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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1935
Page
3
The social calendar lists meetings and gatherings across Winchester and Frederick County including the Girls' Athletic Association and Lions Club at the George Washington Hotel. Community groups plan luncheons, picnics, concerts, reunions, and choir practices at local venues and churches throughout the week.
Miss Viola Bright Grove wed Reginald Moss Mapp on January 11 in Ellicott City Maryland. The couple will reside in Baltimore. Reginald is a 1931 VPI graduate and Procter and Gamble employee, son of Mrs. J. R. Mapp of Nassawadox. An additional notice states Miss Estella Link married Charles Bell in Cumberland Maryland on July 17, and the couple will live with their parents for now.
Leesburg Virginia dispatched note reports Magnus S Thompson, longtime Confederate veteran, marked his eighty ninth birthday at home Yesterday he was born in Stephenson Frederick County and joined the Confederate Army at fourteen He later became a Fort McHenry prisoner A photo engraving in uniform accompanied the dispatch Also mentioned Mrs William F Locke and her daughter Dorothy Locke traveling by car to Asbury Park New Jersey for August stay
Four delegates from the Winchester Lions Club returned home after attending Lions International in Mexico City. They traveled by car through Texas Arkansas Tennessee and stayed in San Antonio before train travel to the capital. Doctors C R Anderson Hoye L Riley and Herbert W Miller Jr will report details of the trip later.
A party of twelve fished the Chesapeake Bay at Shadyside Maryland over the weekend. They caught about 100 fish with an average of two pounds each, including Mr and Mrs C C Brannon, Mr and Mrs Earl Grim, Mr and Mrs Grover Clevenger, Mr and Mrs Carlton Manuel, Mr and Mrs Austin Grim, Miss Hilda Potton and Mr Leonard Miller.
Mrs. R. E. Byrd entertained last night at her Amherst street residence with a dinner party honoring Col and Mrs Llewellyn Bull of The Tubyries Clarke County and guests Col and Mrs Charles Consolvo of Baltimore and Eventide Clarke County. Mr Charles Kemp of Glasgow Scotland was also invited.
Mr. M. G. Robinson, guest of his sister Mrs. Mary R. Buckner of Amherst Street, has left this city for his home in Chicago. He will pass through Indianapolis for a short visit to friends after visiting relatives in Upperville and other parts of Loudon County.
Democratic tax drafters move to allow corporations a limited income tax deduction for charitable gifts despite Roosevelt's call against changes. He cites 58 wealthiest Americans paying no federal tax on 37 percent of income while critics warn deductions aid charities. Leaders debate floor amendment as Congress eyes August completion.
Roosevelt expressed hope for a pacific solution as the League of Nations began considering the Italo Ethiopian dispute. Mass Ethiopian recruiting and Italian troop movements signaled rising tension with Eritrea mobilizing for possible war and air force buildup observed by officials.
Vitiligo is a disease marked by loss of skin pigment with white patches. It is relatively rare in America and Europe but more common in tropical countries. Patches form with darkened edges and may spread to cover the body. The condition is very resistant to treatment and most therapies are unsatisfactory.
Mr and Mrs Harry Shiley and son Harry Lee return to East Boscawen street after a week with relatives in Toledo and Dayton Ohio and other states Miss Bonnie Tucker accompanied them and later left for Illinois Miss Gertrude Ellen Meyer arrived from Baltimore to stay two weeks with Mrs William T Barr on Peyton street Miss Miriam and Virginia Curry return after six weeks visiting Columbus St Louis and Indianapolis
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