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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1939

Page

3

Farm and Home Fair Set At Parish House This Week

Final preparations for the annual Farm and Home Fair at Christ Episcopal Church parish house were announced. Miss Madeline Blair county home agent said the 3 day event runs Thursday through Friday with judges Mrs. Louise Brumback and Miss Katherine Watson handling home exhibits, plus W. R. Legge and R. E. Wall judging apples and garden crops.

Christ Episcopal Church Madeline Blair Louise Brumback Strasburg Katherine Watson Middletown W. R. Legge R. E. Wall J. E

Whitacre 4-H Club Exhibit Promises Remarkable Display

Several club exhibits show strong potential with the Whitacre 4-H Club leading a large cornucopia themed Live at Home and Live Better featuring a family food guide for daily and weekly use. Other entries include Round Hill 4-H Farm and Home display and a Friendly Grove 4-H Club luncheon table. Hobby exhibits look unusually bright. Exhibits set at the parish house Thursday evening and Friday morning with judging Friday afternoon. Doors open Friday 7 to 9 pm and Saturday 9 to 3 pm.

Whitacre Round Hill Gove 4-H Club

Brush Creek Virginia Church Meeting and Local Visits

An all day Primitive Baptist Church gathering in Timber Ridge is set for October 29 with Elder A. J. Garland as speaker and lunch provided. The column also lists visitors and social calls at local homes including families of Lamp, Heironimus, Dailey, Kerns, Patterson, and Dunham, plus a stroke report for Bill Dunham and medical visit by Dr. Weems.

Brush Creek Primitive Baptist Church Timber Ridge A. J. Garland Paul Lamp A. H. Lamp Lamp P. B. Heironimus Flack Hagerstown Virginia Alma Patterson Winchester Ray Hinckle Maury Home Laura Dailey Arnold Dailey Walter Dunlap Martinsburg W. Va Rdea J. W. Dunp Ruth Kerns Harold Ralph Lamp Paul B. Heironimus Mr. Flack Siler F. O. Heironimus Harry O. Kerns Gainesboro A. L. DeHaven Fervin O. Heironimus Carson Whitacre Ed Stotler Hayfield Tom Patterson Elmer Patterson Anne Mauzy Bill Dunham Weems Berkeley Spring Harry L. DeHaven

Divorce Cases In Salem Judge Faces Heavy Load

In Salem mass Judge John V. Phelan is expected to have little time for divorce hearings as a Gloucester woman testifies her husband blocked her eye with a Bible while Beverly residents accuse spouses of violent acts including a knife thrust into a wall and an assault alleged after a dinner dispute.

Good Grounds Salem Mass John V. Phelan Gloucester Beverly

West Point Of South Centennial Celebrated With Roosevelt Speech

Lexington VA October 18 centennial events mark the Virginia Military Institute founded 100 years ago as the West Point of the South. President Roosevelt will deliver the Founders Day address November 11 with Gen. George C Marshall Jr. among honored guests. Washington and Lee observe homecoming November 10.

Lexington Lexington Arsenal Virginia Military Institute West Point South Virginia United States Roosevelt George C. Marshall, Jr Army United State Military Academy Washington and Lee University V M. I University of Virginia V. M. I. Corps V. M.I Duke University Thomas J Stonewall”) Jackson Richmond Robert E Lee

C C C Recovers Glasses Found at Winchester Station

Andrew Bell of the Chamber of Commerce located a pair of ladies glasses left at a Winchester filling station. The owner was identified as Marietta’s Jo G B Ross who wrote about the prescription issue. George F. Miller’s Gerrard Loudoun station kept the glasses before forwarding them to the owner.

Winchester Andrew Bell Chamber of Commerce Marietta Jo. G. B. Ross

Middletown Virginia notes and social visits

Middletown residents attend the Virginia conference in session in Richmond. Social visits include Lillian Lee and T. B. Fields of Washington and others from Culpeper Madison and Strasburg. The Stover Chapter UDC met October 14 with talks on North Carolina history and Joyce Kilmer’s memorial in Montgomery Alabama.

Middletown J. T. Brown F. Estes Kline Richmond Virginia Kline Frank Weirich Lillian Lee Fields Washington Vinny McCullough Kessler McCullough New Freedom Fred Manuel Davis Manue Fannie Weaver Madison George Hudson Jean Edith Dinges Culpeper Warren Hammack Nettie Hammack Washington, D. C Wilmer Bell Baltimore John Fred Larrick D. K. Munting Charlottesville Goldie Stump Strasburg Stover United Daughters of the Confederacy Florence Wilkinson J. S. Hottel Frances Jenkins North Carolina Roanoke Island Joyce Kilmer Miss Wilkinson Jefferson Davis Jefferson Davis Fund Montgomery Ala Homer Fisher Belle Grove

Stephens City Notes Highlights Local Visits and Guests

Stephens City notes record Mrs Clyde Tompson of Vaucluse visiting Nellie Huber. Dinner guests included Argenbricht family from Harrisonburg, Edwin Fritts clan from Ninevah, Laura Steele of Stephens City, Paul Malm from Newport News, and Ed Campbell party with Allie Campbell and Mae Jane Grim.

Allie Campbell Calvin Grim Mae Jane

Ship's Master Held In Shooting

Captain David W. Hassell, master of the freighter Washingtonian, was jailed on a charge of shooting Charles Anderson, first officer, who was wounded in the abdomen and reported in serious condition. Hassell claimed the shooting was accidental and was held without bail for a hearing.

Baltimore David W. Hassell Washingtonian Charles Anderson Hassell Edward A. Dougherty

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