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News Coverage
Local And Jefferson
Happenings Every
Of The Year.
UAL RIGHTS TO ALL.
SPECIAL PRIVILEGES TO NONE.
5,NO. 21.
CIIARLES TOWN, JEFFERSON
COUNTY, W. VA FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1941.
R. C. RISSLER, Editor.
g
ass
Take Part In Sixth
Boys' State
I st to June 7th
American Legion's Sixth
Boys' State will be
at Jackson's Mill, from June
June 7th.
Post, No. 71 of
together with the Ki-
and Lions clubs are spon-
three boys from Jeffersou
high schools. Those wh(~
been selected to take advant-
this training are: R(~bert
of Shepherds(own, Louis
Glover o,f Harpers Ferry,
Lakenan Helle,bower nf'
Town.
Boys' State affords
an to familiar-
with the basic prin-
of ,Democracy and of popu-
,n.t
American Legion is to be
on sponsoring such a
movement, where these
will have the oppor-
'to study Americanism.
0.
('ItA RLES TOWN
METHODIST CItUII('lt,
:: :. ~ --(l'hotn Courtesy Washington Post)
Pictured. above is the graduating class of the Charles Town High School which numbers sixty-six students, the largest class ever to grad-
uate rrom this school. (One of the graduates is rnis.sin,g from thLs photo).
Formal exercises were held on Thursday evening at which l)r. Richard Asp}nail, assisiani the president of West Virginia University, de-
live e(l the l)rincipal ad.dress.
The students shown in the above pie(re'e, reading from left to right, :
First/row--Evelyn May, Margaret Marh)w, Adam Link. Gertrude Seal, Robert Lei.p)ht, Anna Lee Frie,William IIenshaw, Virginia Dailey,
Frank Manuel, Carolyn Maurer, Josep.h ltarris, Barbara Goode, Marion Sarra. lmuise Kiie, ,tohn Mason, Pauline Butch, James Grantha,m,
Anna Mae Spinks, ttazel Kisner.
Second Row---1)orothy Painter, Anne tlarold, Johnny lh)ugh, Alice Goodell, William M(mre, Elaine Feagans, Harry Ring, Virginia
Jenkins, Hihla Ilill. Cecil James, Betty Bailey, Jesse Alger, W ilma Win :ermover, I,oya/1 Anderson, l;eulah l)eltaven, Earl Pine, Louise Brown,
Margaret Bowings.
Third Row--Mildred An(lets l)aul Whibmore, Gladys Thomas, Charles Wetzel, Elizabeth Wysong, William Boyer, Sydney ShiNey,
Clqrke Allen, Arbutus Roper, Forrest IIoff,master, Esther Walters, Charles Reininger, Alice Strider. Roy Furr, Dorothy Barr, Marshall Brown,
Pelty Goo(le.
Fourth Row l)orothy Moreland, ,ludith Wysong, John Gore, Betty lien(home, Newton Magaha, William Bates, Lucy Cook, Paul
Bart. Mary Perry, Kal,hleen Burr.
Sunday, June 1, 1941.
A. M.--Sunday School hour.
for all ages and a place for!
One.
A. M.--Sermon by the pas-
Was With You." Sacra-
Lord's Supper.
P. M.-Evenhig worship with
address by ,the paster. The Dr.
will be concluded at the
hour.
the last
R i c h a r d Aspinall
Delivers An Excellent
Ranson Election Set
s Ni ForTuesday, June3 Eighth Grade
The voters o,f Ran~sofi at their - I
clee ion Tuesday next have to pick
trove cou. ' me, from a f eld ,r,l.argest Group is From TOraded School
es, Mr. Irviu and Mr. The Charles Town High School
on We4nesday for auditorium was vrowded to the
Ammal C.onference doors Thursday nig'ht to witness
11neets in Baltimore Julie 4th the ,school's commencement exer-
They wiill take .the best re- ctses, including awarding of diph~-
to the e(mference for many mas to sixty-six ~.'raduates.
Following the proc:.ssional, the
Willoughtby E. IIenshaw
Hazel E. Kianer
JoseVh A. P. ltarcis
Ediih 1~. Kite
:~M~arion A- S,arra
~et{tah Virig,inla DeH~ven
Adam Baker Link. Jr.
