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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1930
Page
3
Social and personal news are accepted by the social reporter Mrs Isabelle F Miller. Calls or telephones are welcome between 3 and 4 p m for items to appear the following day.
Historic homes and gardens on estate routes open during Garden Week 4 28 to benefit the Stratford fund. Sites include preserved houses linked to Dolly Madison and other figures, with fees aiding Stratford gardens restoration. Tour brochures brighten hotels statewide. information booths expand reach.
The James River Garden Club will host the tenth annual Garden Club of Virginia meeting in Richmond on Wednesday April 23 with headquarters at the Country Club. Mrs John Hayes chairs arrangements. State officers include honorary president Mrs M C Patterson and president Mrs H McK Smith with first vice president Mrs Kenneth Gilpin among others.
The Richmond Times Dispatch lists those to represent Virginia yard clubs. In Winchester Clarke County Garden Club, Mrs Melvin Green Mrs Lewis H Hyde Mrs William P Massey and Mrs John M Steck, all of Winchester, and Miss Rose MacDonald of Berryville are named as representatives.
Miss Shirley Miller of Edinburg was elected president of the Harrisonburg State Teachers College student council for 1930 31. The council has 12 members plus the president vice president and secretary. Miss Margaret Beck of Winchester was named one of the three sophomore council members. The installation followed a student faculty meeting with remarks by President S P Duke and a keynote by Dr L Wilson Jarman president of Mary Baldwin College.
Dr. B. B. Dutton and Dr. P. W. Boyd left Saturday for Rochester Minnesota to spend the week at the Mayo Medical Clinics. They expect to return next Monday.
Announcement of the marriage between Miss June Slonaker and Delbert F Johnston in Hagerstown Maryland on Wednesday April 2. Rev R C Wheeler officiated at the Methodist Church. The bride's parents are W C Slonaker of Charleston West Virginia and Minnie Slonaker of the local city. The groom is a son of B F and Mrs Johnston of North Kent Street. The couple have worked with People's Drug Company locally and will reside in Baltimore after the ceremony.
Friday evening April 18 the Bible Class No 2 of Southern Methodist Sunday school Rest presents a two act humorous comedy Georgeanna’s Wedding Gown at 8 o clock Carrie Smallwood stars as Georgeanna with Myrtle Cooper Gertrude Rowe Della Swartz Olivia Rebeck and Ethel Sell in supporting roles audience expected uproarious laughter as Georgeanna schemes to get a wedding dress
Winchester residents have received invitations to the annual Easter dance next Monday evening at Updike's Hall in Front Royal. The arrangements committee says the event will be chaperoned and music provided by the West Virginian Orchestra of Martinsburg under director Jack Schill.
Mr and Mrs Nolan Orndorff celebrate the birth of a seven pound son at 5 am Sunday at their home 378 Charles Street. The child is named Lawrence Richard.
The Daughters of the American Revolution hold their 39th Continental Congress in Washington DC April 14 to 19 to open the new two million dollar Continental Hall adjacent to memorial and administration buildings. Notable features include an organ donated by Mrs William Reynolds of Winston Salem NC. Virginia delegates stay at the Hamilton Hotel with a Virginia luncheon April 15. Mrs Lowell Hobart, president general, will host a reception Tuesday night. Fort Loudoun Chapter Winchester will send delegates and members.
Mr and Mrs William Campbell of Charles Town West Virginia visit their son in law and daughter Dr and Mrs Hugh Hagan in Roanoke after a stay in Lynchburg They plan to return home in early May.
Misses Belle and Gertrude Snyder of West Shenstone near Summit Point have returned from a Florida winter. On the trip they visited Savannah Georgia estates and Charleston to view Middleton and Magnolia Gardens. They then toured Charlotte North Carolina, Richmond Virginia landmarks, Williamsburg Jamestown Yorktown Wakefield Stratford, and Washington for the cherry blossom season.
Judge Wapeah Bowens returns to Richmond with Judge Philip Williams presiding over a Law and Equity Court by governor appointed special status. Weekend visitors to local residents include families from Winchester Mount Williams Fawcett Gap and Utica while others attend race meetings Curles Neck Farms and hotel gatherings.
In Bombay April 14 the British arrested leaders of Gandhi’s civil disobedience including Jawaharlal Nehru who received a six month sentence for salt act violation. Gandhi avoided detainment as he observed his day of silence at Dandi and urged women-led picketing through his wife.
Chicago authorities allocate more than 1 million dollars to remove a record 19 inches of snow on March 25 and 26. The article notes 31 women students at the University of Illinois achieving perfect scholastic averages in the first semester.
Mrs. Augusta Larrick dies at View near Hayfield at age 75. widow of Marcus H. Larrick she managed the farm and cattle herd after illness ends a long residence in the area. Survivors include four children and one sister with funeral at Mount Olive Cemetery conducted by Revs. Racey and Samples.
G. Bryan Pitts, former chairman of the S. H. Smith Company bond firm, is free on a $100 000 bond after arraignment on a federal indictment charging embezzlement of 1.1 million from the firm. Pitts, a Washington resident who owns a home in Palm Beach, was taken into custody at a railroad station and indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington.
The Enterprise, first of four prospective defenders of the America's Cup, raced at Bristol on April 14. It followed a similar event at Gosport England where Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock V had a mishap. The vessel bore the name The Lucky Little Enterprise, designed by W Starling Burgess for a New York yachtmen syndicate.
Centenary Church opens Holy Week with morning and evening services led by Rev. Dr. S. L. Flickinger. A large crowd attends as sermons focus on Palm Sunday messages, with musical renditions by Joseph Haines and the Handley Quartet. A gold cross memorial will be dedicated at 8 PM Good Friday as a permanent church fixture.
Divine services at the First Baptist Church drew an unprecedented crowd for pre Easter rites. Baptisms occurred during the revival’s first week and several members from other churches joined the congregation. Nightly services continue at 8 o’clock as the pastor preaches on The Great Life and Christ’s mission.
Isabella V. Keller died yesterday in Martinsburg West Virginia at age 73. A native of Red Bud Frederick County she is survived by five brothers Charles Hiram James and William Ritter of Winchester and John Ritter of Boyce Virginia. Funeral services will be held in Martinsburg tomorrow.
Senator Capper Republican Kansas a foreign relations committee member voiced endorsement of the London Naval Conference pact. He predicted Senate approval if the treaty appears as hoped and said public backing would be reflected in the Senate. London plans to sign within a week with five great powers racing to ready the document for the Leviathan meeting.
In London on April 13, Col Henry L. Stimson outlined the conference’s moral and material gains for the United States. He praised five delegations and credited colleagues Reed, Robinson, Adams, Dawes, Morrow, and Gibson. He urged naval limitation as a continuing process despite reports of a drafting hitch threatening the treaty signing.
Lyall Wright, former ally of Juneau County boosters, was arrested in connection with the ambush killing of G. Price, the district attorney. Price, a vocal opponent of illegal liquor, was shot through a kitchen door as he descended stairs after opening the door. The case ties to accusations of graft and bootlegging in federal charges and a prior acquittal.
In Martinsburg at Kings Dough Hospital, twin daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Crisman of Winchester. The twins are the first births at the newly established Faulkner Memorial facility connected with the Kings Piers institution. The public defender in the boys' court is described as one of the volunteer attorneys.
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