jess Sweetser
W. G. Brownlow
S. F. Simpson
Bobby Jones
Arthur Jameison, Jr
Road Bandits Flogged Then 15 Years Imprisonment
Wilmington Delaware May 28 road bandits John F Fee and Thomas Kelly both of Philadelphia were sentenced to 15 years imprisonment and a maximum of 40 lashes for highway robbery Under the states whipping post law they will be whipped in June and receive long prison terms The law credited with cutting burglary and theft insurance rates by about one third is to function again in June
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Associated Press
Wilmington
Del
Delaware
National Bureau of Casualty and Insurance
John F. Fee
Thomas Kelly
Philadelphia
Migratory Bird Bill Faces Senate Action
In Washington today the migratory bird bill moves to the Senate while the House weighs a rivers and harbors measure. A Senate sub committee reviews President Coolidge’s enforcement order.
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The
Associated Press
Senate House
Senate
Coolidge
Mr and Mrs Callahan Registered at George Washington Hotel
Mr and Mrs F Callahan of Youngstown Ohio were registered last night at the George Washington Hotel in this section of the cast. Drugs People s Drug Store 5 3 1p tf)
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F. Callahan
Youngstown
Ohio
George Washington Hotel
People’s Drug Store
Veteran 6G A R veteran requests memorial note
J W Gregory of Mulligan Post 62 wrote to The Star on May 27 1926 describing his service with Co L 224 New York Cavalry Stephens City Virginia He recalls wearing Governor Byrd campaign button and expresses hope to vote for him for President aiming to see Byrd win Virginia votes.
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Joseph F. Bean
Mulligan Post
Byrd
Virginia
United States
John W. Gregory
Co. L
New York Cavalry
Stephens City
the Star
Star
Dabney C Harrison Declines Virginia 7th District Candidacy
Dabney C Harrison releases a public statement on May 28 1926 retracting support for another run for Congress in Virginia s 7th District. He cites 308 endorsers and notes his plan to announce intentions later while staying compliant with state election laws.
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Dabney C. Harrison
Harrison
Winchester
Virginia
Congress
Byrd
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John’ W. Morrison
James P. Reardon
Aimee McPherson
Fenech
Hi Mennaing, Co
Dr. McFaderr
National Fruit Product Co., Inc
Oakland
Essex
Winchester Credit Corp
Dr. McGuire
Free Radio
Lot
Money
Lot Sale
Evangelical Truth
Baker’s Drug Store
Death
Kiwanis
Eddyville Penitentiary
Kansas City
Washington
A. R
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