~Belty O'Neal Bailey
Paul ;M. Whiimore
Mildred N. Ander.~
~(:tmrles ChillltW Ve'zel
Alice E. Goodell
la,- be May ' Summit Poiut; Leetown
amt Recorder have Im opp~)siiion.
For Council the ballot will haw,
Mx names on it. ineludinR' Wihbur
T. Tharpe, Craven James. Millard
'l'ru~:-~ell. Melvin Jones. N e 1 s o n
,RcGinson, an:l R, bert S. Fmh, ley.
l'.lls open at (;::t(} a. lu. and
lose at 6:30 p. m. Com~cilme~l hold
olli(.e for two years.
O
Has Six Graduates
'l'hbey pupils graduate from the
,~th grade in ,lefferson County this
.~ ear. The small number is due to
the tact that pupils graduating
from a school having a hitzh .~:hool
deparl ilie/it are not counted.
The thirty graduates inetude six
from Leetown; 9 from Nulnnvlt
of Stewargs met last graduates being seated at the
and the reports were very front of the auditorium, with the
agbutthere are still some stage cecupied by mcqntbers el' tSle
x's envelope that have not ~hool qboard, and speakers of the
in and quite a number of evening, the invocation was offer-
who have not brought in ed by the Rev. C. h,ving Lewis.
Do so today Next on the program was the Sa-
.lohn F Mason
Mary Wihna W.intermoyer
James Amen Grantham
Alice C. Strider
Cecil Irving James
Elaine Virginia Feagan~
.lames Franklin Manuel
@.: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :~.:0~ l'oint; 4 from Kabletuwn; 6 huJm
:~ .-. ~ ~: the Harper Ferry colmed graded
~ 0 i"school, and five from Shepherds-
:::Cbmmg,: . g enls . . :l: town ,l ed graded sehool.
X :,:
g In Charles Town And g Oue unusual fact in connection
;!; Jefferson County :~: with these classes is that the two
:tj "~ leading students are from the same
this closes up the work . . Margaret Mac Bowin. s
rotatory bv ,Miss Lom:;ere'own Friday, May 30--The Charles
year. " " u Harry S. Rin~
THE PASTOR who was followed 'by lnusmal n m-
0 "- -'" bers [by the .Shel)herd College Trio. Elizalbeth Kearsley Wysong Town Lions Clulb .will ~be hosts to
|. ~ -- ----'~- . County Superintenden,t H e n r y Earl ,hines Pine the District Governor, at a dinner
lc upper ~e[ M Sydnor introduced Dr. Rieh?rdBe ty Lane Goode ,tam'e to be held in the gymnasium
Thursday, June 12 Aspiimll, assistant to the President. William I,oyall Anderson, .It. of the Charh,s Token ltigh School,
of the West Virginia University, ISydney M~Gill Shirley Martin~: at 7 o'clock p. m.
Uncement was made today' who delivered a fine d'scourse on] Jesse A. Alger
1 arran,gements were just "The Vicious C, ircle". Dr, AspinaltI Gla,dys L. Thomas Sunday. June 1--('harles Town
.'o~ pleted for the annual has made five addresses at school Newton 'M. Magaha M~mmrial Day exerci.~es will be
'to :be held in the Charles commencements in ehe Eastern Nina Louise Brown heht in Edge Hill Cem,lery, be-
Sehool gymnasium, by Panhandle within the past week,[ .lohn L. Hough ginning at 2:30 o'clook in the of-
Catholic Church. each one dealing with a su~bjecti A~butus Virgin.in Roper ternoon. The Rev. Carltm~ Fox will
Hora.ce Marshall Brown deliver the address ,for l~he occa-
or the supper this diffenin,g from the others.
on Thursday, June 12th, Mr. Gilibert Perry, member of
is being left out that the iSchool Board. gave the Citi-
the event the best yet. zenship award to two boys, Paul
~nnual affair e~ch year at- Barr and Franklin Manuel, their
Wide-~read interest and I work being equally meritogium.
from all sections look for- Their names will he engraved on
to its coming, regularly. ~a plaque and placed on the wall in
hour for dinner has been i the school building. Music was a-
fter 6:30 o'clock, and gain rerrdered by the Shepherd
in charge o plans adviseCollege Trio. The Strider Lamp
Our delicious country hams award went to Miss Arbutus Re-
given away during theper. The presen,tation was made ?oy
of the evening. Mr. Harry L. Lyne, memlber of the
--o, School Board.
