Induction of Handley Schools Superintendent Frederick E. Clerk
Frederick E. Clerk will be inaugurated as Handley Schools superintendent at the Empire Theater next Friday at 8. The ceremony features a large chorus and speeches by Dr. Frederick Spaulding and School Board President R. Gray Williams. Dr. Wallace Buttrick of the General Education Board will give an address. other board and education leaders may attend. The event aims to outline plans for Handley Schools and public school improvements in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerk
Winchester
Frederick E.’ Clerk
Handley Schools
Empire Theater
Ito
R. Gray Williams
Handley Board
Cleveland
Frederick Spaulding
Spaulding
Robert M. Ward
Handley
Ward
Buttrick
Wallace Buttrick
General Education Board of
New York
Abraham Flexener
Frank Bachman
General Education Board
Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
Gibbons Lots on Main Street Offered for Quick Sale
W L Fultz announces the C Gibbons Lots on Main Street with shade lawn city water electric lights gas and sewerage and frontage on Braddock Street. Act quickly to secure a desirable city lot as scarcity drives prices upward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Gibbons
Main Street
Braddock Street
W. L. Fultz
Nighttime thefts yield three fowls thieves jailed
Three young men Holmes Hook Franklin Hawkins and Charles Smith confessed to stealing eighteen fine fowls from a farmhouse southwest of Winchester. They sold the birds for about 13 dollars at Haldeman's Creamery and pled guilty when caught. They received 15 days in jail and fines totaling 12 dollars 75 cents each. one man later faced an additional 30 days for nonpayment. A fourth conspirator cashed the check and is at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eriéf
Satur
Haldeman
Doran
Winchester
Winchester and Western
Holmes Hook
Franklin Hawkins
Charles Smith
Winchester Fair Catalogue Offers Entry Call
Advertises Winchester Fair entries with a prompt to visit D. W. Lupton secretary at the fair office to obtain a catalogue and make entries now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Lupton
Trescott Apple Grader Promises Lower Packing Costs
Massey Brothers advertises a Trescott Apple Grader claiming to cut packing costs. The note lists features and urges readers to order now for the Great Winchester Fair events with racing purses and carnival attractions on September 10 11 12.
Fruit buyer at Cumberland Valley Depot and White Post Depot
Now buying top market cash prices for apples damsons pears peaches plums at my packing house Grain Elevator Cumberland Valley Depot Winchester. Call 476 after six p m 419. Large and small quantities. Also buying and packing at White Post Depot. See representative Mr David Reardon. Orchards of winter fruit for sale call or visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Valley Depot
Winchester
White Post Depot
David Reardon
Watermelons Now Unloading at Cumberland Valley Depot
Watermelons now unloading at Cumberland Valley Depot with quality noted as fine and popular prices. SAM HAINES listed with phone 476 and 9 6 1p tf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Valley Depot
Sam Haines
Pershing Arrives in Hoboken for New York Welcome
General John Pershing lands aboard the Leviathan at Hoboken and begins a three day welcome in New York. Sirens and ship whistles greet the returning commander as Mayor Hwan Governor Smith and high officials receive him aboard a city patrol steamer. The visit includes receptions luncheons and a Waldorf Astoria banquet prepared for his staff.
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New York
General John Pershing
Hoboken
General Pershing
Watcona
Mayor Hwan
Smith
Marshall
Blakely
Baker
Marek
Congress
Leviathan
Bis
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Winchester Fair Candstand Boxes On Sale
Candstand boxes now on sale at the office of D W Lupton treasurer with reservations by letter or phone. Two good women chosen for the Winchester Steam Laundry offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Fair
D. W. Lupton
Treas
Winchester
Apple Accessories and Hardware Items Listing
Hardware listing from MO. S. Solenberger & Co. advertising corrugated caps 14inch double curve head liners ladders baskets picking sacks nails barreling hatch ets with prices and contact details for purchase. Local merchants urged to inspect stock and place orders promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MO. S. Solenberger & CO
Wanted Furnished Rooms for Light Housekeeping
September 9 10 11 12 notice seeks three furnished rooms for light housekeeping. Apply to H Duffey at 3 1p 51.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duffey
Community Sing Decided Successful War Camp Event
A well attended community sing on Saturday evening on the courthouse lawn, under War Camp Community Service, drew five to six hundred people. John Richardson led and sang, joined by Mrs. J. H. Yost and Marcellus Anderson who performed selections to warm applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
War Camp Community Service
John Richardson
Chamber of Commerce
Joe
J. H. Yost
Bartlett
Marcellus Anderson
Shooting Victim Improves After Fairmont Ave Shooting
Grandson Proffitt, shot and seriously wounded Friday night by George W. Reid at a Fairmont Avenue home, showed improvement at Memorial Hospital. Dr. C. R. Anderson says if lockjaw is prevented, Proffitt may recover. Reid remains jailed as his preliminary hearing plans proceed in Woodstock under Judge Whiting. Two empty shells found near Reid’s lot suggest possible timing of the gunfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preffitt
George W. Reid
Fairmont Avenue
Memorial Hospital
C. R. Anderson
Reid
Ward and Larrick
Doran
Proffitt
Fair Tickets At W. L. Jultz
Admission tickets for the fair can be bought at W. L. Jultz real estate office on Court Square to avoid gate lines. No extra charge for early purchase. Lost brooch with ruby center and four peaks. reward for return to Miss M. W. Kremer's Millinery Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Jultz
Court Square
Jultz's
M. W. Kremer
Knights Templar Set for Philadelphia Triennial Conclave
Winchester Commandery No. 12 sends 25 to 30 members by private Pullman to Philadelphia for the Grand Encampment triennial conclave. They expect a large parade and extensive entertainments, returning by week’s end. Maxwell Hitchcock sails to the Pacific coast to spend winter with his father Rev. Walter Alexander Hitchcock. Shryock & Co. 8 p.m.
