Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-12-18
EDINBURG
Mrs. Smith Dead

December 18th, where she had haan
taken fof treatment a few days be-
fore.
tuberculosis followed an attack of
the flu several years ago. and all
that could be done to stay the white
monster proved futile.
Mrs Smith was just one day less
than "a years of age, stricken down
in the beginning of womanhood
She was united in wedlock to Mr..
Sam Smith of Winchester, Va. Dec
IL, 1919, by whom with one son she
is survived.
She is also survived by her par
ents. four brothers: Cletus. Ernest,
Robert and Ralph, three sister. Beu-
lah, Thelma, and Florence.
She was buried from the Method
list Church Sunday afternoon by the
pastor. Rev. NJ. d. Gilmore, of which
denomination she was member.
The host of sympathetic friends
and the beautiful floral offerings at
the funeral bespeak the esteem in
which the deceased was held. The
pallbearers were Kenneth Stonebur-
ner, Jos. Grove, FranksSSteadman
George Ring, Jr, Robert Irwin and
Hugh Hisey. Interment was in New
Cemetery.
John o. Grandstaff Dead
Mr.. John o. Grandstaff, known to
all here as Ocie Grandstaff died
suddenly at his home just out side
of town Sunday evening at six
O'Clock. He was in apparently good
health up to within few minutes of |
his death, when he passed away on
his chair. He was born April 4th. /
1852, therefore he was in his 74th /
year.
His wife who was a Miss Eaton /
died many years ago, and since that
time he lived with his daughters,
Mrs. Maude Miller and Mrs. Matte
Miller, who with one son, Hugh H.
Grandstaff and four grand children,
Mrs. VIM Graft. Miss Mabel Miller,
Claude Miller and Master Hugh
Grandstaff, Jr., survive him
Mr.. Grandstaff was the son of
Milton and Emma Grandstaff and
his family has been prominent in
this section for generations. He
was lifelong resident of Edinburg
and a member of the Reformed
Church
Funeral services were held in the
German Reformed church by the :
Rev. Mr.. Robb of Toms Brook, Tues
day afternoon. Interment was in the
Union Forge cemetery beside his
wife
Harvest Day Service
Very impressive was the annual
Harvest Day service given by the
Woman's Missionary Society Sunday
night in the Edinburg Methodist
Church. The president. Miss Edith
Miller, was in charge of the pro- !,
gram She was ably assisted by the
other officers, each bearing the
fruits symbolieal of her office.
Miss Mary Stoneburner acted as
reader. Miss Miller, the President,
carried a pumpkin as Gods gift of /
the fruit of the field. Mrs. Blanche
Wrenn represented the Great Re- l
eorder." Mrs. John Coffman. cor |
responding secretary carried four S
apples-symbol of four well-round-
ed quarterly reports. Mrs. Joseph {
Cooper, the recording secretary, en-
tered with a jar of red cherries, call I
ing attention to Red Letter Day. S
Mrs. Lucy Wightman, the treasurer,
brought a bunch of grapes of the I
1925 crop to symbolic the many t
dollars disbursed in carrying on
Gods mission work.
Mrs. Harry Coe, mission study {
superintendent, and Mrs. c. H. I
Fadeley, publicity superintendent.
carried a basket of nuts, represent t
ing the harvest gathered after one /
years mission study and the preci- /;
Gus truths learned through the Tiny +;
Seed study book for 1926 to be "A I
new day in Latin-America," under !
the leadership of Miss hewitt.
Mrs. George w. Ring next enter
ed with a bouquet of flowers repre-
senting Rays of Sunshine" to the
sick. Miss Mabel Stoneburner, chill
dren's superintendent. bore large I
potato. symbol of childlike. rapid
growth, yielding rich fruit. Miss
Alma Stoneburner, young peoples
Superintendent, bore tray of pop
corn, representing the young people
in all their freshness, purity and
beauty.
Mrs. Merlin Meyer entered with
six golden ears of corn, typical OF
the numerous good works perform
ed by the Circles. Mrs. Earl HUNS
ton carried a miniature Christmas
tree as an emblem of happiness
Mrs. Lee Bowers carried spray of
evergreen representing the mis-
sionary magazine. THE Voice"
Little Miss Mary Armstrong Coe,
representing the Young Christian
Worker" and Miss Elizabeth Bowers,
both dressed in white completed the
portrayal of the parts. The little
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