Wounded Officer Recalls Fatal Wardensville Tragedy
Constable Bageant reports hearing no shot as he was assaulted by the Orndorffs. Mrs. Orndorff is killed at their Wardensville grade home eight miles southwest of Winchester. Blanton Orndorff and three sons jailed. Chester Hockman and George Pingley wounded. The investigation focuses on who fired the fatal shot and the sequence of events.
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Bageant
George Bageant
Arthur Orndorff
H. Blanton Orndorff
Arthur
Orndorff
Blanton Orndorff
Wardensville
Winchester
Chester Hockman
Orndorffs
George Pingley
Constable Bageant
Hockman
Pingley
Abner Fauver
Precius
Game Season 10 Closed December 6 by Virginia Panel
The State Game and Inland Fisheries Commission met in Winchester to gauge county sentiment on shortening the upland game season due to drought. They announced the open upland season will close December 6, with quail, pheasant and wild turkey seasons affected. Rabbitsmay be hunted on private land with permission but only within property boundaries.
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State Game and Inland Fisheries Commmission
Winchester
Virginia
A. W. Robertson
Richmond
William Ss. Snow
Alexandria
C. W. Williams
Albert Fletcher
Warrenton
F. W. Pingley
Frederick County
Warren
Shepherd
Warren County
Robertson
The
Game Commission
Hospital grateful for gifts at Thanksgiving drive
Miss Lillian Anderson superintendent of Winchester Memorial Hospital expressed thanks for gifts received during Thanksgiving. Money and supplies will aid current needs. Students from Handley High School John Kerr School and New Virginia Avenue School contributed. Union services yielded 102 dollars and Boyce service 5.50 dollars plus supplies.
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Lillian Anderson
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Anderson
Handley High School
John Kerr School
New
Virginia Avenue School
Winchester
Boyce
It Pays To Walk by Hodgson Brown
A compact ad promotes distinctive jewelry from the city’s jewelers with a phonograph sticker slogan It Pays To Walk by Hodgson Brown.
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Hodgson Brown
Odd Fellows Meeting Tonight at I O O F Hall
Members are called to a Thanksgiving service at the I O O F Hall Sunday evening November 30 at 7 pm. L L Heishman serves as secretary and urges attendance.
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I. O. O. F. Hall
Notice to creditors of Charles W. Trenary estate
All persons who may be indebted to or who may have claims against the estate of Charles W. Trenary deceased are asked to call on the executrix Anita M. Trenary for settlement. (11-.6-1p-31)
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Charles W. Trenary
Anita M. Trenary
Winchester Steam Laundry Ad Announces Schedule
Laundry advertisement lists phone numbers 28 and 29 for Winchester Steam Laundry with service days Monday Wednesday and Saturday.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
Charles M Ebert Dies After Short Illness
Charles M. Ebert prominent Winchester farmer and fruit grower died at his home 443 North Braddock Street at 7 30 last evening after a brief illness. He was 72 and had been a director of the Union Bank of Winchester and a longtime Elks member. Funeral Monday at 2 pm from his residence with services by three local pastors. Burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery. He is survived by his widow and a brother Martin P. Ebert of Stephensons.
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Charles M. Ebert
North Braddock Street
Star
Ebert
Virginia
Old Home Place
Welltown
Baybrelle Tharp
Jefferson County
West Va
Winchester
William and
Anna Ridgeway Ebert
Mr. Ebert
Union Bank of Winchester
Winchester Lodge No
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Mr. Davidson
Episcopal Church
Middleway
West, Va
Norman Cooper
Lutheran Church
Messrs
Scott Grant
Edward Grant
James Crider
Hunter Franks
Percy D. Miller
W. A. McKown
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Death silences Hamilton Pen
HAGERSTOWN Md Nov 29 W H Hamilton 59 editorial writer for the Hagerstown Herald and former Baltimore Washington Philadelphia newspaper hand died at his home after illness since February He is survived by his mother a brother and a sister.
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Associated Press
Hagerstown
W. H. Hamilton
Hagerstown Herald
Baltimore
Washington
Philadelphia
Four Trainmen Killed In Western Pacific Crash
Four trainmen died when a Western Pacific express crashed into the rear of a fast freight near Sunol Alameda county California last night. The impact crushed the second train engine and telescoped and splintered the last four cars of the express.
