Death of Colonel Nelson S. Groome at Bank of Hampton
Colonel Nelson S. Groome president of the Bank of Hampton and Virginia legislator from Elizabeth City County died suddenly at 11:20 AM in his office from heart trouble. He collapsed after telling a friend he was sick, and despite doctors arrival, life ended. Mrs Groome learned of the loss as plans for luncheon were disrupted.
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Hampton
Nelson Smith Groome
Bank of Hampton
Virginia
Elizabeth City
Virginia Peninsula
Groome
John B. Kimberly
Colonel Groome
Mr. Kimberly
George W. McAllister
J. Wilton Hope
Nélson Smith Groome, Jr
An A
Bandits Take 75000 From Vancouver Paymaster
T A Schooley city paymaster was held up and robbed of 75000 by two automobile bandits who escaped after dashing through the business district. He had just left City Hall with the satchel when the attack occurred.
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Vancouver
B. C
T. A. Schooley
Schooley
Hall
Betsy the White Leghorn Hen Is World Champion Laying Egg
In Ottawa Ontario on September 29 officials at the experimental farm declared Betsy a world champion egg layer. Betsy, a White Leghorn, has laid an egg for 117 days without a miss.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Betsy
Mary Webb Dies After Fall at Harrisburg
Mary Webb, a 83 year old colored mother of the late Babe Webb and employee of Baker and Company, died Tuesday from injuries after a stairway fall at her son Richard Webb’s Harrisburg home. The body was brought to 2063 East Piccadilly street for funeral preparations with services to be held tomorrow at 11 AM and interment in Trick cemetery.
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Mary Webb
Babe” Webb
Baker and Company
Richard Webb
Harrisburg
Pai
Amanda Mash
East Piccadilly Street
Man Fatally Run Over by Traction Engine at Fishers Hill
Alva Strosnider, 26, of Zepp's Tannery Shenandoah county Va died in Winchester Memorial Hospital after being run over by a traction engine on the Valley Turnpike near Bly's garage at Fishers Hill. The engine lurched and reversed crushing his legs. he died about 1 am today after injuries sustained yesterday afternoon. He leaves parents two brothers and four sisters and funeral is set for Sunday afternoon at Zepp.
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Alva Strosnider
William Strosnider
Zepp’s Tannery
Shenandoah County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Bly
Fishers Hill
Strosnider
Valley Turnpike
Strasnider
Mr. Bly
Hopewell
Cline
Memorial Hospital
Father
Charles
Benjamin Strosnider
Strasburg
Ivy Stickley
Cedar Creek
Edward Mewery
Lebanon Church
Frank Bly
Rose Strosnider
Moorefield
Amond Strosnider
Winchester
Zepp
Rotary Club Storytelling Contest Delights Members
The Rotary Club meeting at the Farmers and Merchants Bank rooms drew 53 attendees including Maj. B. M. Roszel and George Headley. After dinner, Prof. Courson performed, and a storytelling contest awarded prizes to Bob Gray, Charlie Trenary, Nelson Page, Bob Nelson, and George Whitehead. A portrait of Edwin Booth and a monkey gifted to Whitehead capped the evening.
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Rotary Club
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
H. D. Fuller
Maj. B. M. Roszel
J. W. Sibert
Prof. Courson
S. V.A
Walter Burnett
Rocky Mount
N. C
George Headley
Birmingham
Ala
W. H. Hicks
George Whitehead
Apple
England
Carroll G. Walter
New York City
Nnner
Henry F. Seal
Bob Gray
Charlie Trenary
Nelson Page
Bob Nelson
Africa
Whitehead
Edwin Booth
Arlee
Stratford-on-Avon
Here's to Andy a dandy from Harrisonburg
Andrew Bell leaves Harrisonburg after eight years to become secretary of the Winchester Chamber of Commerce and will attend a Grand Lodge Elks meeting in Chicago. Kiwanis toast honors Andy as a dandy and wishes him success in his new field.
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Harrisonburg
Andrew Bell
Winchester
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Grand Lodge of Elks
Congress Hotel
Andy
Kiwanis Club
George N. Conrad
Men Wanted for Winter Work at Colonial Brick Plant
Classified notice seeking reliable men to hire for winter employment at the Colonial Brick Corporation plant. Apply in person at the plant location.