Legionnaires[ A presentation of a scholarship
to Strayer's Bnsiness College in
of the American Washington, ,was by Mr. Harry
ex-serviee men, Veterans' Moffatt of the School Board, who
Wars, are urgently re- also presented dipl&nas to the
to meet at the Charles graduates, after the class had been
Anne W. HareM
William M. Moore
~Dm~eas Kathleen Burr
~',harles DeForrest Bayer, Jr.
Dorotihy C. Moreland
James P. Keen, J.r.
Esther L. Waiters
Roy B. Furr
John Will,tam Gore
Imcy B. Cook
Paul E. I~arr
Judith Ball Wysong
Clarke P. Allen
Dorothy L. Barr
Forrest l,ncas Hoffmaster
Be(tie M. Henthorne
Charles Frederick R~ininuer, lr
Mary Craighil;l Perry
Wil!dam Thomas Bates
The Valedictory delivere~t /)y
School at 2 o'clock, on
a~ternoon, .to take ,part in
Day services which
in Edge Hill Ceme-
o'Clock.
Rev. CarRon Fox, chaplain
will deliver the ad-
the occasion, and Corn-
it. H. Stone makes it very
he expects a full turn-
memlbers.
Mrs. Joe Evans and ,Mrs
(ff ll~rostburg, Md vis-
Bepler's nieces, Mrs.
Jones, Mrs. Jennings
of town, and Mrs. T.
bIarlow, near the Bloorn-
~]hlnday.
presented ~by Prine,ipal T. A. Low- Miss Betty B,ailey, followed the
ely of the High School. Mist~ I,ou-!presentation of diplomas. Com-
ise Brown was awarded the schol-
arship to Strayer's.
The graduates, 1941:
Anna Mac Spinks
Anna Lee Fries
Gertrude Seal
Virginia M. Seal
Pauline A. Butch
,Dorothy Virginia Painter
Virginia A. Dailey
Carolyn Jane Maurer
Josephine Evelyn May
,Marsaret I. Marlow
Barbara Elizall~eth Goode
Hilda Elizmbeth Hill
Rcibert Leight
Virg, inia E. Jenkins
meneemen,t exercises ended by the
benediction Iby the Rev. ,lohn W.
(~umnlere.
sinn. All Legionnaires and ex-ser-
vice men are asked to moot al lhe
:harles Town High School at 2
o'clock and march to the cemetery
to take part in the program.
school. Miss Louise Langdon, tak-
ing first I,onors, and Miss Beulah
White, taking see(rod, are from the
Kabletown school.
r O
lhe entire list m g~ven bel w:
Leetown (.ath .rn~e t~ane, ~tan-
Icy Zombro, Paul Chan~hlin, Doro-
thy Weisenburg, Joshua Fellers,
J r I larry Weisenlm r'g.
Smmnit Point--Lillian Jenkins,
William Carter, Wesley Triplett,
Jmnes Glassford, Mar,' DeHaven,
Clellia Burch, Verna Drish, Mar-
shall 13nreh, Glerm Ramsburg.
Kahletuwn-Louise I,angdon, Beu-
lah White, Alvin Bush, Archie Car-
roll.
Grand View (colmed) Harpers
Ferry---David llenry Cole, Bracelia
Mac Fox, tlouston David Snowden,
Monday, June 2:--Meeting of the l t'earl Odetta Fox. Gladys Corine
City Council of Charles Town at the I Napper, (h',fft.'m Bhmey Napper.
i' 1 Shadyside lcolorcM) Shepherds-
C.uucil Roonm at 8 ~ ch~ck p. m.
the town--Sarah C. McCann, Vepola C.
M~mday, June 2:--Meeting of Stevenson. John Devonshire, Dora
City Council of Ransm~, at the Belle Washington, Andrew Wilson.
Coltncil tttimn at 7:;10 o'clock p.m. ---------0
Monday, J une 2 :-Regular mouth-
ty meeting of the Charles Town--
Ranon Board of Trade at Thomas
Jefferson Hotel at 7:45 o'clock p. m.
Tuesday, June 3: -- Municipal
Election in the town of Ransom
Mere Churches
To Combine
I One imln/rtant step was taken
by the United Brethren Church in
l a Con,ference ~in .South Bend, In-
Mayor, Recorder and Five Council-i diana, a few days ago, in a plan
men to be elected.
