Little Theatre Seeks Business Basis and New Plays
The Winchester Little Theater plans to become a nonprofit on a business footing for the coming year. Four three act and four one act plays will be offered with a September member drive offering $3 subscriptions for four one act shows and a $1 seat for each performance.
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Winchester Little Theater
Little Theater
Allison
Susan Glaspell
Ann Leslie
Georgia Conrad
Stanhope
Lewis M. Allen
Eben
William D. Smith
Elsa
Henry N. Stephenson
Louise
Mary Greenway Russell
Knowles
John Scully
Agatha
Virginia Taylor Boyd
Jennie
Virginia Cover Russell
Ted
Robert Glass
Hodges
Harry Hanst
Brief Moment at Hable's Palace Stars Lombard and Cast
Carole Lombard leads in Brief Moment a Columbia picture opening a two day engagement at Hable's Palace with Gene Raymond Monroe Owsley and Donald Cook. The story contrasts love with social class while Lombard shows fall fashion in thirty five outfits.
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Columbia
Carole Lombard
Gene Raymond
Monroe Owsley
Donald Cook
Hable’s Palace
Paramount News
Dietrich Star Captures Stage of Song of Songs at Capitol
Marlene Dietrich, now a global talk of fashion, headlines the Capitol Theatre in The Song of Songs, a Sudermann tale of tragedy with Lionel Atwill Alison Skipworth and supporting acts Bobby Jones Golf reel and News. The production is praised as artistic yet dramatically engaging for discerning moviegoers.
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Warner Bros. Capitol
Marlenne Dietrich
Sudermann
Marlene Dietrich
Capitol Theatre
New Palace
Miss Dietrich
Hermann Sudermann
Lt Wns
Aherne
Lionel Atwill
Alison Skipworth
Bobby Jones
Richard Barthelmess Stars in Central Airport at Colonial
Warner Bros presents Richard Barthelmess in Central Airport at the Colonial tomorrow with Sally Eilers and Tom Brown in a strong supporting cast. The program also includes a comedy and News as added features for popular prices.
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Richard Barthelmess
Central Airport
Sally Eilers
Tom Brown
Pageant to Highlight Dairy Festival in Manassas
A colorful three act pageant will open the Piedmont Dairy Festival in Manassas on September 30 showing dairy industry history from ancient beliefs to modern ideas. Queen Regina III will be crowned, escorted by the Richmond Blues, and air toured by a Mary College aeronautical squadron. Eleven counties plus Alexandria and Washington DC participate in promoting dairy herd improvement and milk value.
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Associated Press
Manassas
Regina III
Culpeper County
Richmond
Piedmont
Virginia
Aeronautical School
College of William and Mary
Arlington
Culpeper
Fauquier
Fairfax
Loudoun
Madison
Orange
Prince William
Rappahannock
Stafford
Spotsylvania
Alexandria
Washington, D. C
West Virginia Court to Hear Bridge Rate Filing
The Public Service Commission seeks to compel the Harpers Ferry bridge owners to file rates with the West Virginia commission. The case, before the state Supreme Court in Charleston, questions WV jurisdiction though the company is a Maryland corporation tolling in WV. Maryland regulators have not acted. The bridge has paid dividends up to 160 percent, and motorist groups have pressed for state acquisition to abolish tolls.
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West Virginia Supreme Court
Charleston
Public Service Commission
Harpers Ferry
West Virginia
West Virginia Commission
Maryland Commission
Maryland
Cather Defends State Pay Bill Amid Criticism
State Senator T. Russell Cather of Winchester replies to calls for cuts after a 30 percent reduction elsewhere, saying current $720 for regular sessions and $360 for special sessions meets actual expenses and calling the criticism a tempest in a teapot. He argues pay is fixed by law and not tied to session length and notes duties outside Richmond.
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T. Russell Cather
Winchester
General Assembly
Assembly
Richmond
Virginia Education Committee Service Statement
A cited figure describes duties on a Virginia education committee, noting personal nonpayment and no expenses for trips to Richmond. The statement emphasizes commitment and intent to contribute without financial compensation.