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Colonial Brick Corporation
Day of Atonement Observed Worldwide Prior to Yom Kippur
Sunday evening October 1 begins the Day of Atonement with pre solemnity as Yom Kippur. The holiest day in the synagogue, Jews gather for worship in synagogues worldwide on Sunday evening and Monday from morning to evening, seeking reunion with families.
Empire Theatre Offers Top Picture Program in Winchester
The Empire Theatre runs the best film program seen in Winchester and beyond with Paramount attractions and major productions. Look to The Star back page for daily showings and tomorrow and today two big winners are offered all at regular prices.
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Empire Theatre
Empire
Winchester
Star
Paramount
Shenandoah Valley Academy Opens Football SeasonSaturday
Shenandoah Valley Academy launches its football season this Saturday afternoon against Martinsburg High School on campus. Coach Marshall’s squad shows depth with nine returning backs, though Captain Arthur is sidelined for several weeks with injury. The schedule lists home games versus Martinsburg Waynesboro Charlotte Hall Augusta Woodberry Forest Randolph-Macon St Tomes Shepherds. away games at various sites.
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Shenandoah Valley Academy
Martinsburg High School
Marshallis
R. B
Nixdorf
R. T
Shuttice
R. G
Bowles
Rowe
L. G
Dickingen
L. T
Miller
L. E
Riley
Q. B
Kremer
R. H
Smith
L. H
McCauley
F. B
Marshall
Capt. Arthur
Waynesboro Collegians
Charlotte Hall School
Fishburne M. S
Waynesboro
Augusta M. A
Woodberry Forest School
Charlottesville
Randolph-Macon
St. Tomes
St. James
Shepherds College
Scwinenester High School
Death of James M. March in Washington at 78
James M. March a longtime Winchester meat dealer died at his daughter Mrs Phillipa Cott s Washington home after a long illness. He was born in Winchester about 78 years ago and had lived here until six years ago. He leaves a son Luther March in Washington and a wife formerly Miss Martha Coffman of Stephens City. Burial was at Mount Hebron Cemetery after services led by Rev. Robert B Nelson.
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James M. Mareh
Winchester
Phillipa Cott
Washington
Mr. March
Luther March
Martha Coffman
Stephens City
March
William and
Elizabeth March
Friendship Fire Company
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Robert B Nelson
Christ Church
Gera S
Edward
Wiliam A
Frank March
Minnie
Mary March
John*s W. March
McKeesport
One Thousand Whistles Given at Empire Theatre Event
The Empire Theatre distributed a thousand whistles to youths after yesterday's showings of In the Name of the Law. Tonight and tomorrow matinees will see a further thousand whistles handed out to each child in the audience. Mrs. N. H. Bundy and her two young daughters, recent visitors in Winchester, depart for Norfolk, Virginia.
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Empire Theatre
N. H. Bundy
Susie Litle
Winchester
D. B. Coffrad
Norfolk
Reverend Kibler Dies Sudden in Washington at 75
The Rev James Latimer Kibler 75 a veteran Baltimore conference Methodist Episcopal Church South pastor died suddenly of heart disease at his Washington home 2909 P street NW The Widower Angela Kibler two sons two daughters one sister Mrs Markwood one brother William Kibler survive The interment is expected at Front Royal Va Funeral arrangements remain unsettled and relatives travel to attend.
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James Latimer Kibler
Baltimore Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
P Street
Northwest
Washington
Luke R. Markwood
Kibler
Walter Reed Hospital
Mark‘wood
Luray
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland
Baltimore
Brucetown
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Angelica Kibler
Local girls to study nursing in Washington
Miss Esther Thomas daughter of Mrs. W M Thomas and Miss Virginia Smith daughter of County Treasurer Robert B Smith left by automobile for Washington to begin a three year nursing course at Garfield Hospital. They were accompanied by Mrs. W Miller Fletcher Mrs. Robert Smith Miss Elizabeth Smith and Robert W Smith.