Board Of Trade To
Hog
Meet M nday Night F
atu
The reffular monthly meeting ' "a'es"n iu
Lhe (]harles q'own-.R tnson Board
(,f Trade will be held on Monday
ni~.~,ht. ,Imw 2ud, at the Thomas
Jefferson Hotel. ~ flood Butcher
The prosidenL asks for a full at-
teihlanco ai)d a special feature or,
the eveuing will he the reports of
the captains ~ff the mem~bership
drive, J. A. Warrenfeltz and Char-
les Reinil~ger. The hour has been
set at 7:45 o'clock.
4}
Stock
Hogs Sell
For $9.75; Receipts
Continue Heavy
The regular Monday's llvest~k
!.~ale in~ Charles Town had heavy
!recei,pts with most all classes of
livestock being offered fur sale.
['tie feature of the sale was the
Program Memorial 'o' To,
i cher h~s sold up co $9.75, with
Day Planned U D C sellinR" from
. . $9.50 to $(.).75. The cattle market
I was active with a moderate run.
l'
Lawson Botts Ghapter, U D C Medium lgh't steers sold for $9.10.
will hoht their anmlal Memorial!The calf mai~et was lower with
Day Service in Edge Hill Ce,me Igood graded calves selling up to
tory at the Confederate Monument i $11.15 with a few choice single
on Sund,ay, June 1st, at 2:30 o'.~calves selling up as hil~q~ as $12d}0.
]clock p.m. I The lan~ market was lower in
Rev. H. Carlton Fox, Episeopat~cmnparison with city markets.
minister of Nelson Parish, will be Good graded lan~ba sold up to
the speaker for the oeeasion.'$11.40, with good grade farm run
Other ministers ,f the town are!selling from $11.00 to 1.1.40.
',cordially invited to ,be present and Cattle: receipts moderate. Medi-
take part. There wilt be appropri-!t tin light s~teers, $9.10; medium
late music under the direction of heifers, $7.50 to 8.10; good butch-
the Rev. John Wesley We~, of er cows, $6.95 to 7.~}; medium
Brunswick, Md who will also butcher cows, $5.00 to 6.~5; can-
favor the- audience wi~ a solo. tners and cutters. $4.85 to 5.60;
The Lions Clu~b, Amereian Le~- plain dairy cows, $60.00 down;
ion, Veterans af Foreign Wars, suasage bulls. $6.65 to 7.70.
"-- and all other organizations are ,Calves: reeeipts heavy. Good
cordially invited to attend and ~graded calves. $1.1.15; m e d i u m
take part in this service,igraded calves, $10.85 to 11.05;
All relatives of Con~'ederate sol- light ~raded dalves, $9.40; lifrht
diers, please see that flags are |hin graded calves. $8.85; single
pla~ed upon their graves. The calves, $tl.35 down.
flags will be found in the Lod:a'e ~Sheep and Lamlbs: receipts hea-
at the Cenletery. vy. Good graded lan~bs. $11.00 lo
It is hoped there will be a torte 11.40; medium lamlbs, $10.50 to
fatten(lance from the Town and 10.85; li~'ht lamihs, $I0.00 ~o 10.25;
Commencement County. li~'ht thin hun,bs. $8.90 to 9.80;
o bntx'her ewes. $1.00 to 5.'20.
' " ' ~ "dr
(;h,~g exercises in toe Wi'lgi Navy irto .s: recmpis moderaie. Good
Demty Graded School Were con-; Yard Workers ~utche~ /,(~i;:~0.50 tO 9.75; ii~edTi-
dncted without any formal pro-
lure buieher ho~s. $9.20 to 9:50;
light butcher ho~'s, $8.80 to 9.20;
bnteher sows. $7.15 ~o 8.00; pifrs
per head, $2.45 to 8.60: shoats per
hundred. $10.25 to 11.55; sow~
with pigs, $22 51) to 41.00.
Married 54 Years
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Fulk,
residing on the Ke~rneysvitle-I,ee-
I town road, will observe the 54th
anniversary (ff their marriage to-
niorr(tw, May 31. They were n~ar-
~rain in the so hoot auditorium, -
Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Small-
opening tit 10 a'vlovk Thursday
morning. Awand,ing of perfect a~- wood are en:ter,taining 5;6 former
fellow-w~rkers in the Washing~t~m
tendance certificates t(mk up con-
sideralble time in the earlypart Na,vy Yard, at their home in Ran-
of the exercises. ~ son, today, Memorial Day holiday.
