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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1931
Page
3
The calendar lists meetings and events at the Nurses Home, Rotary Club at George Washington Hotel, a tackle party by G A A, Kiwanis Club luncheon, weekly bridge at Miss Ester Norton’s home, and a Lions Club lunch at the George Washington Hotel. Public invitations included for the Wedding of 1880.
The Apple Blossom Festival lists a royal reception and ball at Courtfield the Stouffer residence on May 5 with Queen Shenandoah VIII Miss Patricia Morton of Winchester England to be presented. Guests, flags and an Staunton Military Academy orchestra accompany the event.
Mr. and Mrs. David Hawthorne attended the Bluemont wedding of Howard D. Sprague and Louise Iden. The ceremony occurred Saturday evening at the home of the bride’s parents, Earl and Louise Iden. Flower girl Bettie Ann Hawthorne, niece of Mrs. Hawthorne, participated.
Winchester United Brethren Church filled for the forty first anniversary of Christian Endeavor in the United Brethren denomination. Delegates from Edinburg Toms Brook Strasburg Reliance Ridings Chapel Stephens City Greenway Mount Pleasant Va Mount Olive Mount Pleasant W Va and western Frederick attended. A committee of Mrs Elsie Ritter and Miss Charlotte DeHart organized a program featuring orchestra Kenneth Windell doxology prayer by Rev George W Stover and multiple musical numbers. The offering benefited the United Brethren Theological Seminary.
Lawrence Jolliffe of this city shows two photographs at the Thirty Second Annual International Salon of the Portland Society of Art. Sleet and Virginia Pottery have earned international recognition, with Sleet featured in Virginia First in the Heart of the Nation and exhibited previously in Paris London Rochester and Pittsburgh. The Portland exhibition runs April 17 to May 18 at the L D M Sweat Memorial Art Museum and draws thousands from the United States and Canada.
Today announces the marriage of Gordon Clark and Carmen V Stotler of Good, West Virginia. The ceremony occurred Saturday afternoon at the United Brethren Church parsonage on North Avenue, performed by Rev. George W. Stover. The bride is daughter of J. R. Stotler and wife, while the groom is son of William Clark and wife. He works in timber and lumber in West Virginia.
Weekend visitors gathered at Mrs. Wade Bucher near Middletown including Ruth Bucher and Lehring Lineburg with extended family from Waterlick and Richmond. Anne Vorous wed Alfred Binet of St Paul, Minn, to reside in Minnesota.
Chestnut Grove 4-H Club organized last week with Harry Loy as president and a slate of officers. Gardening and poultry are the projects, with meetings to be held at the club buildings. Parents and friends are invited to attend to help the boys and girls succeed in their club work.
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association officers met at Friendship Fire Hall to review committee reports on preparations for the August convention. The Virginia State Firemen's Association will meet in Winchester concurrently. Attendees included George R. Lindsey Howard M. Bay George W. Richter William H. Richter R. E. Montgomery Louis Wagner co Jacobs Martin Quinn and G. R. Haines H C Manuel. Absent due to other duties were Chas M Web president Gordon DeHart Philip W. Bietsch Rev B F Buubaugh and W J Rupp.
Gangster Jack Legs Diamond was wounded by buckshot while leaving a Catskill roadhouse, the second known shooting at him. He was taken to Albany Hospital with five pellets lodged in his back. officials call the injuries painful but not serious amid lingering mystery.
Funeral services were held in Front Royal for Coleman Ware 56 who died at his home on Manor road following a short heart illness. Elder A L Harrison officiated and interment was in Prospect Hill Cemetery. Ware a former traveler for American Thread Company covered Virginia and parts of North Carolina and West Virginia. He was born July 4 1875 in Richmond and survived by a widow formerly Miss Bertie Beaty two brothers and two sisters.
The Tri County Odd Fellows Association plans a full evening at Odd Fellows Hall starting 7 30 with Rev P R Diehl as the speaker. Local musicians prepare a strong program with Cyril Mee singing and George Emmons at piano. Eva Stouffer violin, Harry Stouffer piano, and Harry Wendel to perform a blackface sketch. A good orchestra will be present and refreshments will follow.
From Hagerstown will enter the Loyal Order of Moose Band and drum and bugle corps. Director General Richards is negotiating with many other organizations planning to enter the parade.
A week after Dr. I D Kelley, wealthy eye ear and nose specialist, was abducted in St Louis, police remain without new clues. The Globe Democrat reports it believes Kelley may have contacted his family and that his release could occur in the next few days.
Eight Maryland and Delaware fire companies battled a center town blaze in Chesapeake City Maryland destroying three dwellings on Bohemia avenue. The fire began near John Nowland’s home and spread to adjacent houses threatening the Methodist Church. Eight people including two children escaped to the street as losses reached about 10000 dollars with unknown cause.
Fasteeth powder keeps teeth firmly set and odorizes. No gummy taste or sticky feel. Eat and laugh comfortably by sprinkling on plates. Available at Baker's Drug Store or your druggist.
Winter returned to western Maryland and nearby areas driving temperatures below freezing and bringing snow to Frostburg. Fruit growers in Hagerstown fear frost as J A Miller predicts further drop and possible frost if winds ease. Peach and pear trees in Washington county are in full bloom as Keedysville records a low of 35.3 degrees.
Portuguese troops landed at San Lourenco Madeira dis mantled the wireless station and engaged rebel forces in a brief fight with casualties on both sides. It marks the first active fighting since the rebel junta formed at Funchal nearly a month ago.
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