Seek Funds For Purchase Of Equipment
City Virginia September 27 announces cast for the Womanless Wedding staged by the Independent. Funds are sought to purchase equipment for the event with Mrs Julian Steele as committee chair. A list of cast and guests includes Don Lemley as bride and Richard Camp as groom, with attendants and performers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
City
Independent
Chester
Julian Steele
R. A. Wall
Don Lemley
H Grim
Richard
Robert Camp
Melvin Saner
Lewis
Cecil Teets
Albert Eburg
T. A. Grimm
Harry Ley
Lomax Parker
Buster Lovett
Mackugh
Marshall Lovet
Gilbert Davidson
Victor Carteugh
Floyd Cadwallader
R. E. Ayler
Hugh Orndorff
Garland Marker
Joe Walker
Homer Watoc
Frank L. Roof
C. O. Watson
Charles Lemley
Jul Owen
Julian Gregory
Chas
Rufus Racey
Elmer Clew
Henry Ritenour
Wil Herrell
Nettie Caragh
British Fleet Blockade Debate Over Kattegat Cannon Fire
Reported cannonading in Kattegat Strait during a British blockade of Germany was described by the Admiralty as practice shooting rather than a battle. The claim contrasts with scene reports of prolonged cannon fire and a tense naval stand-off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kattegat Strait
Germany
Jefferson Called Back To Tell More
Jefferson testifies again in Florida murder trial over alleged luring of Frances Dunn and Jean Bolton to a Boca Raton area trip. He admits relationships with both women and describes taking Frances off with permission. Defense argues no premeditation or rape to justify the death penalty.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Charles Jefferson
Miami
Jefferson
Frances Dunn
Jean Bolton
Miss Bolton
Miss Dunn
Boca Raton
Thomas Cochran
Herbert Goddard
Thomas Ashwell
Jack Salisbury
Jean
Frances
Canvass Indicates Winchester Population Near 14 000
The Miller Winchester city directory for 1940 reports a greater Winchester population of about 14 000, up from roughly 12 000 in the last census. The directory, delivering November 15, includes a commercial telephone section and exact resident counts for each home. Additional copies will be placed in directory libraries nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Winchester
Greater
United States
Park shoot at Winchester Gun Club invites trapshooters
A clay target match is set for 1 pm Saturday at Rouss Park Winchester Gun Club grounds. Prizes attract both low and high shooters with visiting trapshooters expected from other states. Club leaders warn against clubhouse entry attempts and damage to traps and pipes, urging motorists to keep clear of trap lines.
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Winchester Gun Club
Rouss Park
Virginia Trapshooting Association
Ball Park
Mozambique Channel and Ocean Quiz Answers
Answer key lists Mozambique Channel for 11, Golf for 2, partial payment on securities for 3, Knox for 4, 6 080 2 for 5, Atlantic Ocean for 6, Red and white for 7, Perihelion for 8, Brass for 9, Japan for 10.
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Mozambique Channel
Golf
Knox
Atlantic Ocean
Japan
Largest lizards called monitors and their habits
The monitor is the largest lizard species, named for its warning whistle as crocodiles approach. Monitors have a long body with five toes, a forked tongue, and a long tail, inhabiting Africa, India, and Australia. The Nile monitor can reach six feet and preys on crocodiles by destroying many eggs.
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Africa
India
Autralia
Booster Night at Middletown Observed by Ohio Grange
Middletown hosts Booster Night with the Ohio Grange observing a national theme. Pomona Kathleen Snapp will sit in the seat of honor as poems, music, and an address enrich a program featuring Pomona greetings from Valley, National, and State Granges and from National Grange Master L. J. Taber.
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Ohio Town Grange
Pomona
Kathleen Snapp
Grange
White Hall Notes from Virginia and West Virginia
White Hall notes recount visits and social calls across families in White Hall Virginia and nearby towns. Illness highlights Jeanette Dellinger at Winchester Memorial Hospital while gatherings include Haines in Round Hill and Shade family in Martinsburg along with Star chapter events in Staunton.
