News Items In Refuge Vicinity
REPUGE Virginia August 6 Mrs Alfred Young of Stephens City is indispoted at home. Mrs Mary Painter has been visiting daughter Mrs Arthur Grim at Canterbury. Mrs Chipley Horner and Miller of Stephens City were guests of Mrs Mountgomery on Wednesday. J R Conner attended the Relief picnic last Saturday and with Jank Massey Sunday. Farmers haul wheat to the mill. James Painter of Stephens City is on the sick list. John Conner and Robert Longacre spent Monday in Winchester. Walter Flowers provided music on his phonograph Sunday evening.
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Repuge
Alfred Young
Stepeens City
Mary Painter
Stephens City
Arthur Grim
Canterbury
Chipley
Horner
Ice Cream Festival at Bethel Church Aug 14
Trone Virginia notes an ice cream festival to raise funds for the Sunday school to be held on the Bethel Church grounds Saturday night August 14. Miss Mollie Triplette of the area has shown slight improvement after a week of illness. The piece also mentions a local tournament and picnic at Gore drawing many neighbors.
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Trone
Bethel Church
Local Notes Include Visits and Church Meeting
Ada Kerns visits her father N F Kerns near Gore while Milton Hook returns home after a grandparents’ visit. An all day Bethel Church meeting is set for next Sunday at 11 AM. A light rain fell last Sunday but more is needed as the ground remains hard to plow.
Nance For Young Folk at Berryville
Miss Lacy McDonald hosts a pleasant evening at her sister Mrs John B Neill in Berryville Virginia to honor Miss Peach of Loudoun County Guests include Harriet Bryan Hornebrook Ellen McGill Bakes Isabel Plencowe Elizabeth Moore Lydie Taylor Dora Taylor Kitty MacDonald May McDonald Bessie Campbell Annie Stribling Others attend a bridge gathering the following afternoon in honor of Louise Taylor and Mary Payne of Norfolk Virginia with Rosalie Gertrude McCormick Elvira Moore Kitty McDonald Nannie Thomas Harriet Bryan Mrs E Leavenworth McGill and Mrs Blackburn Smith The prize goes to Nannie Thomas Lula Cooper visits Capon Bridge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacy McDonald
Johnb. Neill
Miss Peach
Loudoun County
Harriet Bryan
Texas
Miss Hornebrook
Pittsburg
Ellen McGill Bakes
Isabel Plencowe
Elizabeth Moore
Lydie Taylor
Dora Taylor
Kitty MacDonald
May McDonald
Bessie Campbell
Annie
Stribling
Messrs
Harry, Warden
Kenneth Clapp
William Wharton
Sam Thomas
Bowles
Stone Bridge Notes Share Local Visits and Events
Misses Sarah and Ethel Silman visited cousin Grace Rosenberry at Bayard. Arch and Henry Armel hosted brothers Robert and Lawrence Armel, while Floyd Armel visited Pleasant Green. N W Gore of White Post spent time with daughter Maude Atkins. Lizzie Slonaker ill at home. Horse show attendance at White Post and Nineveh picnic participants also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah
Ethel Silman
Grace ,Rosenberry
John— Armel
Floyd Armel
Robert Atking
Pleasant Green
White Post
Maude Atkins
Lizzie Slonaker
Knoll hosts charming party for Miss Annie Stribling's guests
Mr and Mrs Blackburn Smith gave a delightful entertainment at The Knoll in honor of Miss Annie Stribling with guests including Louise Taylor Mary Payne Nannie Thomas Kitty McDonald Elvira Moore Bessie Campbell and others. Several locals and visitors were listed among attendees as late socializing and refreshments followed.
Burnt Factory Notes Weave Local Update
The masons near completion on Mr. W. T. Hoffman's new house. Mr. W. S. Bromley takes delivery of thoroughbred cattle from Dr. Kipps of Fort Royal. Rev. H. V. Wheeler to lead services next Sunday. Miss Mildred Ely of Barnesville Ohio visits grandfather Mr. D. T. Wood at his home here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. ‘Hoffman
W. S. Bromley
Kipps
Frort Royal
H. V. Wheeler
Mildred Ely
Barnesville, Ohio
D. T. Wood
This Parson Has Tied 3 000 Knots
Reverend Alfred Harrison Burroughs of Gretna Green in Bristol married 3000 couples in a night of elopements from Virginia and nearby states. The 3000th couple were Hugh R. Jones and Elizabeth Lytton of Wytheville, tied the knot in his record run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Alfred Harrison Burroughs
Bristol
Gretna Green
West Virginia
Burroughs
Hugh R. Jones
Elizabeth Lytton
Wytheville
Miss Florence Estep Visits Relatives at Fishers Hill
Miss Florence Estep is visiting relatives at Fishers Hill, spending time with family and enjoying the rural locale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Estep
Fishers Hill
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Celiac Pulliam
S. W. Piccadilly ST
Hugh R. Grim
Refuge
Chester
Walter Flowers
Mollie Triplette
Gore
Nance
Berryville
Berrysville, Va
Lula Cooper
Capon Bridge
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STAR
Stone Bridge
Robert
Lawrence Armel
Archie and
Henry Armel
Armel
Thomas Armel
Arthur Armel
Thomas Ariel
Virgie Armel
Nineveh
Stella
Clara Reynard
Blackburn Smith
Annie Stribling
Louise Taylor
Mary Payne
Norfolk
the Knoll
Nannie Thomas
Kitty McDonald
Elvira Moore
Hornebrook
Henry Patterson
E. Leavenworth McGill
John S. Goldsmith
Qlad
Frank Butler
Charles Brown
W. Va
Edward Harris
Floride Brown
Charles Town
H. H. Dovell
Front Royal
Edward Ogden
Arthur Gray
Winchester Fair
Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society
Ays
Stock Carnival
Robert Worsley
Winchester
Scheuer’s
Monarch
Peru
Amonia
Plants
Peruvian Guano Corporation
Richmond, Va
A. B. Richards
Winchester, Va
Charleston, S. C
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