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Associated Press
Stockton
Calif
Western Pacific
Sunol
Alameda County
Here
South End Hose Co Monthly Meeting Details
Regular monthly meeting announced for Monday night December 1 under South End Hose Co. Members donate refreshments and smokes. Secretary notes.
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South End Hose CO
Legion-backed Handley High School game to aid unemployed
The Star reports the Handley High School versus Shenandoah Valley Academy football game next Friday December 5 is backed by the local American Legion post. Proceeds fund relief for unemployment with supervision by service clubs and merchants closing 2 to 5 pm to boost attendance.
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the Star
The
American Legion
Heart and
Handley High School
Shenandoah Valley Academy
the Legion
Post
Hugh Clark
Robert Y. Conrad Post
Amercian Legion
Shot Removed From Eyeball of Mr T H Lam
Mr T H Lam a well known farmer from near Stephens City was operated on in a Philadelphia hospital to remove a shot embedded behind his eye after a hunting accident with friends from Washington and Philadelphia. He had been treated at Memorial Hospital in Winchester before traveling for specialist care. The Salt Lake City police recovered 3600 stolen bicycles last year.
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T. H. Lam
Stephens City
Philadelphia
Mr. Lam
Washington
Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Salt Lake City
Utah
Auto Fire in Winchester Sparks City Fire Call Reform
At about 9 o'clock this morning four Winchester fire companies responded to a West Leicester street automobile fire owned by Dr. E B Powers. Fire Chief Lee Barr urged reporting individuals to state fire nature to avoid unnecessary apparatus and warned of possible warrants to curb overcalls. Over the past week two automobile fires and one chimney fire prompted full company responses.
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Winchester
West Leicester Street
E. B. Powers
Lee Barr
Freezing Rain Slows Traffic Across Midwest Roads
A drizzling rain froze on contact creating icy surfaces in Wisconsin northern Illinois Indiana and lower Michigan. Rail and elevated trains ran behind schedule in Chicago reflecting widespread travel disruption. Walking was dangerous on slick sidewalks as temperatures rose across the northern central states. The Army and Notre Dame football game faced a soggy field with steady rain and near freezing temperatures.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Northwest
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Central States
Tll
Army
Notre Dame
Mr Lee Fisher Improving After Serious Illness
Mr. Lee Fisher of Brown and Fisher at 1400 Valley Avenue has been seriously ill but today shows improvement and appears to be on the road to recovery. He is being cared for at home by registered nurse Mrs. Arthur Athey.
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W. Lee Fisher
Brown and Fisher
Valley Avenue
Fisher
Arthur Athey
Governor to review Schoffield strike move in Danville
Governor Pollard travels from Richmond to Danville to consider a recommendation by Col H L Opie to remove four companies of the 106th Infantry from the Schoofield strike area. Troops patrol five miles as weather turns cold while Danville remains quiet and authorities maintain control.
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Richmond
Pollard
Danville
Schoofield
H. L. Opie
One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry
Belles of Beaufort Firemen Benefit Show Tickets On Sale
Tickets for a benefit show by the Belles of Beaufort firemen, directed by Hugh S Duffey, are selling fast for a performance to aid Virginia State Firemen's Association and Cumberland Valley Firemen's Association events in Winchester next year. Soddy Haines and his Virginians jazz orchestra will perform between acts, with a 40 member chorus and enhanced lighting by Carlin Gray. Reserved seats urged for choice locations. The Star will publish the full program Monday.
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N’s
Joiais
Belles of Beau
Hugh
Duffey
Virginia State Firemen’s Association
Cumberland Valley Firemen’s Association
Winchester
Soddy Haines
Virginians
Carlin Gray
The
Star Monday
Dozen Held In Bus As Bandits Blow a Safe
Three bandits bound twelve people including employees and patrons, tied them in a motor bus, and for two hours blew a safe and robbed the garage of the Pittsburgh Motor Coach Company. The heist yielded about $1,000 and went unseen by pedestrians until an employee found eleven men and a woman tied in the bus after the robbers left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Special Meetings Planned at Walnut Springs Church
The Walnut Springs Church of the Disciples of Christ begins a series of special meetings on Lord's day December 7 led by Charles E. McVay of Winchester will lead the singing. Speakers include Rev J Mitchell Hoge Woodstock on December 8 Rev Warren Baldwin Saumsville on December 9 and Rev Arthur Wake Strasburg on December 10. Rev W J Dudley Winchester will speak on a date to be announced. Public invited.