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Esther Thomas
W. M. Thomas
Virginia Smith
Robert 8. Smith
Washington
Garfield Hospital
W. Miller Fletcher
Robert §. Smith
Elizabeth Smith
Robert W. Smith
Democrats Back Beer and Wine Resolution at Convention
Syracuse dispatch reports the New York Democratic State convention near adjournment with a light wine and beer resolution to be reported before tonight. Attention to women candidates surfaces with Harriet May Mills seeking Secretary of State and Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt for Comptroller.
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Associated Press
Syracuse
N. Y
New York
Committee
Harriet May Mills
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Friendship Fire Company Shirts and Uniforms Notice
All members going to Harrisburg and wanting a shirt may obtain it by seeing W B Jones. Members with Gray uniforms should return them at the meeting on Monday October 2 at 8 p m. Shirts will be issued at this meeting. G R Haines Secretary.
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Friendship Fire Company
Harrisburg
W. B. Jones
Veterans Win Heartfelt Thanks From Confederate Veterans
The Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans of Virginia in Winchester, during its August session, adopts resolutions of gratitude for hospitality and civic honors shown by Winchester leaders and citizens. Carter R. Bishop forwards the text to Miss Lucy F. Kurtz. the notice praises Mayor Glass, Captain Kurtz, the Turner Ashby Camp, the R. Y. Conrad Post, and local civic groups for a generous welcome and old Virginia hospitality.
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Grand Camp of
Virginia
Miss Kurtz
Grand Camp
Confederate Veterans of Virginia
Carter R. Bishop
Petersburg
Lucy F. Kurtz
Winchester
Glass
Kurtz
Turner Ashby
R. Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society
Confederacy
Earth
Europe
Committee On
R L Cloud Dies at Arden in West Virginia
Robert L. Cloud aged 54, a former Greenspring farmer of Frederick county, died at 6:30 this morning at his Arden home after three months of diabetes. He leaves a widow and several sons and daughters. Funeral services will be held at the house at 10:30 Sunday morning conducted by Rev. Roy Sehmmacker, with interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery in Frederick.
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Robert L. Cloud
Greenspring
Frederick County
Arden
W. Va
Roy Sehmacker
Mount Hebron
Fruit Growers Ad Promote Picked Apples at Winchester Cold Storage
The C H Musselman Co advertises good picked canning apples available at Winchester Cold Storage. Visit the representative there or call the Inwood factory office. A second note lists Logan Owen leaving for Washington and Dr J L Whitlock heading to Orangeburg to join his wife visiting her mother.
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Winchester
Inwood
C.H. Musselman CO
W. Va
J. Ll.whitlock
Orangeburg
S. C
Mrs. Whitlock
C. R. Davis
Purging voters sparks dispute in Seventh Virginia district
Representative T. W. blasts a Republican move to purge registration books as a trick to disfranchise voters. Judge Harrison cites past purges in Winchester and argues the effort is improper, asserting many qualified voters would be harmed and that the district should counter with a strong election result.
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T. W
Virginia
Peecey Lars
Massachusetts Dallinger
Harrison
Winchester
Minetti Dallinger
Erse
T Dallingers
Massachusetts
Doctors elect leaders at Clifton Forge VA meeting
Dr Hunter McGuire of Witer was elected president of the Valley Medical Association at Clifton Forge Virginia where about 75 doctors attended. Dr Charles Conrad of Harrisonburg was named president, Dr J M Emmett of Clifton Forge vice president, Dr Art Robertson of Staunton treasurer, and Dr J M Biedler of Burg secretary.
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Hunter H. McGuire
Witer
Thee Vvley Medical Association
Ester
Clitton Forge
McGuire
Charles Conrad
Harrisonburg
J. M. Emmett
Clitton 1
Art Robertson
Staunton, la
J. M. Biedler
Burg
Winchester
Clifton Forge
Clifton Forges
P. W Boyd
Walter Cox
B. Dutton
Trescott Grader Cuts Packing Costs With New Conveyor
The Trescott Grader adds a new conveyor to speed apple inspection, reducing labor and time. Complete stock of picking and packing supplies and orchard ladders available at lowest prices from Orchard Supply Co. 18-1p-tf ai.
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Orchard Supply Co
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Empire Tonight
MR. Kibler
Methodist Episcopal Church South
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G.R. Haines
Harold Lloyd
R.L. Cloud
Logan Owen
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