"' ' i The viNtors came from Washing--
In the S~xth GradeWest V r-
ginia Club work sp@cial awards ton in a bus. Mr. Smallwood is a
: retired naval employee, h a v i n g
were.
~iven
began
I,y.neh,
Joan
Gardner, John Hoffmaster, Donaht~ quit, the service three years afro.
Bush, Sarah Blum, Donald Fiery, o
Walter .len Charles" Gore, I.orn One Dollar Will Be Added
Per~tz, Dorc.as Fry, Earl Casey,
Kenneth Athey; in the Fifth Your tax bill for 19.10. if n tlried in Charles Town on May 3t,
Grade, awards in the same work paid by July l, will have added to 1887
or',~by the Rev. W. G. Egglestom
were given to Elizabeth Boyd. it one dollar as a penal~y for n tt~en pastor of the Methodi~
Thehna Boyd, Julia ~%owers, Vie- havin~ ,paid it bet'ore that time. If Church
--0--~
Kline---Brill
The marriage o~f Mrs. Anita
Rnsh Klinc, of Charles Token, to
Mr. Carl Madison Brill. af Stras-
burg, Va was announced ~hefir~t
of lhe week. Married May 19, ar~
the parsonage of the Method}at
--0-----"
Paul Miller, ,h' has awarde(: afterno(m. A representative of the union off the two denominations
the contract ~or a dwellt'ng to be Coco Cola Company from tlagers- will be ~ccamplished.
tan Shaull, Colleen Beahm, Ralph you owe taxes on real e~te ~,~
Whitmore, I~t~,bert White, Roger well as on persona] properl~y, one
Perry, ltarry Jenkins, t erry Goode d~llar will be added to each.
and Ernest Stokes. The law emp(~wering the Sheriff
Prizes were a'wavded ,by Harry to eo,lleet the mhlit.4onal dollar on
J. Cain for most improa, ement in a tax .bill, was enacted by the I~g-
writin~ to Earl Kellican in the islature last winter, and it is ex-
primary grades, and to ~rl Casey plained hat it was enacted to ~b-I
in the intermediate grades, tain funds to defray the cost of!
A clas,~ of 89 pupils was pro- pulblishing fhe delinquent list. Church in Georgetown. S. C Mr.
meted to the jun,ior ,high school. --0 -- ] and Mrs. Brilt have been at Myr-
Apploxim~ltely q0 pnpils were One Rain On Weather Man tie Beach. South Carolina, since
A rain of prM~ bly more than
local proportions was a welcome
v,isitor in this county Thursday
night, breaking a droul~h that had
b e c o m e nienacing. The weather
awarded reading circle certi~icat~
for having read as many as 16
lmoks durin~ the year.
erected on ground adjoining the
home of Paul M~ller, Sv at Kear-
neysville, to Fred Propps, Charles
Town con.tractor. '}'tie dwetling
will be o colonial design of six
P o@nl S
M,r. and Mrs. H. H. Torrey, o
Cleveland, Oh4o, are guests of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Amen Grantham. a~
Trader Hall, near Mid41eway.
The Rev. J. Ryland Sanford, a re- ~ the hitching yard. to continue for federate Ve erans
,it:) unite that denonlination to the tired minister of the Baptist two weeks. Hobby horses, FerriaI town, held at the home ~f Dr.W.
Evangelical Church. Action on the Church residing in Fredericksburg, w.heelc swings and k~ddy cars wd~ H. Shealey, in Sharp~burg, Md
Tuesday, June 3:--The Shenan- qnestion of unim~ will ;be taken by Va gave an in~pirir~g address. The
be the attraetmns, m add~tmn ~) Tuesday sigh,t, all o the ~ers
doah Garden Club will meet at the the Ev~tngelical Church some time program follows: ~ Bingo and other games. All equip- were re-01ected. For another year,
home of Mrs. Charles Lynch on next year. FriemN o.f the move- ProcesNonal--"God of Our Fath- ment will be operaterexctusivelyby Sam M. Hendrictls wilt serve as
Samuel S~reet at 2 o'clock in (hr. meut for Union are confident that ers." the Fil~. Company. ec~m