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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1908
Page
5
Bunker Hill West Virginia August 15 campers who had stayed at Priest Spring for ten days broke camp Tuesday feeling content. Notables visiting included Mr George Kendricks and wife from Herndon Virginia and Rev A B Crowder former circuit pastor. Several residents greeted friends, with updates on health including Mitton Custor and wife seriously ill, and others like George Henson and wife returning from Front Royal horse show.
Refuge Virginia reports social visits and coming and going among residents. Mrs. David Dirges and son Markie Iges and Miss Ida Steele from Stephens City called in the area. Maude Brumback of Faucets Gap visited Mr. and Mrs. James L. Gardner.
A Baltimore and Ohio Railroad excursion train ran from Baltimore to Winchester yesterday arriving after noon. The trip carried 345 passengers traveling between Harpers Ferry and Winchester with 145 passengers disembarking in the city. The train departed again at six o'clock last evening.
Rev. Robert Lee Blair of York Pennsylvania filled both morning and evening pulpits at Centenary Reform Church. He is visiting Winchester with hosts Mr and Mrs C B Grimm at 222 South Main Street and is well known locally.
The body of Flavius od was interred at Timber Ridge Sunday following brief Christian Church rites. The obituary notes a well known saddler and hatter of High View, and quotes a testimonial paid by Postum Company about coffee and health forming part of a broader advertisement.
The annual reunion of the Jefferson County camp of Confederate Veterans drew several thousand people near Charles Town. Col. R. P. Chew presided, Adjutant G. H. Hisley did roll call, and Hon. J. W. Marshall known as Cyclone Bill Marshall delivered the address. Major Robert W. Hunter and Capt. W. B. Colston spoke in the afternoon, followed by a second Marshall address.
A social meeting of relatives was held at the historic Rockland site near Shepherdstown. Attending were the Schley and Muzzey families plus Miss Eliza Timberlake Miss Ida Noll of Richmond Va Miss Eliza Timberlake of Jackson Miss R L Reinhart of Shepherdstown Mrs Holmes Berty of Winchester Mrs Jennie Schley Miller and Miss Lillian Schley of Frederick and Mr E G Wilson of Charles Town.
Miss Sidney Pottzieser of Pittsburg guests Mrs. Hugh Grim on South Kent Street. Mr. Charles Worthington of Baltimore visits his home in this city.
Mr and Mrs Jack Carroll of New York are spending some days with relatives in Winchester and Frederick County.
Incomplete OCR shows multiple departure and arrival times for trains to Martinsburg Columbus Pittsburg Cincinnati St Louis Louisville Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and New York with various stations and routes listed, including mornings and evenings and observed arrival times.
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