Rainfall Totals From 1913 to 1936 Average
Rainfall data show yesterday's 24 hour precipitation none and October to date 2.48 inches, year to date 37.86 inches. Monthly averages for 1913 to 1936 list inches: January 2.46, February 1.97, March 3.03, April 3.07, May 3.65, June 3.63, July 3.35, August 3.59, September 2.37, October 2.91, November 2.31, December 2.40. The 24 year annual average rainfall at Winchester Research Laboratory is 34.74 inches.
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News Briefs From The Counties Nineveh Va
Miss Margaret Welsh returns home after a Hillsville period of hanging. Hazel Hawes accompanies her. Local social and family notices follow with several residents visiting, hosting, or attending events in Hillsville Linden Stephens City Edinburg Woodstock and nearby areas.
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Nineveh
Margaret Welsh
Hills
Hazel Hawes
Aubrey Johns
Clyde Trenary
Hillsville
E. G. Johns
Hamlin Johns
Mr. Walters
Linden
Ash Powers
Harry Powers
Ie Presbyterian Church
Tuesay
George Tobin
Lilly Madigan
Virginia
Jessie
Lola Madigan
Charles Tobin
R. S. Johns
Winchester
C. W. Powers
J. Cabell
Stephens City
J. D. Steele
Grimes Gleanings Highlights Local Scrape of News and Visits
Grimes VA Oct 15 residents share funeral attendance census work for state and federal governments to estimate auto mileage. A Thamesville Canada native and longtime apple dealer supervisor James Kelley dies. Winchester visitors include Mr and Mrs Jacob Randall and Misses Mary and Alice Newcomb. Local figures John Lodge White Hall dies. he married Oliva Hubbard here.
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William Clemons
Martin Swartz
Bunker Hill
W. Va
James Grimes
John Carper
Stephenson
Juleck
Romney
Brooke Taylor
John W. Rosenberger
Winchester
John Lodge
White Hall
Oliva Hubbard
Rainy weather delays fall seeding in Oranda area
Oranda Virginia October 15 farmers once puzzled by dry conditions now complain of excess rain delaying grass and grain seeding. Local residents and visitors listed include Edwin Haines from Winchester, Harry Long and family from Richmond visiting Orndorff, M L Grove and son Fred from Edinburg on business, and Loving family guests at Capon Springs and Staunton visitors Ada Coffelt and Minnie Taylor with A H Jackson.
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Oranda
Edwin Haines
Winchester
Harry Long
Peyton
Florence Burkholtz
Richmond
M. M. Orndorff
M. L. Grove
Public sale of Frederick County farm and orchard
As administrator of the Sarah E. Hardesty estate I offer the Hardesty farm at public sale in Winchester at the courthouse on Saturday November 13 1937 at 11 AM. The 168 1/2 acre property lies 3 miles north near State Highway 11 and Red Bud Milburn Roads includes about 75 acres in orchard plus a main residence bank barn tenant house corn house wagon shed and out buildings with a never failing spring cisterns and wells. Possession March 1 1938. One third cash day of sale and balance in two equal annual installments with bonds secured by a deed of trust and building insurance. C R McCANN Administrator C T A Sarah E Hardesty Dec’d.
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Sarah E. Hardesty
Court House
Winchester
Hardesty
Red Bud
Milburn
C. R. McCann
Rest Brevities from Rest, Ridgeway pastors moving
Rest Brevities reports Rev. F. H. Strieby will move to Woodstock Va to pastor there under Baltimore Conference Winchester. Rev. L. H. Smallwood replaces him on Ridgeway Charge. Rev. Charles Brady returns to Frostburg Md after the Winchester conference. Mrs Sue Prince visits Martinsburg W Va. Elmer Swartz and wife relocate to Bunker Hill Md. Charles Fiddler moves into Swartz property. Louis Young and family visit Annapolis Md. Mrs A E Cizek of Baltimore visits. Annie Griffith and Carl Moulden visit Mrs F O Moulden. J B Feagan recovers at home from major operation in Martinsburg Kings Daughters Hospital.
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Rest
F. H. Strieby
Ridgeway
Woodstock
Charles Brady
Frostburg
Winchester
Sue Prince
Martinsburg
W. Va
Holmes Snapp
Elmer Swartz
Bunker Hill
Charles Fiddler
F. O. Moulden
J. B. Feagan
Kings’ Daughter’s Hospital
Hogue Creek Locals Visit Our Area Guests
Hogue Creek Virginia on October 15 reports social visits. Mrs Ollie Clowser and Mr and Mrs Cleve Marple were guests of Mr and Mrs Paul Foreman Wednesday evening. Whitesel of Monessen Pennsylvania visited Mr and Mrs Cleve Marple Thursday evening. The Clowser and Marple families plus Pauline Clowser and Lee Orndoff hosted Sunday gatherings. H. C. Moore and daughters Marjorie and Betty visited Edward Haines Sunday evening.
