--From The Files of The---
widow of William Henry Lancas.
ter.
The Rev. George Hasel, pastor
of the Jefferson Circuit Methodist
Churches was unanimously elec-
ted president of the Charles Town
Lion's Club.
OF JEFFERSON - FARMERS ADVOCATE 40 YEARS AGO -- 1921
MARRIED: In Charles Town by
By:--Mrs. June (Slusher) Bohrer the Rev. Conrad H. Goodwin,
James Francis Williams, a resi-
AGO -- 1951
E. Trussell of Char
who has been named by
Okey L. Patterson on
Vetinary Board. Dr.
has been named for a 6
which began on July 1.
Robert Newton died at
T. Strider Co. where
employed for the past
R. Ross, Jr. col-
Charles Town General
A. Moler very
retired farmer of the
his home near Charles
Summit Point Road.
Mrs. Mark L. Hill of
Boothwyn, Pa. an l
engagement of their
Betty Lou Hill to
Huyett Teunis, son of
Ralph D. Teunis of
D. C. and "All States
will sell at Public Sale the Following Articles located
Ridge Street, Harpers Ferry, W. Va., on
SATURDAY,. JULY 15, 1961
BEGINNING AT 10:00 O'CLOCK A. M.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS, ETC.
Piano with 8 Rolls of Music, A-1 shape; Mahogany
Table, Oak Double Bed with springs and mattress;
Wash Stand, Oak Dressers, Oak Table and Desks, Small
General Electric Vacuum Cleaner, Royal Elec.
Westinghouse Elec. Cleaner, Small Kitchen Ravage,
Oil Range, 2-Burner Oil Stove, Small Coal Stove,
Lights and Table Lights; Straight Back a~d Rocking
Love Seat, 2 Oil Lamps, Singer Sewing Machine, O.
Smoking Stands, Brass Flower Holder, Small Tables,
; Round Metal Stand, Floor Waxer, 2 Caxpet
8 Rugs, large and small; A. B. C. Washing Ms-
Filing Boxes, Music Stand, Andiron Set, Pictures and
Frames; Some China and Glassware; Cooking Uten-
adnd Pa~s; Cherry Seeder, 2 Trunks, Ice Box, Water
and Rack; Bird Cage, 2 Tressels, New Roll of Barb
Shovels" Picks ~nd Digging Irons; Small Roll of Roof-
and Lots of Other Articles not mentioned.
Farm", Gaithersburg, Md. dent of the Bermuda Islands to
MARRIED: Miss Rosebud Mae Mrs. Edith M. Llewellyn of Char
ttyatt, daughter ,of Mr. and Mrs. les Town; at the home of the
Hiram Hyatt, Ranson and Mr. Mar brides parents Mr .and Mrs. T. J.
cus Neill Carper. Homer in Martinsburg, Miss Ag-
nes L. Homer to William M. Stan
20 YEARS AGO- 1941 ley of Walper's Cross Roads.
MARRIED: In the Presbyterian DIED: In Baltimore, John El.
Church, Lewisburg, W. Va., Miss more Rentch, formerly of Shep.
Margaret Loving Hutchinson, in herdstown; in Clarksburg, Mrs.
charge of Music in the Jefferson Mary Elizabeth Hyde, widow of
County Schools to Edward Ham- the Rev. John P. Hyde, formerly
ilton Phillips of Charles Town; at of Winchester, Va.
the Fountain Valley Schools, Col A wind storm caused wide-
orado, Edward J. Smith of the spread damage in Middleway and
Wickliffe neighborhood to Miss Kabletown District.
Lowery Frelicher; at the United The Har~per's Ferry pike the
Brethern Church at Harrisonburg, first government aided road in
Va. David G. Jenkins, to Miss this county was opened to traffic.
Frances Virginia Chapman of
Winchester. 60 YEARS AGO -- 1901
DIED: At her home at Chestnut MARRIED: At Galesburg, Illin-
Hill, Mrs. Frances C. Lancaster, ois, Richard W. Willis, formerly
of near Summit Point to Miss
Grace Mattison; in Baltimore, Rob
ert L. Bowers of Charles Town to
Miss Mary Arnett, formerly of
this county.
DIED:At Leetown, George W.
Niceley; in Frederick County Va.
Park H. Strode formerly of this
county; in Charles Town, Mrs.
Sarah A. Moore, widow of James
H. Moore of the county.
H. E. Ewing and associates, own
ers of the Charles Town Electric
Light Plant, bought the old Wat-
son Factory site on the Shenan-
doah River from James A. Garye
of Baltimore for $2500.
