Social Notes From Millwood Highlights From Oct 9
Millwood Virginia records a busy social scene with Miss Mitchell hosting tea for Edsall guests Miss Mary Haskell of Amesbury Mass Kennedy of ? Miss Charlotte of N C and Miss Kath erne Stronach of Great Neck L I Others invited included Mrs Pierre Tartone Mrs W Pinkney Wetherall Mrs Theodore N Jones and several Misses. Events include golf lessons by GC Wilson at Blue Ridge Country Club a horse show at Grafton for Episcopal Church and a Washington trip for several notable residents with gatherings at The Moorings and Scabby estate plus visits to Canada and New York by locals.
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Louise Okie
Edward B. Jacobs
Okie
Houston Gaddis
Maine
Jack Okie
New York Times
Washington
Wiley Granby
Norfolk
Ethel O'Fallon
B. O. Randolph
Pauline Bowie
Philadelphia
California
Thomas Nelson Carter
Powhatan
George H. Burwell
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Scabby
Wilson
Grafton
Upperville
Episcopal Church
Gray Eagle
Anderson
Ewart Johnston
Clay Hill
Law
Firth
Pittsburgh
Henry Post Mitchell
Nathaniel B. Page
Robert Carter
Canada
Peter Mrs
Kin
Parkersburg
Julia Peterkin
Constance Peterkin
Courtney d Jones
Hannah Moore School
Ristertown
New York
Richard Sanger
Woman's Auxiliary of
Christ Church
Bishop’s Chapel
Ethiopia
Sanger
R. H. Baker to Lead Grange Degree Team Tour
The Shenandoah County Pomona Grange will send its Pomona degree team of 28 members, led by J. Leslie Saum, to Rockbridge and Botetourt counties this month. They depart October 12 to Fairfield for drills and degrees at Rockbridge County Grange organizing, with attendees from Fairfield Kerrs Creek Brownsburg and Millboro. A large charter list includes Congressman A Willis Robertson of Lexington. The same team will confer degrees at Botetourt County Grange with Eagle Rock Grange as host.
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Shenandoah County
Pomona Grange
Pomona
Rockbridge
Botetout
J. Leslie Saum
Maurertown
Fairfield
Rockbridge County
Kerrs Creek
Brownsburg
Millboro
Bath County
A. Willis Robertson
Lexington
Spottswood Grange
Botetourt County
Eagle Rock Grange
Eagle Rock
Fincailroag
Grange Officials and Guests Gather for Valley Pomona Events
The Pomona Grange in Virginia hosts guest speakers including Congressman C E Woodrumpt, a National Grange member from Richmond. The Virginia State Grange executive committee and Valley Granges patrons attend. National Grange Deputy R M Baker from Middletown oversees as the 14th organization added to the State Grange this year.
Virginians Win Prizes At Annual Baltimore Livestock Show
The Baltimore show awarded top prizes to Virginia and other state owners. Frank Adair of Andersonburg, Pa winner claimed first and second in cattle over 1100 pounds, with Ohio Pennsylvania and Tennessee entrants in the same division. George Holtzman of Mount Jackson Va took top steer and heifer carload prize under 1100 pounds and a $50 grand champion prize. The Harry Conley Company of Kansas City captured multiple prizes in the feeder class. R. R. Richardson of Berryville Va won for cattle 550 to 1000 pounds, and Warner P. Pearce of Monkton earned first in a five hog class weighing 150 to 225 pounds.
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Baltimore
Frank Adair
Andersonburg
Pal
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
George Holtzman
Mount Jackson
Holtzman
Harry Conley Company
Kansas City
R. R. Richardson
Berryville
Warner P. Pearce
Monkton
Middletown to Seek WPA Funds for Street Improvements
Middletown council met in special session and decided to apply for Works Progress Administration funds to improve its streets. Two Front Royal men connected with the WERA discussed the proposal and were instructed to draft the applications, though no amount was set.
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Middletown
Front Royal
WERA
Works Progress Administration
VERA
Virginia WPA quota fixed at eighty eight point four seven million
Virginia's Works Progress Administration quota is set at 8 420 000 with presidential approval for 7 535 255 and 884 745 still awaiting final authorization. Comptroller General has approved 3 553 286 so far. National totals for the District of Columbia and states sum to 1 140 000 000. President allocated 900 077 211 and the Comptroller General 586 889 956.
