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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1933
Page
3
At Old Bethel Methodist Church in Staunton a special Epworth League program is set for Sunday at 7 15 pm in the church auditorium. All members, friends, and church patrons are invited, followed by the regular Sunday services.
A series of weekly meetings and rehearsals listed by day. The schedule includes Lions Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel Tuesday at 12 30 p m and Rotary Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel Thursday at 1 00 p m.
Mrs Elmer Bennett hosted a surprise thirty seventh birthday party at her home on Tuesday. Relatives and friends attended a bountiful dinner with a large birthday cake as centerpiece. Guests included Virginia Bennett and several Bennett and Curry family members.
Francisco J Aguilar of the Mexican embassy and Greene attend a memorial service and attend a council gathering. On Monday she represents the Scotchdown Chapter and plans to return to Fort Loudoun Sunday evening. The past ten days include a Virginia state dinner at the Willard noted as a charming affair.
A local branch of the Association of University Women met on April 20 at Mrs. George G. Snarr's home. Miss Patterson, a China missionary, spoke and answered questions on Sun Yat Sen, China’s early republic, and its political evolution. Mrs. John W. Rosenberger discussed China's government today and its challenges.
Mrs Clifford Barbee and her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Andrew Dossett of California spend April at Deep Well Ranch Palm Springs Mrs Barbee formerly Miss Julia Lee sister of the late Mr George Lee Guilford Clarke county Mrs Ware and Son Return To New Jersey Mr John Herman Ware and Mr William Miles of New Brunswick arrived by motor to spend the day with Mr and Mrs James Hillyard On Thursday morning Messrs Ware and Miles with Mrs Ware and their son Master Dickey Ware returned to New Jersey Prior to her marriage Mrs Ware was Miss Margaret Green granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Hillyard
Music Lovers' Club will gather at 7 30 tonight at Mrs Richard E Griffiths home on West Clifford street for an evening meeting.
Local families host guests from nearby towns and states including Mrs. Thomas W. Mathews and Mrs. Annie Hubbard. Visitors travel to Washington and New York for family time, university events, and shopping trips.
Mr and Mrs A W Kinney of Asheville North Carolina arrived to spend a short time as guests of Mrs Kinney's sisters Miss Elizabeth and Miss Katherine Kern at their Amherst Street home. Mrs Kinney prior to marriage was Miss Jessie Kern of the city.
Eleven persons were injured, none seriously, in a collision between a Greyhound Lines bus from New York to Washington and a trolley car at a Baltimore intersection. All the injured were bus passengers. most were treated and resumed travel. Bus driver William J. Vatt of Philadelphia faced traffic court on reckless driving charges.
At Kennerly Crossing four members of the Lee family were killed by a Norfolk and Western train after their car left the embankment. John C. Lee’s death followed in 1921 and George W. Lee with Caroline Lee died in 1926, making the line of tragedy clear. The latest victim, a University of Richmond football star, was Mr Lee, a 1932 graduate and prominent local farmer and apple grower. Funeral services for Mr Lee will be held at Meade Memorial Episcopal Church tomorrow at 3. Interment will be in the Meade family cemetery.
Pebble-building plants are a form of blue-green algae that inhabit stream beds. They strain minerals from running water and accumulate them to create pebble-like structures.
Rev G Edwin Osborn of Richmond preached at Church of Christ on Under the Juniper Tree arguing Elijah’s setbacks failed to stop God's plan. He defended today’s youth, saying they are clean and idealistic despite temptations, urging adults not to project their own losses onto young people. Plans for Sunday services and Decision Day were announced with Martinsburg visitors and special music.
Blau gas, a hydro carbon similar in density to air developed by a German doctor, powers the Graf Zeppelin. It is displaced by air as it is consumed, causing little or no change in airship weight and removing the need to vent hydrogen for fuel weight compensation.
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