On Day of Sale.
MRS. NAOMI P. COOKE
MRS. BETTY J. JOHNSON
THARPE, Auctioneer.
W. MOORE, Clerk.
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SATURDAY--3:00 - 7:00 - 9:00 P. M.
SUNDAY--3:00 and 8:00 P. M.
CHILDREN 25c ADULTS 50c
- THURSDAY JULY 5 - 6
--DOUBLE FEATURE--
- SATURDAY JULY 7 - 8
--- DOUBLE FEA rURE --
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AUDIE MURPHY
JOHN SAXON
[ llALL~JOYC£ TAYLOR
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DOUBLE FEATURE --
• OWE BAKER. BARRY COE
80 YEARS AGO -- 1881
DIED: In Knoxville, Tennessee
Miss Maggie W. Johnson of Char.
,cs Town; at his home in this
county, James T. Coyle.
A barn on the Hermitage farm,
owned by Aldridge and Robert
Chew, three miles south of town
was destroyed by fire.
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL
By Mrs. G. E. Webb
home of Mrs. Helen Katzman.
Saturday visitors with Mrs. Katz
man were Mr. and Mrs. Thurston
Utterback and family of College
Park, Md.; M/Sgt. R. E. Biller and
family of Odenton, Md. and Mr.
Jack Billet of Martinsburg, W.
Va.
The M. Y. F. of the Camp Hill
Methodist Church sponsored a
meeting on Sunday evening held
at Cavalier's Pond at 6:30 o'clock.
The M. Y. F. of the Bolivar Meth
odist Church took part in the Gal
ilean service which was well at-
tended and was very interesting
and inspiring.
The W. S. C. S. of the Bolivar
Methodist Church will hold a fes-
tival the first of the season on Fri
day evening, July 14 beginning at
4:30 o'clock p. m. Full details next
week.
Miss Estel Gibson is a pa-
tient in Charles Town General
Hospital. She has been indisposed
for some time. Miss Gibson lives
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Perry and is the aunt of Mr.
Perry.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fishbaugh
have returned to their summer
home in Harpers Ferry after
spending the winter and spring
months at their home in Washing-
ton, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Webb and
young son of Alexandria, Va. are
spending their vacation at the re-
spective homes of their parents in
Bolivar and in Bakerton.
A surprise birthday party was
given at the home of Mr. C. A.
(Ike) Butts on Sunday afternoon
in honor of the eleventh birthday
of his youngest daughter Iva Lou
who was sent out for a drive with
An assessment showed the val- her father. When they returned
ue of real estate in Charles Town home and Iva Lou entered the
to be worth $402,482; personal,living room about eighteen per-
$389,618. sons mostly of her own age began
90 YEAR'S- -'O -- 1871 [ singing 'Happy Birthday To You"
From ten o'clock to four the
David Howell, a resident of youngsters enjoyed themselves
!
Charles Town died suddenly, t with games, music and delicious
MARRIED: In Charles Town refreshments and the guests of
Presbyterian Church by the Rev. honor received a number of love-
W. G. Eggleston, C. Frank Galla- ly and useful gifts.
her to Miss Jane Beall, both oft Mr. and Mrs. Ned Winters and
Charles Town; in Lexington, Va. daughter Jean spent a recent va
by the Rev. J. W. Pratt, Dr. Will- cation going to Westwood Land,
Sam P. McQuire of Winchester, New York City, Freedom Lalnd,
Vs. to Miss Nannie Holmes Tuck- U. S. A. the Chesapeake Bay area
er, daughter of John Randolph Wilmington, Delaware and other
Tucker of Lexington. I
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ROY B. FURR, Manager
733 South Potomac Street
Hage stown, Md.
Phone Hagerstown
REgent 3 - 3242
or Charles Town 825
@ LOCAl, TL~ADBM^~KS.
That's right. Summer is
the time to arrange for
comfort all the winter
through. Phone 118 today
about your fuel oil supply.
PROFESSIONAL HELP
WHEN YOU NEED IT
Professional help is avail-
able in insurance, too. As
~tna Casualty agents, we
arc qualified to prepare an
expert analysis of your in-
dividual insurance needs
to provide you with maxi-
mum security at minimum
cost. This guidance is an
important part of our P.S.,
Personal Service.
H. S. CLOPPER, JR.
Insurance, and Real Sstate
and Bonds
120 E. Washington Street
Charles Town, W. Va.
Telephone 216
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ACTIVITIES IN . . .
