Lebanon Church Notes Highlight Local Visits and Deaths
Mr and Mrs Cecil Hockman and others visited Har risonburg to see Miss Veda Hockman a student at State Teachers College. Death of Benjamin George reported in Arlington with burial in Hillsboro. Densil Heishman named secretary treasurer of Strasburg High School freshman class.
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Cora Copp
Youngstown
Ohio
Grace Walter
W. L. Whittington
Mildred Brown
W. H
W.S. Bowers
Vivian McDonald
Nellie Brown
Walter
Bes
Brucetown Social Notes Include Conference Attendees
Rev J D Russell of Williamsburg W Va and Mrs Newton Clarke of Roanoke Va were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs J B Snapp. Mrs H L Myerly plus several local residents attended sessions of the Baltimore Conference. Mr and Mrs John Moyer of...
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Brucetown
J. D. Russell
Williamsburg
W. Va
Newton Clarke
Roanoke
J. B. Snapp
H. L. Myerly
Mamie Tanquarry
Belle C. Jobe
Robert Smith
S. JJ. Swimley
Purcell Stine
Snapp Family Hosts and Visitors Reported
Kernstown residents hosted guests including Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Snapp on Tuesday. Paul Triggs of Martinsburg West Virginia visited relatives, while Mrs. Newton Clarke of Roanoke spent a week with the Stine family. John Snapp and daughter Gladys and Mrs. C. J. Snapp of Hagerstown joined Mr. and Mrs. Shirkey for a Sunday dinner.
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Kernstown
J. B. Snapp
Paul Triggs
Martinsburg
W. Va
Wesley Brill
Newton Clarke
Roanoke
Purcell
Stine
John Snapp
Gladys
C. J. Snapp
Hagerstown
Paul Shirkey
Refuge Brevities from Refuge Virginia
Mrs. Elizabeth Ritenour visits daughter and son in law near Stephens City. Arthur Ruggles of Washington DC stays with his parents. Mrs. Emma Pitcock is indisposed. Apples keep locals busy. Alice Pitcock visits Mrs. James Orndorff. Willis Ruggles sore hand under doctor care. Sunday guests at the Orndorff home include R C Hicks and daughter June of Martinsburg and Phil Bowman family Marvin White family Harry Pitcock and Ben Derflinger.
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Refuge
Elizabeth Ritenour
Joseph Conner
Stephens City
Arthur Ruggles
Washington, D. C
Alice Pitcock
James Orndorff
Willis Ruggles
Orndorff
R. C. Hicks
June
Martinsburg
W. Va
Phil Bowman
Marvin White
Harry Pitcock
Ben Derflinger
R. M. Carbaugh
Rhodes
Salem
R. M. Krumpe
Freda
Hagerstown
Harry Butler
Winchester
Ralph Richard
Sadie McCarty
Andrew
Annie Williams
Mary Orndorff
South of Town
Gervis Lemley
James Severe
Ruth
Hyattsville
Joseph Fritts
Harry Rawlings
Wardensville
Nora Yeakle
Lomax Parker
J. H. Brant
Parkers
J. H. Hiser
Harrisonburg
Charles Hampton
Brandywine
Homer Lucas
Waynesboro
Floyd Lucas
Baltimore
Katie McLeod
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Clarence Lemley
Homstead
Delaware
Mattie Dean
D. N. Calvert
Shawsville
Charlie Chaplin
Luray
Nannie Tevalt
Chaplin
Tevalt
Mamie Carver
Mary Tevalt
Clarence Tevalt
Lucy Carver
Joe Steele
Alva Steele
Will Baker
Emma Sillik
Towson
Towson, Md
Maggie Samsell
Bessie Williams
Arlie Starky
Old Bell To Ring At Fredericksburg Dog Mart
Fredericksburg prepares for a historic dog mart opening with a bell once owned by Mary Washington to be rung by auctioneer Nathanie Bacon Kinsey. The bench show starts at 10 a.m. followed by an afternoon dog auction marking a tradition dating to 1690.
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Fredericksburg
Mary Washington
Nathanie Bacon Kinsey
Mart Fair Includes Trick Dogs and Johnson as Judge
Horn blowing contests and trick dog performances headline the event with Walter Johnson as a judge. The former pitcher reportedly duplicated George Washingtons silver dollar throw across the Rappahannock, tying to a legend of the mart origin in 1690. The fair, revived in 1927 after a Revolutionary War gap, features Kinsey as auctioneer.
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Walter Johnson
George Washington
Rappahannock River
Kinsey
Old Time Auctioneer Description Attire Noted
The passage describes an old time auctioneer wearing a longtail coat a high silk hat and a red necktie. This vivid clothing image captures the era and performer style without adding extraneous details.
Freshmen Lisp Strike Delays Theorem Week Ritual
Richmond Virginia March 1920 William and Mary College freshmen begin initiation week with a lisping constraint. They must lisp only every other sentence and expect a ceremonial close Thursday night.
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Richmond, Va
Richmond
William and Marry College
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