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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 07, 1932

Page

3

Social Calendar Highlights Community Meetings and Events

A week of clubs classes and socials scheduled across local churches hotels and organizations. Activities include Girls Athletic Association meetings tap and ballroom dancing at the George Washington Hotel and a Sacred Heart Church card party. Community groups convene lunch meetings choirs cooking lessons and a Kiwanis luncheon at the George Washington Hotel with planning for an Apple Blossom Festival float.

Girls' Athletic Association West Piccadilly Street Stafford Pemberton George Washington Hotel Ladies of Sacred Heart Catholic Church Lion’s Club Home Service Department of Northern Virginia Power Company Kiwanis Club Young Peoples United Brethren Church Grace Lutheran Church

City Bureau Grants Three Marriage Licenses This Week

The Corporation Clerk issued three marriage licenses to residents of West Virginia and Maryland. Enola Pauline Fultz wed John Snyder Haines in Highland Avenue Presbyterian Chapel. they will live in Piedmont, West Virginia, where Haines works as a carman. Helen G. Clark and Harry A. Smith, from Darkesville and Bunker Hill, West Virginia, respectively, plan farming and residence in the Bunker Hill area. Almira Smith and Lee Mason of Sparrows Point Maryland were married by Rev. Dr. L A Thomas and will reside in Sparrows Point where Mason works as a carpenter.

Corporation Clerk's Office Enola Pauline Fultz Ocie Pultz Hoy W. Va John Snyder Haines Joe Haines Piedmont E. D. Witherspoon Highland Avenue Presbyterian Chapel Lee Mason George Mason L. A. Thomas Grace Lutheran Church Sparrows Point Mr. Mason

Card Party Tonight For Church Benefit

Announcement by the Sacred Heart Church ladies committee says reservations are numerous and a large crowd is expected at 8 o clock for a public benefit card party in the church basement. Prizes will go to high scorers and a refreshment menu will be served after the games.

Ladies of Sacred Heart Church

Miss Eleanor Weaver to Be Married Saturday

Miss Eleanor Barbee Weaver of Front Royal will wed George Dudley Morton of Athens Georgia and Brooklyn New York Saturday April 9 at high noon in a Wardman Park Hotel suite Washington. The Rev T W Tayloe will officiate the ceremony with Weaver as her own father William C Weaver gives her away. The couple will reside at 135 Ocean Avenue Brooklyn after a short honeymoon. Morton is a University of Georgia graduate and son of John White Morton of Athens. The bride’s sister Mrs George Tyler Miller will be matron of honor and Morton’s father will be best man. A small hotel reception will follow.

Eleanor Weaver Wardman Park Hotel Washington Eleanor Barbee Weaver Front Royal George Dudley Morton Athens Brooklyn N. Y T. W. Tayloe William C. Weaver George Tyler Miller John White Morton Hollins College Hollins Morton Virginia Episcopal School Alexandria University of Georgia Ocean Avenue

Kernstown Civic League Meeting And Parish Entertainment

The Kernstown Civic League holds a town schoolhouse meeting at 8 o clock with the Four-H Club in charge of the program. Also at Boyce Church Emmanuel Chapel Guild presents an entertainment Friday evening beginning at 630 with games and refreshments.

Kernstown Civic League Kernstown Four-H Club Boyce Church Guild of Emmanuel Episcopal Chapel Boyce

Miss Hansbrough to Spend Weekend in Washington

Miss Margaret Hansbrough leaves tomorrow for Washington to spend the weekend with Miss Kitty Dave Burroughs at her M Street apartment. Mrs. Nancy Lee Coble, Mrs. Bryan Conrad, and Mrs. Joseph Wright drove to Hagerstown yesterday for visits with friends. The Federated Council of Church Women will meet at Handley Library at 3 30 tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. E. E. Carpenter, ill at South Kent Street, is reported improved today. Frances Watson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Watson of Stephens City, recovering at home from a tonsil operation at Memorial Hospital, shows improvement.

Friday Bridge Club Thomas W. Harrison South Washington Street Henry B. Gilpin Atlantic City Elizabeth Ryan William Ryan Emma Gin' Baker Bluefield W. Va Lawrence Tierney Margaret Hansbrough Washington Kitty Dave Burroughs M Street Nancy Lee Coble Bryan Conrad Joseph Wright Hagerstown Federated Council of Church Women Handley Library E. E. Carpenter South Kent Street Frances Watson

Barber Opens New Shop on North Loudoun Street

Frank S. Miller, a well known local barber, announces the opening of a shop at 137 North Loudoun Street. The new facility specializes in ladies and children hair cutting with up to date equipment and first class service. Miller previously headed the George Washington Hotel barber shop.

Frank S. Miller North Loudoun Street Mr. Miller George Washington Hotel

Remove The Cause of Rheumatism

Uric acid poison the cause of rheumatic agony starts to leave your body in 24 hours. Allenru relieves pain and inflammation within 48 hours, enabling the user to return to work. Guaranteed by Baker's Drug Store, one bottle for 85 cents, with money back if not satisfied. Also claimed effective for neuritis sciatica and lumbago.

