Hook and Ladder Elect Delegates for State Meet
The Rouss Hook and Ladder Company held its regular monthly meeting at the hall on West Water Street. Captain Henry Schneider announced a delegation from the Waynesboro organization delivering a badge for the Portsmouth trip to Virginia State Firemen's Convention on August 20. Members discussed fundraising, travel arrangements, and electing delegates and alternates to the 16th Annual Convention in Portsmouth.
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Rouss Hook and Ladder Company
West Water Street
Henry Schneider
Hook and Ladder
Waynesboro
Rouss Boys
W. S. Hawn
A. AC. Funk
Theo. T. Criswell
I. BE. Stout
C. A. Waynant
J. H. Nail
E. J. Greenawalt
Wingfield Beaver
Tra Grove
Wm. Cridler
Damel Johnson
D. 8. Thompson
J. M. Long
Comany
Portsmouth
Virginia State Firemen
Lowing Ways and
J. . Fries
H. H. Winkfield
Henry Shneider
Winchester
Rouss
Edmond
Staunton
J. Wm. Miller
Virna State Firemen’s Association
B. Allemony
H.C. Funkates
J. C. Fries
Thos. H
Jno
M. Miller
H. H. Ikfield
Infant Dies at Hayfield Cholera Infantum
Johnny, infant son of Archie and Nannie ler, died at Hayfield this morning at eighteen months old. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 11 o clock at St. John's with Rev. W. S. Smith officiating. Interment will follow in St. John's graveyard.
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Johnny
Archie
Nannie Ler
Hayfield
St. John’s ’S
Smith
John’s Graveyard
Yard Party Closes After Successful Sale at Braddock Street
The six yard party led by ladies of the United We Church on Braddock Street wrapped up last night. Proceeds were satisfactory and the group plans to inspect new stock including Harman sets priced from $6.00 to Mixer Surry Co.
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the United Wew Church
Braddock Its
Harmen
Mrixer Surrry Co
Barn Raisings by Modern Methods
A Lake Star correspondent recalls how barn raisings, once social and athletic community events, have evolved with machinery. The piece describes the old gathering of up to a hundred neighbors, feasting with calf or lamb, and contests of strength, contrasted with today’s mechanized construction and shifting social dynamics.
School Board Tonight Seeks Teacher Election
The School Board will meet tonight in a special session at 9 o'clock. A full attendance is desired to elect a teacher.
Winchester School Board Faces Tie in Teacher Vacancy
The Winchester School Board remains without a selected teacher for John Kerr Public Schools after five ballots. Miss Fannie Walter and Miss Edith Gibson tied six to six at the July meeting, and a special session failed to resolve the vacancy with members present and one absent.
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Winchester School Board
John Kerr Public Schools
Fannie Walter
Edith Gibson
Lautitlaet
Messrs
H. D. Fuller
W. A. Bell
Bentley Kern
Dorsey Walter
Vance W. Striker
John Ray
William C. Gratchen
Holmes Conrad
E. Holmes Boyd
T. M. Banta
W. 8. Love
Ashby Camp to Pay Respect to Beauregard Descendants
General Turner Ashby Camp met quietly with Commander Robt T Barton presiding. The group accepted Mrs. Gen John G Walker invite to visit the Misses Beauregard in Winchester, daughters of Judge John Beauregard and granddaughters of the late Lieutenant General Beauregard, to pay respects tomorrow evening at 8:45.
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Turner Ashby
Robt. T. Barton
Winchester
John G. Walker
South’s Leaders. the Misses Beauregard
Walker
Fortunes of St. Swithin's Day Weather Forecast
Local brief notes a shower at 1:30 pm and a sultry 4 pm in Winchester. The column echoes St. Swithin's legend predicting forty days of dry weather if today stays fair, contrasting with the USDA Weather Bureau. It recounts the saint's burial and legend of his lowly grave.
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Winchester
Board adjourns awaiting Dr Love for vacancy vote
The board postponed deciding the vacancy until Dr Love could return, while three more applications waited unread due to the delinquent member's absence. They planned an early meeting in Rouss City Hall to settle the deadlock later that evening.
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Ber
Dr. Love
Richard L. Gray
Council Chamber
Rouss City
More Stores to Close at 6 P.M. This Week
Two mercantile establishments announce soon closing hours at 6 o clock starting today Messrs Robinson Brothers and C E Huntsburg. Prof Ide departs for Fauquier County Virginia then to Mt Jackson Virginia for part of his vacation.
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Messrs
Ide
Fauquier County
Mt. Jackson
Camp Turney Ashby to Assemble for Memorial Observance
Gen. Turney Ashby Camp will assemble in uniform on Wednesday July 16 at 8 45 p m in the Camp room and proceed to pay respects to the granddaughters of Lt Gen Beauregard now visiting in the city. Commander Robt T Barton issued the order directing the event.
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South
Robt. T. Barton
Turney Ashby
Beaureguard
Burglary at Frederick Home of Mr Nixdorff
While away in Winchester on Sunday the Frederick home of Mr. Lewis M Nixdorff was entered through a yard side window. Nothing of value was taken though the servants room was searched and drawers rifled. The family had been at Evans Hotel and returned yesterday to learn of the break in.
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Winchester
Lewis M. Nixdorff
Frederick
Nixdorff
Evans Hotel
Louis M. Nixdork, Jr
Monks Build Chapel Over Rainy Burial Site
The text describes monks planning to move a body to the choir on July 15 but a continuous rainstorm deterred the relocation. Interpreting the weather as a heavenly omen, they instead construct a chapel over the grave site.
Turkey Thieves Hit Lake View Roosts in Night
Residents of Lake View report midnight thefts of turkeys from several roosts. Mr. Madison Grubb lost ten birds in one night and Mrs. J D Wright found her flock missing the next day and later birds returned with wings cropped. Suspects are under surveillance and arrests may follow.
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Lake View
Madison Grubb
J. D. Wright
Bold burglars caught at work on east Piccadilly street
Two bold negro burglars attempted to enter the saloon of Gearing and Shiner on east Piccadilly. Walter Shiner fired a revolver as one burglar fled to a roof and the other waited below. Moonlit pursuit ended with the men escaping after a tense chase.
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East Piccadilly Street
Gearing & Shiner
Walter Shiner
Cyrus Howard
Mr. Shiner
Howard
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Ways and
Liant
School Board
Ashby
Beauregard
St. Swithin
Virginia State Firemen’s Association
Turkey
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