Daily Cross Word Puzzle 1
Urges on toward Italian river the lee Young of length A fine thin net Elder son of Isaac Wholly absorbed salmon Place where money is coined South American rodent A book of the Old tributed by King Features Syndicate Inc
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Isaac
Place
King Features Syndicate. Inc
Larrick Clan Reunion At Meadow View Hayfield Va
A Virginia gathering at Meadow View the home of the late Marcus H Larrick near Hayfield united descendants and relatives on Sunday September 24. The event revived memories of the historic homestead once owned by the Larrick family with a tasteful lawn lunch and a plan to make the reunion an annual affair. Attendees included Dean Adams and family from Kerns town Marcus Adams and family E W Adams and others from Gainesboro plus friends from Winchester Stephenson and Clearbrook Virginia.
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Hayfield
Frances B. Larrick
Dean Adams
Asa Richard
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Kernstown
E. W. Adams
Marcus Adams
Frances Adams
E. W. Adams, Jr
Julian Larrick
Hunter Hoover
Gainesboro
Vernon Unger
Winchester
Bertha Ashwood
Stephenson
H. A. Snapp
Ella Bowman
N. K. Larrick
E. Lee Orndorff
Clearbrook
Brucetown Notes
Miss Sarah Tanquarry of Winchester was a dinner guest of her aunt Mrs. B J Swimley. Mrs. W B Timberlake and sister have returned to Reading Pa for the winter after months here. Rosella Thompson of New Market is visiting relatives. James Largent of Parsons W Va spent the weekend with his parents. Mrs. George Wright is improving at Memor hospital. Leslie Henshell and daughter Selina visited the Henshells at Grimes. Best McAboy and son of Baltimore spent Sunday with Purcelle family.
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Brucetown
Sarah Tanquarry
Winchester
J. Swimley
W. B. Timberlake
Hertson
Reading
J. L. O’conell
George Wright
Memor= hospital
Leslie Henshell
Selina
Charles Henshell
Grimes
Best McAboy
Canadian envoy Loring Christie presents credentials at White House
The newly arrived Canadian minister Loring C. Christie met with President Roosevelt in Washington to present his credentials. They pledged continued friendship between the United States and Canada.
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Canada
Loring C. Christie
White House
Washington
Roosevelt
U. S
Trainman Killed In A Collision At Parkersburg
A Pennsylvania railroad brakeman J. C. Bair of Harrisburg was killed and engineer M. Conklin of Enola injured with a fractured ankle and shock in a rear end collision of freight trains on the low grade line at Parkersburg Pennsylvania. The incident occurred September 27.
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Parkersburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
J. C. Bair
Harrisburg
M. Conklin
Enola
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Stephens City
Tell
Parlett Funeral Home
O.P
O’connell
South Braddock St
George VI
Central Press Radiophoto
Royal Air Force
Army and
Navy Air Force
R. A. F. Coastal Command
New York
London
Gun Club
Hot Point Electric
Mervel W. Adams
Piccadilly
Middletown
White Hall
Lester Baker
John Poland
Ruckman
W. Va
Homer Haines and Son
Round Hill
Ray Funkhouser
Little Jeanette Dellinger
William Dellinger
Winchester Memorial Hospital
C. W. Lamp
H. M. Lamp
Thurman Dart
Carson Shade
Shanghai
A. L. Anderson
Eastern Star
Staunton
Robert Smith
J. T. McKee
Carter Luttrell
Albert Luttrell
Holmes Whitacre
Thurman Carr
Jerry Shade
Martinsburg
Albert Tusing
Roy Bagent
Mary Ellen Nethers
Libby Carr Anderson
Daily Cross
Fay
Iaidioirie
Wili Inin
Riciaiois
Bell Clothes
Bell
Larrick
John W. Rosenberger and CO
Loring
C. Christie
Cameron & Pi Streets
Goodrich
Silvertown Stores
Vicks Vaporub
The
C. & P. Telephone Company
Virginia
Rocktex
Carey Rocktex
O'Connell
Braddock St
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Purine Hares
G. L. Brumback
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