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Washington
Virginia
Works Progress Administration
WPA
McCarl
Comptroller General
District of Columbia
Comptroller ‘General
ASWPA
FERA
State Emergency Relief and Works Progress
CWA
Weather winds shift along coast and bay
Fresh northeast winds tonight diminish Thursday and shift to south over the north portion. Over Chesapeake Bay north of Potomac River winds become easterly then moderate to fresh southerly Thursday as skies stay partly overcast.
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Associated Press
Sandy Hook
Cape Hatteras
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac River
Flames Level Resort Town Buildings in North Beach Fire
Two buildings burned to the ground and a third dwelling damaged as a fire swept an entire business block in North Beach Maryland. The Cleveland Inn and a cottage owned by Mrs Bear were destroyed. Mrs Bear injured by shock and Chief Lovelace cut. Fire apparatus from Eastport Galesville Marlboro Forestville aided. North Beach, 25 miles south of Annapolis, is a popular resort.
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North Beach
Chesapeake Bay
Cleveland Inn
Annapolis
Washington
Part-Time Teacher Added At Stephens City High School
Frederick county school board added a part time English and science teacher to Stephens City high school due to rising enrollment. W. W. Glass currently teaches two English classes and one science class. The board drafts nursery school plans and seeks Raymond Long to review plans for a new consolidated high school north of the city, with funding in the next fiscal year budget subject to Supervisors approval.
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Stephens City
Frederick County School Board
W. W. Glass
Raymond Long
State Board of Education
Consolidated High School
Board of Supervisors
Amber: Baltic Sea Fossil Resin Used in Pipes and Ornaments
Amber is a fossil resin from shores of the Baltic and North seas. It is among the most important and valuable resins used to fashion mouthpieces for pipes and cigarette holders beads and ornaments and in varnish making.
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Baltic Sea
North Sea
Dr Dame Accepts Call To Church Near Baltimore
The Rev Dr William Page Dame former rector of Memorial Protestant Episcopal in Baltimore and chaplain of the Fifth Regiment Maryland National Guard has accepted a call to St John s Church Worthington Valley. He will move into the rectory next Wednesday and had resigned his rectorate at Trinity Church Upperville Virginia. He is a nephew of Mrs Robert M Ward of Winchester and is a son of the late Rev Dr William M Dame known as the Bishop of Bolton Street.
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William Page Dame
Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church
Baltimore
Fifth Regiment
Maryland National Guard
St. John’s Church
Worthington Valley
Trinity Church
Upperville
Robert M. Ward
Winchester
Dame
Memorial Church
Christ Church School
Middlesex County
Virginia
Dr. Dame
Ritchie
William B. Hall
Hoffman Street
Episcopal High School
Alexandria
University of Virginia
Virginia Theological Seminary
Longtime local clergyman and civic leader dies
The article notes the life of a local minister who served under his father, led St. Bartholomew's Church, and held roles in Kiwanis Club, the Sons of the Revolution, Masons and Daughters of the Confederacy. He became chaplain of the Fifth Regiment Veteran Corps in 1909 and served on multiple church and charity boards.
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St. Bartholomew's Church
Memorial
Kiwanis Club
Fifth Regiment
Veteran Corps
Sons of the Revolution
Oriental Lodge of Masons Daughters of the Confederacy
Florence Crittenton
Church Home and Infirmary
Daily Vacation Bible Schools of
Maryland
Church Services To Be Resumed After Skunk Incident
Hagerstown Maryland October 9 1915 services will resume in the Methodist Episcopal Church next Sunday after a skunk forced a temporary closure. The animal wandered into the basement and the janitor tried to shoo it out. he eventually shot the skunk, but the church had become untenable for several days.
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Hagerstown
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R. H. Baker
R.M. Ward
Loudoun County
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Albemarle County
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Mickey Cochrane
Detroit Tigers
Petefox
Bill Rogell
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Elden
Alvin Crowder
Schoolboy
Tommy Bridges
Detroit
Tiger
Jo-Jo White
Owen
Marvin
Gerald Walker
Goslin
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem, N.C
Diocesan Committee of Missions
John W. Rosenberger & Co
DuPont
Republic
Amherst & Boscawen
Valley Ave
Braddock
Piccadilly
BIG
Shenandoah Motor Company
Chevrolet
Bickers
Bickers Motor CO
E. F. Barr
Steiff
E. E. Barr
Main Street
Watson and
Arbuckle Farms
Goodrich
Liberal
Scammertireco
Braddock & Boscawen
Sts
Winchester Va
I. Brumback
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