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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1929
Page
3
Department readers may mail or call for Social and Personal News. Isabelle B Miller will assist and invites submissions by phone during the given hours. Call the social reporter between 3 and 4 pm the following day. Phone number not provided in the text.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Marple of Gore observed their fortieth wedding anniversary at home on Sunday July 28. Mrs. Marple, formerly Barbara Elliott of Gore, hosted guests including Mr. and Mrs. William Grady and children and other relatives from Washington Ridgeway and nearby towns. The couple received many beautiful and useful gifts in celebration.
Mr. Stanley BE Harmer Baltimore and Ohio Railroad conductor was released from Georg Washington University Hospital after seven weeks. He traveled home to West Cork Street with his wife Mrs Harmer and relatives Mr and Mrs William Ripard of Washington, with noted improvement.
Otterbein Guild of the United Brethren Church will meet tomorrow evening at Jordan Spring Hotel with attendees asked to gather at the church at 6 30 p m for transportation. A picnic supper will be served at the hotel grounds. Many locals and visitors are noted in the column with trips and weekend visits to and from Washington Baltimore Lynchburg and other towns.
The will of Mrs. Mary Sidwell Appleby proved in the Corporation Court distributes $1,000 to Mrs. Mary P. Stabler and Mrs. Elizabeth P. Turner, $1,000 to Mrs. Mattie J. Babcock, and $2,500 each to John Warren Rice and Miss Elizabeth E. Rice held in trust until age 21 with Grace E. Rice as guardian. Trusts provide perpetual care sums for Mount Hebron Cemetery Company. Remainder goes to Mrs. Mary C. Rice for life with a later corpus for the Rices. Executor Warren Rice serves without security. Date December 24, 1926.
Announcement notes an all day meeting at Rock Emon Springs next Sunday August 11 with Rev C H Anderson in charge. Arranged by Prof B F Sine who died recently, the Rock Bnon community hopes his former pupils attend and participate. Services set for 10 30 a m and 2 30 p m with cordial invitation to all.
The White House announced the appointment of John W. Garrett, a Baltimore banker, as ambassador to Italy. He succeeds Henry T. Fletcher who is en route home.
A riot by inmates at Stadra State Narcotic Hospital near Los Angeles released 13 prisoners. Authorities with deputy sheriffs and saw-off shotguns restored order after the disturbance in August.
Two robbers held up Clyde Knowlton an accountant within a half block of City Hall and robbed him of the city's semi monthly payroll in Topeka Kansas.
Mrs. William Avero Harriman obtained a Paris court divorce from her New York banker husband on grounds of abandonment. Harriman, chairman of W. A. Harriman and Company, was married in 1915 and has two daughters. The city scene included visiting Americans and local social figures as the case unfolded.
Berryville resident Thomas Howell was painting a tin roof on East Main Street when a step ladder collapsed at about seven this morning. He severely wrenched his back while trying to prevent the fall and was treated by Dr. A P Osborne. Howell works at the Coin department store.
Dame Millicent Fawcett, a prominent British suffrage leader, died in London early today. The Associated Press report notes her influential role in campaigning for women's voting rights and public life.
The Winchester Gun Club holds a practice shoot at 5 o clock tomorrow at Rouss Park. Members are urged to attend as a state shoot team will be chosen for Roanoke on August 9 10. The Winchester team has placed second in the state tournament for three consecutive years.
A 300 strong delegation of New York fruit growers embarks on a four state tour titled Following the Red Apple. They will visit Shenandoah Cumberland orchards in Pennsylvania Maryland West Virginia and Virginia to study regional practices and invite southern growers to visit New York next summer. The official start is State College Pennsylvania with nightly stops in Martinsburg West Virginia Winchester Virginia Harrisonburg Virginia and Charlottesville Virginia. State police assist traffic moves and local civic groups coordinate stops.
Cumberland Country Club defeated the Winchester outfit 84 to 21 in Cumberland Md as Tenney Jr. led with a 72 and Heintz shot 75. The match featured paired results and dinner at the Cumberland country club following the game.
Graf Zeppelin, after arriving at Lakehurst, will be refueled and stocked with hydrogen before a return voyage to Friedrichshafen. The airship landed at sunset and was moored beside the Los Angeles and two smaller craft, earlier completing its third Atlantic crossing.
The Zeppelin commanded by Dr Hugo Eckener completed a 95 hour 19 minute flight covering 4170 miles from its base and landed near a naval facility after dropping its ropes at 8 48 p m. 18 passengers paid 2000 a ticket and were mobbed by press and officials on arrival. A stowaway hidden in a bag was discovered before departure from Friedrichshafen and will be handled by German authorities.
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