Telephone 2492
Mr. "Tex" Easley of Alexandria,
Va. accompanied by Harry Noose
:of Loudan Heights, Va. were call
i ers at the G. E. Webb home on
Sunday. Mr. Easley, a native of
Texas has purchased the former
Oliver Butts property and has add
ed improvements and he and Mrs.
Easley spent the weekend there.
Mr. Larry Bird and his three
year old daughter of Laurel, Md.
spent Saturday at the home of
Mrs. J. L. Eackles. Larry lived at
the Eackles home for a number
of years and attended the local
schools.
Capt. and Mrs. Douglas Garten
and family stationed in Okinawa
for the past four years spent last
week at the home of his father
Mr. C: E. Garten and family. Capt.
Garten will now be stationed at
Fort Meade, Md.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bailey of
Laurel, Md. are spending this
week with the latters sister Mrs.
V. M. Carey near Harpers Ferry
and also visiting another sister
Mrs. J. L. Eackles in Bolivar.
This area is experiencing some
pretty hot weather at the present
time, the first of the season. The
top of the ground is getting dry.
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By Miss Dorothy Bowers
Valley Board Picnic
The annual picnic sponsored by
Valley Board Corp. for the employ
ees and their families was held
Sunday afternoon, with approxi-
mately 350 in attendance. At 1:30
p. m. a softball game between the
employees and supervisors was
won by the former, the score 9 to
1. Pony rides were enjoyed during
the afternoon by the children.
The games for all age groups, the
winners and prizes are as follows:
Peanut Hunt, through 6 years of
age, boys and girls-Skipper Ham.
mann, large stuffed toy, human
wheelbarrow race-through 10 yrs.
Mark Trail and Jimmy Fritts;
Sack race 6 through 10, Lee Bal-
lenger, sace race 6 through 10-
(Girls)- Althea Rutherford, Sack
race 11 through 16 (Boys) Charles
law and sister Mr. and Mrs, John
Rountree and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harden,
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hostler and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Brac
kett and daughters, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Staubs attended the Dean
er family reunion at Eagles Park
in Brunswick, Md. on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wright
and daughter Terri who have
been spending three weeks vaca.
tion with the former's parents Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Wright left by mo
tor on Friday for their home in
Hayward, Calif.
Mrs. Winerd Bowers and Mrs.
Nathaniel Gray Jr. are spending
this week at Massanetta Spring,
Presbyterian Conference grounds
near Harrisonburg, Va. for the an
nual Synodical Week of the Wom-
en of the Church.
Miss Judy Axline is spending a
week with her grandparents Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Staubs. Her sis-
ter Miss Patsy Axline returned to
Pittsburgh, Pa. with her aunt and
uncle Mr. and Mrs. Charles Har-
den for a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. David Penwell and
family visited Mr. Newton Pen-
well and .family near Ranson Sun
day evem g.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Strickler, Mr.
and Mrs. Wilbur Swartz of Berry-
ville, Va. visited Mr. and Mrs. El-
mer Wright Sunday evening. Mr.
Samuel Strickler who spent the
past week with his son and fam-
ily returned to his home here
with them.
Mrs. Gentry Muse, son Hugh
and Miss Bety Casey of Leesburg,
Va. were visitors Sunday evening
with Mr. and Mrs. Alton Muse and
sons.
Chamber of Commerce
By Brooke Blgckford
Executive 8eeretary
Co-Chairmen J. Blackwell Davis
md Ephraim Day called a meet-
ing of the Downtown Parking &
Planning Committee last week, Of
significant importance in Charles
Town is the need for off-street
parking and without parking met-
ers. This meeting was quite pro-
ductive and a sub-committee was
named to call on the Oharles
Town Council and ask them to es-
tablish a Parking Planning Com-
mission.
* * * * *
The July meeting of our local
SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON ADVOCATE
THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1961
ood of time.
Tickets f*r Th% An :il *
(Aug. 5-
13) are now on sale at the Cham-
ber office and are going fast. Re-
member the limited seating space
in our Court House and get your
order in early.
Miss Betsy Davis is in charge
of ticket distribution and the cost
is $2.00 per ticket.
Frank H. Anderson
Submits To Surgery
In Charlottesville
Superintendent Frank H. Ander
son, Harpers Ferry National Men
ument, underwent surgery Tues-
day afternoon, June 20, 1961 at
the University of Virginia Hospit.
"That's a funny bank ad! Tells folks to
bank by mail hen the weather's wet!"
YES, PEOPLE DO LIKE TO KEEP DRY AND COMFORT.
ABLE! WE CORDIALLY INVITE EVERY READER TO TRY
THiS CONVENIENT WAY TO MAKE DEPOSITS HERE,
al, Charlottesville, Va.
