Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-08-14
NEWS FROM
HEADQUARTERS
Death of InfantAItems of Interest
From This Section

William Edmonson and family OF
near Winchester spent the weekend
with Fletcher Dellinger's family and
w. =. Dellinger's family, brother and
parents respectively of Mrs. Edmon.
son. Mr.. Edmonson reports that re
cent showers have greatly improved
the prospects for corn crop in their
section. He spent Monday in Wood
STOCK, then returned home. taking
with them their little daughter
irene. who came home with her UNI
Gle Fletcher from the Fishers Hill
reunion.
The Dellinger and Miller family
held reunion back at Jerome Sat
urday which was largely attended.
I Mr.. and Mrs. Turner Jones spent
sunday over in the Fort, attending
special service of the Brethren
Church, of which Mrs. Jones is a
member. They also visited Mrs
Jones parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Glenn Both they and Rev. Darr had
trouble going up the mountain. where
the road was blockaded with stone
Tor reconstruction and cut-around
across ravine and up very steen
bank, there having just been a show
er, making the ground soft and slim
perry. Both got up, though they were
delayed in getting to their respective
destinations.
Mrs. Sallie Flanders, formerly Mrs.
Saliie Tisinger, of Ohio, is visiting
her old home, spending some time
with her mother and step-father. Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Polk.
The prospects for a corn crop are
much more favorable now than thew
were month ago, a result of sew
eral nice showers during the last few
weeks
Casper Funkhouser. who lives
couple miles northwest of Conicyille
has been in a critical condition for
more than two weeks from PARALYSIS
of the left side. While his condition
seemed to have been slightly i'm
proved a week ago, yet he has not
held his own during the last few
days, we regret to state.
We regret to report the illness of
Rev. L. r. Haus, pastor of the Bethel
Lutheran Church, who has typhoid
fever and was therefore unable to fiji
his appointments last Sunday.
Paul Foltz attended the New Mar
ket Lutheran Conference last week
as delegate from Zion congregation. T
His father, T. d. Foltz and Mrs. Foltz
also attended
Rev. w H. Greever. of the faculty
of the Southern Lutheran Theological
Seminary, Columbia, S. c.. accom-
panied by Mr.. Hottinger, superintend-
ent of the Lowman Home for Epilep-
tics and Aged Ministers. are making
visits to Lutheran churches in north
ern Virginia and are expected in this
community the first of this week in
the interest of the enlargement funds
of these institutions.
Arthur Hoover and children of
Ohio are visiting his brother, Clifford
Hoover and family of this commu-
nifty.
All who have relatives and friends
buried in the Zion graveyard are
earnestly requested to meet there on
Tuesday morning, August is. with
tools for cleaning the resting
place of their dear ones. Should
that day be too rainy to work, come
the next favorable day.
Miss Olga Linsenmeyer, general
secretary of the Luther League of
the Synod of Virginia will be with /
the pastor next Sunday, August 16,
with the view of enlisting the inter-
est of the following congregations in
the work of the league, effecting
league organizations if possible st.
Jacobs Church at 1920 a. M: Sa-
lem at the p. m. service and Zion
at p m Come and learn what the /
league is.
Willie Dellinger is not doing so
well as we had hoped he would when
he came home from the hospital at
Harrisonburg. He has had to take
his bed three times since coming
home and be treated by physicians
and at this writing is not improving
Mumaw-Estep
William r. Mumaw, son of Bert
and Tressie Mumaw of near Column
bia Furnace. and Miss Dora Gather
inc Estep of near Conicville were
united in marriage at Zion Lutheran
parsonage, Sunday at m. Rev. w.
L. Darr officiating.
Infant Dead
Irene Frances, child of Elmer and
Luella Peters, was born July %,
1924 and after two weeks of intense
suffering with infantile paralysis de-
parted this life August 5, 1925, at
the early age of one year and Il
days. On Thursday a brief service
was conducted by the writer at the
home and the little corpse was con-
veyed by Undertaken Dellinger to
Zion Lutheran Church, where inter
ment was made close by the moth
er's family. she being CofTman be-
fore marriage. Owing to the nature