Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-04
Miss ahetl. Rhodes is SPEND

parents Mr.. and Mrs. D. S. !
Rhodes. of Zion church. She
las a position in one Of the large
department. stores inv ashington, !
Miss Lois McInturif who visit
ID rier friends Misses Mildred
and Beatrice B.
eydler. returned to her home at
Strasburg on last Saturday.
Roy Bauserman left on Tues
day for a visit with his cousin
Mrs. Grace cambridge at Kerr
NIT, Va.
Albert Sanm. of Alexandria
is here visiting the family OF
Sam'l J. Stricken and old friends
The lecture and stereoptican
views of African Life given by
Miss Estelle Myers for five years
a missionary ia the wilds of
Africa at the Brethren Church,
Sunday night. was highly en-
joyed, by the large audience. II
was instructive as well as pleas
ant to those present.
Edgar Wright who is employed
in Washington is here with his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. r hos Pierce
for the holidays.
R. Sidney Newman arrived
here from New Oxford, Pa, last
Saturday to spend some time
with his family.
Miss Zula Gochenour. who is
secretary to the President, DIR.
Paul Bowman. of Bridgewater
College, arrived here last Thurs
day to spend a few days with her
mother, Mrs. Ida Gochenour.
She returned to the college Tues.
day.
Glennwood Bauserman who has
been here visiting his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. j. William Bauser.
man of Zion Church for the pas,
eek left for Cleveland, Ohio
Xmas evening where he is il
business
| Mrs. E B. Shaver who has
been an invalid for several year!
was able to visit her SON A. G
Shaver and family on Xmas day
Mrs. Allen Orndorff and sol
Carl, Of Washington are herr
visiting her parents Mr.. ant
Mrs. G B. Saum.
| Cyrus Fetzer an aged Confed
crate veteran of our town wa
delighted last Saturday, when h,
received a basket of fruit and del
icacies sent him by the Shenan
doah Chapter u. D. c. of Wood
stock. He desires 10 return hi
sincere thanks to the daughter
| for their thoughtfulness at till
season OF the year of him, tn,
lone veteran of this town.
/ WIN. Paxton who came here t,
attend the funeral OF B. H. Mere
| dith has returned to his home a
/ Washington.
i Locke Wright, of AlexaHdri;
is here with his sister Miss Kat,
Wright and SON Wilbur ant
daughter Miss Romano, to spent
the holidays.
/ Clarence L. Conner, Rura
letter carrier on Route / lost .
horse last Thursday by paralysis
He was driving him on the mai
route, when he fell in the road
near VIM. Miller's 2 miles west
of town.
The Shenandoah Commercial
Hatchery conducted by Melvin
Shrum and v. S. Shaffer of our
town has installed a Newtown
Incubator ,36x6 #. with a capacity
of 1900 eggs. This gives them a
capacity of 1890. The incu-
bators are housed in a building
50xl5 feet, the LIST story being
of concrete with a concrete floor,
it is we'll ventilated at ceiling
and 3 fl, from the floor. They
use a baseburner heater with
three compartments. They have
an electric safety alarm to con-
troll the tempature of the house
and incubators. which runs from
the hatchery to the residence Of
Mr.. Shaffer. They started a
hatch Monday Dec. 3lst. with
1000 eggs. Next week they will
add 1000 and continue each week,
keeping il at its full capacity
They have 1000 chicks engaged,
customers can furnish their own
eggs, for hatcliing. or buy their
chickens. Thew have 3 brooder
houses and will build several
more, one of these of good dimen-
sions will be b uilt at the Maurer-
town Mills. This is the best way