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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1935
Page
9
Community column from Store Virginia notes visitors and travels across nearby towns. Many residents such as Mrs. Puffinburger, Mr. Shenk, Mr. Murphy and family, and Mrs. Shade are mentioned visiting relatives. Apple picking, frost damage, church homecoming, and local social visits fill the week.
Local notes report preaching at Galilee Church next Sunday with cordial welcome. Miss Mary Newcomb from Winchester visited. Charles McVay ill at home. First frost of the season and a few freezes. Mourning for Clifton Bockey of Franklin New Jersey, formerly Grimes. Louise Taylor enters training at Garfield General Hospital. Apple picking, corn harvest, and seeding underway. Robert Clevenger back after illness. Daniel Leight mostly the same but able to walk short distances.
Siler, Oct. 11 notices include Mr. A. H. Lamp and family visiting Ambrose Whitacre and Harold Lamp with DeHaven, Othello Heironimus ill in Gerrardstown, Heironimus improvement, Ruth Kerns visiting Gerrardstown, Camillus White paralyzed, Heironimus apple-picking for Parker Mauzy, John H. Clark working for Clyde Collins, Harry DeHaven employed at Jackson plant in Winchester.
Miss Minnie Orndorff visits Cedar Bluff Farm with Misses Doke and Emma Stickley. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Sam Edmondson and son Ralph from near Pittsburgh, Pa., at Russell Edmondson's home. Washington guests Douglas Hausenfluck and Ethel stay with J. F. Hausenfluck family. Sunday guests at M. M. Orndorff home include M. Allen Stickley of Dayton, Va., and C. O. Watson and daughter Miriam of Step.
Middletown Virginia residents report family and friend visits across Orange Wardensville Strasburg and Washington. Travelers include Edmonsons Whitehurst Wright Larrick Henretty and Hottel, with social events at Grace Methodist Sunday School and Fry reunion.
Lebanon Church Virginia October 11 report the new road from Coal Mine to Wheatfield is nearly finished and now open to traffic. Local residents note the improvement. Various social visits are recorded including the Keller and Conner families.
Oct 11 report lists visits by Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Dick to Winchester and by several Cedar Grove families to friends in Winchester Martinsburg and Berryville. Rev W B Obaugh and son dined with Mr and Mrs David Smith. Clifton Pitcock remains seriously injured in Winchester Memorial Hospital with little improvement and friends hope for recovery.
Mr and Mrs D A Smith attended with family from Martinsburg West Virginia and Grimes while Mr and Mrs Charles Loyd from Bethel visited. A shower for Mrs Miller Lynn occurred Friday at the Dory Miller Home organized by Pleasant Valley Church Class No 3 with many gifts. Mrs Lynn was formerly Esther Barrett. The Woman's Missionary Society met at Dora Dicks home Thursday.
Angers Store area reports visitors and weekend hospitality across Berkeley Springs Whitacre Martinsburg and Elkins with several families named. D W Mauzy Mrs C G DeHaven and Mildred Unger are noted attendees and Mildred Unger was named a Festival princess at Forest Festival in Elkins.
Refuge Virginia notes a series of Sunday visits. Mr and Mrs Joseph Conner and son Monres were with Elizabeth Ritenour. Austin Conner visited Bartonsville with Beng Bennington. James Orndorfft hosted Holmes Orndorff, Boyd Rockford and more from Washington DC Estelle Robinson from Annapolis Md and Phil Bowman and two children James and
Mr Phil Bowman spent Sunday with his parents Mr and Mrs L L Bowman near Ninveh. Mr Aye Ritenour has been on the list.
Stephens City notes list multiple visitors and family gatherings across the area. Lucille Rothgeb of Baltimore visits C. C. Bauser man. Edna Polhamus and daughter Jane return from Washington. many neighbors and relatives share Sunday visits from Winchester Harrisburg and Washington with brief health notes on Holmes Argenbright and Eversole family.
Gore, Virginia dispatch reports Merril Bowman and family renting Kern cottage for housekeeping. Baptist Church specials led by Rev. Parker with many joining. Local residents Will Miller of Winchester sang, Myrtle Randolph hosted Washington visitors, and numerous relatives visited Kernstown and Capon Bridge.
Gainesboro notes record moves by Mr and Mrs Harry McKeever to E E Bayliss property and Mrs Laura DeHaven visiting relatives. Mrs L H Ruble recovers from an infected foot and Miss Winifred Rogers and Miss Rebecca Adams visit locals. Rev C G Russell attends conference in Staunton as first killing frost of the season arrives Friday night.
Green Spring Virginia October notes record Mrs. Russell McCormick and Mrs. Etta Lynn with Maynard Lynn of Martinsburg visiting Mrs. Hunter Strob. A8 Pries attended a Harrisonburg conference. Lily Shirley and daughter Rosella visited Mr. and Mrs. BE Hardy in Winchester. Albert Brown of Mt. Pleasant West Virginia joined Mr. and Mrs. Canter Milburn for a Sunday visit.
Police fear Mrs. Fred Burke the wife of the notorious killer Burke may have been abducted after a cryptic note near Walsenburg Colorado claimed Mrs Bonnie Burke of Chicago was kidnapped by six men. Burke is serving life imprisonment for murder.
Fashion notes describe a coat pattern with side front closure, kimono sleeves, and a contrasting blouse detail. The straight skirt and deep front overlap suit older women in satin finishes, with colors like black and plum. Pattern sizes range 36 through 54 with yardage listed and a request to send for the Barbara Bell Pattern Book.
A Winchester Evening Star pattern department advertisement invites readers to order the new Marian Martin pattern book and patterns. It requests payment of fifteen cents per pattern plus address details and size, touts color illustrations and fall winter designs, and notes combined book and pattern price of twenty five cents. The item is described with sewing lessons and practical fashion advice.
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