Social and Personal News Contact Details
Social and Personal News for this department may be mailed or telephoned any time. Telephone No. 33.3. If mailed, address The Evening Star, and not individuals of the staff.
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1931
Page
3
Social and Personal News for this department may be mailed or telephoned any time. Telephone No. 33.3. If mailed, address The Evening Star, and not individuals of the staff.
Winchester society groups hold multiple meetings at churches and hotels. Local events include lawn parties for college funds, a 4-H Round Hill yard party, and teas for visiting guests. Residents travel to Massanetta Springs and Baltimore for rites and family visits as plans for August social events unfold.
A wedding supper was held at Mrs. Lillian Pitcock home on Southwerk street in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin A. Brill formerly Miss Anna Belle Pitcock. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Walter Henry Miss Viola Whitacre and others from Strasburg Riverton White Post Mount Pleasant and Stephens City. The bride received many gifts and plans were noted for the couple. Jordan Pool Refilled At White Sulphur Springs Hotel Near Winchester remains popular with picnickers and summer events continuing.
The attempt by Panghorn and Herndon to fly non stop from Tokyo to Seattle is planned after refueling ship failure. The earlier hope for a world record is abandoned due to inability to pierce the fog.
The AP notes Lindberghs in Aklavik Canada en route to Point Barrow Alaska with possible refuel near a coast guard cutter Northland. Pangborn and Herndon wait in Khabarovsk for rain. goal to lower the Post Gatty round the world record now unlikely. Boardman Polando stay Istanbul pondering next move as DC-X departs Rio de Janeiro toward New York via Pan American route.
Colonel Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh land at AVLAVIK after a 1115 mile dawn flight from Baker Lake completing five hops in as many days. The couple continues toward Alaska amid fog delaying fuel deliveries for the voyage to the Orient.
In Frederick County the commissioner of the revenue contest ends with Lee N. Whitacre defeating Isaiah C. Roe and Holmes E. McAboy 1358 to 1166 with 254 votes for McAboy. Other board races yield Branner over Beaver in Shawnee and Brumback over Kline in Opequon with wide margins.
Crossword clues mix ages and forms listing across and down entries. The sheet presents a jumble of partially legible prompts including clues for open square love affair small mounds and many others with scattered extraneous letters.
A ledger of Adams family scores lists E. W. Adams and J. Adams in Dolan's and Baker's Mill with various ages and pairings. Entries show repeated Adams references: E. W. Adams with different partners and ages 47 81 and 96 22, plus 133 8 and 11 appear in separate lines.
In Back Creek Gore and surrounding areas Snapp and Rosenberger were unopposed for district posts with vote tallies by district. In Stonewall district Scott Grant was the sole candidate and chosen as the party nominee for the board seat. J A Parker and W D Parker were unopposed for constable and justice of the peace in Opequon district and declared the party choices.
A line notes a wife asking for fifty to buy a gown, explained as a figure of speech. The remark highlights language play and social exchange in domestic dialogue.
Prices fell across wheat corn oats and rye on the Chicago Board of Trade as favorable Midwest weather pressured markets. Key December corn dropped to 41 cents with other futures easing to near day’s lows including wheat September 48 and December 52 cents.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.