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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1931

Page

3

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.

The Evening Star

Social Calendar Highlights Local Meetings and Visits

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.

Stone’s Chapel Bryarly School Robinson Farm Round Hill Methodist Episcopal Church

Wedding Supper Given For Mr. and Mrs. Brill

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.

Lillian Pitcock Southwerk Street Calvin A. Brill Brill Anna Belle Pitcock Walter Henry Viola Whitacre Claude Clemons Strasburg Alice Fisher Riverton Nellie Hopkins Ray Ballanger White Post Charles M. Ashwood Richard Donald Colleen Ray Robert Ashwood Mount Pleasant Virginia Pitcock Elizabeth Grim Jordan Jordan White Sulphur Springs Hotel Winchester Gts

Lone Eagle duo pivot to Tokyo Seattle nonstop flight

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.

Lone Eagle Panghorn Herndon Tokyo Seattle

Airplane Flight Standings Report From Global Tour

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.

Associated Press Lindbergh Aklavik Canada Baker Lake Japan Point Barrow Alaska Coast Guard Northland Clyde Pangborn Hugh Herndon, Jr Khabarovsk Siberia Russell Boardman John Polando Istanbul Rio de Janeiro New York Pan-American Airways

Lindberghs Complete Arctic Flight to Aklavik

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.

Avlavik Canada Charles A. Lindbergh Baker Lake Lindbergh Northwest Territories Aklaxik Lindberghs New York Tokyo

Whitacre Wins Frederick County Commissioner Race

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.

Mr. Son Whitacre Roe Isaiah C. Roe Lee N. Whitacre Holmes E. McAboy McAboy Frederick County E. W. Adams Gainesboro S. J. Adams C. S. Brumback Board of Supervisors Opequon Mr. Brumback H. B. Kline Back Creek C. M. Rosenberger J. B. Snapp W.H. Richard

TODAY S CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS AND DOWN

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.

Pacific Nancy

Adams Family Entries in Dolan Bakers Mill Scores

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.

Local Party Nominates Unopposed Officers in Several Districts

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.

Back Creek Gore J. B. Snapp C. M. Rosenberger Russell's Snapp Rosenberger Stonewall Scott Grant J. A. Parker W. D. Parker Constable Justice of the Peace Opequon

Cake and gown as figures of speech in dialogue

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.

Chicago Grain Closing Prices On Decline Amid Midwest Weather

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.

Mid-West Chicagolé “Board of Trade

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Winchester Christian Endeavor Union Christian Church Rotary Club George Washington Hotel Girls Athletic Association Market Street Methodist Church Regula Friendship Fire Company Friendship Hall Womtan's Missionary Society First Baptist Church Braddock Street M. E South Frank Barr Fairmont Avenue American Legion Post Otterbein Guild of United Brethren Church Murl Hannum Loudounner Round Hill Presbyterian Church Massanetta Springs Peter Yates Brinton Presbyterian Church Clarence Himelright Marguerite Dougherty Elizabeth Crawford Ivan O'Connell Charles Wilgus Eloise Caldwell Marshall Kline William B.gner Floyd Haines R. Mc. Glass Brazier Charles Town W. Va Margaret Hansbrough Georgia Conrad Harry F. Byrd, Sr Berryville Trevor Downer Ft. Hoyle Shenandoah Valley Academy Baltimore Lovett Frank Lovett Messrs. L. Kaufman M. Hamburger Gene Klompus M. Firelstein Sa Ie Finkelstein Frank Fineburg Louis Wender Abel Leven A. J. Novick A. L. Zuckerman Lew Bernstein B. Rappaport Leonard Mason Paul Anderson Arthur Dunlap Pennsylvania G. W. Morris Audrey Luttrell Arthur Luttrell Erie Steck John M. Steck, Sr John M. Steck, Jr Mary Fielding Taliaferro Orange White Plains N. Y Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Friends Meeting House Washington and Piccadilly Streets E. P. Browning, Jr Roberta Mr. Browning Maysville Browning Frank O. Barkley Dorothy Lee Crowell Kenneth B. Crowell New York City J. W. Sibert Capon River William Craven Mary C. Craven Charles H. Cook Pittsburgh, Pa Jane Scully Shenandoah Clayton Cochran Masters Clayton and Donald Cochran Capon Lake Inn Fredd Glaize Eleanor Hogue Philadelphia Glaize Virginia Tayloe Boyd W. Nelson Page Amherst Street Laura Pendleton Lexington, Va Mrs. L. Miller Max Dubin Mary Greenway Russell J. Howard Cather Alexander Lyons Youngstown Ohio Mrs.Lyons Mrs. Cather Mrs. Brill Mildred Williams Rebt Boeg Aga Stephens City Washington, D. C D. J. McCarthy Huntsberry’s Huntsberry Lindy Comes Western Arctic U. S. S. Coast Guard Orient H. Clay DeGrange Winchester Memorial Hospital Cramer Lycett Louisa Hollis Beverley Rice United Brethren Young People’s Choir J. H. Bott Jimmy Bott Margaret Beck Bill Wood Hagerstown Harris Heidwall William Brown Andrew Kater Washington Fort Hoyle, Md J. B. Brazier Nancy Gray Larrick Annapolis Evelyn Gladys Yates Suffolk W. B. Barnett Kathryn Barnett J. Thomas Yates Star Brumback Kline Middletown Old Forge Canteroe Brumback Shawnee Greenwood Branner Beaver Kernstown Carper's Valley Yeakley J. Adams E. W Goodyear Pathfinders Goodyear Goodyear Pathfinder Buncutter Tire Co Bolt Braddock mI Bell Clothes Shop Chicago Bibbs & Company New York Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Trade Hibbs Building Telephone National R. M. Swimley Willard Valley North Braddock Street Margaret L. Hodgson J. Jos. Sullivan John S. Solenberger & CO. Inc Loudoun Street People’s Bargain Store North Main Street Kaufman’s Coats
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