Allenia Allenru Baker’s

VW Campaign Aids Apple Blossom Festival Funds

Finance committee of the Apple Blossom Festival launches a campaign to raise funds for the fete. The New York Stock Exchange faced heavy seller raids. Delinquent water taxes noted among Winchester residents using the town water system. Local foreign veterans plan to form a Veterans of Foreign Wars post on April 16. William Wrigley Jr offers to accept cotton in payment for chewing gum.

New York Stock Exchange Winchester Veterans of Foreign Wars William Wrigley, Jr

Former school chief to head high school pageant at Apple Blossom Festival

Five years ago F E Clerk former superintendent of schools will head a high school party visiting from Kenilworth Illinois. Six hundred people are to take part in the pageant during the Apple Blossom Festival. Frederick County Board of Supervisors was entertained by the Winchester Kiwanis Club. Newton D Baker has written local notes.

F. E. Clerk Kenilworth Ill Frederick County Board of Supervisors Winchester Kiwanis Club Newton D. Baker

Winchester Rotary Club Comment on President Coolidge

A fragment notes the Winchester Rotary Club refused to comment on President Coolidge. The text implies political debate around age or eligibility but provides no direct statements or conclusions.

Weapple Winchester Rotary Club Coolidge

Submarine Activity Reported Off U S Coast

Eyewitness notes German submarines said to be patrolling off the United States coast. An Easter festival is planned at Braddock Street Methodist Church in Braddock Street. A Virginia statistic claims one third of apples shipped originate from Winchester. A local couple filed for a marriage license soon after a divorce was granted.

United States Nemo Star Braddock Street Methodist Church South Virginia Winchester

Edible Bird's Nest Described As Delicacy Item

The nest of the selangave is valued as food and used as a Chinese delicacy. It measures about half a teacup, clings to cave rocks, and appears fibrous gelatin. It is made of mucilaginous isinglass secreted by glands, not by gelatinous seaweed as once believed.

Hawks Crash at Worcester Airport Injures Speed King

Capt. Frank W. Hawks, famed air speed record holder, was seriously injured in a crash at Worcester airport while preparing to fly to Boston and New York. He was unconscious, then regained consciousness. doctors reported facial lacerations and jaw fractures but no skull fracture.

Worcester Mass Frank W. Hawks Boston New York Worcester City Hospital Hawks

Hawks lecture on jaw fracture risk during Boy Scouts gathering

Hawks filled a lecture engagement last night at Mi Hall under auspices of the Worcester Council Boy Scouts of America. The event discussed potential facial paralysis as a result of jaw fracture.

Hawks Mi Hall Worcester Council Boy Scouts of America

Tombs Unearthed Near Chalons Sur Saone France

Archaeologists uncover five ancient lava tombs in a field near Chalons sur Saone. The most notable burial holds the remains of a tall woman with a crown of iron tipped with silver. The find is linked to a priestess figure tied to Panonia and Emperor Septimus Severus.

Pannonia Hungary Septimus Severus Chalons-sur- Saone France

Wasps Help Protect Grain By Targeting Pests

Small wasplike insects swarm around grain and attack weevils and moths, aiding crop protection. These beneficial insects reduce pest damage and support harvest quality.

Also Mentioned on This Page

American Legion Post Braddock Street Christian Endeavor Society of Congregational Christian Church Roy Larrick East Piccadilly Street Home Service Department of Northern Virginia Power Home Service Boyd R. Richards Staunton Barton City Bureau Little Theatre Little Theatre Organization Emma Ginn Baker Capitol Theatre Virginia Smith Brinkerhoff Charles Shewbridge Jordan White Sulphur Springs Hotel Red Bailey Johnny Christian Home Service Department Girls’ Athletic Association Tokus’ Inn Virginia Harrell Lord and Spencer’s Miss Page Robert Y. Conrad American Legion Auxiliary Frances Page West Cork Street Relass W. H. Painter West Boscawen Street Elizabeth Renner Winchester Printers and Stationers Grippe Martha Stine W. B. Stine Berryville Avenue Memorial Hospital Mary McDonald New York City Wonder T. L. Hicks Harris Addition Margaret Byrd Thursday Bridge Club William H. Hottel St. Louis Homer Harlee West Clifford Street Shenandoah Valley National Bank Wheaties Pilsbury’s Old Manse California Braddock and Boscawen Streets Harpers Ferry Baltimore & Ohio The Associated Press Grain Growers Friends Jonathan Swift Trish Gulliver's Travels Kaley the Commercial & Savings: Bank R. M. Swimley Frigidaire Northern Virginia Power’ CO Margaret L Hodgson Princess Mary Shoppe Loudoun St Funera Lovett Brothers N. Main St Lena Lichliter North Main Street
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