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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1932
Page
3
Woodrum selects hymns including Abide With Me and Beautiful Isle of Somewhere sung by the congregation. A Benedition by F. W. Burnham follows taps as the Acca Temple Chanters and other groups perform. The first annual memorial services were largely attended.
Martinsburg area hosted party with Miss Hazel Morrison and Miss Myrtle Morrison entertaining at the Russell Morrison home on Friday April 15.Parlor games music by local musicians Arthur Cook Homer Grim Ralph Copenhaver and Raymond Kerns and a late refreshment course followed.
Mr and Mrs A F Cooper hosted a delightful miscellaneous shower for newlyweds Mr and Mrs Henry Busey on Thursday evening April 14. Elma DeHaven of Inwood was the bride before marriage. Guests from Mount Pleasant Gerrardstown Bunker Hill Inwood Gainesboro and other nearby towns attended. A salad course preceded the gift presentation and the couple received many attractive gifts.
Mrs. William E. Carson will entertain a large bridge luncheon tomorrow at her Riverton home with many local guests including Mrs. Richard Evelyn Byrd Mrs. Hunter H. McGuire Mrs. W Nelson Page and others from this city. Ensign Alfred B. Tucker U S N will visit the city for three weeks after leaving San Francisco and will be met in Washington by Miss Alice McCaw who will accompany him here.
At the pees meeting of the club in Hagerstown George Funkhouser introduced two Winchester musicians Miss Evva Stouffer and Mr. Billy Barnes. Miss Stouffer played four selections including Orientale Chanson Triste Rondo Rossi from B Minor Concerto and Fantasie Ballet. Barnes accompanied on the piano and recently returned from Europe where he studied in Berlin and Vienna. He has opened a Winchester studio.
The Hagerstown Shrine Club will hold a dance at the Mason Temple with the potentate of Alaghan Temple Cumberland Md as guest of honor. Many local Shriners plan to attend the event. Chief Hollis confined at home with grippe. Sgt Dove leads day desk. Otterbein Guild to sell cakes pies candy Friday at Mr W P Anderson's store. Mary Sherman who was burned in an auto fire goes to Memorial Hospital for further treatment. C N Martin travels to Wheeling W Va for funeral of Mrs E L Messimer. L R Smith of Emmert Son Co reports improvement from grippe. Dr and Mrs Hunter H McGuire to Philadelphia for several days guests. They will return Friday evening. Mrs S Carroll Sr and Miss Esther Norton return from Washington. They are joined by Mr and Mrs Harry Cooke of Mount Vernon NY staying with Mrs Cooke's parents on North Braddock street.
Mr George Lynn of Cumberland Md guest of Mr and Mrs Fred L Glaize Jr on Stonewall avenue. Mrs William C Stuart of Newport News Va visiting Mrs Joseph A Massie on Amherst street. Mrs Beverley Rice of Washington visiting her mother Mrs Emma Hollis on South Loudoun street. Mr and Mrs Louis Dinkle and Mrs Albert Larrick visited Washington yesterday. Miss Evangeline Ebersole improved after illness on Berryville avenue. Mrs W P King returned to Front Royal after visiting Miss Ethel Baptist on North Washington street. Tuesday bridge club met at Miss Lucille Jackson's on West Germain street. Louis Renner, Gertrude Trenary and Arnold of Bunker Hill visited Washington.
John H. Riley received 30 days in jail from Police Justice Donald L. Weems after a charge of assault and battery on Harry Johnson following a Highland Avenue fight. Riley posted bond for a Corporation Court hearing after appealing the penalty, with Johnson badly beaten and taken to the station by Officer Hinkins.
Mrs. Charles Consolvo of Baltimore visited Millwood after weekends with Miss Lenore Ulric known from stage life at Croton-on-the-Hudson. The piece lists multiple social guests in Millwood and nearby areas, noting Luncheons, dinners, and the Middleburg Cup races with figures like Capt Ewart Johnston and the Blue Ridge Hunt crowd.
Miss Louise Carson hosts Riverton circle with Mrs M F E Dole and guests. Roland G Mitchell attends Democratic meeting. Mrs Eth N Gilpin visits Knoxville mother before return to Greenway Court. Agnes R Page due at Saratoga today. John Townsend Burwell Jr spending spring at Millwood with parents. Agnes Kennedy of Washington visits sister Mrs Kennedy Edsall. Mrs Fred Read and her mother travel to lower Virginia. Garden Club winners at Gadsbys Tavern with Mrs Edward Gay Butler earning first prize and multiple ribbons. Mount Ally host Miss Burwell dinner to honor birthday. cherry blossoms trip in Washington DC impresses guests. Bethlehem Chapel broadcast noted at cathedral close.
The phrase Render unto Caesar and unto God is cited from Mark 12 17 and Luke 20 25 to discuss tax payment ethics. It frames duties to state and divine obligations as two separate spheres.
City officials discussed the status of auto tags and related matters. The city manager's committee was asked to investigate a building inspector appointment and lease of city stone quarries. Concessions for the Apple Blossom Festival were transferred to its committee. The Town Run extension behind Hollingsworth property was referred back to the city manager's committee. John J Sloat H Douglas Fuller and Shirley Carter were unanimously reelected to the Handley Board of Trustees for a twelve year term from March 17 1932.
Corbit Pudtlebaugh receives an additional six months in the local jail after breaking from custody months earlier. He surrendered before Police Justice Donald L. Weems, following a jail escape shared with Burton Hoover of Berkeley County and Clarence Butler of Rappahannock County, who remains at large.
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