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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1938
Page
5
Local items report improvements and visits across families in Lebanon including Mrs and Mrs Cecil Bly welcoming a baby girl Ida Barrett born September 23. Others mention illnesses, recoveries, and weekend visits among residents and relatives in the area.
Local residents host visitors from Baltimore and Winchester with weekend get togethers. Neuritis illness reported for Mrs. Myrtle Clowser amid fox sightings and livestock losses near Fauver and Clowser properties. Weekend travel includes Skyline Drive sightseeing and Cumberland motorcycle hill climbs.
Rest Brevities Rest Virginia Oct. 21 Reverend L H Smallwood preached his farewell sermon at Rest Church. He and his family move Thursday to Hamilton Virginia where he will serve as pastor. A large crowd attended and wished them well in their new home.
The White Hall Mite Society met at the Anderson home with twenty members and five visitors present. Several community members were noted in visits across neighboring Martinsburg and North Mountain W Va. including Mrs Ida Shepherd’s hospital stay and upcoming return home.
Stephens City Virginia notes list revival by Rev W D Mitchell at United Brethren Church. Residents and visitors include the Lovett and Argenbright families, plus several out of town guests from Washington and Arlington. Home Demonstration plans ACH day at Episcopal Parish House with travelogue at Capital Theatre and Christmas cookie demo.
Brucetown residents report weekend visits with relatives across the border in Martinsburg W Va and Capon Bridge W Va. Andy Whitacre and daughter Rhodelle spent time with friends in Whitacre and Capon Bridge. Ward Purcell joined relatives in Martinsburg. Jane Brill visited sister Mrs Paul Triggs in Martinsburg. Ollie C Windle and sons of Lebanon Church called on Julian Snapp Thursday evening.
Local residents travel to Baltimore Richmond and Beckley for family visits and temporary stays. Several couples plan winter visits Portsmouth Berryville and Strasburg while others relocate temporarily for housing and recovery with relatives in Shenandoah and Clarke counties.
The report notes visits by Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Carper and family in Stephens City and returns of Frank Woodson party from Roanoke after Mrs. Woodson’s mother Mary Sibert’s funeral. Martinsburg visitors with Mea dow Mills ties, Ethel Hooley to Greenwich for teaching duties, and several local property updates including painted homes and a new Elinor Yates dwelling.
Refuge Virginia notes summarize social visits from October 21 with residents including Edgar Settles and family from Washington DC, George Settles of Winchester, William Grim, John White family guests A W Conner Garland Bray, Julia Grim, Morris Mitchell and family, James Orndorff household, and Mrs Jacob Thallers of Winchester.
Mt Falls Virginia residents hosted and visited relatives and friends over a weekend. Fannie rndorff and her children Burman Elsie and granddaughter Jackie from Martinsburg West Virginia stayed with H A Tevalt alongside Paul Galladay and Harry Bucher. Paul and Lillie Mae Anderson and Winfred joined Hulver family in Mt Airy during the visit. Phillip Hichard of Washington DC called on L E White nog Nellie Lockhart. Julius Beeler and three children from Wheatfield visited Dewey Hulver and Reuben Swartzbeck and wife from Rockville Maryland spent Sunday with Swartzbeck aunts Miss Mary and others.
Mr and Mrs Ivan Miller and Miss Agnes Elliott of Mt Williams visited grandmother Mrs Agnes Hulver in Mt Williams on Sunday. John Henry Line spent Tuesday night with Billie Triplett. Eliza Lowery remains unimproved after several weeks ill at her home. Frances Fishel who works for Mr E C Oates visited her parents Levi and Mrs Fishel at Star Tannery over the weekend.
Funeral services for Mrs. Andrew Cloud of Martinsburg West Virginia were held last Sunday at the Old Stone Church in Green Spring Virginia. A large gathering attended the services, noting Mrs. Cloud had lived in the community for years before moving to Martinsburg.
White Post Virginia residents share visits and social events throughout the week. Guests include Egbert Tinsley of Hyattsville and Rev. Ribble attending a Washington convention while Mrs. Conley hosts and others travel between Berryville and Strasburg for dinners and family gatherings. The passing of J. B. Hodson brings sorrow as relatives return from Detroit.
Washington visitors stayed with Mrs. Lela Gardiner while Mr. and Mrs. Rixey Dearmont of Gaylord spent the weekend with Mrs. Sallie D. R. Dearmont and family at Meaden. Miss Mary Thompson visited Mrs. Revells and daughter near Bethel recently.
Reports from Oranda Virginia note the harvest is over and full grain gathered. Local residents including Mrs. Ella Keller and Miss Minnie Orndorff are mentioned with visits and social calls in Woodstock, Clary, Strasburg, Winchester and Richmond. Evanglical work by Rev. F B Sapp and gatherings at several homes are noted along with visitors from Cumberland and Capon Springs.
Reynolds Store, Va. notes guests at E. D. Shank home on Sunday include Ed Bageant, Trovellis Clark and family, James Jolley, Robert Luttrell and families. Jack Jolley also visited Mrs. Murvil Dick.
This snippet lists weekend gatherings across Martinsburg and Berkeley Springs including Ernest Batt Walter Vicars and Jolley family visits. Guests include C. W. Moore Ambrose and Winchester households with N. B. and Brannon relatives. A surprise birthday dinner for Mrs. R. E. Place was held at Sunny Side hosted by Miss Retta Place before a Shenandoah Valley drive.
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