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F. B. Sapp
Walnut Springs
Church of the Disciples of Christ
Charles E. McVay
Winchester
J. Mitchell Hoge
Woodstock
Warren Baldwin
Saumsville
Arthur. Wake
Strasburg
Elks Promote Charity Football Game for Unemployed Help
Edwin T. Snider of Winchester Lodge 867 urges public support for a charity football game between Handley High School and Shenandoah Valley Academy on Friday December 5. Proceeds aid the city’s unemployed as businesses are urged to close 2 to 5 PM to boost attendance.
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the Star
Winchester Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Handley High School
Shenandoah Valley Academy
the Elks
Winchester
Pam
Edwin T. Snider
Sedy
Island Group Searched For Missing Aviatrix
Miami reports a seaplane search for Mrs J M Keith Miller the Australian aviatrix missing on a Havana to Miami flight. Officials suspect the plane was blown over the Gulf of Mexico with a bee line course set despite strong east winds.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Tortugas Island
Keys
Florida Peninsula
J. M. Keith-Miller
Pan-American Airways
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Keith-Miller
Havana
Rain Probable Early Week Then Fair Weather Outlook
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday calls for rain in the North and Middle Atlantic states on Monday and Tuesday with rain in the south and rain or snow in the north around Friday. Otherwise the period should run generally fair with temperatures well above normal Monday and Tuesday, cooler Wednesday, warmer Thursday, and turning colder by week’s end.
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The
Associated Press
Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
Fire damages wing on German seaplane DO X in Lisbon harbor
Fire swept a wing of the German seaplane DO X while at anchor in Lisbon harbor. One large wing was destroyed before firefighters stopped the blaze. The wing housed crew quarters and key mechanical components of the ship.
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Associated Press
Lisbon
Driving license laws to be sought in 28 states next year
The piece notes a large supply of swinging and metal Commune ALAIMEDS items at a studio. It mentions drivers' license laws like those in California being pursued in 28 state legislatures next year.
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California
State Horticultural Society Meet For Virginia Growers
Frederick county fruit growers expected to attend the thirty fifth annual State Horticultural Society meeting in Charlottesville next week. The event features practical talks on current issues in fruit growing with sessions at Monticello Hotel and an evening dance.
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Frederick County
State Horticultural Society
Charlottesville
Virginia
United States
Tve
Monticello
Legisla Ls
Funeral Rites Held For Youth Killed In Crash
Bedford Slater, 17, a St Christopher's student from Upperville, died of a fractured skull after a two car collision en route to Virginia games. His funeral, led by Rev Charles Hamdon, drew a large crowd. He is survived by his mother Mrs F F Crenshaw, two brothers George Robert Slater and James Glascock Slater, and extended family.
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F. F. Crenshaw
Tace G Slater
Upperville
Bedford Slater
University Hospital
Charlottesville
Slater
St. Christopher’s Richmond
Charles Hamdon
Warrenton
George Robert Slater
Glascockees
Virginia Military Institute
For Rent Apartment at Davis Grocery Listing
Classified notice describes an apartment for rent at Davis Grocery with a photograph service by Barr's Studio. It mentions contact by phone 111 and notes poison dates and stock availability from Bond Bros, referencing an old style ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barr
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State Commission
Hospital
Xmas
ODD Fellows
L. L Heishman, Sec’y
Hamilton
Winchester Firemen
H. R. Potts
Cumberland Valley
Virginia State Firemen's Convention
Ali
Colonial
Swarths. Tilt
Head OF Legion
Blazing Auto
Lee Fisher
Opie
Firemen
Elks Club
E. T. Snider
Alaimeds
Barr’s. Studio
Davis Grocery
Bond Bros
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