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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1908
Page
3
The local market lists prices for potatoes per bushel and meat per pound with notes on live and dressed poultry. Prices show potatoes at a given per bushel rate and meat and turkey values, reflecting farm-gate costs and market conditions.
White Post Virginia notes report residents returning to work in Washington and local visitors arriving. Mr R K Meade resumes duties in PAS in Washington. G W Shacklett from Delaware is serving as night operator. Miss Jessie Crisman returns from Washington after a visit. The White Post skating rink progresses slowly with lumber ordered and setup arranged for quick completion. Miss Ouida Meade visits Connecticut Avenue in Washington. Thompson Sowers and William Dearmont, known skaters, were in town. William Kennerly is out of his room again after illness. Miss Maud Kennerly attends Mrs Mary Fletcher funeral at Caines Cross Roads last week.
Notes from Deerfield Virginia describe a Thursday party at the Hake home with local visitors Misses Frankie Eleanor Beatrice Gordon and Mr Charles Rudolph. The Deerfield school closed for break. teacher Laura Lockhart returned home. A spelling bee at the Deerfield school featured pieces by James Fisher and Grover Keeler.
Thomas Clayton Strine, a well known Winchester conductor on the Cumberland Valley Railroad and member of the Cumberland Valley Relief Association, died at his home in Chambersburg on Sunday after a lingering illness at age 34. He left three children, Stewart B., Charles, and Margaret, and his parents Mr and Mrs Jonathan Strine survive.
Obituary notes the death of a Norris Brothers contractor aged about years after a prolonged illness. He was a longtime member of Norris Brothers, a builders firm. Survived by his wife Av Hammett, five sons and two daughters.
Mrs. James Gray of Loudoun County died after being severely burned while attempting to extinguish a fire that started on a mountain. She leaves 18 children with several still living. The blaze spread for miles across the rugged terrain.
Mr Charley P Jack travels to Staurstom to visit his son Mr James M Jack who resides there.
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