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Winchester Commandery
Knights Templar
Philadelphia
United States
Baltimore and Ohio
Maxwell Hitchcock
Pacific Coast
Rev
Walter Alexander Hitchcock
Winchester Fair Opens With Crowds and Big Attractions
The Winchester Fair begins its four day event with heavy crowds as preparations reach completion. Attractions include daily Liberty Flyers plane flights, numerous free shows, the Mighty Doris Shows, and substantial race purses totaling three thousand dollars. Thousands are expected as hotels fill and exhibits attract visitors from surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associat
Liberty
Flyera
Doris
Winchester
Pure White Bull At Large Near Senseney Road
Five or six women sought for bread wrapping at Beck's Steam Bakery. Day work. Liberal reward offered for information leading to capture of a pure white bull weighing 700 pounds located one mile from town on Senseney road. Contact M. E. Conner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senseney Road
M. E. Conner
Beck's Steam Bakery
Liberty Flyers to Exhibit at Winchester Fair All Four Days
The Liberty Flyers with two Curtis biplanes arrive Tuesday morning to thrill Martinsburg Strasburg Front Royal and nearby towns with aerial stunts and parachute tickets. Passengers ride for fifteen dollars and twenty five dollars for full thrills while tours cost less than in other cities.
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Liberty
Winchester Fair
France
Bill Stanley
Curtis
Fair
Martinsburg
Strasburg
Front Royal
Woodstock
Berryville
Charlestown
Rair Association
Eagle
Richmond
New York
The
Fair Association
Notice of Motor Sales Company Virginia agency
Public notice states the Motor Sales Company of Virginia will handle the Scripps Booth six cylinder valve in head automobile and operate at 11 West Water Street Winchester Virginia. They pledge polite prompt service to customers and refer readers to Caloric pipeless furnaces via Mo S Solenberged & Co. The notice also lists rental and miscellaneous classified items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scrippsbooth
THE
Motor Sales Company OF Virginia
West Water Street
Winchester
Virginia
Veterinary practice and rental notices from Dr J E Noonan
Having received my discharge from the U S Army, I will be located at 24 Amherst street, Macy Noonan's liv jery, for practice of veterinary medicine. I wish to thank patrons of past and soliciting future patronage. DR. J. E. NOONAN. FOR RENT Furnished Braddock street brick residence conveniences. Apply Star, 1p-tt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
Amherst Street
Macy Noonan
Livjery
J. E. Noonan
Braddock Street
Ex wife charged over son abduction in Virginia custody case
The case centers on Nannie Green charged with abducting her eleven year old son Clyde Aley Pingley. The boy was returned to his father Charles B. Pingley after a Shenandoah hearing, while the court recognized the Oklahoma custody decree. Mrs Green seeks equal custody claiming ignorance of the Oklahoma ruling and asserts she is fit to share control of her son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannie Green
Doran
Charles B. Pingley
Lebanon Church
Shenandoah
Pingley
Oklahoma
Clyde Aley
Virginia
County
Green
Ernest Green
Wincheater
Lebanon
Winchester
Ping
Sam
Shenandoah County
Winchester Public School Term Opens September Second
Residents of Winchester are notified that the public school term for the city opens September second. Pupils should register at once, and no new registrations will be accepted after September 15. The State Compulsory School Attendance Law will be enforced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchest
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Hotel Jack
Paip-tf
Massey Brothers
Uberty
Gotham
Pershing
City of New York
Thomas Cover
Apple
Moling & Seal
Shryock & Co
Armel
P.O. Howard
James Russell, JR
Bell
United
Elks Club
Major
Iptr Winchester Seed CO
Sky
MO. S. Solenberged & CO
Star Office
C.be. Pingley
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