Surgeons removed what they
termed an "arthritic boney grow.
th" from the spinal column, near
the base of Anderson's neck. The
growth had been exerting pres-
sure on certain nerves which
caused a lack of feeling in Ander-
son's legs. The operation has re-
suited in removal of the pressure,
however, it is expected that An-
derson will be recuperating for
some time before recovery is corn
plete. Hospital officials have giv
en no indication when he may be
discharged.
Get well cards and other mail
should be directed to: Frank H.
Anderson University of Virginia
Hospital, W-5-8, Charlottesville,
Va.
uommissions are not paid on
arguments won, but on sales
made.
Twyman, Sack race, 11 through 16 Chamber will be held at the Char
(Boys) Jennifer Gray, Softball les Town Race Course Wednesday,
Throw-through 12-Boys Taylor July 19. Ladies are Welcome and
Dodson, Softball Throw through the cost will be $2.30 including
12 (Girls) Cindy Cain atl winning luncheon, parking and admission
two silver dollars, bean bag toss to the Club House. Members are
through 16 (girls) Faye Crawford, of course, guests of the manage-
winning a traveling bag and the ment for the balance of the after-
Potato race 16 and up ladies) noon. See your bulletin for fur-
Mary Peacher, punch bowl set, ther details.
Doris Costello, hurricane lamps.
Door prize winners for employ- pas year bee*n an 'ct- ; Member FDIC --- Federal Reserve System
ees only included Alec Costello, ire one in our office. To mention PHONE 10 CHARL S T
fifteen silver dollars, Buddy Craw one item, 113 tourists inquiries -- E OWN, W. VAo
McAboy,f°rd' ten fiveSilVersilverd°llars'dollars.MarshallIn the have been answered in that per- . ....
guessing of the number of pen- i i i
ales in a jar, Mrs. Jessie Beahm ¢ R I
won acomforter. The number of Ho t. MILLS GASOLINE STATIONS
pennies in the jar was 1350 and
her guess was 1343. 1 • • lira lira CHARLES TOWN AND MARTINSBURG
The
picnic
dinner
served
on
the
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, JULY 7th and 8th.
lawn at Valley Lodge, included
hamburgers, hot dogs, slaw, pots
to salad, pickle ,potato chips, cake
ice cream and soft drinks. The , 6ff A BEAUTIFUL SHELL PINK COLOR
Invocation, prior to the dinner
ACTUAL SIZE
was given by the Rev. Russell Ur-
quhart. The Rev. Allen Bartlett
drew the numbers for the door
prizes.
Guests invited and attending
were Rev, and Mrs. Russell Urqu.
hart, Rev. and Mrs. Allen Bartlett
!and family, Rev. and Mrs. Graham
Wood & sons; Rev. Alfred Collins
Chiefs of various fire depart-
ments, Little League Baseball
Club from Harpers Ferry, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Dillard and dau
ghter, Terry, Mr. and Mrs. Eston
Ault and children, Mr. Ault is a
transportation consultant for the
B. & O. Railroad, the Valley
Board Softball team, Mrs. John
Cave, Mrs. Nathaniel Gray Jr:and
family, Mrs. Charles Gayhart, Miss
Catherine Baylor, Mr. and Mrs.
Marcus Carper and daaghter, Mrs.
Winerd Bowers and family, Mr.
Austin Bowers and son, David Mr.
Edward Dillard in a brief talk wel
corned all those present for the en
joyable occasion.
Miss Carolyn Bowers, granddau
ghter of Mrs. Winerd Bowers who
underwent a tonsilectomy last
Tuesday in the Charles Town
General Hospital is recovering sat
isfactorily.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kimes
were visitors Friday evening with
Mr. and Mrs. David Penwell and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harden:
of Pittsburgh, Pa., Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Hostler and family of AI
exandria, Va. spt t the weekend
.with thir parents Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Staubs.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wright
and daughter Terri and the for-
mers mother Mrs. Elmer Wright
spent Wednesday sightseeing in
Washington, D. C. and enjoyed
lunch at Hogates.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mills Jr. of
Peninsula, Ohio were weekend
guests of the farmers parents Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Mills Sr. and sons.
Mr. and Mrs. John Mennor and
family of Fenelton, Pa. were over
night guests Friday of Mrs. Men-
nor's parents Mr .and Mrs. Ber-
nard Ott. On Saturday, they left
Clearwater, Fla. where they
will visit Mrs. Mennot"s brother-in
It Matches The Pink Ware We Have Been Giving
WITH I ACH PURCHASE OF
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