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Virginia
Richmond
Scout Returns From World Meet
Johnnie Marchi of Front Royal troop attended the world jamboree in Budapest Hungary. About 405 American scouts took part, including nine from Virginia.
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Johnnie Marchi
Front Royal
Boy Scouts
Budapest
Hungary
Neta
Boy Scout
Marchi
Virginia
Late Mrs Bradley Buried In Clarke
News reaches of the death of Mrs Helen Bradley wife of Lynn Bradley formerly of Kimball Page county. The funeral took place at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs J William Elyell with burial in Green Hill Cemetery Berryville. Rev W D Eye of Summit Point officiated.
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Charleston
W. Va
Helen Bradley
Lynn Bradley
Kimball
Page County
J. William Elyell
Green Hille Cemetery
Berryville
W. D. Eye
Summit Point
Presbytery Meeting Set for September 26 at Shepherdstown
Winchester Presbytery’s semiannual meeting for north western Virginia and eastern West Virginia will convene in Shepherdstown on September 26 for a two day session. Rev. Ben Reed of Burlington retires as moderator.
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Winchester
Virginia
West Virginia
Shepherdstown
Ben Reed
Burlington
Virginia Apple Storage Co., Inc
J. A. Rudolph
Green Garden
Green Garden Filling Station
Valley Turnpike
A. J. Wigginton
Harry L. McCann
Frederick Co
Superintendent May Be Asked To Take Pulpit
The 134th annual Virginia Conference of the United Brethren Church at Singers Glen Rockingham County in September 1921 will decide if the superintendent may also serve as a pastor. Supporters cite economy and precedent in other conferences. opponents cite workload. The conference covers Virginia West Virginia and Maryland with 19 000 members 50 ministers 155 churches in 43 charges.
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Virginia
Martinsburg
W. Va
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Rockingham
United Brethren
Rockingham County
Singers Glen
Joseph Punk
West Virginia
Maryland
Conference to hear ministerial stationing and church leaders
The session will hear ministers reassigned for another year with no fixed term. Harrisonburg and other county points will host accommodations as needed. Officials include Bishop G D Batdorf of Harrisburg presiding, A P Havermale superintendent, W H Smith recording secretary, W B Obaugh statistical secretary, and A J Secrist treasurer.
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Singis Glen
Harrisonburg
G. D. Batdorf
Harrisburg
Dayton
Ohio
A. P. Havermale
Martinsburg
W. Va
W. H. Smith
Elkton
W. B. Obaugh
Inwood
A. J. Secrist
National Church
O. T. Deever
8. B. Hough
C. A. Lynch
Lebanon College
Chapman Plans No Campaign for State Legislature Seat
H. B Chapman, a regular Democratic candidate by nomination to represent Shenandoah county in the State Legislature, told the Rotary Club in Woodstock that he will not campaign. He said he will not try to persuade others to run if they do not wish to.
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H. B Chapman
Democratic Party
Shenandoah County
Rotary Club
Woodstock
Chapman
Constipation Relief Reported By Local Customer
Alice Burns credits Adl erika with curing thirty years of constipation after sour stomach and discomfort. Baker's Drug Store advertises the remedy at Stephens City location operated by Steele and Brother druggists.
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Alice Burns
Baker's Drug Store
Stephens City
Steele
Brother
Ady
Influenza Epidemic Toll in India Reaches 20 Million
The 1918 influenza epidemic devastated India with an estimated twenty million deaths, highlighting the global scale of the pandemic and its severe impact on the population.
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India
Divorce by desertion sought in Winchester court
In the Clerk's Office of the Corporation Court of Winchester the case H. E. G. Jackson v. Margaret M. Jackson seeks a divorce from bed and board on desertion grounds. The defendant, not residing in the state, must appear within ten days of publication.
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Virginia
Corporation Court of
Winchester
H. E. G. Jackson
V. In Chancery
Margaret M. Jackson
Corporation Court
Evening Star
Corinne Barnett
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Frank’ ‘Buck
Frank Buck
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Rice & Rice, Attys
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