Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-08-07
HOME COMING BIG SUCCESS
EDINBURG HAS THRONG
From All Our United States Former Residents Back To
Old Town District

= had to do with the -four industry and
: was a highly creditable feature of
) the parade
= The Shenandoah County Fair As
ISOLATION won the silver cup for out
of-town floats with a gaily-decorated
, car which told of the county's COM
} ing big exhibition.
The home prize for decorated auto
: mobiles went to Henry S. Wightman
and the judges were on their mettle
in making decision between the cars
J and floats
The "Old Folks Singing" float,
upon which choir led by Postmaster
n. Coffman was a feature and
among those who had exceptionally
attractive displays were F.. C. Dinges.
the Peoples Drug Store, and Landon
Wightman, joint float Of beauty and
beautiful girls.
Without making invidious compar-
isons and because space does not al
low full description of the beauti-
full parade, there were so many at
tractively decorated cars and floats,
that the Herald feels and knows that
never before in town of like size
has there been such a big exhibition
OF the cooperative efforts of the citi-
zens. Certainly no town in the Val
ley has ever. in the vernacular.
pulled OFF, as big one.
Congressman Thomas w. Harri-
sons address in the afternoon at
tracted large audience and the Rep
resentative from the Seventh District
was at his best with his witticisms,
his sound logic and good advice in
addressing the audience.
Thursday
The grand parade, the reel races
and the baseball game held the cen
ter of attraction Thursday.
The several hundred marchers
were led by the famed knights Of
: Pythias Band of Woodstock. Among
the large delegations in the line of
; march were those of the Luray,
Strasburg and Edinburg Fire Depart
: ments, the Odd Fellows and the Re-
| beccas.
III Luray copied the honors in the
, reel races over Strasburg in the run
off, after both teams busted" on the
first trial. 1t was agreed to split the
: $50 prize money fifty-ffty
, Darkness halted the baseball game
between the two ancient rivals
{, Woodstock and Edinburg-with the
, score standing at 12-all and 10 in
nings played.
Band Concert
This friday evening at eight,
the Pythian Band will give a free
= concert on Main Street A splendid
. program has been arranged, and the
whole county is cordially invited.
Byrd to Speak
II is 4 signal honor to Edinburg
20 have Governor-elect Harry Byrd
make his first post-election address
| at Edinburg. He is on the program
for tomorrow, and irrespective of
, politics he will meet with an enthusi-
| astic welcome, for Virginia's next
: governor has hundreds of friends
who Will be in Edinburg.
One Robbery
| The only jar in the Homecoming
| Week was the burglarizing of the
) home of Boyd Dinges. Valuables
: We're stolen by the providers and eff
forts are being made to catch the
| thieves.
List of Visitors
> A full list of returning wanderers
will be published in our next issue.
! Indeed they are still coming. and still
q registering and it is the intention to
4 give complete and accurate list of
"Home-Comers."
t Still Going On
9 AS the Herald goes to press the
9 festivities are still in progress. The
program ends tomorrow and Edin-
burg at the conclusion of the week
may with just pride pat herself on
the back for not only having put the
town and Madison District ON the
map. but of having focused the at
o tention of the State on Shenandoah
@ County.
Saturday will be devoted to sight
seeing trips for the visitors, with a
baseball game between Edinburg and
Front Royal in the afternoon
Personals
Mrs Paul Zirkle and son Jack re-
. turned Saturday evening from Har-
9 risonburg, where Jack has been re-
!. ceiving treatment at the Rockingham
Memorial Hospital for the past six
. weeks. We are very glad to inform
the many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
. Zirkle that their their small son has
I about fully recovered.
!, Rev. and Mrs. d. G. Brimlow and
children have returned from Mar
!, tinsburg, w. Va, where they have
), been visiting relatives.
Mrs. r. f. Ryman returned home
Tuesday after visit to friends in
Washington
Miss Marjorie Jennings had the
misfortune to fall and severely sprain
her left arm the latter part of last
:. week. While the injury is not seri-
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