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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 24, 1929

Page

3

Social and Personal News Includes Surprise Party Honors Ruth Bucher

A surprise party was held at Mr. and Mrs. John Perry home for Miss Ruth Bucher with games and refreshments. The list of guests includes many Perry family members and friends. Also announced are upcoming weddings for Sarah Peel and Alliean Westrater, plus Shenvaleer Dance Orchestra engagements and a local couple’s move to Brooklyn. Mr. Stanley E. Harmer has returned home after medical care in Memorial Hospital.

John Perry Ruth Bucher Miss Bucher Perry Delig Cochran Mary Perry Vivian Lamp Mary Renner Bessie Perry Eva Perry Geraldine Lamp Evelyn Rosenberger Mary Hamilton Gladys Rosenberger Francis Coffelt Virginia Katheleen Eliott Louise Lucille Ruth Perry Roy Lemp Theodore Hamilton Clarence Cochran Roy Rosenberger Luther Hamilton Joy Roe Edward Perry Holmes Rosenberger Walter Hamilton Woodrow Perry Will Lamp Harry Lamp Clinton Barr Harry Elliott John Elliott Newton Greene James Rosenberger Roy Brill Shenvaleer Dance Orchestra Shenandoah Valley Mickey” Magruder Woodstock Pennsylvania Cameo Erie Shenvaleers Cameo Restaurant Stanley E. Harmer Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Memorial Hospital No. 110 West Cork Street Mr. Harmer W. Warren Sager John Harmer Stanley Melvil Washington N. K. Larrick Hayfield J. Newton McDonald Cass Sponseller Cumberland, Md A. H. Jackson West Germain Street

Mary-Martha Class Monthly Meeting At Mrs Flickinger Home

The regular monthly meeting of the Mary-Martha Class of the Sun day school of Centenary Reformed Church will meet at the home of Mrs 8. L. Flickinger No. 209 North Washington street at 8 o clock Thursday night. Members are urged to bring articles for the traveling suitcase and attend for important business.

Mary-Martha Centenary Reformed Church Ladies’ National Memorial Society Ladies’ National Memorial Association Florence Willis Cameron Street Meeet

Broadbeck and Roth Attend Shenandoah Valley Meeting

Former Congressman A. R. Broadbeck and Rev. Dr. Marsby Roth spoke at Shenandoah Valley Inc meeting in Staunton yesterday and stayed in Winchester visiting the Flickinger home. Land Company officials Penrose and Pechin of Eastern Silica and Chemical Co. left for New York for several days of business.

A. R. Broadbeck Congress Hanover Marsby Roth Trinity Reformed Church Shenandoah Valley, Inc Staunton Winchester S. L. Flickinger North Washington Street

Miss Hazel Lodge Confined With Chin Boil

Local note reports Miss Hazel Lodge at home on South Cameron street suffering discomfort from a chin boil. The article lists numerous visitors and residents associated with Apple Blossom Festival and local engagements, with several names and addresses noted in relation to the event.

Miss Hazel Lodge Cameron Street Miss Lodge Princess Frederick

Strikers Fail to Deliver Demands at Mills Bosses

Staunton Waynesboro furniture strike stalls as 450 workers fail to present grievances to Julius Witz president of the company. At Waynesboro plant 15 workers, including nine women, were on duty while Staunton plants operated with about 75 workers.

Staunton Staunton- Waynesboro Julius Ly Witz Waynesboro K. B. McKee Fort Smith, Ark Waynesboro Committee Witz Charles L. Sheetz Putnam Montgomery Heights

Bishop Cannon Not Disturbed By La Guardia Query

Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South arrived on the Olympia in New York. He declined to answer or discuss a wireless inquiry from Congressman La Guardia about traveling on a wet ship. Cannon said the ship choice mattered only for speed and comfort, not politics.

Associated Press New York James Cannon, Jr Methodist Episcopal Church South Olympia JaGuardia Cannon North River Mediterranean Temperance and Church

Physician and Girl Lose Lives In Night Fire

In Nicholasville Kentucky Dr John Thomas Welch seventy and Katherine Wolf twelve died in a morning house fire that destroyed the physician's home. The blaze origin undetermined and discovered by Raymond Roses fourteen year old daughter who escaped and sounded the alarm. Welch had been treating Wolf children for scarlet fever and had taken Katherine to his home to prevent contagion.

Associated Press Nicholasville John Thomas Welch Katherine Wolf William Wolf Raymond Rose Welch Wolf Katherine

Charles Schlack Shot Dead Near Woods

The article reports the shooting death of Charles Schlack near woods, with relatives listed including George Schlack of Martinsburg West Virginia and John W Schlack of Bunker Hill West Virginia, plus sisters Mrs George Pine of Berryville and Mrs Belle Senseney of Chambersburg. Funeral services are set for the family residence on North Braddock Street at 2 pm with burial in Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers named include J S Haldeman Robert Schultz Phil H Gold Lacy Hums ton George Garvin and Dr E A Humston.

George Schlack Martinsburg W. Va John W. Schlack Bunker Hill George Pine Berryville Belle Senseney Chambersburg North Braddock Street Christopher Nault Lancaster Green Hill Cemetery J. S. Haldeman Robert Schultz Phil H. Gold Lacy Humston George Garvin E. A. Humston

To Sail With Parents Natalie Guggenheim Marries Thomas Gorman

Natalie Guggenheim, copper heiress, secretly wed Thomas A. Gorman, a real estate dealer. Her parents plan an abroad trip for an indefinite period as they handle the marriage and future arrangements.

Natalie Guggenheim Thomas A. Gorman

Local Wholesale Market Prices Reported for Farm Commodities

Daily market snapshot shows wholesale prices for corn meal bran middlings and screenings. hens and broilers quoted, butter and dairy values listed. cattle sheep and lambs prices shown though some figures are truncated or garbled in OCR.

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Local Flour and Feed Prices From Area Market

Market prices for local goods include flour barrel eight dollars to eight fifty, middlings three eighty, bran two ten, mixed feed two twenty, scratch feed two sixty, screenings two, cracked corn twenty three fifty, butter sixty two, eggs twenty eight cents. Prices reflect typical regional distribution and commodity quality.

Market Corrections From The Previous Day

Markets close show revised figures for live stock though text is garbled. Mentions chickens calves sheep lambs and steers with percentages and price flags, but many terms are unreadable. Likely a market bulletin noting adjusted values for various livestock categories.

Pier Cigs Vice Telesis Chins Ar Estes Ck

Valley leaders tout road plans and Shenandoah park future

Col Benchoff presides over a Valley gathering urging continued highway funding and road upgrades across 7 000 miles of state roads. Temple touts Shenandoah National Park development with land purchases and federal involvement, noting $2 million already invested by the State Conservation Commission and anticipated tourism and commercial benefits. Garber attends as brief speaker.

Highway Commission Arbirtrary West Virginia Bristol Temple Shenandoah National Park Southern Appalachian National Park Commission Blue Ridge Mountains Shenandoah Valley, Inc Virginia United States Shenandoah National Park Area State Conservation Commission J. A. Garber Congress Dr. Temple

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