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Hogue Creek
Ollie Clowser
Cleve Marple
Paul Foreman
Whitesel
Monesen
Charles Clowser
Pauline Clowser
Lee Orndoff
H. C. Moore
Marjorie
Betty
Edward Haines
Quicksburg Notes Visit Home Returnations
Quicksburg Virginia October fifteenth Mr and Mrs Sam Wildman Mr and Mrs Clove and two children of Washington DC returned to their home Sunday after visiting their grandmother Mrs Alice Galladay whom they had been with since Tuesday Mr Lillian Warren of Whitesville Maryland visited Mr William Dinges and daughter Mrs Claud
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Quicksburg
Sam Wildman
Clove
Washington, D. C
Alice Galladay
Lillian Warren
Whitesville
William Dinges
Claud
Mt Williams Items Chronicle of local happenings in Mt Williams
Mt Williams Virginia notes move in residents and guests. Herbert Armel joins from Mt Pleasant to live near the post office, employed by the State Highway Commission. Joyce Campbell injures her toe and nail in a car door incident. Numerous locals host guests including families of Ambrose, Himelright, Bell, Sager, Clowser, and Williams with visits from Winchester residents.
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MT. Williams
Herbert Armel
Mt. Pleasant
Mary Ashwood
Armel
State Highway Commission
Joyce Campbell
Elmer Ambrose
Rebecca Himelright
Delilah Bell
Anna Mae
Dorothy
Grace Sager
Watts
Dionne
Myrtle Clowser
William Hollis
Joyce
Charlotte
Paul Campbell
Edwin Russell
Roy Orndorff
Bert Jones
Winchester
Luther Hamilton
N. C. Williams
Perry Sager
Martin Williams
Della Brewer
Jeanette Brewer
W. Hollis Clowser
Family visits and a pardonable prank in town and court
In local notes Mr and Mrs Watts and children were in town Saturday. Arch ie Ebersole and children visited relatives at Stephens City. Mrs Bessie Orndorff and others called on relatives. Dorothy Ebersole spent a week with relatives at Stephens City. In Saginaw John Francis Glynn pleaded guilty to stealing a tablecloth from a lodging house and was fined 15 dollars plus costs, then paid five, promising to settle the rest after addressing two clubs. He called himself a smooth talker.
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Archie Ebersole
Stephens City
Bessie Orndorff
Ashwood
Paul Wolverton
Pleasant
Luther Hamilton
Hollis Clowser
Dorothy Ebersole
Richard Ebersole
Saginaw
Mich
John Francis Glynn
Justice of the Peace
William J. Siegrist
Follow the News With a Good Map
A map of Europe from The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau offers insights into Spain's long history and the ongoing civil war. The ad emphasizes ancient and modern conflicts and invites readers to mail ten cents and a coupon to obtain the map. It lists address details for Washington, D. C. and requests name, city, street, and state.
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Africa
Spain
Europe
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Avoid Embarrassment of False Teeth Dropping or Slipping
An old advertisement urges readers not to be embarrassed by loose dentures. It promotes FASTEETH a fine alkaline powder to sprinkle on denture plates for all day comfort and security with no gummy taste. Available at drug stores with no substitutes.
Millwood Social Notes Highlight Local Guests and Events
Millwood Virginia social column lists gatherings in honor of Mrs Douglas Crocker of Fitchburg Mass with guests from Winchester Berryville and Millwood. Includes weddings engagements and upcoming dances at Kinlock plus visits from Baron and Baroness de Dwarzak and others with multiple teas luncheons and cocktail parties.
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Millwood
William Bell Watkins
Douglas Crocker
Fitchburg
Mass
Winchester
Berryville
Charles McCormick
Baron
Edward Butler
Baron and Baroness
de‘ Dwarzak
Lorenzo Lewis
Percy Randolph
Mystery At Capital Unsolved by Eddygilmore
Washington October 15 The White House cornerstone puzzle confounds historians with claims it bears no inscription and may be the second from the northeast corner. The article lists milestones at the mansion from Adams washing in the East Room to Roosevelt’s swimming pool and Coolidge’s radio and AC.
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Washington
White House
Executive Mansion
President
Sentadea
State Engineers
John Adams
Abigail
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