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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1935
Page
7
Residents and visitors from Capon Bridge West Virginia to Winchester Virginia are listed visiting friends and family. The column notes weekend trips to Hancock Maryland Gainesboro Cross Junction White Hall Martinsburg and Blooomery along with school consolidations opening soon and a few illness mentions.
Grimes Va notes Miss Lillian Haycock ill for weeks at home near Clearbrook. Residents Orndorff Miller Grimes group toured Wardensville and points in West Virginia. John Leight Jr. moved from Woodbine to near Middleway on his father's farm. Mrs. Isaac Kerns ill at Orchard Glen Farm. Charles B. Dawson seeks Stonewall District supervisor seat in November. Orchard crop reports fine weather but low apple prices.
Mt. Pleasant Virginia reports Sunday activities at United Brethren Church with Gladys Rosenberger Puffinberger and Roy Brill family guests. Mrs Atha Dyke has returned home and helps Mrs. Milhon while she works in apples. Visitors and Sunday services are noted with Raymond Racey as leader and cordial invitation to all.
Dr and Mrs Noble D Whitacre and family from Pikeside visited the Braithwaite home. Frank Donelan Curtis Funk houser Hazel Baker from Washington DC were guests of the Bakers. C E Coe stayed with the Bageants in Gainsboro. John Feltner family and Kenneth Lewis from Winchester visited the Braithwaites. State Highway Department board member is staying with the Gromes. Gerald Braithwaite of Winchester spent the weekend with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Smoke welcome a daughter born Tuesday morning. Several locals visit relatives in Baltimore Washington and Winchester while neighbors assist each other with illnesses and family milestones. The infant of Earle Long improves after pneumonia as Mullen LaFollette is mourned near Stephens City.
Green Springs Virginia sources report Mr Meade of Norfolk and Mr and Mrs Shipe with child in Martinsburg West Virginia attended at the Nagley home. Albert Tusing hosted Michigan visitors last week. Mrs Hunter Strobridge visited Winchester. A large funeral gathering for Mr Thomas Dailey occurred Sunday. Mrs Lloyd Milburn visited Lemuel Mellon Tuesday.
Miss Virginia Gibson of Charles Town W Va spent a week with Mrs E B Timberlake in Winchester and attended a luncheon with Mrs Clifford Grim. Miss Margaret Welsh recovers from a broken collar bone. Mrs Tobin Lola Madigan George Chapman and Goldie Chapman attended Mt Zion Women’s Auxiliary. Roberta Fleming accepts position in Miller and Anderson office. H B Keller of Baltimore visited Miss Attie Miller at Wheatland Manor.
The Winchester semi pro football team hosts Brunswick Maryland this Sunday. The visit marks a return after several seasons as Brunswick brings a strong, well coached squad. Local players Stine Riley Garbo Willey and Goss feature in key roles as the team seeks a regular coach and aims to snap a slump.
The Berryville Methodist Episcopal Church South holds its first quarterly conference for the current year at 7:30 p.m. Monday October 28. Rev J H Brown announces Rev W W McIntyre new presiding elder of the Winchester District will preside and conduct the business with full official member attendance requested. McIntyre will preach at 11 a.m. Sunday and return Monday for the session.
Sunday services begin at 9 45 a m with a Homecoming program for all. The 11 a m service features The Noonday of Life by Rev Ivan R Smith and choir led by Margaret Richards. Division 3 of the Ladies Aid presents a project and 7 30 p m drama Way Back When with hymn sing. Announcement of Bible Scenes series to begin November 10.
Baltimore police hold 55 year old seaman Charles Dillard without bond after he is charged with killing a 11 year old girl in a tavern shooting inquiry.
Anna Green and a man were alone in a tavern run by the dead girl's mother on the Green home first floor when a shooting occurred. Dillard refused to answer questions and police gave no reason for the act. He arrived from Richmond, Virginia about two months ago and took a room in the Green residence.
The Valley District Disciples of Christ hold a November 4 convention at Woodstock Christian Church with Roy G. Ross and Edwin Marx as featured leaders. The one day event is part of a 225 city drive from November 4 to 22, under Unified Promotion. Attendance last year reached 60 000 as the theme Recovery and Advance guides local and world wide church efforts. Sessions begin at 10 00 a m and 1 15 p m.
The notice states sessions start in the evening with a meal at six pm. It invites general public attendance and mentions the event continues into 8 pm with proceedings alongside a ship supper at 6:00 p.m.
The AP reports winds from Sandy Hook to Cape Hatteras increasing to fresh southwest by Saturday with a switch to northwest tonight. North of the Potomac, Chesapeake Bay winds run gentle to moderate northerly today, turning to moderate southwest by Saturday. winds diminish and become variable in the south portion with fair weather tonight and Saturday.
Walter Liggett publisher of a weekly paper was hospitalized after seven men attacked him. Police say he suffered injuries and plans to face a statutory charge he calls a conspiracy against his criticism of Governor Olson. Liggett may identify three attackers.
Blacksburg Va Oct 25 William Shaffer VP I freshman yesterday was elected president of the Future Farmers of America at the national convention in Kansas City Shaffer from Maurertown previously led Virginia Future Farmers and Henry Groseclose VP I professor of agricultural education was re elected treasurer of the national group.
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